Contents Vocabulary Welcome to What’s up?
The Alphabet
Reading >
Ordinal numbers
Grammar >
Months and dates
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Days of the week
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School subjects. Time.
A student’s welcome letter: Welcome to Mengo School!
Verb to be. Wh-Questions. Prepositions of time. Demonstrative pronouns.
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2 People
Family. Possessive’s. Adjectives of personality.
Short notes about neighbourhoods: Home sweet home
Verb have got. There is / There are. Prepositions of place.
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3 Special days
Things we do everyday. Things we do on special days.
A description of a festival: Diwali
Present simple: affirmative and negative. Adverbs of frequency.
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Break Time A
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UNIT
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UNIT
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4 Animals page 39
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5 About town
Puzzle Time
Animals and animal parts. Verbs for things animals do. Adjectives to describe animals.
An article from a science magazine: Piranhas
Present simple: yes / no questions, short answers and wh-questions. Can / can’t / must / mustn’t.
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Places and activities in town.
An article from a magazine for teenagers: Shopping centres
Present continuous. Countable and uncountable nouns. Some / any / a (n).
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Forms of transport. Holiday activities.
A personal diary: Our trip to Australia
Past simple - to be. Expressions of past time. Past simple - regular and irregular verbs.
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UNIT
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Break Time B
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Pairwork activities
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Play Snakes and Ladders
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Listening & Speaking >
The weather
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Pronunciation
Food, clothes and objects
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Writing
Countries and continents
Final task >
Question puzzle
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Describe school timetables. Ask personal questions and answer them. Introduce yourself to a new student. Use English for the classroom.
He / she.
Write about a student. Indefinite article: a / an. Possessive adjectives.
Post your message on a website.
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Identify who’s talking. Ask about a person: What’s he like?
He’s / They’ve. Stress in questions.
Write about the people around you. Plural nouns. Conjunctions: and, but, because.
Write a report based on a survey.
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Describe a birthday. Talk about what you do on your birthday.
3rd person singular: /s/, /z/ and /z/.
Describe a typical day. Subjects in sentences. Capital letters. Connectors.
Send an email about a special day.
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Song: Caravan of Love by The Housemartins
Listen to a radio programme: Guess the animal. Interview a partner about an animal. Play Guess the animal.
Does / doesn’t.
Listen to conversations in a shop and a café. Invent a conversation. Make suggestions: Let’s / Why don’t we / Shall we? Buy a ticket. Ask for travel information.
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Song: Our House by Madness
-ed sound in past simple regular verbs: /d/, /t/ and /d/.
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Describe a wild animal. Punctuation: full stop, comma, exclamation mark, question mark.
Design a poster about an endangered animal.
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Describe a picture. Spelling rule: present participle. Descriptions.
Arrange an evening out.
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Write a postcard. Informal writing style.
Describe a fantastic or a terrible experience.
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Welcome to What’s up? 1 a) Read about Jenny.
Ordinal numbers 3 Say the ordinal numbers.
Hi! I’m Jenny Burrows. That’s easy: B-U-double R-O-W-S. I’m 13 and I’m from Australia. My birthday is on 8th April. Do you want to know about my favourite things? My jeans – and my CDs too! And my favourite food? That’s pizza! Today is Friday. It’s a lovely sunny day. Bye!
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
first second third fourth fifth
6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth
4 a) Look at these ordinal numbers. 11th 12th 13th 20th 21st 22nd 28th 30th
b) Find in the text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Friday A day of the week: A month: A country: An ordinal number: An object: A word for the weather: A word for clothes: A word for food:
b) Now write these ordinal numbers in your notebook and say them. a. 14th b. 32nd c. 24th d. 27th e. 31st
Months and dates 5 a) Number the months in order.
The alphabet 2 a)
Listen and say the alphabet. A
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b) Practise saying the letters in groups according to their colour. c) Spell Jenny’s surname. Then spell your own surname.
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eleventh twelfth thirteenth twentieth twenty first twenty second twenty eighth thirtieth
March June April January November July
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October December February August May September
b) Write and say the date.
15th March Example: Today is March the fifteenth.
Days of the week
Countries and continents
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9 a) Read the lists. Then ask your
number them in order. a. b. c. d. e. f. g.
partner where three countries from the list are.
