ENGLISH WORKSHEET – 09TH GRADE

A. Read the following text and complete the table below.

Hi! I’m Melissa and I’m from the
USA. I was born in Boston, but I live
in Colorado Springs, at the foot of
Pikes Peak, America's mountain. I’m
11 years old and I’m in the 7th grade
at Watson Junior High School. I live
with my parents, my brother, who is
13, and my sister, who has just
turned 14. We’ve got a beautiful
Labrador named Dali. He’s also part
of the family.
Hi! I’m and I’m Pat from Britain.
I was born in Brighton, but I live
in London. I’m 11 years old
and I’m in the 7th grade at
St. Martin School. I live
with my parents, my 8-
year-old brother and my
sister, who’s only 5. We’ve
got a lovely kitten named
Mafalda. She also belongs to
the family, of course!

Hi! I’m Mark and I’m from Australia. I Hi! I’m Diego and I’m from South Africa.
was born in Sydney, but I live on Noosa, I was born in Johannesburg, but I live in
on the Sunshine Coast. I’m 12 years old Durban, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
and I’m in the 8th grade at Noosa I’m 12 years old and I’m in the 8th grade
Christian School. My parents are at Durban High School. I live with
divorced. I live with my mother and my my parents, my brother,
sister, who has just turned 15. We’ve who is 10, and my grand-
got a wonderful yellow parakeet, named mother. We’ve got a
Aussie, who’s part of the family. lovely cat. His name’s baby
Jaguar and he is one of us.

Melissa Pat Mark Diego

Age

Nationality

Place of Birth

Place of Living

School

Year

Family

Pets
B. Complete these sentences with information from the text.

1. Where is Colorado Springs situated? ______________________________________________

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2. How old are Melissa’s siblings? ____________________________________________________

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3. Who is the youngest member of Pat’s family? And the oldest? ______________________
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4. Is Noosa an inland city? __________________________________________________________

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5. How do you think Melissa, Pat, Mark and Diego feel about their pets? Justify your

answer. _________________________________________________________________________
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C. Say what these words refer to in the text.

1. my (Melissa’s text, line 7) 2. who (Melissa’s text, line 7)

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3. he (Melissa’s text, line 10)
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5. she (Pat’s text, line 10)
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4. we (Pat’s text, line 8)
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6. his (Diego’s text, line 9)
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D. Now ask questions for these answers.

1. Melissa was born in Boston. _______________________________________________________

2. I live with my parents and my siblings. _____________________________________________

3. She attends Watson Junior High School. __________________________________________

4. Dali. ___________________________________________________________________________

5. She has got a dog. _______________________________________________________________

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