Reading

Before you start reading, study the following vocabulary:

Free time
At all
At weekends
Detective novels
Favourite
Lots of
On TV
Often
For fun
Stay at home

Hobbies

SUSAN comes from Ireland. She is married to a rich banker. She doesn‘t work, but she has no free time at all. Susan has five children, two boys and three girls. She loves cooking for them. At night – when her babies sleep – she likes listening to classical music. Sometimes she watches TV. At weekends – when the children are at their grandmother's house – she likes reading. She reads detective novels. Agatha Christie is her favourite writer.

JACK is from Australia. He is a student at university. He is single. He has no girlfriend at the moment, so he has lots of free time. He usually goes fishing. He likes watching sports on TV. He plays football and goes windsurfing very often. But he doesn't like tennis. He says it's too long and boring. He sometimes plays it with his friends, just for fun.

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Questions

Are the following statements correct?

1.   Jack likes all sports.

2.   Jack is married.

3.   Cooking is Susan's hobby.

4.   Susan's children usually stay at home at weekends.

5.   Jack plays tennis.

6.   Jack is a football player.

7.   Susan has a lot of free time because she doesn't work.

8.   Jack has many girlfriends.

9.   She doesn't like Agatha Christie.

10.   Susan's husband doesn't have much money.