U __ E SDAY T __ __ H __ __ S D A Y __ U N __ __ Y __ E D __ __ __ D A Y S __ T __ __ D A Y __ __ I D __ __ M __ N __ __ Y
Countries Egypt Spain China Italy
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Example: A: Where’s Egypt? B: In Africa.
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11 Look at the references and complete the text with information about yourself. Then share it with a partner.
Food, clothes and objects 8 Find six things to eat, six objects and six things to wear V S T J K
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Continents Africa South America Asia North America Europe Antarctica Australia
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Hi! I’m 1____ 2____. That’s 3____. I’m 4____ and I’m from 5____. My birthday is on 6____ 7 ____. My favourite things are 8____ and 9 ____. My favourite food is 10____. Today is 11 ____. It’s a 12____ day. Bye!
References 1. name
7. month
2. surname
8. thing to wear
3. your surname’s spelling 9. object 4. age
10. thing to eat
5. country
11. day of the week
6. ordinal number
12. word for the weather
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Question puzzle 12 Do the question puzzle with a partner. In pairs, Student A asks Student B the questions. Then Student B asks Student A. Follow the instruction at the end of the puzzle. Are you a boy?
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YES
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Are you 12?
Do you speak English?
YES
NO
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Do you like football?
Is your family big?
Is your school bag black?
YES
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Do you like hip-hop?
Have you got a dog?
Do you play an instrument?
Can you run fast?
YES
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Do you like Harry Potter?
Do you like chocolate?
Can you swim?
Are you hungry?
Have you got a grey car?
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Have you got a sister?
Do you like fish?
Is your bedroom small?
Have you got a computer?
Are you a good student?
Can you tell jokes?
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Can you draw?
Have you got a mobile phone?
Do you like spiders?
Is English your favourite subject?
Can you cook?
Is blue your favourite colour?
Can you touch your toes?
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Say six things to wear.
Say the names of ten countries.
Spell six words to your partner.
Say ordinal numbers 1st to 30th.
Say ten things you like eating.
Say the months and the days of the week.
Say ten objects you possess.
Describe the weather today.
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Unit goals • • • •
Introduce yourself Talk about schools
Which of these places in the school can you see in the photos? • gym • canteen • science lab • library • computer room
Talk about timetables Ask and tell the time
Final task • Post your message on a website
Read the sentences about secondary schools in the UK. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Children start secondary school at 11 years old. The school day is from 9.00 to 15.30. There are usually five lessons every day. Students wear a uniform in the first five years.
Is your school different?
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1 Vocabulary Time
School subjects
Match the times to the clocks.
a) Match the school subjects to the teachers. English Geography History Music Science French Maths PE Art Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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1. half past four 2. half past ten 3. nine o’clock
4. quarter to two 5. quarter past twelve 6. midnight
In pairs, ask and answer questions about the timetable.
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Example: A: What time is Science? B: At eleven o’clock.
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MONDAY ICT English BREAK Science History LUNCH PE
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Example: Ms López is our English teacher. Discuss these questions in pairs. 1. What are your favourite subjects? 2. Where do you do them?
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What’s a cow’s favourite subject? MOOsic.
Reading
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Look at the photos. Talk about what you can see.
Example: I can see ... .
Welcome to Mengo School!
School in Uganda, Hello, we’re in year 11 at Mengo Africa. go to secondary In Uganda, lots of children don’t y are 11 years old. school. They start work when the study hard and the We are lucky. In our school we are from 7.30 a.m. to school day is very long. Classes 5.30 p.m. Computer Studies, We have five different subjects: e. There are special English, Science, Maths and Natur different activities. clubs after school, where we do ers in the school In the ‘Nature Club’ we plant flow around the school garden. We have a lot of space where we can play sports. computer room, Our school is modern. There is a send emails. We where we surf the Internet and erica. There is a write to schools in Europe and Am ments. science lab where we do experi , but we love it! We work very hard at our school
Read the description. Answer the questions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Where is Mengo School? How many hours is the school day? How many subjects do they study? What do they do in the ‘Nature Club’? Is there modern technology in the school? 6. Do they like their school?
Correct the false information.
