Reading Form 6 (semester 2)

Read the text and write T (true), F (false), DS (doesn’t say).

My family

By Lucilla Nucci

New York is an exciting city and people come here from all over the world. This is nothing new. In the past people came from Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, Poland and a lot of other countries.

My grandfather’s parents came to New York from Italy in 1923. Grandad’s father, Giuseppe, didn’t have any money and he didn’t know any people in the USA. He was a builder and he worked very hard. At the weekend he painted people’s houses. Granddad’s mother, Francesca, didn’t work but she looked after their children.

Roberto became a doctor. Cecilia was a fantastic singer and she played the piano. Daniella had a restaurant and it was famous in New York. People loved her food. Antonio didn’t like working indoors. He wanted to be a farmer so he left the city and went to California. He bought a farm there with fruit trees.

My mother and father work on the farm today. My sister and I love this place. But next month we are going to fly to New York. We still have family there and we are going to spend the summer with them.

Lucila’s grandfather came to New York in 1923.

Read the text and write T (true), F (false), DS (doesn’t say).

My family

By Lucilla Nucci

New York is an exciting city and people come here from all over the world. This is nothing new. In the past people came from Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, Poland and a lot of other countries.

My grandfather’s parents came to New York from Italy in 1923. Grandad’s father, Giuseppe, didn’t have any money and he didn’t know any people in the USA. He was a builder and he worked very hard. At the weekend he painted people’s houses. Granddad’s mother, Francesca, didn’t work but she looked after their children.

Roberto became a doctor. Cecilia was a fantastic singer and she played the piano. Daniella had a restaurant and it was famous in New York. People loved her food. Antonio didn’t like working indoors. He wanted to be a farmer so he left the city and went to California. He bought a farm there with fruit trees.

My mother and father work on the farm today. My sister and I love this place. But next month we are going to fly to New York. We still have family there and we are going to spend the summer with them.

Roberto was Giuseppe and Francesca’s oldest child.