175. Reading and listening exercise about María

Reading and listening Exercise

It´s four thirty in the afternoon and today is Saturday. 

María is having a green herbal tea with soya.

María is from Granada but now she´s living in Madrid. 

She lives in a small apartment with two other girls.

She likes living in Madrid because there are a lot of museums, 

theaters and especiallly many different bars where she can go with her friends. 1.) Of course, one 

thing thing she doesn´t like about Madrid is that there are 2.) too many cars in the center of the city.

María is working at a computer company because she can program and design web pages.

She likes her job 3.) very much because it´s interesting and her 4.) workmates are very nice.

Now she´s in her small room. She likes her room because it has a terrace where she can open

the door and see a park with a 5.) tall pine tree where it is always 6.) full of birds singing.

It´s a little 7.) cloudy but it´s not cold. The streets are 8.) empty at the moment, but later there 

will be a lot of people going for a walk.

She will 9.) also go for a walk to the center of the city to go to the 10.) movies. 

She likes to go and see a movie 11.) by herself Saturday afternoon and later 12. meeting her 

friends in her favorite coffee shop.

Vocabulary

1. Of course = desde luego

2. too many  = demasiados

3. very much = muchísimo

4. workmates = compañeros de trabajo

5. tall = alto

6. full = lleno

7. cloudy = nublado

8. empty = vacio

9. also = también

10. movies = cine

11. by herself = sola

12. meeting = reunión

Ahora contestar estas preguntas sobre el texto:

1. What time is it?........................................................................................................................

2. What is María doing? ...............................................................................................................

3. Where is María from?................................................................................................................

4. Where is she living now? ..........................................................................................................

5. Who is she living with?..............................................................................................................

6. Why does she like living in Madrid? ...........................................................................................

7. What doesn´t she like about Madrid? ........................................................................................

8. What are her workmates like?...................................................................................................

    (Como son sus compañeros del trabajo?)

9. Why does she like her room?....................................................................................................

10. What´s the weather like? ........................................................................................................

     (Que tiempo hace?)

11. What is she going to do today? ...............................................................................................

     (Que va a hacer hoy?)

12. Who is she going to meet later? ..............................................................................................

  (Con quien va a reunirse más tarde?)