Pre-intermediate A2 reading: An email from Carlos.

Read the following email from Carlos and then answer the questions below.

‘Hi Diego,

How are you? It has been a long time since we have spoken. I miss you. I hope you are well my friend!

How is everything in Spain?

I have been in London for 3 months now. At first I did not like it a lot. The weather was cold and the city was very big.

Now however I really like it and have got used to it.

In the beginning of my English course I didn’t understand the teacher very well. For me he was speaking very fast, but now

I understand everything he says. Of course my class mates are very easy to understand as they speak clearly. They are from different countries like me, for example Italy, Brazil, Japan and other places.

The food here in England is ‘OK’, not fantastic but still I go to the shops and buy food and cook. I have a nice host family. The family is a mother and her son. I speak to them every evening at dinner time and they are friendly. I ask them questions about England and London.

I will spend another 3 more months in London to improve my English so that I can get a good job back in Spain. However I may even look for work outside Spain e.g. in America, Germany, Australia etc.

Have a great day and say hi to your family for me.

Take care!

Carlos.’

Now please answer the questions below:

A) Questions, true or false.

1. Carlos has been in London for 4 months. TRUE / FALSE.
2. He did not understand his teacher well in the beginning. TRUE/FALSE
3. His class mates are all from Spain. TRUE/FALSE
4. He cooks food in his flat. TRUE/FALSE
5. He will stay in London for another 3 months. TRUE/FALSE
6. He will only look for work in Spain. TRUE/FALSE

B) Identify which tense the following sentences from the email are:

1. It has been a long time since we have spoken.  PRESENT PERFECT or PRESENT SIMPLE.
2. I have been in London for 3 months now.  PRESENT PERFECT or PRESENT SIMPLE.
3. At first I did not like it a lot. PRESENT SIMPLE or PAST SIMPLE.
4. The weather was cold and the city was very big. PRESENT SIMPLE or PAST SIMPLE
5. Now however I really like it. PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS
6. In the beginning of my English course I didn’t understand the teacher very well. PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS
7. They are from different countries like me, for example Italy, Brazil, Japan and other places. PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
8. I will spend another 3 more months in London to improve my English – FUTURE SIMPLE or FUTURE CONTINUOUS.

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