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COLEGIO SAN MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL

Ciencia, Compromiso y Superación

STUDENT’S NAME:____________________________________________________ GRADE:10TH DATE:_____________

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE

READER: ABOUT A BOY ( Nick Hornby)

INSTRUCTIONS: 1). Read Chapters: 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6

2). According to the chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 answer the questions
3). You’ll have to make at least 10 creative slides about the book “About a Boy”

A. According to the book “About a Boy”, complete the following exercises:

1) Which of the people in the story…..

a. has just started a new school?_________________

b. doesn't need to work?________________________
c. cries a lot?__________________________________
d. looks like a beautiful film star?___________________
e. is Fiona's best friend?__________________________
f. wants to go out with pretty single mothers?______________

2) Answer these questions….

a. Why doesn't Will want to be Imogen's godfather?___________________________________

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b. What two things is Marcus worried about? Why?____________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
c. Why does Angle want to go out with Will?_________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
d. Why does Will join SPAT?_____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
e. Why don't Nicky and Mark want Marcus as their friend?______________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

3) Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.

a. Will has a two-year-old son called Ned.________________________________________________

b. Will wants Suzie to be his girlfriend. .________________________________________________

c. Marcus throws a stone at a duck. .________________________________________________

d. Suzie is angry with Fiona. .________________________________________________

e. Marcus wants his mother and Will to have a relationship. .___________________________________

f. Will thinks Fiona is very attractive. .________________________________________________

B. WRITING CHALLENGE: BE ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE!

You’ll have to make at least 10 SLIDES in English with pictures about the Reader “About a Boy”,
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Use Connectors and conjunctions:

CONJUNCTION MEANNG CONJUNCTION MEANNG

WHILE Mientras BUT Pero

UNTIL Hasta DURING Durante

SINCE Desde
TO A, hacia
YET Aún
AGO Hace tiempo atras
SO Entonces
LATEST A más tardar
ALREADY Ya
AS SOON AS Tan pronto como
JUST Acabo De
STILL Sin embargo
AFTER Después
CURRENTLY Actualmente
BEFORE Antes
WITHOUT Sin
LATER Más Tarde
WITH Con
THEN Luego
IN SPITE OF A pesar de
PERHAPS Quizás
INSTEAD OF En lugar de..
ALTHOUGH Aunque
UNLESS A menos que..
BECAUSE Porque
DUE TO Debido a….

NOTE: You have to underline the Connectors or Conjunctions. In order to make your creative slides you can
use the following online tools :

Powerpoint Powtoon Kizoa Moviemaker Prezi, etc.