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Reading comprehension-Present Simple Tense

I’ m Tim Black. I’m a doctor. I work at a hospital. My wife, Kim, is a teacher. She teaches
Music at a college. We get up at seven o’clock every morning. Kim sets the table, and
we have breakfast. Kim likes toast and tea, but I don’t. I eat an egg and I drink milk
for breakfast. Then, we leave home at a quarter past eight.
I start work at nine o’clock. I am very busy, so I can’t have a break. At half past
twelve, I have lunch at the hospital cafeteria. The food at the cafeteria is very good,
so I don’t go out for lunch. Kim returns home at three o’clock in the afternoon, and I
come back at five o’clock. Afterwards, we have dinner at half past six. I watch TV in
the evenings, but Kim doesn’t. She reads a book or she listens to music. We go to bed
early after a tiring day.
On weekends we go to the cinema or theatre. My wife and I like shopping, so
we usually go shopping on Saturdays. We have a holiday every August. We often go
to Izmir in Turkey for holiday. I ride a bike and Kim walks around, because she doesn’t
know how to ride a bike. We like Izmir very much, so we go there every summer.
A. TRUE / FALSE
1- Tim is Kim’s husband. TRUE
2-Kim and Tim get up at nine o’clock.FALSE
3-Tim’s wife sets the table in the mornings.TRUE
4-They always have a holiday in Ýzmir every summer. TRUE
5-They don’t like cinema. FALSE
6-Kim works at a college. TRUE
7-Dr. Black goes to a restaurant for lunch.FALSE
8-Kim comes back home at five o’clock. FALSE
9-Mrs Black goes shopping with her husband. TRUE
10-They leave home at a quarter to eight in the mornings FALSE

B. DO THE MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

1-) Tim’s wife ……………… an egg at breakfast. an egg/an omelette/salad/toast.
2-) Tim …………….. the food at the hospital cafeteria. doesn’t like/likes/has/doesn’t eat
3-) Kim ……………… doesn’t read a book in the evenings/doesn’t work at school/doesn’t set the
table in the mornings/doesn’t watch TV in the evenings.
4-) Tim ……………………………. works at a hospital/ works at a college/reads a book in the
evenings/has breakfast outside.
5-) Tim and his wife …………………….. live in Izmir/get up late in the mornings/like shopping at
weekends/ go to Istanbul on holiday.

VICTORIA VILLALBA