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Sarah's Life in Canada

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sarah and Nathan have ________.

a)

two girls

b)

two boys

c)

one boy and one girl

d)

no children

2.

Nathan is ________.

a)

Sarah's husband

b)

Sarah's manager

c)

Sarah's boyfriend

d)

Sarah's father

3.

Nathan works ________.

a)

in a factory

b)

in a school

c)

long hours

d)

at home

4.

At weekends, Sarah and Nathan often ________.

a)

stay in the city

b)

work long hours

c)

go to a village

d)

get out of the city

5.

Nathan and Sarah were born ________.

a)

in different countries

b)

in the same year

c)

in different years

d)

in the same country

6.

Sarah has lived in Canada ________.

a)

since she was 36

b)

for ten years

c)

for one year

d)

since she was born

7.

When Sarah was at school, she ________ learning English.

a)

didn't mind

b)

didn't like

c)

hated

d)

liked

8.

When she left school, her English was ________.

a)

very good

b)

perfect

c)

very bad

d)

not very good

9.

Sarah decided to train as an English teacher because ________.

a)

she thought she could get a good job

b)

it was the only thing she was really interested in

c)

she wanted to travel

d)

she didn't know what else to do

10.

In her first job, she ________.

a)

taught older children by herself

b)

taught young children by herself

c)

worked with another teacher to teach older children

d)

worked with another teacher to teach young children

11.

Sarah’s feelings about her first job were ________.

a)

negative

b)

unclear

c)

positive

d)

mixed

12.

The children in Sarah’s first job ________.

a)

didn't learn anything

b)

didn't understand what she was saying

c)

were often rude to her

d)

didn't always behave well in class

13.

When Sarah went to Canada, she thought ________.

a)

she would find a job as a high school teacher

b)

she would enjoy living in Canada

c)

she would stay in Canada for a long time

d)

she would come back to Argentina again after a short stay

14.

Sarah thought that living in Canada ________.

a)

would be very different to living in Argentina

b)

would be more difficult than it was

c)

would make her feel homesick

d)

would be easier than it was

15.

It took Sarah ________ to get used to living in Canada.

a)

several years

b)

about one month

c)

a few weeks

d)

several months

16.

During her first few months in Canada, Sarah ________.

a)

made lots of new friends

b)

didn't socialise much

c)

met Nathan

d)

had to work very hard

17.

When Sarah met Nathan for the first time, ________.

a)

she liked him, but she didn't want to have a relationship with him

b)

she didn't like him very much

c)

she decided to stay another year

d)

she told him that she was planning to leave

18.

Because of Nathan, Sarah initially decided to stay in Canada ________.

a)

forever

b)

for a few more months

c)

until Nathan asked her to marry him

d)

for another year

19.

Sarah thinks that she has ________ since coming to Canada.

a)

learned to speak English better

b)

changed a lot

c)

not changed very much

d)

lost touch with her own country

20.

Which sentence best describes Sarah’s attitude now towards her decision to stay in Canada?

a)

She wouldn't change her decision, although she still finds it hard to be so far from her family.

b)

She wishes she had come to Canada earlier, because she doesn't feel that there was anything for her in Argentina.

c)

She regrets her decision, because she feels homesick and misses her family all the time.

d)

She isn't sure. She thinks that it's impossible to say whether it was the right choice for her or not.