8/17/2019 Activity 9 Bob Hunter and Samantha Text Reading
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ACTIVITY 9 READING SKILLS
I. READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:
Bob Hunter is forty years old. He lives in Derby with his wife
and three children. Hiswife’s name is Linda and she is an artist.
Their eldest child, Richard, is studyingEngineering at Derby
niversity. Their middle child is called !laire. "he’s fourteenand a
student at Derby #rammar "chool. Their youngest child is "ally, who
istwelve. "he en$oys horse%riding and cycling. Bob is an accountant
and wor&s for Toyota at Burnaston. He en$oys his $ob but always
loo&s forward to the wee&end,when he can s'end some (uality
time on the golf course. He is a member of )ic&leover #olf !lub
and has been 'laying since he was eleven years old.
Questions:
*. +ho is the 'aragra'h about ------------------------ . How old
is he ------------------------
/. +here does he live ------------------------ 0. 1s he married
------------------------ 2. How many children does he have
------------------------ 3. +hat is his wife’s name
------------------------ 4. +hat does his wife do for a living
------------------------ 5. +hat is the name of their eldest child
------------------------ 6. +hat sub$ect is he studying
------------------------ *7. How old is !laire
------------------------ **. +hich school does she go to
------------------------ * . +hat is the name of their other child
------------------------ */. How old is she
------------------------ *0. +hat hobbies does she en$oy
------------------------ *2. +hat does Bob do for a living
------------------------ *3. +hich com'any does he wor& for
------------------------ *4. Does he li&e wor&ing there
------------------------ *5. +hat does he do at the wee&end
------------------------ *6. +hat is the name of his golf club
------------------------
7. 8t what age did he start 'laying ------------------------
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8/17/2019 Activity 9 Bob Hunter and Samantha Text Reading
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"amantha was wal&ing home from wor& one day last month,
when she saw a manwho was trying to brea& into a car. "he
as&ed him what he was doing, and he toldher to, 9#et lost:; "he
ran to a nearby sho' and as&ed the owner to call the
'olice,which he did immediately. +hen she went outside again she
saw that both the thief and the car had gone. 8bout ten minutes
later, a 'olice car sto''ed outside the
sho'. 8 'olicewoman got out and as&ed "amantha some
(uestions about theincident. "he as&ed her to give a
descri'tion of the car and the thief. "amanthasaid that the car was
a dar& blue
