Escola de Educação Básica “Calmon”
Subject: English Language
Teacher: Simôney Soraia Serafini
Main Topic: Reading Activity
Student:
Class:
Date:
Main Topic:
In pairs, read the text about Victor and
answer these questions on your notebook.
Victor Raul Manani is ten years old. He lives
near Lima on the west coast of Peru. He has got
three brothers and two sisters. His father is
dead. His mother sells potatoes in the market.
Victor sells chewing gum and hats to people in
cars. “I work because I need to eat”. “I don’t like
selling things in the street but I like making
money. I make quite a lot. I spend it on shoes,
school books and clothes but I give some money
to my mother. I like school and learning English.
I can speak a little English now.
Vocabulary
Does: não tem tradução, serve apenas como auxiliar
do principal.
Shanty town: favela
West coast: costa oeste
Little: um pouco
Market: feira
Chewing gum: chiclets
Quite a lot: o suficiente
Clothes: roupas
Now answer the questions:
a) What is Victor full name?
b) How old is he?
c) Where does he live?
d) How many brothers and sisters has he got?
e) What does his father do?
f) What does his mother do?
g) What does he do?
h) Does he like his job?
i) How does he spend his money?
j) Does he like school?