Reading (Foundation and Higher)

Read the text messages below between two friends. Answer the questions.

Léigh na teachtaireachtaí téacs thíos idir beirt chairde. Freagair na ceisteanna.

Cormac	Dia Duit a Thomáis. Cad é mar atá tú? Ní raibh mé ag labhairt leat le tamall.
Tomás	Dia is Muire duit a Chormaic, tá mé go maith buíochas le Dia. Ní raibh mé ábalta labhairt leat mar ní raibh an t-idirlíon ag obair sa teach.
Cormac	An bhfuil tú gnóthach an tseachtain seo?
Tomás	Tá mé iontach gnóthach mar a bhím gach seachtain! Cad é atá ar siúl agat an tseachtain seo?
Cormac	Na gnáthrudaí is dócha. Scoil ón Luan go dtí an Aoine, traenáil don chispheil i ndiaidh na scoile ar an Mháirt agus Déardaoin agus freastalaím ar ranganna breise don Cheimic Dé Céadaoin.
Tomás	Tá an t-ádh ort go bhfuil tú ábalta cispheil a imirt i ndiaidh na scoile. Ní bhím ábalta freastal ar na seisiúin gach seachtain mar tá mé i mo chónaí amuigh faoin tuath i bhfad ón scoil agus ní bhíonn síob abhaile agam.
Cormac	Is mór an trua é sin go cinnte. Cad é a dhéanann tú i ndiaidh na scoile de ghnáth?
Tomás	An chuid is mó den am, téim díreach abhaile ar an an bhus. Roimh an dinnéar, déanaim mo dhícheall m’obair bhaile uilig a dhéanamh chomh gasta agus is féidir liom. Ina dhiaidh sin, caithim tamall ag imirt cluichí ríomhaire i mo sheomra leapa nó amharcaim ar scannán ar mo ríomhaire glúine. Cuidím le mo mhamaí sa chistin agus le mo dhaidí sa ghairdín gach lá. Cad é mar a chaitheann tú d’am saor tráthnóna?
Cormac	Braitheann sé. In amanna, is maith liom dul go teach mo charad agus mo scíth a ligean ann. Ó am go ham, éistim le ceol ar mo ghuthán nó ar an raidió i mo sheomra leapa. Nuair a bhíonn m’obair bhaile déanta, imrím cluichí ar an ríomhaire. An dtéann tú chuig an phictiúrlann i rith na seachtaine?
Tomás	De ghnáth, téim oíche Mháirt mar bíonn na ticéid níos saoire ar an lá sin!

Cormac

Dia Duit a Thomáis. Cad é mar atá tú? Ní raibh mé ag labhairt leat le tamall.

Tomás

Dia is Muire duit a Chormaic, tá mé go maith buíochas le Dia. Ní raibh mé ábalta labhairt leat mar ní raibh an t-idirlíon ag obair sa teach.

Cormac

An bhfuil tú gnóthach an tseachtain seo?

Tomás

Tá mé iontach gnóthach mar a bhím gach seachtain! Cad é atá ar siúl agat an tseachtain seo?

Cormac

Na gnáthrudaí is dócha. Scoil ón Luan go dtí an Aoine, traenáil don chispheil i ndiaidh na scoile ar an Mháirt agus Déardaoin agus freastalaím ar ranganna breise don Cheimic Dé Céadaoin.

Tomás

Tá an t-ádh ort go bhfuil tú ábalta cispheil a imirt i ndiaidh na scoile. Ní bhím ábalta freastal ar na seisiúin gach seachtain mar tá mé i mo chónaí amuigh faoin tuath i bhfad ón scoil agus ní bhíonn síob abhaile agam.

Cormac

Is mór an trua é sin go cinnte. Cad é a dhéanann tú i ndiaidh na scoile de ghnáth?

Tomás

An chuid is mó den am, téim díreach abhaile ar an an bhus. Roimh an dinnéar, déanaim mo dhícheall m’obair bhaile uilig a dhéanamh chomh gasta agus is féidir liom. Ina dhiaidh sin, caithim tamall ag imirt cluichí ríomhaire i mo sheomra leapa nó amharcaim ar scannán ar mo ríomhaire glúine. Cuidím le mo mhamaí sa chistin agus le mo dhaidí sa ghairdín gach lá. Cad é mar a chaitheann tú d’am saor tráthnóna?

