A2 Reading Comprehension - Working As Santa's Elf

A2 Reading Comprehension - Working As Santa's Elf

Read and understand about a woman's experience working as Santa's Elf. Then, complete the following Practice.

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Read about a woman’s job as a Christmas elf!

Hi! My name is Adrianna. A few years ago, I worked as an elf at a holiday resort in Lapland, in the north of Sweden.  The resort was in a forest. Visitors and workers stayed in small wooden cabins all around the forest.  There was one large cabin where people ate meals. I started work there in mid November and stayed until just after Christmas.

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Tourists used to stay at the resort for four days. On the first day, they arrived at the airport and travelled to the resort by coach.  I didn’t have to work until the evening. Sometimes I went skiing. Then, while the guests had their evening meal, I worked behind the desk in reception. I helped people find their cabins, told them about the itinerary and sold tickets for extra tours. I didn’t dress as an elf at that time; I wore the hotel uniform.

On day 2, I and three other elves got up at about eight o’clock. Of course, it was still dark at that time. In Lapland it gets light at about half past ten during the winter, and it gets dark again soon after two o’clock.  We dressed in our elf costumes and drove across the snow on skidoos to a cabin in the forest.  Inside the cabin, there were huge presents and huge tools.  We had to wrap the presents and pretend to make toys with the tools.  There were mirrors in the cabin windows. These made us look very small. When tourists looked through the windows, they saw tiny elves using normal-sized tools!On the third day, we went to a different cabin – Santa’s cabin!  This was the day when the children finally met Father Christmas.  The children would meet Santa and get a toy. Then they came into the elves’ workshop to meet us. This room was full of toys and beautifully decorated with a Christmas tree.  I and the other elves pretended to make toys and chatted to the children in our own elf language.

The next day, the tourists went home and the next group arrived. I worked on reception again. Working as an elf was great fun, and a magical way to spend Christmas! I would never imagine that I could be working as an elf. From then, I would always encourage my friends to find jobs that that make them happy so that they will not find working boring.

Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Which of the following shows a 'cabin'?

Multiple Select

Which of the following is a 'coach' that people use for transportation?

• bicycle

• train

• bus

• horse carriage

• walking

Multiple Choice

The word 'itinerary' means...

• a brochure about a place

• a map to a hotel

• a plan of one's tour

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are probably 'skidoos'?

Reading Comprehension Exercise

Decide ​if the statements are TRUE or FALSE.

Multiple Choice

Adrianna was in Sweeden when she worked as an elf.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The holiday resort was located near a mountain.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Adrianna stayed at the resort in November until January.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Tourists usually stay at the resort for about 4 days.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Adrianna helped resort guests find their cabins.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Adrianna helped resort guests by teaching them how to ski.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Adrianna put on her elf costumes when she worked as a receptionist.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Adrianna put on her elf costumes when she worked as an elf.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Adrianna and her friends had to pretend to make toys.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Children could meet and talk to the elves in the cabin.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Naughty children at the resort did not get any toys from Father Christmas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Adrianna found working as an elf extremely fun.

• TRUE

• FALSE