Chapter 9 ----First letter home [30 gaps]

Dear Mum,

I hope you can understand me _____________ I’m writing this letter in English.

I’m going to ask Roger, Mr Frost, to correct my _____________. His job is a

translator and his English is _____________. He also speaks Spanish and French.

At the moment, he is translating a French novel into _______________.

_____________ have to work hard after ______________, but on Fridays Diana, Mrs Frost,

does _____________ in the house. After working for four evenings as a nurse

in a _____________, she likes to spend three _____________ with her own ____________. At

the moment, she’s _____________ Elisabeth to bed. Elisabeth asks a lot of

questions. It takes a long time to put her to bed. Isaac _____________ say very

much, but needs a lot of _______________.

I’m sure you want to know about my new life in England. Well, every

morning after a normal _______________, I walk to the Underground Station.

It’s on the Central Line so it’s very easy to get to my _____________ school.

I have a Spanish _____________ called Arturo and we meet in reception ______________

class. We’re going shopping and sightseeing in London tomorrow. His

English is a little better than __________ so I think he can help me with my

_______________.

There are only four ____________ students in my class and they’re a little slow.

The book is not very _______________. All the questions are very general, for

_______________:

I’d like to ask the other students about particular times in their _____________, but

then we need The Past Simple, ______________ is not in our book!

In my next letter, I’m going to tell you more about my English family, but

now I need to prepare my ____________________ trip. Remember the big, red

"Tourist Guide to London". It’s the _________________ thing on my desk!

All the best,

Rosa