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Name:......... Class:... Date:...

I am going to...

* To identify some techniques/strategies to develop reading comprehension.* To read a descriptive text identifying general and specific information.

* To value cooperative work.

PRE-READING

1. Seumas McSporran comes from Scotland. Look at the

photographs of some of the things he does every day.

2. Match a sentence with a photograph.

a. ___ He helps in the shop.

b. ___ He makes breakfast for the hotel guests.

c. ___ He serves petrol.

d. ___ He delivers the beer to the pub.

e. ___ He collects the post from the boa

f. ___ He drives the children to school.

g. ___ He delivers the letters.

h. ___ He has a glass of wine.

i. ___ He works as an undertaker.

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WHILE READING

1. Lets read!

The man with thirteen jobs

Seumas McSporran is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs.

He is a postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus, a boatman, an ambulance

man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Margaret,

have a shop and a small hotel.

Seumas lives and works on the Island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on

Gigha, but in summer 150 tourists come by boat every day.

Every weekday Seumas gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 he

drives the islands children to school. At 9.00 he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all

the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the islands only pub. Then he helps Margaret inthe shop.

He says: Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we dont like watching

television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have a glass of

wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isnt very exciting, but we like it.

2. Choose the best alternative.

1. What type of text it is?

a. Argumentative b) Narrative c) Descriptive

2. Who is talking?

a. A narrator b) Seumas McSporran c) Seumas McSporrans wife

3. What is the text talking about?

a. Leisure activities b) Jobs c) Tourism on the Island of

Gigha

3. Answer the following questions.

a. Where does Seumas live? ___________________________________________________

b. How old is he? ____________________________________________________________

c. How many jobs does he have? ________________________________________________

d. Whats his wifes name? _____________________________________________________

e. What does she do? ________________________________________________________

f. How many people live on Gigha? _______________________________________________

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g. How many tourists visit Gigha in summer? ________________________________________

h. What does Seumas do in the morning? __________________________________________

i. What do he and Margaret do in the evening? _____________________________________

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PRACTICE

Reading and speaking

1 Read the information about Fernando.

2 Talk about Fernando.

3 Write about afriend or a relative.

Talk to a partner

about him/her.

Ex:My friend Anna is a student. She lives in

Name

Job

Country

Town

Place of work

Languages

Married

Family

Free time

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VOCABULARY

Jobs

1 Use your dictionary and match a picture with a job in column A.

2 Match a job in A with a line in B.

3 Memorize the jobs. Ask

and answer questions

with a partner.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

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What time is it?

1 Look at the clocks. Write the times.

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