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Listening and speaking
Ticket office : Good morning, City Museum. How can I help you?

Customer : Good morning. Can you tell me what times the museum is open?

Ticket office : Certainly. We open from 9:30 to 6:30 every day except Friday. We close then.

Customer : I'd like to know how much a ticket for two adults and one child is, please.

Ticket office : Of course. Adults are 150 pounds and children under12 are 75 pounds.
Customer : Can I buy the tickets at the museum?

Ticket office : Yes, or you can buy them online.

Customer : Thank you for your help. Goodbye.

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READING

Ahmed
I work as a volunteer for a charity which helps to clean our local
beach. At the weekend, we go to the beach and pick up the rubbish

that people left behind. We always pick up tots of plastic bottles!
Samir
I visit a home for old people who are disabled it’s difficult for their

families to look after them. I go there after school on Thursdays. The
volunteers have a special person who we visit and talk to. The woman
who I visit is called Mrs Sadat. She Worked as a nurse when she was
young and she is a fantastic person. l love talking to her.

Fatma
I work for a charity which looks after animals that are old or sick and

cannot work anymore. People donate money to the charity to buy food for
the animals such as horses and camels. We help to feed the animals and
look after them. This camel is called Aya and she is my favourite animal.

READING

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Everyone at Sara Crewe’s boarding school calls her ‘a little princess’
because her father is very rich. After Sara’s father dies, the head teacher,

Miss Minchin, starts being cruel to Sara because she has no money. She
makes Sara become a servant. Sara has to work very hard and does not

get much food. However Sara decides to behave like a real princess, so

she is always kind and polite to everyone.

One day, Sara finds some money. She goes to the baker’s to buy

some cakes. When she comes out, she sees a beggar and gives the

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