Example: 1. Mengo School isn’t a primary school. It’s a secondary school. 1. Mengo School is a primary school. 2. In Uganda all the children go to secondary school. 3. In the ‘Nature Club’ they plant vegetables in the garden. 4. There is no space to play sports. 5. The school is very old. 6. They read books in the science lab. In pairs, find four differences between Mengo School and your school.
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1 Grammar Verb to be Study and complete the table. Affirmative
Negative
Questions
Short answers
I’m Argentinian. You’re old. He’s thirteen. She’s pretty. It’s cold. We’re in year 9. They’re in History.
I’m not English. You aren’t old. He isn’t thirteen. She …… pretty. It isn’t cold. We …… in year 9. They …… in History.
Am I …? …… you …? Is he …? Is she …? …… it ...? Are we …? Are they ...?
Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. Yes, you …… . / No, you aren’t. Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t. Yes, she is. / No, she …… . Yes, it …… . / No, it isn’t. Yes, we …… . / No, we aren’t. Yes, they are. / No, they …… .
(See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice book, p. 2)
a) Complete the sentences with the affirmative of to be. Use contracted forms where possible. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
My name … Jenny. I … thirteen years old. I … Australian. My new school … great. My class teacher … Ms Stevens. She … very nice. We … really happy in our new school.
Pronunciation It is important to pronounce he and she correctly.
Listen and repeat. She’s thirteen. He’s twelve.
Listen and repeat. 1. He’s English. 2. She’s Australian.
3. He’s friendly. 4. She’s happy.
Match the questions (1-6) to the answers (a-f).
b) Complete the text about Imran with the affirmative (+) or negative (-) of to be. This 1 … (+) Imran. He 2 … (-) thirteen, he 3 … (+) twelve. He 4 … (-) Australian; he 5 … (+) from Manchester. He likes his new school, too. It 6 … (+) cool. It’s big and modern. The computer room 7 … (+) fantastic. The teachers 8 … (+) really friendly. Ms Stevens 9 … (-) his class teacher; It’s Ms Harris.
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Are you Daniel? Are you 14 years old? Is your English teacher very old? Is Mr Jones your teacher? Is your school new? Are the students in your class happy?
a. b. c. d. e. f.
No, he’s 23. No, I’m David. Yes, it’s very new. No, Mr Jones isn’t our teacher. No, I’m 13. Yes, they are.
1 Ask a partner questions. Answer with short answers.
Prepositions of time on Tuesday, on 24th November in November, in autumn, in the morning at eight o’clock, at midnight
Example: A: Is your school big? B: Yes, it is. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
your school / big? your best friend / clever? your English teacher / a man? PE classes / in the gym? Maths / in the science lab? you / thirteen?
(See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice book, p. 2)
Complete the teacher’s message.
Class 9
Wh-Questions (See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice book, p. 2)
1…
Match a question word to each picture. • What? • Who?
• When? • Where? • What time? • How old?
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June PE is in the gym and not outside. 2 3 It’s 2… 2.00 3 … the afternoon. 4 And don’t forget 4 … Friday you have a 5 Maths exam 5 … 9.30! Mr Roberts
Write the prepositions. B C
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When is Christmas? … December. What time is the break? … 10.30 a.m. When is the match? … Saturday. When is it cold? … winter.
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Demonstrative pronouns F
Singular
Plural
this / that Write questions for these answers.
these / those
(See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice book, p. 2)
Example: 1. Who is Mr Turner? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Mr Turner is the French teacher. Our school is in Manchester. Lunch is at one o’clock. My mum’s forty-five. My birthday is on 30th July. My favourite subject is PE.
Ask your partner.
Example: a: What’s this? b: It’s a pen.
a: Who’s that? b: It’s our teacher.
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School timetables
a) Listen. Which questions do you hear?
Describe the picture.
Example: This is a street. Listen and complete.
Time 9.15 3
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How old are you? What’s your name? Where do you live? What’s your favourite subject? Where are you from? Do you like the school? When’s your birthday?
b) Listen again. True or false? Correct the false sentences. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Imran is a new student. His parents are from India. Jenny likes the school. Jenny likes the gym. Imran likes the computer room. Her favourite subjects are French and PE.
