27717 holiday postcard 25

Dear Brenda, I’m having a wonderful time here! We’re on a lovely island in the Cyclades, called Santorini The hotel is nice and quiet It’s got a very big swimming-pool The weather’s hot and sunny although it rained yesterday Right now, I’m sitting outside a café by the sea Sheila’s snorkelling as usual Tom’s looking for some shells to take home Dad’s visiting some ancient ruins on the island I think it’s boring Mum’s buying some souvenirs at the market I don’t like it because it’s too noisy We go to restaurants nearly every night for dinner My favourite one is by the sea My mum and dad always order sea-food but I never - it’s horrible I always order souvlaki-it’s so delicious That’s all for now See you next Friday Love, Laura Brenda Maverdag Surinamestraad 95 5840 GH Den Haag Netherlands A)Read the postcard and decide if the sentences below are true (T) or false (F) Santorini is an island They’re staying in a big hotel It’s raining now Mark loves diving He’s looking for some shells now Dad doesn’t like visiting old places Mum doesn’t like the market They go to a restaurant every night They always order souvlaki 10 Laura likes sea-food 11 She’s going to meet Brenda next week B) Answer the questions …………… …………… …………… …………… …………… …………… …………… …………… …………… …………… …………… Who is the postcard to? 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Who is writing the postcard? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Where is Laura? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Who is she on holiday with? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Where are they staying? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What is the hotel like? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What was the weather like yesterday? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What’s she doing now? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What does Sheila usually do? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What does Tom want to take back home? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Are there any old places on the island? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Does Laura like visiting ruins? Why/Why not? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Who’s at the market now? Why? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What’s mum buying now? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What does Laura think of the market? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Where they usually have dinner? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Where is Laura’s favourite restaurant? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What they usually order? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………