berta wants to be a dancer

Complete
Complete the
the passage
passage with
with the
the verbs
verbs in
in

brackets.
brackets.
Use
Use Present
Present Simple.
Simple.

This 1______________ (be) Berta. She 2_______________ (be) eleven
years old. She 3_______________ (live) in Bristol with her family. Her
father 4_________________ (work) in a hospital far from their home so
he

5

__________________

(drive)

to

work.

Her

mother

______________ (be) a teacher at a Primary School. Her school

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_______________ (not be) far from their home so her mother

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_________________

(not

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drive)

her

car

every

day.

She

_________________ (prefer) walking. Berta and her little brother John

9

10

Berta

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________________ (go) to the same school near their house so they

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______________________
(have)
many
hobbies.
She
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_____________ (walk) to school with their friends, too.

______________________ (enjoy) listening to music and painting. She also

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_____________________ (like) swimming and blowing soap-bubbling. At school, she

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_____________________

16

(prefer)

History

What 16 _____________________________
___________________
(like) maths.
_________________ (be) dancing. She
She

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18

and

Literature

(Berta

/

love)

but

she

most?

Her

favourite

activity

_______________________ (practise) very hard every day.

__________________ (want) to be a professional dancer. She

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_____________________

(dream) of being a famous dancer and travelling all around the world!

Read
Read again
again the
the text.
text. Are
Are these
these

sentences
sentences
true

true or
or false?
false? Correct
Correct the
the false
false ones.
ones.
1) Berta’s dad is at a Primary school.
True / False
2) Her mum walks to work every day.
True / False
3) Berta goes to school by bus every day.
True / False
4) Soap-blowing is one of her hobbies.
True / False

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text.
text.

Answer
Answer the
the questions
questions about
about the
the
Write
Write complete
complete sentences.

sentences.

1) Who does Berta go to school with?
2) What are Berta’s hobbies?
3) What are her favourite subjects at school?
4) What’s Berta’s dream for her future?