English 7th grade The Griffins´house Unit 7 – worksheet 1

READING

‘Family Guy’ is an animated American television show. It is about a semi-dysfunctional family that
lives in a fictional town in Rhode Island, USA.
Peter and Lois Griffin have three children: Meg, Chris and Stewie. Their teenage daughter, Meg, isn’t
very popular and Chris, their teenage son, is very fat, unintelligent and looks like a younger version of his
father. Stewie is their youngest and diabolical child. Living with the family is Brian, the family dog, who
walks on two legs and talks to people.
The Griffins live in a detached house with a green roof. We can see five windows and also two dormer
windows on the roof. The two windows downstairs have got wooden shutters. On the ground floor, there’s a
sunroom with a glass door. There’s also a garage on the left side of the house. Next to the garage there’s a
picket fence to keep people and animals out. Around the house there’s a garden with a green lawn. There are
some bushes and trees in the garden, but there are no flowers.
The house is in an attractive and classical style and it looks spacious. There are two single rooms, a
double room, a nursery, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a formal dining room, a living room and a study. The
Griffins live in a friendly neighbourhood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy (adapted)
COMPREHENSION

1. Answer these questions about the text.

a) What is ‘Family Guy’ about?
b) How many children have the Griffins got?
c) What does Chris look like?
d) Who is Brian?
e) What kind of house do they live in?
f) What is there around the house?

2. Say if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.
2.1. The Griffins are real people.
2.2. Brian is the youngest son.
2.3. The house has got two floors.
2.4. They live in a friendly environment.

GRAMMAR

1. Choose WAS or WERE and circle it:

1. He was / were a policeman. 5. I was / were at school.

2. We was / were very happy. 6. It wasn’t / weren’t expensive.
3. Was / Were you happy? 7. Was / Were she your teacher?
4. They wasn’t / weren’t interested in.

2. Write what Jean DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:

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a) go shopping ( - ) Jean didn’t go shopping yesterday.

b) clean the house ( + ) ………………………………………………………………
c) feed the cat ( + ) .………………………………………………………………
d) telephone Mary ( - ) ………………………………………………………………

2.1. Make two questions about the sentences on exercise 4.

3. Rewrite the following sentences in the past simple.

3.1. Where does she live?
3.2. Chris buys a new car.
3.3. Do they study Maths?
3.4. We travel to London.

4. Fill in the spaces with either present simple, past simple or present continuous. Don't use
contractions.

Dear Mary!
How are you?
I (1) (receive) your letter last week. Thank you for the recipe for the cake I (2) (ask) for. I
(make) it last week and it (3) (be) very nice.
I now (4) (have) a new job in a supermarket in the city centre. I go there every day at 3
o'clock in the afternoon and (5) (work) there till 10 o'clock in the evening. I am very happy
because my sister (6) (work) there too so we travel to and from work together.
I (7) (get) my first wages last week and I went shopping immediately! I (8) (buy) a new
stereo for my bedroom. It is gold and black and (9) (look) very nice. My brother (10) (come) to
stay with me for a few days next week. He (11) (arrive) on Saturday so I am going to collect
him from the station. After I collect him, we are going to that Mexican restaurant near the park.
(12) (you/want?) to come with us? You can (13) (call) me to tell me if you want to come
or not. John told me that you (14) (pass) your Spanish exam last month. Congratulations. (15)
(be?) difficult? You know that I (16) (be) terrible at languages but you are better. (17)
(you/go?) to visit Spain for your next holiday so you can practice it?

Please write to me soon with all your news, Mary.

All the best
Sara.

5. . Complete the sentences with could or couldn´t.

5.1. you stop doing that? It's annoying!

5.2. I possibly finish such a large pizza alone.

5.3. you ask her to give me my book?

5.4. You ask mister Sebel to help you.

5.5. Where he have parked his car?

5.6. He have done this. He was with me the whole time.

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5.7. We go to France next summer, because his mother was sick.