Cormac

Braitheann sé. In amanna, is maith liom dul go teach mo charad agus mo scíth a ligean ann. Ó am go ham, éistim le ceol ar mo ghuthán nó ar an raidió i mo sheomra leapa. Nuair a bhíonn m’obair bhaile déanta, imrím cluichí ar an ríomhaire. An dtéann tú chuig an phictiúrlann i rith na seachtaine?

Tomás

De ghnáth, téim oíche Mháirt mar bíonn na ticéid níos saoire ar an lá sin!

Question

Why was Cormac not talking to Tomás in a while?

The phone wasn’t working
The internet wasn’t working
The social media app wasn’t working

Question

What does Tomás say about this week?

He is at school
He is at home
He is very busy

Question

What does Tomás try to do each evening before dinner?

to help mum in the kitchen
to play computer games for an hour
to do his homework as quickly as possible

Question

Name two things Cormac likes to do in the evening.

go to the cinema with his friends and listen to music
listen to music and clean his bedroom
play computer games and watch a film

Question

Where does Tomás go on Tuesdays

to football training
to take pictures
to the cinema

Question

What comment does Tomás make about Tuesday night’s event?

he likes it
it is cheaper
it is a holiday

Image caption,
*Nuair atá m’obair bhaile déanta, imrím cluichí ar an ríomhaire*

Translation

Cormac	Hello Tomás, how are you? I haven't been speaking to you for a while.
Tomás	Hello Cormac, I am good thanks be to God. I wasn’t able to speak with you because the internet wasn’t working in the house.
Cormac	Are you busy this week?
Tomás	I am very busy as I am every week! What are you doing this week?
Cormac	The usual things probably. School from Monday to Friday, training for basketball after school on Tuesday and Thursday and I attend extra classes for Chemistry on Wednesdays.
Tomás	You are lucky that you are able to play basketball after school. I am not able to attend the sessions every week because I live out in the countryside far from school and I don’t have a lift home.
Cormac	That’s a great pity surely. What do you usually do after school?
Tomás	Most of the time, I go straight home on the bus. Before dinner, I do my best to do all my homework as fast as I possibly can. After that, I spend time playing computer games in my bedroom or I watch a film on my laptop. I help my mum in the kitchen and my dad in the garden every day. How do you spend your free time in the evenings?
Cormac	It depends, sometimes I like to go to my friend’s house and relax there. From time to time, I listen to music on my phone or on the radio in my bedroom. When all my homework is done, I play games on the computer. Do you go to the cinema during the week?
Tomás	Usually, I go on Tuesday night because the tickets are cheaper that day.

Cormac

Hello Tomás, how are you? I haven't been speaking to you for a while.

Tomás

Hello Cormac, I am good thanks be to God. I wasn’t able to speak with you because the internet wasn’t working in the house.

Cormac

Are you busy this week?

Tomás

I am very busy as I am every week! What are you doing this week?

Cormac

The usual things probably. School from Monday to Friday, training for basketball after school on Tuesday and Thursday and I attend extra classes for Chemistry on Wednesdays.

Tomás

You are lucky that you are able to play basketball after school. I am not able to attend the sessions every week because I live out in the countryside far from school and I don’t have a lift home.

Cormac

That’s a great pity surely. What do you usually do after school?

Tomás

Most of the time, I go straight home on the bus. Before dinner, I do my best to do all my homework as fast as I possibly can. After that, I spend time playing computer games in my bedroom or I watch a film on my laptop. I help my mum in the kitchen and my dad in the garden every day. How do you spend your free time in the evenings?

Cormac

It depends, sometimes I like to go to my friend’s house and relax there. From time to time, I listen to music on my phone or on the radio in my bedroom. When all my homework is done, I play games on the computer. Do you go to the cinema during the week?

Tomás

Usually, I go on Tuesday night because the tickets are cheaper that day.

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