My Best Friend Sara
Do more with this exercise
Read the text about Sara. Then answer the questions.
Reading text
tall
not shortthin
with a slim bodyhair
it grows on your headnose
you smell with itsmile
a happy look on your facefeet
you walk on them (one foot, two feet)shoes
you wear them on your feethair
it grows on your headnose
you smell with itPractice exercises
Choose the Answer
Read the text again. Choose the correct answer.
1.How old is Sara?
2.What colour is Sara's hair?
3.What colour are Sara's eyes?
4.What colour are Sara's shoes?
True or False
Decide if each sentence is true or false.
5.Sara is short.
6.Sara has got small feet.
7.Sara's friend has got brown hair.
8.Sara's bag is blue.
Words from the Text
Type the missing word.
Listen and choose
Listen once or twice, then choose the answer.
12.What colour is her hair?
13.What are her eyes like?
14.What is big?
Frequently asked questions
What can I learn from this reading?
You practise colours, parts of the body, adjectives of appearance and have got / has got in a short text about a friend.
Do I need to understand every word?
No. Read the whole text first, then use the glossary for the words you do not know. Then answer the questions.
How can I use the listening exercise?
Listen once or twice and choose the answer. If you want, you can show the sentence after you answer.
Answer key
1. How old is Sara?
Answer: fourteen
The text says, “She is fourteen.”
2. What colour is Sara's hair?
Answer: black
The text says, “She has got long black hair.”
3. What colour are Sara's eyes?
Answer: green
The text says, “She has got big green eyes.”
4. What colour are Sara's shoes?
Answer: red
The text says, “Sara's shoes are red.”
5. Sara is short.
Answer: False
Sara is tall and thin.
6. Sara has got small feet.
Answer: False
Her hands are small, but her feet are big.
7. Sara's friend has got brown hair.
Answer: True
Her friend says, “I have got short brown hair and brown eyes.”
8. Sara's bag is blue.
Answer: True
The text says, “Her bag is blue.”
9. Sara is tall, but her friend is ___.
Answer: short
Her friend says, “I am short.”
10. Sara has got a happy ___.
Answer: smile
The text says, “She has got a happy smile.”
11. Sara's hands are small, but her ___ are big.
Answer: feet
The text says, “her feet are big.”
12. Listening question 12: She has got long black hair.
Answer: black
The speaker says, “She has got long black hair.”
13. Listening question 13: She has got big green eyes.
Answer: big and green
The speaker says, “She has got big green eyes.”
14. Listening question 14: Her hands are small, but her feet are big.
Answer: her feet
The speaker says, “her feet are big.”