2nd ESO .

SEPTEMBER

READING

THE POP STAR SKIER

Skier, Tina Maze, is from Slovenia. She lives in Crna na Koroskem, a small Sloveninan town. Her family lives there too.
Tina´s boyfriend is Italian. He´s also her skiing coach.

Tina trains six days a week, but she isn´t always skiing. She also goes cycling and running, and does exercises in the
gym to make her fit and strong. Tina isn´t at home a lot because she takes part in skiing competitions all over the
world. She often has races in six or seven countries in one year! Tina has got a lot of medals from different skiing
competitions, including the World Championships and the Olympics.

Tina isn´t only a skiing champion – she´s also a singer. A lot of people watch her pop videos on YouTube every day.

What does Tina do?

a. She´s a professional cyclist and runner

b. She´s a skier, a singer and a skiing coach.

c. She´s a skier and a singer.

Read and write T ( true ) or F ( false). Correct the false sentences.

Tina´s family lives in a big city.

Tina only does one sport.

Tina often travels to other countries.

Tina hasn´t got any prizes for skiing.

Her songs are popular online.

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Annalise ( be ) ……………… a college student. At the moment, she ( study ) …………………………Biology because ahe

( want ) …………………………….to be a vet. Annalise ( have ) ……………………………….a horse called Polly. She ( need )

…………………………… to feed Polly every morning, so she ( always / get ) ……………………………………up at 5.30 a.m.

Right now, it´s 6.30 a.m and Annalise ( ride ) ………………………………her horse before college. She ( think ) …………

…………………it´s a perfect way to start the day!

Read Leah´s profile. Number the topics in the order in which she mentions them.

………….. a typical day ………………..personal information ( age, home and family) …………her interests.

…………..her appearance.

I´m Leah, and I´m fifteen. I´m from Birmingham, UK, and I live with my parents and two brothers. I´ve got long,
straight, black hair and dark eyes. I usually wear shorts and a hoodie. In my free time, I do lots of sports. I love
basketball, and I´m on the school team. I´m wearing my basketball kit in this photo. I and tennis but I also like
football and tennis, but I don´t have much time to play them. My days are really busy. In the evenings, I´m usually
tired. I do my homework and then I watch TV with my brothers.

How many people live in Leah´s house? (Explain who they are)

How does she feel about sports?

What´s she wearing in the photo? Why?

Does she play a lot of football? Why/ Why not?

What does she do in the evenings?

Writing: Write a profile of a good friend. Use the model text to help you. Include these topics.

Personal information a typical day interests appearance.