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Hello! I’m Mav and I live in a castle in Transylvania. It is very exciting to live in this

place. There are many hiding places to play in. But I don’t like my neighbours - they aren’t

polite and, in my opinion, they have a strange lifestyle.

This castle belongs to my family. It was my great-great-grandfather who built it two

hundred years ago. My grandparents are still alive and they live with us - my parents, my

brother Erip and I.

Big families are fun and traditional in my country. My father has got one brother and

two sisters. My uncle is married to a Dutch woman, Ghint, and they have twin sons: Gotsh and

Noffic. My father’s sister, Mobiez, is in London. My other aunt, Dolob, remarried last month

and now she has a 12-year-old stepdaughter, Cilgar.

There is a peculiar fact about my family. All the adults have the same job. They work in

the basement of our castle from Monday to Friday, and from sunset to sunrise.

Every full moon we give a party and the whole family gets together. I just can’t imagine

why the people of the village don’t like us.

(adapted) Belita Almeida, Edite Frias, Elisabete Almeida, Extreme, Porto Editora, p. 36.

1- Match the beginning to the end of the sentences according to the text.

a) She thinks her neighbours ___ 1- are rude.

b) Her great-great-grandfather ___ 2- built the castle.
c) Mav has got a big family, ___ 3- doesn’t live with the family.
d) Mobiez ___ 4- work at night.
e) All the adults in the family ___ 5- which is common in her country.
2- Say if the sentences are TRUE or FALSE. Correct the false ones.

a) Mav hates to live in Transylvania.

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b) Her uncle is studying in London.

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c) Her family works from night until morning.

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3- Answer the following questions on the text.

a) Who does Mav live with?

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b) Who are Gotsh and Noffic?

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c) What happened to Dolob one month ago?

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