FAMILY AND FRIENDS – MY UNCLE
My Uncle Chris is the best uncle I have ever had.
He is tall, has dark hair and brown eyes. He isn't plum or thin, he is just right. He has
a dark complexion and gets suntanned easily. Uncle Chris is a gardener, a car-mechanic, an
electrician and an animal-lover all in one.
He is unemployed but does a lot of odd jobs for people, who helps him a lot. He's got
a great sense of humor. He's got lots of ideas, too. He's always very positive about things, never
gets angry. I have never seen him shout or raise his voice at anyone. And he’s very friendly. I think
that's why so many people like him and he's very popular among his family, friends and
neighbours.
He usually wears dark jeans and flannel shirts but when it’s cold he puts on his warm
winter jacket and his funny red woolly hat. When he goes fishing he puts on his wellington boots
and overalls and his baseball cap (he looks funny because it says "Fishing king). When there is
a celebration in the family, a wedding or a birthday, Uncle Chris always dresses in a funny way, he
does. Once, when he went to his nephew's wedding he was wearing a suit, which was all right but
he forgot about it and went to feed the pigeons before coming to the wedding. Imagine what the
suit looked like.
Uncle Chris loves animals, can spend hours talking to them, caring about them and doing
all sorts of jobs that one does when looking after animals. He keeps pigeons, fish, rabbits, a ferret
and a dog. He is a great animal expert, know a lot about animals and always helps people when
their pets are ill.
Uncle Christ will be 57 tomorrow! Happy birthday Uncle Chris.
From: Kompedium Szóstoklasisty, Papilon
1. Read and decide TRUE or FALSE
1. Uncle Chris is short. …………
2. His is slim. …………
3. He doesn’t work. …………
4. He gets angry very often …………
5. He has many friends. …………
6. He likes fishing. …………
7. He hates animals. …………
8. He keeps cows. …………
9. He knows little about animals. …………
10. He is in his fifties …………
2. Match the halves to make phrases.
1. about
……… a. a hat
2. dark
…….. b. lots of ideas
3. get
……… c. job
4. fair
……… d. voice
5. wear
………. e. sweater
6.have
……… f. right
7. animal
……… g. lover
8. woolly
……… h. suntanned
9. odd
……… i. hair
10. raise
……… j. complexion
