
Reading 
Multiple 
matching 
1 
Read 
about 
Josh's 
first girlfriend, 
Ava. 
Underline 
what 
he 
says 
about 
the 
following 
things, 
as 
in 
the 
example. 
• 
Ava's 
appearance 
• 
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When Ava agreed to go out with me, 
I thought I was the luckiest guy 
in 
the 
world, She looked like a fashion model; 
beautiful 
and glamorous. She was taller 
than me, actually! I didn't understand 
what she saw 
in 
an 
ordinary guy like m
e. 
She was 
y'~ry 
.. 
~9.GjR,RJ
~ 
and loved 
gOing 
out ... and being the centre of attention. 
She loved talking about herself and 
about her shopping - she 
could 
do 
that 
for hours. But when 
I tried 
to 
tell her 
something, she stopped 
listening very 
quickly. 
In 
the end, I decided to find 
myself a girlfriend I could talk to for a 
change! 
2 
Read 
the 
five sentences below. 
Tick 
(.I) 
the 
ones 
that 
are 
true 
about 
Ava and 
her 
relationship 
with 
Josh. 
1 
She 
was 
perfect in every way. 
2 
Her personality 
was 
less 
attractive 
than her appearance. 
3 
She 
left me because I wasn't 
glamorous. 
4 
I decided 
she 
was 
not 
the 
right 
person for me. 
S 
She 
was 
talkative and self-centred. 
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In 
this type 
of 
task, reading for specific information 
is 
important. This 
is 
because all the texts 
are 
on a similar topic 
and you have 
to 
find the details that make them different. 
3  Read 
three 
people's descriptions 
of 
their 
first 
girlfriend/ 
boyfriend. 
Match 
the 
statements 
1-7 
below 
to 
the 
people 
A-C. 
You 
can choose each person 
more 
than 
once. 
My first boyfriend Charlie and I were in the same class 
in 
secondary 
school. I liked him from the beginning; 
he 
had red wavy hair and a 
funny round face with 
freckles. When we were eleven, 
he 
was small 
and plump, but then in two years 
he 
grew tall and thin and looked 
really cool. 
He 
was easy-going, friendly and great fun to be with .
.. 
and 
he 
still 
is. 
He 
was a great boyfriend and now 
he
's a great husband! 
Adam was 
good-looking, with lots 
of 
dark wavy hair, but his clothes 
often 
looked a bit scruffy. That was because 
he 
often climbed trees 
and got into strange 
places to photograph birds. 
He 
was really into 
photography. 
He 
always had a camera with him and took pictures of 
people, houses, trees, 
of 
everything really ... and also of me. He's a 
professional photographer now, and when I see his work 
in 
a book or 
magazine 
I sometimes think, 'I was 
in 
his earliest photos.' 
My first 
girlfriend was Amy in primary school. 
We 
were both seven 
years 
old. She had lovely grey eyes and long, soft hair, and I told her 
she was 
almost as beautiful as my mum. She was a very good girlfriend: 
she always gave me one of her sandwiches. I gave her my favourite 
model car, a 
red 
Porsche, and we promised to get married 
in 
the future. 
I was very jealous when she talked to other boys, but I said nothing, 
because my dad 
told me a man must respect a woman's freedom. 
Which person 
says 
this about his/her first boyfriend/girlfriend? 
1 
0  His/Her appearance changed 
with 
age. 
2 
0  He/She shared something with me. 
3 
0  I compared 
him/her 
to 
someone I admired. 
4 
0 
We 
eventually 
got 
married. 
S 
0  He/She had 
an 
artistic passion. 
6 
0 
We 
met 
at a very early age. 
7 
0  He/She 
was 
attractive 
but 
didn't look tidy.