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What do you like most about English? reading writing watching TV listening talking other I especially like:

When do you speak English? at school on vacation at home when gaming other

What is your nationality?

What is the best fun fact about yourself?

Which English-speaking country would you like to visit and why?

What is your native language? Which other languages do you know a bit of?

What is the next language you would like to learn?

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Hi, I am Jasper. I live in New York. I speak two languages.

This is my stepbrother, Cody. He lives close by. He also speaks two languages.

Meet my grandparents! They are from Italy, but they live in the US. They speak English and Italian

1 Write the correct verbs

is

New York a big city. Millions of people from all over the world and work here.

There so many things to do here.

I with my mom and my little sister most of the time. My dad close by with his new family. He always Italian to me.

What do you know about New York?

Have you ever visited New York or would you like to?

speak speaks live lives is are

VERBS

DEFINITION

R describe the action in a sentence.

R come in different tenses.

R can be regular or irregular.

SINGULAR

Regular Irregular

SPEAK BE

I speakI am you speak you are he, she, itspeaks he, she, itis

PLURAL we speak we are you speak you are theyspeakthey are

My name is Jasper. I speak Italian and English!

Do these verbs follow the same pattern in your language? What can you tell about verbs?

2 Circle and write the verbs

talk courtyard act station run home come take language bus subway family soccer think love parent backpack park sing student read

take

I usually my scooter to get to school.

Sometimes, I also walk or depending on the time.

If I from my dad’s home, I also go by subway or bus.

Most mornings, I don’t have time to with my family.

I’m always late!

I we have too much homework. And we have to a lot of books.

The best part of the week is Morning Assembly. I that.

We often or .

My day

Hello, my name is Jasper. I am from the US and live with my family in Brooklyn, New York. I’m a 5th-grade student at an elementary school called PS32. My mom is American, and my dad is Italian, but he was born and raised here. I can speak both languages, but my first language is English. My teacher says I should feel fortunate to be bilingual. My dad and uncles always speak to me in Italian except if my friends are around.

My parents divorced when I was five, so I also have two homes. I mainly live with my mom and my sister Tess, but we go to our dad every other weekend. He lives in a neighborhood not far from us with his new partner and her son, Cody. It’s nice to have an older stepbrother. We get along well. He’s into soccer, whereas I like spending my free time taking drama lessons and ge ing be er at playing the guitar. We see each other quite o en and have dinner together during the week.

4 Answer the questions

In which part of New York does Jasper live?

What grade is he in?

Why does Jasper speak two languages?

What do you think Queens is?

How does Jasper feel about Cody?

My dad runs a local restaurant and small store in Carroll Gardens a few blocks from my school. Sometimes I pass by with my friends in the a ernoon if we are hungry. My mom thinks that’s great as she o en comes home late from work – she works all the way over in Queens and spends more than two hours commuting back and forth.

I love hanging out with friends and doing fun things together. Usually, we all have different a ernoon activities and homework during the week, but most days we get to spend some time playing a bit of basketball in the school yard or in the nearby park before we go home or continue to soccer practice, music, drama, dance, or gymnastics. My best friend, Fletcher, has a cute dog. He and his twin sister take turns walking their dog a er school. I like to join him every now and then. I’d love to have my own dog. But my mom won’t allow us. She thinks it’s too much work. Maybe – one day!!

What does Jasper do in the afternoon?

What do you like to do in the afternoon?

What things in Jasper’s life do you recognize from your own life?

FUN FACT

Brooklyn has the largest Italian-American population of any county in the United States. It is estimated to be around 160,000 people.

What things in Jasper’s life are different from your life?

The teacher is talking

We use the present continuous to talk about actions that are happening in the moment.

We are hanging out.

We are playing soccer.

We are having fun.

The bus is coming.

They are leaving.

hang

I am reading a book.

You are watching TV.

We are eating a snack.

My mom is cooking.

I am practicing the guitar.

The students are listening.

Write

They dinner.

are having

I to music.

She for us.

We video games.

They a book.

He a cake.

They about what to do.

make listen read have play talk cook

5 Circle the present continuous and write the verb

6

the present continuous form

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS DEFINITION

R is used to express what is happening right now.

R is used to express what is happening before and after a specific time.

I am playing the guitar. Cody is playing soccer.

Leyla and Tess are playing chess.

What is the ‘present continuous’ called in your language?

How do you compose it?

7 Write is or are

In the afternoon, Jasper and his family doing different things:

Jasper reading a book.

are

Often, he and Cody hanging out.

Tess drawing or playing with a friend.

Jasper’s mom cooking after work.

Usually, Jasper and Tess helping her.

8 Write what you and your family are doing in the afternoon

When I come home from school, I

Me

Would you like to order, now?

Could you give us a few more minutes?

can · could · may · might · shall · should · will · would · must

9 Circle and connect the expressions

Ability

Permission

Advice

Obligation

Possibility

Invitation

10 Ask questions with modal verbs

I take your bike?

Will you come with us?

I can play the guitar.

You must be on time.

They might come later.

You should wear a jacket!

Could we use your ball?

R are followed by an infinitive without ‘to’.

R do not use an ‘s’ for the third person singular.

R are used to express possibility, obligation, advice, permission, and ability.

What do you call the modal verbs in your language? How do you translate “Must I do it?” into your language?

11 Listen and complete the dialogues with a modal verb

I ask you a question? you like to come for my birthday party next Saturday?

I love to. What I bring?

You bring your outdoor clothes since we be outside.

It rain next weekend. We have a plan B for the party.

We just buy a lot of rain ponchos!

We also plan some indoor activities. We get too wet.

I ask dad to book some movie seats? Okay cool. I do that.

Write your own questions

Would you

Could we

Cody and I get along fine. Come on, Jasper. Hurry up!

Connect the expressions

believe in sleep over get along hang out

spend time together like each other

give up

do something quickly

depart, go away

check out calm down

cheer up

have faith in

encourage 12 TWELVE /// MY DAY

spend the night out relax

What are your three favorite expressions? Use them in different examples.

hold on hurry

carry on take away take off get on

continue

remove something

agree with

stop trying

wait for a short time

What would you tell a friend who is nervous or sad about something?

DEFINITION

R are also called multi-words or multi-part verbs.

R are words that are made up of a main verb and a preposition. R change their meaning according to the preposition.

Lookafter Keepup Hangout Give up Get along

Get on Calmdown Goback Take off

Which of these phrasal verbs also exist in your language?

13 Choose the right preposition and finish the sentence

Jasper, could you look your sister, please!

Not really! Cody and I are going to check the latest movie tonight.

My coach is fair. He calls the game if someone is not following the rules.

And he always cheers us during practice.

My grandmother always says this: No matter what, it’s important to believe yourself.

When I’m upset, I think about her, and it helps me to calm .

PHRASAL VERBS 13 MY DAY /// THIRTEEN