1 English for the classroom a) Match the sentences (1-6) to the answers (a-f).
Personal questions and answers Complete the conversation. Then act it out to the class. a: b: a: b: a: b: a: b: a: b: a:
Hi, I’m 1… . What’s your name? I’m 2… . Where are you from? I’m from 3… but my parents are from 4… . And you? I’m from 5… . Wow! Do you like the new school? Yes, especially the 6… . And you? I like the 7… . My favourite subject is 8 … . What’s yours? My favourite subject is 9… . Come on. It’s 10… o’clock, time for 11… . Let’s go.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
What’s this in English? How do you spell ‘penguin’? Pablo, it’s 10.30! What’s the answer? Can I go to the toilet, please? What page is the exercise on?
a. b. c. d. e. f.
Yes, but be quick! ‘Shelf’. P-E-N-G-U-I-N. Page 32. I’m sorry I’m late. I don’t know.
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Listen and check.
c) Practise the expressions in pairs. Do you know any more classroom expressions? Pairwork. Student A: turn to page 71. Student B: turn to page 73.
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1 Writing Write about a student
Complete the text with a, an or possessive adjectives.
Writing rule Indefinite article: a/an In English we use a before a consonant sound and an before a vowel sound. a classroom, an atlas (See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice book, p. 2)
Write the indefinite article before these nouns. 1. … Maths book 2. … gym 3. … equation 4. … English class
5. … library 6. … atlas 7. … science lab 8. … Art class
I’m 1 … new student here and this is 2 … classroom. 3 … teacher, Mr Martin, is very nice. I sit next to Ruth, she’s 4 … best friend. This is 5 … desk. She has a lot of things on it: 6 … black pen, 7 … yellow pencil and 8 … orange eraser. a) Read the ID card and the text about Jenny.
Name: Jenny Burrows Age: 13 an Nationality: Australi : Favourite subjects PE and English Hobby: painting Best friend: Ruth
Writing rule Possessive adjectives go before nouns. This is my English book. Possessive adjectives never change. their school, their teachers (See Grammar Reference 1, Extra Practice book, p. 2)
Match the pronouns (1-7) to the possessive adjectives (a-g). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
I you he she it we they
a. b. c. d. e. f. g.
its their my your his her our
Her name is Jenny Burrows. She is 13 years old and she is Australian. Her favourite subjects are PE and English. Her hobby is painting. Her best friend’s name is Ruth. b) Now complete the information about your friend. Name: … Age: … Nationality: … Favourite subjects: … Hobby: … Best friend: … Write a similar text about him/her.
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Post your message on a
1 Look at the web page. Answer the questions. 1. What is the name of the website? 2. What can students do on this website? 3. Is the website a good idea? Why / Why not?
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2 Read about Karen. Tick (3) the topics she gives information about. Karen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Name Age Town or country Name of school Favourite place(s) in the school Favourite day Best friend(s) School year School uniform Timetable Number of students in a class Number of computers
3 Imagine you want to post your message on the World Schools Website. Make notes about the topics you are going to write about in the last column or on a separate sheet of paper.
4 Write about you. Share
your message with the class.
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1 Self-assessment Show what you can do! Assessment scale: 1 tick (3) = Need more practice 5 ticks (3) = Very well I can name school subjects. English 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1
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The first year.
2. How many students are there in the school? 3. How many subjects are there? 4. What sports are there? 5. Where are the reference books? 6. What is there in the science lab?
Write the name of the place. 1. You go here to learn.
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2. You read newspapers here. 3. You play rugby here. 4. You eat hot food here. 5. The computers are here. 6. You do experiments here.
7. Is the food horrible?
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Grammar Look at the pictures. Write a sentence, a question and a short answer for each picture.
Write negative sentences. 1. I’m 15.
I’m not 15.
2. You’re English. 3. Her favourite subject is Science. 4. Jenny and her family are from France. 5. We’re from Mexico. 1. She / 8 She’s 8. / Is she 8?
2. He / Chinese
Yes, she is.
3. They / at home
4. It / not / PE
6. He’s a teenager.
Match the questions (1-7) to the answers (a-g). 1. What’s your name? 2. When’s your birthday? 3. Where’s your school? 4. What’s your favourite subject? 5. Who is your Art teacher? 6. How old are you? 7. What time is Geography?
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Write true answers to the questions (1 to 5) in Exercise 3.
