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Reading:
Level: Beginners
Instructions.- Read the text below, then choose the right answer.

A Special Christmas Present

David wants to buy a Christmas present for a very special person, his mother. David's father gives him $5.00 a week pocket money and David puts $2.00 a week into his bank account. After three months David takes $20.00 out of his bank account and goes to the shopping mall. He looks and looks for a perfect gift.

Suddenly he sees a beautiful brooch in the shape of his favourite pet. He says to himself, "My mother loves jewelry, and the brooch costs only $17.00." He buys the brooch and takes it home. He wraps the present in Christmas paper and places it under the tree. He is very excited and he is looking forward to Christmas morning to see the joy on his mother's face.


But when his mother opens the present she screams with fright because she sees a spider.

1. What does David want to buy his Mother?
A. a special birthday present
B. a Christmas present
C. a spider ring

2. Who does David get his money from?
A. his pet
B. his mother
C. his father

3. What does David buy his mother?
A. a ring
B. a brooch
C. a spider

4. What does David do with the present when he takes it home?
A. he gives it to his mother
B. he wraps it in Christmas paper
C. he is very excited

5. Why does David buy a spider brooch?
A. spiders are his favorite pet
B. he loves Christmas
C. to scare his mother

6. Where does David put the present on Christmas Eve?
A. under his pillow
B. under a spider
C. under the Christmas tree

Writing:
Level: Beginners
Instructions: Put in order the images. Then, describe the boy´s activities during the day in a six lines paragraph using the present tense.

Listening:
Level: Beginners
Dictation
Instructions: Listen to the following words, and write them correctly and in the order they are being read.
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Speaking:
Level: Beginners
Introducing Yourself
Instructions: Introduce yourself to your classmates answering the following questions, and adding some extra information you want them to know about you.

1. What´s your name?
2. How old are you?
3. Where you were born?
4. Do you have brothers or sisters?
5. What are the names of your parents?
6. Are you studying? or What´s your profession?
7. What´s your favorite thing to do?