Read about Tomas who comes from Vienna, then answer the True/False questions about him. I'm Tomas and I live in Vienna with my parents and my sisters. I'm the youngest in my family. I turned 13 last month. My sisters are Martina, 16, and Betta, 19. Betta's very serious and she always tells me what to do, I guess because she's the oldest. I go to a nice school not too far from our home and I really enjoy it. I have a lot of friends there and I enjoy studying. My best subject is Geography, probably because it's the easiest too! My most difficult subject is Math - I'm terrible and I don't like my teacher. I love playing sports, especially basketball. I'm the tallest player on the school team and I usually play really well. It's the happiest part of my day. My coach says that one day I could play professional basketball! On the weekend I spend a lot of time with my friends Ralf and Kurt. We do everything together and they are the most important people in my life, apart from my family of course!
1. Tomas is older than Martina.
True
False
2. Betta is the oldest.
True
False
3. Geography is the easiest subject.
True
False
4. English is more difficult than Math.
True
False
5. Tomas is the tallest on the team.
True
False
6. Kurt is more important than Betta.
True
False
1 pupil: What holiday do children in your country like best of all?
2 pupil: New Year, I think.
1 pupil: Do you have any New Year traditions?
2 pupil: Yes, we do. One of them is decorating the New Year tree.
1 pupil: Did you parents buy a New Year tree last year?
2 pupil: Yes, they did. And we were decorating is together all evening. And did you have a New Year party at school last year?
1 pupil: We had a Christmas party. It was a wonderful party. We were dancing all evening.
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1 pupil: What holiday is your number one spring holiday?
2 pupil: I like Easter best
1 pupil: Do you have any Easter traditions?
2 pupil: Yes, we do. One of them is colouring eggs.
1 pupil: Did you help your mum to colour eggs last year?
2 pupil: Yes , I did. we were doing it together all evening. And did your parents hide chocolate eggs in the yard last Easter?
1 pupil: Yes, they did. my sister and I were looking for them all morning.
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