WORKSHOP 11

What is the writer trying to do in this article?

• encourage the reader to study at a university

• argue that old people need more facilities to study

• suggest that age is not a problem when studying

• describe a great-great-grandmother’s home life

What information can the reader find in the article?

• Why Phyllis Turner studied at Adelaide University

• the topic of the study she completed

• what Phyllis Turner’s hobbies and interests are

• the subjects offered at Adelaide University

Phyllis Turner stopped studying at age 12 because

• she missed her brothers and sisters

• she started working for a rich family

• she and her father left the family

• she had to help her mother at home

Phyllis Turner’s professor thinks that

• she is too old to study

• she likes other students

• it is amazing how active she is

• the university is fantastic

What would Phyllis Turner say when accepting her master’s degree?

• This is the result of yearsof hard work. I really enjoyed it!

• I’m really happy to get this degree. Now I’m in the Guinness book of world records

• I want to get my degree and go home because I have to get up early in the morning

• This is a wonderful experience because I look like I’m 25

I _____________ (finish) my homework yet.

• Have finished

• Has finished

• did finished

• Haven't finished

My father is on the way. He ____________ (arrive) home yet.

• Haven't arrived

• Hasn't arrived

• didn´t arrived

• arrived

I have never ___________ (be) to Paris.

• been

• went

• go

• was

________ you ever been to New York?

• Are

• Were

• Do

• Have

I am looking for my pen. I __________ it

• Have lost

• lost

• did lost

• was lost