AE José Afonso – Alhos Vedros

Extensive Reading: A Special Present for Christmas - Comprehension

Chapter 1

1. 3 a. “The flight attendant takes Joe to the cockpit to see the captain of the plane.”
(lines 21 - 23)

2. 4 b. “They are flying to England for Christmas to visit their grandparents.” (lines 2,
3)

3. 1 c. “Katie and Joe live in Los Angeles in the United States of America.” (lines 20,
21)

4. 5 d. “Joe and Katie wait for a lady from the airline company to take them to their
grandparents.” (lines 73 - 76)

5. 2 e. “I’m a singer and I have a concert in Oxford.” (lines 56, 57)

6. 6 f. “Mona gives Katie four tickets for the Concert.” (lines 67,68)
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The mystery word is

Chapter 3

1. D

2. F

3. A

4. E

5. G

6. H

7. B

8. C
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Grandma’s present is
Chapter 5

1. What day is today? 5 a. No, she hasn’t got any sisters.

2. Why can’t the children phone their 7 b. She sees her mother’s face.
parents?

3. Where are the grandparents and the 6 c. They are having tea and cake.
children going?

4. What do they want to buy? 1 d. It's Christmas Eve.

5. What does Katie see in the crowd? 8 e. They don’t answer the phone because
there is no one at home.

6. What are they having in the teashop? 3 f. They are going to the centre of Oxford.

7. Has Joe’s mother got a sister? 4 g. They want to buy some Christmas
presents.

8. Why doesn’t anyone answer the 2 h. They can’t phone their parents because
phone? it’s too early in L.A.
Chapter 6

1. F The children and their grandparents are going to the concert.

2. F Katie and Joe are wearing their best clothes.

3. IK

4. F Katie loves Christmas concert’s.

5. V

6. F The singers are wearing white clothes.

7. F The children are very surprised to see their mother.

8. V

9. F The children´s father has got many presents for the kids.

10. F They go home because it’s time for bed.

Chapter 7

1. day

2. presents

3. downstairs

4. presents

5. tree

6. grandfather

7. Father Christmas

8. Father Christmas

9. grandfather

10. garden

11. Father Christmas

12. Father Christmas

13. present

downstairs / Grandfather (2x) / Present / Father Christmas (4x) / day / presents (2x) /
tree / garden
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