A Letter To A Penfriend

Dear Franoise, Im so glad that you would like to be my pen friend. I will write my first letter to you in English because I want to tell you something about myself. However, next time I will write some of my letter in French and I would be grateful if you tell me what mistakes I make. I am fifteen years old, but I will be sixteen soon (March 12th). Im quite tall for my ageand I have short blond hair. Im enclosing a photograph of myself so that you can see what I look like. I have a little brother, not really little, he is 11, and an older sister aged 18. She is at college now, studying psychology. I have exams this year called 0-level and Im doing eight subjects including French. Im not very good at French as you will soon find out! My parents are both teachers and we live in Oxford. I hope you will be able to come and visit us one day. I have a ginger cat called Schweppes and my brother has a rabbit called Daisy. We also have two other cats but no dogs because we live in a town. Thats all for now. Write soon and tell me everything about yourself. I look forward to your letter. Yours, Ruth

Answer the following questions: 1. How many brothers and sisters does Ruth have? 2. How many pets does the family have? What are they? 3. Which school subject does Ruth say she is not good at? . 4. Why doesnt she give more details about her personal appearance?

Find in the text words having the same meaning as: My appearance=_____ Its name =_________ Thankful =_________ Pleased = __________

What do the underlined pronouns refer to? You _____________ Us ______________ We ______________ Me ____________

Decide whether these statements are true or false. Find evidence for the true statements and correct the false ones. 1.Franoise and Ruth are childhood friends. ( T / F ) ______________________________________________ 2. Ruths sister and brother are both teenagers. ( T / F ) ______________________________________________ 3. Franoises parents are both teachers. ( T / F ) ______________________________________________ 4. Franoise is excellent at French. ( T / F ) ______________________________________________ 5. Its not convenient to breed animals when living in a city. ( T / F ) ______________________________________________