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Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández”

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1. Read about Max and answer the questions

My name is Max Binx and I am 12. I live in Salem.

This is a very small town. In my town there is a
church opposite the park. Every afternoon I go to the
park with my friends.
There are a school and a library near the town centre.
I sometimes go to the library because I like reading a
lot. I love ghost stories!
I live with my parents and my little sister. My dad is a
doctor and my mum is a nurse. They work in the local
hospital.
My sister’s name is Felicity. She is 8 years old; she is
short and thin. Her favourite hobby is talking on the
phone with her friends. She does some sports at
school. She can play hockey, but she can’t swim very
well.
Look at me! I am wearing a pair of trousers, a shirt
and trainers. You can’t see my face because I have
got a white sheet over my head. Do you know why?
Today is a special day. I am celebrating
Halloween with my family and friends.

1. How often does Max go to the park?

2. He likes reading ghost stories. TRUE FALSE

3. How many people live in Max’s house?

4. His dad doesn’t work. TRUE FALSE

5. What is Felicity like?

2. Complete the next part of Max’s story with the words in the box. Be
careful! There’s an extra word

NEVER THESE BUTIN THERE OUR THEIR AT MANY BECAUSE ALWAYS

Halloween is a festival. My family and I enjoy it we do many

things on this day. It is lots of fun! On Halloween, my sister and I get up early.
We decorate house and we buy special clothes. My sister loves
wearing hats. She has got many hats _ her bedroom. She
wears them to Halloween parties never
she
school.
Look! are my friends. They are wearing
special clothes. My friend Jim has got a bag in
his hand. are many candies and chocolate in the
bag. We love Halloween because we can eat
sweets this day. night, my friends and I go to the
town centre. Children usually dance in the streets. Every year my
friends and I visit the town’s haunted house. The house is horrible,
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 3. Max and his friends are in the haunted house. Read the text and
circle the correct form of the underlined verbs

It is twelve o’clock. At the moment, Max and his friends stand /

are standing outside the haunted house. “Let’s go / going
inside! I’m not afraid of ghosts”, says Max. The house is very big
and it have got / has got many rooms. Max says, “Look, boys!
There is an old man in the living-room. I can like / would like
to talk to him. Hello, sir. How are you?”
“I don’t / doesn’t feel very well today. I am very sad. This is
my house; I live with my wife here. I’m tired! Every day we get /
are getting up early and we clean this enormous house. I make
the bed and my wife wash / washes the dishes. Now she is in
the kitchen; she is cooking / cooks. We never leave this
house. Do you
know why?”
THE Max and his friends feel bad. They want help / to help the old
HAUNTED man. He is crying now. He says, “I’m tired. I can’t walk / am
walking in the town. People are afraid of me because I’m a
HOUSE ghost.”
“A ghost? You are a ghost? Boys, let’s run!” shouts Max.

4. Complete with words from the box. Be careful! There’s an extra word

TIRED PARTY LIKE EATING HATE MORNING

SCHOOL LISTENING HOME WATCHING DANGEROUS

Max’s parents are at home. They are a Halloween

film and popcorn. The action of the film is in a little
town in Spain. It is the _ of October 31st
and a group of
children are at preparing their Halloween decorations
with their teacher. The teacher is to the radio. She
wants to organise an outdoor Halloween for the
children later that day and she wants to check the weather. Suddenly the
weather forecast stops. There is an important announcement about a
man. The man has got a gun and is in the town.
The police are looking for him.
Max’s mother doesn’t the film. She is very
and wants to go to bed, but she can’t. She has to
wait for the children. The children are not at _ . They are in
the town centre celebrating.

5. Complete the dialogue between Max and his sister, Felicity, with
an appropriate bubble. Remember there is an extra one.

Do you like eating sweets?

Would you like to eat some?

Is this bag yours?

Where are your friends?

What are they doing there? What do they do?

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Max: Hello, Felicity.
Felicity: Hi, Max. You’re alone, ?
Max: In the park, with their parents.
Felicity: ?
Max: Dancing, listening to ghost stories and eating lots of sweets.
?
Felicity: Of course I do! I love them. Look, I have sweets here in this bag.
Max: ?
Felicity: No, it’s Jim’s. But, he doesn’t like sweets; It’s my bag now.
?
Max: No, thanks. I’m not feeling well; I can’t eat any more. I want to go
home; it’s very late.
Felicity: Ok, let’s tell mum and dad and go home.

6. Write a paragraph about your mum or dad. Use the following

questions as a guide.

 How old is he / she?  What does he / she like doing at the

 Where does he / she weekend?
work?  What does he / she hate doing?
 What does he / she do?  What can he / she do?