A Day in a Bakery
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Read about a baker's day, then answer the questions.
Reading text
baker
a person who makes bread and cakesbakery
a shop where you buy bread and cakesbakery
a shop where you buy bread and cakesmixes
puts different things togetherflour
a white powder that you use to make breadoven
a hot box in a kitchen where you cook foodCustomers
people who buy things in a shopbusy
with a lot of people or a lot to dohelper
a person who works with youtired
when you want to sleepPractice exercises
Choose the correct answer
Select the option that answers the question.
1.What time does Tom get up?
2.What does Tom do first at the bakery?
3.What is Tom making now?
True or false
Decide if each statement is true or false.
4.Tom drives to the bakery.
5.Nina is cleaning the tables now.
6.The shop is busy at ten o'clock.
Fill the gaps
Type the missing word. Use the word in the hint.
Listen and choose
Listen once or twice, then choose what you hear.
11.Who is looking at the cakes?
12.What is Nina doing?
13.When does Tom finish work?
Listen and write
Listen to each sentence and type what you hear.
14.Listen and write the sentence.
15.Listen and write the sentence.
16.Listen and write the sentence.
Frequently asked questions
Which grammar is in this reading text?
The text uses the present simple for daily routines, like he gets up, and the present continuous for what is happening now, like he is making.
How can I use this page to learn English?
Read the text, check the glossary and answer the questions. Then listen to sentences from the text and write three of them.
When do I use the present simple and the present continuous?
Use the present simple for things you do often, such as every day. Use the present continuous for things that are happening now, with am, is or are and the verb with -ing.
Answer key
1. What time does Tom get up?
Answer: At four o'clock
The text says: He gets up at four o'clock every morning.
2. What does Tom do first at the bakery?
Answer: He makes the bread
The text says: First, Tom makes the bread.
3. What is Tom making now?
Answer: A chocolate cake
The text says: Tom is making a chocolate cake.
4. Tom drives to the bakery.
Answer: False
The text says: He usually walks to the bakery in the dark.
5. Nina is cleaning the tables now.
Answer: True
The text says: His helper, Nina, is cleaning the tables.
6. The shop is busy at ten o'clock.
Answer: False
The text says: The shop is not busy at the moment.
7. Tom ___ the bread every morning.
Answer: makes
Every morning is a routine, so we use the present simple: he makes.
8. Tom is ___ a chocolate cake now.
Answer: making
Now means this moment, so we use is and the verb with -ing: is making.
9. Every day, customers ___ bread, cakes and coffee.
Answer: buy
Every day is a routine, and customers is plural, so the verb stays the same: customers buy.
10. Two children are ___ at the cakes now.
Answer: looking
Now means this moment, so we use are and the verb with -ing: are looking.
11. Listening question 11: Two children are looking at the cakes.
Answer: Two children
The speaker says, “Two children are looking at the cakes.”
12. Listening question 12: His helper, Nina, is cleaning the tables.
Answer: Cleaning the tables
The speaker says, “His helper, Nina, is cleaning the tables.”
13. Listening question 13: Tom finishes work at two o'clock every day.
Answer: At two o'clock
The speaker says, “Tom finishes work at two o'clock every day.”
14. Dictation 14
Answer: He gets up at four o'clock every morning.
This sentence is about a daily routine, so it uses the present simple: he gets up.
15. Dictation 15
Answer: He mixes the flour and water, and then he puts the bread in a big oven.
Two actions in a routine: he mixes and he puts.
16. Dictation 16
Answer: He is tired, but he loves his job.
He is can be written as he's. The verb loves has an -s with he.