Practice Reading English Exercises for Beginner – Hello!

Exercise 1

1    Hi Jerry,

      How are you? How is England?

2    I’m fine. My new job in Australia is good. The office is in Brisbane and it’s in the centre of the city. Brisbane is great!

3    I’m in an office with three people: Tony, Martin and Toko. Our office manager is Tony. He’s not Australian. He’s from a small town in the USA, but he’s married to an Australian woman. Her name’s Janine and she’s a teacher in a language school. Martin is Australian. He’s from Sydney, but his home is Brisbane now. Yoko is Japanese. She’s from Osaka. She’s in the office from 8 am to 1 pm and she’s a student at an English school in the afternoon.

4    Say hello to all my friends in England!

      Bye for now,

      Mark

A. Read the email and match a—d to the parts of the email 1—4.

a   saying goodbye

b   Mark’s new job

c   greeting

d   people in Mark’s office

B. Read the email again. Are the sentences true or false?

1   Jerry is in Australia.

2   Mark is in Brisbane.

3   Tony is Australian.

4   Tony and Janine are married.

5   Janine is a teacher.

6   Martin is from England.

7   Yoko is from Japan.

8   Yoko is at home in the afternoon.

C. Write an email to a friend about your new English class. Remember to say:

•   where your class is

•   who your teacher is and where he or she is from

•   who the students are and where they are from.