John is watching TV and talking with Anna, his sister. John and Anna are watching a cartoon on TV now.

They are on vacation, so they are having a lot of fun. When they are not on vacation, they usually do different

things. He plays soccer with friends after school. She reads books and goes to ballet class.

Their mother, Juliet, is cooking and talking with a friend on the cellphone, but she is normally very busy.

She wakes up very early, takes a shower, gets dressed, has breakfast and goes to work. She doesn’t have

lunch at home and just comes back home in the evening.

Their father, Bryan, is working in a big store and will come home to have lunch with his family.

As you can see, John, Anna, Juliet and Bryan are doing a lot of things right now, but at dinnertime they will do

the same thing: to eat.

When they are eating, they don't like to talk a lot or make jokes. Juliet and Bryan are very serious parents.

But this ordinary family is always doing new things whenever it's possible.

I. Text Comprehension - Read the text and answer the questions 1 to 4.



1. The text is talking about:

a) The family’s daily routine activities

b) The activities the family is doing on vacation.

c) The family’s past experiences.

d) The family’s daily routine and describing the activities they are doing “now” on vacation.


2. Check the sentence that expresses daily routine from the text:

a) Juliet is cooking and talking with a friend on the cellphone.

b) He plays soccer with his friends after school.

c) John and Anna are watching a cartoon on TV now.

d) Bryan is working in a big store.


3. Choose the correct rule explanation for the simple present (3rd person singular).

a) Add -es – when the verbs end in x, o, ss, ch, sh.

b) Add -ing to the verb;

c) Add - ies - when the verb ends in vowel + y

d) Add – es- when the verb ends in -e.


4. Mark the sentence that describes an action happening at the moment.

a) They don’t like to talk a lot or make jokes.

b) She is normally very busy.

c) John is watching TV and talking with Anna, his sister.

d) She reads books and goes to ballet class.

III. Modal Verbs CAN/CAN’T – Read the sentences, mark (A) for the ones that express ability and

(P) for the ones that express permission.

a) ( ) I can play the guitar. It’s so easy when you practice every day.

b) ( ) I am so sorry, but we can’t go camping with you this weekend.

c) ( ) He can speak English fluently. He lived in Canada for 4 years.

d) ( ) They can’t use chopsticks to eat Japanese food. They have difficulty in holding them.

e) ( ) She can’t play before finishing her homework.

f) ( ) Wow! He can type so fast!

g) ( ) Rick can’t eat candies before dinner.

h) ( ) Watch out! She can’t watch war movies. She is only 6 years old.

i) ( ) Can you dance tap dance?

j) ( ) I can’t cook at all.​