David and his game of tennis
Reading A1
David is eleven, and he has two older brothers, Peter and Paul, who like tennis. ‘Come and have a game of tennis with us,’ they say every day. But David never goes because he doesn’t enjoy playing tennis. He likes playing computer games better. He plays them all day. His mother often says to him, ‘David, don’t sit in the house at the computer. Go and play in the park with your brothers.’ But David doesn’t want to.
Examples
David is only ………eleven……… – he’s the youngest child in the family.
David’s brothers are called ………Peter and Paul……… .
Questions
1 David’s brothers enjoy playing a lot.
2 David enjoys playing games on his more.
3 David doesn’t want to play in the .
One weekend, David played on his computer all day Saturday, but on Sunday morning, he wanted to do something different. So, David phoned his friend Nick and then rode to his house on his bike. Nick had lots of good games in his bedroom. They played there all morning. Then they had a nice lunch – some cheese sandwiches and a drink of orange juice.
4 David phoned Nick on .
5 After that, David went on to Nick’s house.
6 The two friends played computer games in Nick’s .
7 Nick and David ate for their lunch.
On Sunday evening, David’s mother said, ‘What did you do with Nick? Did you play tennis?’ ‘Yes,’ said David. ‘We played after lunch with his two sisters.’ ‘That’s good, David,’ said his mother. ‘It was sunny and hot all day.’ ‘Was it?’ asked David. ‘I didn’t go outside.’ ‘You did,’ said his brothers. ‘You played tennis!’ ‘Ah! But we played inside,’ laughed David. ‘We played table tennis!’
8 David and Nick played with both of Nick’s in the afternoon.
9 The weather was on Sunday.
10 The game that David played was .