Practice Reading

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

What do you know?

We talked about reading a text and how you could handle it.

Now it is your turn and show what you know.

Good Luck

Reading

For this part there are two texts and 13 questions, total.

Text 1: questions 1-7

Text 2: questions 8-13

Text 1

Read the text and answer questions 1 to 7

Click on the image on the question slide if you want to read the text again.

1. Complete the sentence:

Alberto was adopted .......... he was born.

1. right after
2. a few months after
3. a couple of months after

2. Choose the correct answer

1. There are 17 children in the family
2. Alberto has 17 siblings
3. Alberto has 14 siblings
4. Alberto has 13 brothers and sisters

3. "Sometimes I wish I was an only child…" Translate 'only child'.

4. Who adopted Alberto?

1. A family from Portugal.
2. A family from Los Angeles.
3. A poor family
4. A small family

5. Alberto is happy with his big family.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

6. Why is it funny that people tell Alberto that he looks like his brothers?

7. All the kids in the family are

1. sure of themselves and noisy
2. sure of themselves and quiet
3. insecure and noisy
4. insecure and quiet

Text 2

Read the text and answer questions 8 to 13

Click on the image on the question slide if you want to read the text again.

8. What is the main reason for this text? Choose the correct answer.

1. to criticize
2. to inform
3. to invite other musicians
4. to make people laugh

10. When will Gavin Glass join the Villagers for the last time? Choose the correct answer.

1. May 20th
2. May 21st
3. May 23rd
4. May 24th

13. "A limited number of tickets are available..." What does 'limited' mean?

1. speciaal
2. goedkoop
3. beperkt
4. onbeperkt