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Reading

★ Read the te x t about Ruby and Rachel. 2 ★★ Write the words in bold italics from the
A nsw er the questions. text next to the definitions.
1 Which is the correct picture? 1 A child with no brothers
2 Where are they from? or sisters. A n _____________
3 Where do they live? 2 Brothers or sisters who
4 What's their favourite hobby? look the same and have
the same birthday. ____________
3 An interest. A ____________
4 Very different or strange. ____________

3 ★ ★ Read the text again. Are these sentences
true (7) or false (Я)?
1 Rachel and Ruby live in the same family. _F
2 One of the twins lives in England. __
3 They've got four grandmothers. __
4 They've got the same hair and eyes. __
5 Ruby and Rachel use the same hand to write. __
6 They've got the same interests. __
7 Their grandparents think the game that
Rachel and Ruby play is easy._________________ __
4 ★ ★ ★ Read the sentences and write Ra for
Rachel, Ru for Ruby or В for both.
1 She's from China.____________________________ __
2 She lives in Edinburgh. __
3 She hasn't got any brothers or sisters. __
4 She's got brown eyes. __
5 She writes with her right hand. __
6 She wears the other girl's clothes. __

5 ★ ★★ Why are Ruby and Rachel unusual?
Find tw o or three things in the text.
Write them down.

: - Д Д ...................................................................................
: If you see a word you don't know, don't stop
jby Taylor and Rachel Storr are very unusual. They are : reading. You don't need to know every word
identical twins, but they've got different parents. The : to understand a text. If you continue reading,
vins are from China, but they are adopted. They both : sometimes you can understand the new word.
i Scotland, Ruby near Aberdeen, and Rachel in
Edinburgh, 150 km away. In her Scottish family Rachel has
got two brothers, but Ruby is an 'only child'. Ruby often
visiL Rachel, and their parents are now friends.

Both girls have got two 'families': their parents, an
'aunt' and 'uncle' (the other twin's parents) and eight
grandparents!
Rachel and Ruby have got long, dark hair and brown eyes.
They p e n 't just identical, they are mirror-image twins.
Rachel writes with her right hand and Ruby writes with
her left hand, for example. Their favourite hobby is art
and they both love clothes. Ruby wears Rachel's clothes
and Rdcflt wears Ruby's clothes, and they play a game
with their grandparents called 'Am I Ruby or am I Rachel?'.
-Their grandparents haven't got any idea!

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