5. They / not / at school 6. She / not / at the cinema
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Listening Change the nouns in the sentences to
pronouns.
1. Jenny and Imran are students.
Listen to Imran’s mum and order her questions. a. Are the teachers nice? b. What’s his name? c. And what about lunch? d. Are the students in your class nice? e. Is there a computer room? f. Is there a gym? 1 g. Do you like your new school? h. A girlfriend?
They are students.
2. My sister and I are very tall. 3. My grandfather is 70 today. 4. My mum is a doctor. 5. You and Jenny are friends.
Match these answers to the questions above.
6. Ms Sing and Mr Ball are teachers.
1. Yes, it’s great. 2. His name’s Mr Thomas. 3. No, Mum, just a friend. 4. Yes, I’ve got a new friend. 5. Yes, there’s a big gym. 6. The food’s not bad. 7. Yes, very nice, especially our class teacher. 8. Yes, with 30 computers.
Write in, at or on. Join the school football team! In When? 1 ............... April. Practice: 2............... Mondays and Thursdays. We start3.......... 5.00 p.m. and finish 4........... 6.30 p.m. Championship: 5............... July 15th.
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Circle the correct word. In my school in England the school day 1 is / are from 9 o’clock to 4 o’clock. Lunch is 2 at / on 12 o’clock 3 in / on the canteen. After school there are different activities. The theatre club is 4 at / on Thursdays 5 at / on half past four and the tennis club is 6 at / on Saturdays 7 on / in the morning. The science labs 8 is / are new and modern but the computer room 9 isn’t / aren’t very big. The teachers 10 is / are friendly and I 11 is / am very happy.
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Writing Rewrite these sentences with information about you.
Complete the information about Rosa. • riding and aerobics • French and History • Rosa Lane
1. I’m 18 years old. 2. My favourite sports are football and basketball. 3. My favourite subject is Maths. 4. My best friends are Daniel and Laura.
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UK Name: Rosa Lane
5. They like Music and Art.
Age: Nationality:
Complete the sentences with the correct pronouns.
Favourite subjects: Hobbies: Best friend:
• My • Its • His
• Your • Our • Their
• Her Write a paragraph about Rosa.
Her name is Rosa Lane. She is… 1. I’m from Scotland. My name’s Deborah. 2. She’s Australian. name’s Jenny. 3. He’s a nice boy. name’s Imran. 4. You’re new. name’s Winston. 5. We’re in love. names are Romeo and Juliet. 6. They’re brothers. names are Paul and Dan. 7. That dog’s a Labrador. name’s Aika.
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Self-check Vocabulary Complete the sentences. 1. ‘What’s your favourite ……… at school, John?’ ‘Art.’ 2. There is a good ………… in my school where we can read books or study. 3. We study algebra in the ………… class. 4. At my school ……………… is at one o’clock in the canteen. 5. Tom has PE in the …………… every Monday and Friday at school. 6. Break is at 10.30 in the ……………… . 7. We go to the ……….….…. to do experiments.
Grammar Circle the correct option. 1. ‘… is Sam?’ ‘In the kitchen.’ a. Who b. Where c. When 2. … is your birthday, Paula? a. Who b. Where c. When 3. ‘… is that man?’ ‘He’s my Art teacher.’ a. When b. Who c. Where 4. ‘… is he?’ ‘He‘s ten.’ a. How old b. When c. What time 5. We like … teacher. She’s very nice. a. our b. my c. we 6. Maria is only 9 but … brother is 22. a. my b. her c. his 7. Rod, Mike and Tim are in class 6. … teacher is Mr Brown. a. Their b. Our c. His 8. Is Mr Kent …… Art teacher? a. you b. we c. your
Complete with the correct form of the verb to be. Use contractions after pronouns. 1. Margaret …… Australian. She lives in Sydney. 2. Harry …… English. He’s American. 3. …… you a good student, Paula? 4. Hello. I …… John. 5. The students in my class at school …… really friendly. 6. My name is Paul and this is Alex. We …… friends.
English in use Write appropriate questions for the answers. 1.
? Matías.
2.
? Thirteen.
3.
? Argentina.
4.
? In March.
5.
? At three.
6.
? In the computer room.
7.
? History.
8.
? Ms Jameson.
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