a. Put true or false: 1. Mary usually gets up at half past seven. 2. Mary's dad brings her to school. 3. She has Italian classes every Monday and Thursday. 4. She plays basketball on Wednesday only. 5. She stays at home at the weekends.

Here are the answers to the True or False questions based on the text: 1. False. Mary usually gets up at 7.30 am, which is half past seven. 2. True. The text says, "My dad drives me to school." 3. False. She has Spanish classes every Monday and Thursday, not Italian classes. 4. True. The text says, "On Wednesday and Saturday I play basketball," but the question asks about Wednesday only. 5. False. At the weekends, she goes to the cinema with her friends or goes on short trips to the countryside with her parents.