1E READING: A day in the life

1E READING: A day in the life: Exercise 1

Complete the sentences. Use the affirmative form of the verbs in the box.

1

My sister  to bed at 9 p.m. on Sundays.

2

We  lunch at school during the week.

3

Our teachers  computers in the classroom.

4

My grandfather  the housework at weekends.

5

I  up at 7 a.m. from Monday to Friday.

6

My sister  to school by train.

7

I work in a restaurant. I  food.

8

My dad  work at 6 a.m. and he  work at 2 p.m.

do     finish     get go go have prepare start use

  

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A day in the life: Exercise 2

Read the text. Which three of these things do the members of the Long Hill community have?

animals

houses

TVs

books

computers

phones

Life at Long Hill

The Long Hill Community is a group of twenty families who live together in the south of England. They have a small farm with animals and ten small houses. Two families live in each house. Their aim is to live without the help of modern technology.

The adults at Long Hill don’t have jobs outside the Community, but they work very hard. They get up early and they have breakfast. Then they start work on the farm or they do housework. The children have lessons in the morning. Their teachers are all members of the Community.

‘We don’t hate technology,’ says Martin Edwards, the founder of the Community, ‘but we want a simple, natural life. And technology isn’t simple – or natural!’ So at Long Hill, they don’t use computers or watch TV. They haven’t got phones. So what do they do in the evenings? ‘Lots of things: we read books, we play games, we play music and sing,’ says Martin. ‘Life at Long Hill is simple, but it’s never boring.’

 

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A day in the life: Exercise 3

Read the text. Choose the best answers.

1

Each family in the Long Hill Community

lives with another family.

has got animals.

has got two houses.

2

All the adults in the Community

are teachers.

have got jobs outside the Community.

work inside the Community.

3

In the morning, the children

have lessons.

work on the farm.

do housework.

4

At Long Hill, they don’t use modern technology because

they hate it.

they want a natural life.

they don’t understand it.

5

In the evening, the families at Long Hill

watch films.

enjoy music.

play computer games.

Life at Long Hill

The Long Hill Community is a group of twenty families who live together in the south of England. They have a small farm with animals and ten small houses. Two families live in each house. Their aim is to live without the help of modern technology.

The adults at Long Hill don’t have jobs outside the Community, but they work very hard. They get up early and they have breakfast. Then they start work on the farm or they do housework. The children have lessons in the morning. Their teachers are all members of the Community.

‘We don’t hate technology,’ says Martin Edwards, the founder of the Community, ‘but we want a simple, natural life. And technology isn’t simple – or natural!’ So at Long Hill, they don’t use computers or watch TV. They haven’t got phones. So what do they do in the evenings? ‘Lots of things: we read books, we play games, we play music and sing,’ says Martin. ‘Life at Long Hill is simple, but it’s never boring.’

 

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