CLASS 4.

5B
ACTIVITY 1: READING
Read the text below and mark the statements true or false
b- READING
Read the text below and decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F).Justify
the false ones.

WATCHING T.V. AROUND THE WORLD

Paula is from Canada. She watches TV for about three hours a day. Satellite TV has
really cool quiz shows and the funniest comedy programmes. Satellite TV is better than
cable TV. She also thinks the internet is fun and she sends emails to her friends.
Martin is from India. A few years ago television in his country was terrible but now it’s
better but they have only two channels to watch. One shows news and documentaries
and the other shows sports. He prefers the channel about sports. He watches it about 5
hours a week. He prefers playing football.
Keiko is from Japan. Last year she watched a lot of TV but this year she goes to a bigger
school and she hasn’t got too much time. She has to do a lot of homework. She also
plays basketball in the school team. She only watches cartoons some minutes a day.
Yolanda is from Spain. When she gets home every day she plays computer games but she
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1)Paula watches more television than the rest a day. _____

2) In Yolanda’s country the television is the worst. _____
3) Keiko watches a lot of television because she doesn’t have much homework.
_____
4) Teens prefer playing video games instead of watching TV. _____
5) Paula prefers cable TV than satellite TV. _____
ACTIVITY 2:TENSES: COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE
VERB: SIMPLE PRESENT – PRESENT CONTINUOUS – SIMPLE PAST

Dear Cindy,
Sorry I haven’t written to you for so long. I’m ......................................(not
feel) well at the moment and I’ve got a serious problem. I can’t stop eating! At this moment
I.....................................(have) tea-cake, chocolate and biscuits. Yesterday
I................................(eat) six sandwiches for lunch and..........................(drink) two
bottles
of coke but I …………………………. (not/eat) any candies. The problem is that I
love........................(eat)! I ............................(talk) to a doctor and he
............................(say) that I mustn’t.....................(eat) sweets.
Last weekend I.......................(go) to a Gym. I..............................(not like) it very
much so I.........................(not go) now.

Dear Jeremy,
How are you! I .............................. (be) in New York on holidays now. It
.............................. (be) a very beautiful city. There .............................. (be) a
lot of shops, cinemas, theatres and incredible museums. Now, I ..............................
(be) in a café next to the main square, I ..............................(drink) a glass of
orange juice and I .............................. (eat) a sandwich.
Yesterday we .............................. (go) to the National zoo and
.............................. (see) many animals. We .............................. (have) dinner at
the hotel, we .............................. (not eat) out. After that, we
.............................. (go to bed) because we ……………………………….(be) very tired .
The hotel .............................. (be) wonderful. It .............................. (have got) a
big swimming pool, a bar and a tennis court, but it .............................. (not have) a
gym.
My friends .............................. (play) a tennis match at this moment! It
.............................. (be) very cold today so we .............................. (not swim)
now. We .............................. (wear) gloves, jackets and even hats!
ACTIVITY 3: TENSES. Complete the text with the verbs in SIMPLE PRESENT,
PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PAST.

Dear Rosie,
How _______are________ you? Claire and I are having the holiday of our
dreams. We ______________ (arrive) in Copenhagen three days ago. It’s so
exciting! At the moment we (sail) ______________________ the Nyhavn Canal. I
had never written a letter on a boat before in my life. It is very difficult because I
(not/know) _________________________________ how to keep the pen steady.
We _________________ (stay) in a little hotel and we can see the statue of
the Little Mermaid from our window. Last Monday we (visit)
________________________ the antiques market on Gammel Strand. Claire
(not/like) _____________________________________ souvenirs. While I was
walking around the market, I ____________________ (meet) my next door
neighbour, Anna. Yesterday we (go) _________________________ with her to the
Carlsberg Brewery and we ____________________ (see) how they make beer. I
drank so much that I (have) ______________________ a terrible headache. I slept
for two hours and then I felt OK.
There are so many things to do here! This ____________________ (be) a
wonderful city and the people (be) ______________________ really friendly.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
Melanie.
B) Dear Max,
I (1) ____________________ (write) to you today because I want to tell you about
the accident my sister (2) ________________ (have) yesterday.
Sandra (3) _______________________ (wear) a bandage today on her arm
because yesterday she (4) _______________________ (fall) off her bicycle and (5)
____________________ (break) it.
At the moment, she (6) _______________________ (sit) at home watching TV.
She can’t (7) ______________________ (go) to school because she cannot write.
Yesterday, her friends (8) ____________________ (visit) her at home. They (9)
______________________ (take) some flowers and chocolates to cheer her up.
Oh! I must tell you I (10) ______________________ (get) a job last week. Every
day I (11) ________________________ (work) from 9.00 to 12.00 at the
supermarket near my house. I (12) ______________________ (not/ have to) get up
very early and I always (13) _________________ (see) my mother and friends
because they like (14) _________________ (go) to that supermaket. My mother
usually (15) ___________________ (do) the shopping in the morning.
That’s all for now... See you next week!

C) Dear Sara,
Thanks for your card. It _______________(arrive) last week on my birthday. Now, I
______________(write) this note in bed because I ______________(go) to bed very
late last night. We ______________(watch) a film on satellite TV. I
_______________(like) it, but it________________(be) violent. It
__________________(finish) at two a.m.!
After the film, there _____________ (be) an interview with Quentin Tarantino. It was
very interesting.
There _____________ (be) a new cinema round the corner so next weekend we can
_____________ (go) to the cinema to see a comedy with our friends. They
________________ (like) watching movies.
Love, Mariela