Cheikh Naimi Basic School.

Ouled-Djellal.

My Magazine .

1st Middle Years 2,3,4,5,6 and 7.

File : one , two and three.

Hello my friends .
Do you like sports and
animals?

School year : 2003 / 2004 .

DEAR PUPILS,
This is your first magazine in English. Its name is :

‘ SPOT LIGHT ON ENGLISH’ .

It contains many important information that will

help you learn ENGLISH.
So please read them and ask your teachers to help you when
you face a problem.

The ENGLISH LANGUAGE is the first language in the

world . It is an international passport . You use it everyday:

• In class .
• On television : BBC / SPACETOON /
ARTEENZ/ CARTOON NETWORK…
• Internet : chatting / looking for
information/E.mail /communication…
• Computer : reading CDs , getting
important information…
• VideoGames : how to play …

Because it is so important , try to pay attention, work hard

to learn many things.

You are very good pupils and you can do it .

Just do it !
My school
My school is Cheikh Naimi Middle School .
It is in Ouled-Djellal, Algeria . It is not very large but it is nice.
I like my school very much .

My teacher of English.
My teacher of English is : Mrs Smatti Miss Raggad Mr.HABBA.
…….. is Algerian. …….lives in Ouled-Djellal. …..likes books and television.

My book of English.
SPOTLIGHT ON ENGLISH is my book of English for the first Middle year.
There are seven files in it.
YOUCEF: Hi Radhia !
RADHIA Hello Youcef. What is this ?
YOUCEF:It is my book of English.
RADHIA :What!? Your book of English !?
YOUCEF: Yes. It is SPOTLIGHT ON ENGLISH . Look.

My country.
A L G E R I A.

Algeria is my country. It is in Africa . Its capital is Algiers.

It is very large and very beautiful. Its flag is white, green and red.
In Algeria, people speak Arabic and are Muslims.They are very nice.
School things . Find pictures or photos and stick them. Draw if you can .It’s nicer .

A notebook A pair of compasses A rubber

A sharpener A pair of scissors A ballpoint pen

A scotch tape A exercise-book A pencil case

A piece of chalk A protractor A slate

 Fill in this table using the nationalities :

Algeria America Tunisia Lybia Morocco

……………. ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………….

England Scotland Spain Poland Ireland

……………. ……………… ……………… ……………. …………….

Saudi Arabia Iraq Qatar Bahrain Kuwait

…………… …………. ……………. …………….

Vietnam Pakistan China Japan Portugal

……………… ……………. ……………… ……………. ………………

Take your colouring pencils and colour these circles .

Blue Red yellow green Black Green Brown

White Pink Purple Orange

Count well,
.please

- Count from 1 to 100.

- Write these numbers in full:

5 15 16 11 12 40 21
……… ………….. …………….. ……….. ……….. ……………. ……………

33 50 55 90 99 100……………
……………. …………… ……………. …………. …………
 There is one mistake in each sentence .Spot it then correct it.

Sentence with the mistake The correct sentence Type of mistake

Mister Bean is comedian a. Word order

My name is jonatan springfield . Capital letter

Who leads the match . Punctuation

Choose the
Where is your job, then ? correct word

My uncle Salim like swimming. Verb tense

use the right

I have 12 years old. word

I have got ten book . Singular/plural

I doesn’t play tennis.I play rugby . Verb tense

I get up on 5:30 . Use the right

word

Bob like Manchester U. F. C. Verb tense

Match the subject with the pronoun in the box :

1. My friends and I like flowers very much. It

2. Youcef and his friends like football. He
3. My father is a surgeon . We
4. Marry likes gymnastics . She
5. Ayoub and you practice aerobics on Friday. You
6. My cat is in the garden. They
 Test your tongue :

I- a/ Classify these words accordingly :

riding / physical / thick / night / police / bagpipe / practise tights.

His
File

b/ Tonguetwisteer . Repeat this sentence 10 times.

Mike has a big bagpipe .The big bagpipe Mike has is very nice.

II- a/ mother / three / then / fifth / this / athlete /

Thin
That

b/ Tonguetwister . Repeat this sentence 10 times.

Thirty three athletes are over there . The first is my father but the last
is your father. My father is slim . Your father is tubby.

III) a/jeans / grocer / Egyptian / goal / Job / go / gymnastics /

gloves /

Good
John

b/ Tonguetwister . Repeat this sentence 10 times.

Jillian and Jane get good grades.John and Joe get bad grades.
 Mind your grammar.

1- Put in is, are or am :

A/ My name ….. Aminata. I……Nigerian. My friend ……Sally. Her parents ….very nice.
B/ ……you Italian, Pedro ? No, I…..not. I…. Portuguese.
C/ How tall ….your mother? She……1.78 m.
D/ Mister Bean …..my favourite comedian. He ….very funny.
E/ Who is first ? Aissa Garni Djabir….
F/ The doctors…..in the hospital.
G/ …. Michael Jordan tall ? Yes, he……very tall.

2- Put in a or an :

….builder …… architect ….. stethoscope ….electrician ……painter

….sharpener ……elephant ……..player ….. animal ……pupil

…..job ….engineer ….flower …..object …..butcher

3- Choose the correct word :

• Mister Hampton lives ( in / at ) London .

• Bob is ( in / at ) home.
• Ronaldo plays ( for / in ) Real Madrid.
• Who leads ( the / a ) match ?
• I have got ( a / an ) interesting book .
• English is ( in / at ) 8:00 ( in / on ) Thursday.
• Sally has got a pencil ( or / and) a sharpener.
• What’s your job, ( then / than)?
• I don’t practise ( on / in ) Mondays.
• Do you lie football ( and / or ) handball?
 Conjugation . Conjugate the verbs . Fill in the table :

To be To have To go To speak

I am I have I go I speak

You ……… You ……… You ……… You ………

He / she / it He / she / it He / she / it He / she / it

/the pupil ………. /the pupil ………. /the pupil ………. /the pupil ……….

We …… We …… We …… We ……

You …… You …… You …… You ……

They / The They / the They / The They / you and

boys pupils girls I
……….. ……….. ……….. ………..

Dear Mona, Write TRUE or FALSE :

How are you? Here I am again at the college * This is a letter .

ofphysical education. I have a fifteen minute rest
before our team plays an important match against * It is from Mona to Sue .
the ‘ Tigers’ .
* Their team plays rugby .
Do you play base ball in your country? Here
girls are fans of this sport but they don’t play it. * Sue plays base ball.
They go to the stadium to support their teams.
* Sue supports baseball .
I hope to hear from you soon. SUE. *Sue is Algerian .
* Sue is Mona’s penfriend
P.S Thanks for your postcard. It’s beautiful .
.
 What’s the time ?

It’s ten . It’s half past six. It’s a quarter past one.
10:00. 18:30 13:15.

It’s ten past eleven It’s a quarter to nine It’s five to five.
11:10. 8:45. 16:45.

DRAW WATCHES AND PLAY . PLAY AND SAY . SAY THE TIME.

READ IT

The Olympic Complex in Algiers is very large. It covers 106 ha in area.

The Olympic Stadium ‘ 5 July’ is on the left side of the complex .It holds 70
000 spectators . In the middle of the complex there is a sports centre for
indoor games. It holds 7000 spectators. The olympic swimming pool is on its
left. It has space for 3500 spectators .On the right side, there are buildings
for athletes and officials .

Where are they ? Just match appropriately:

The Olympic swimming pool On the left side of the complex.

Building for athletes and officials In Algiers.

The Olympic stadium’5July’ In the middle of the complex.

The sports centre. On the right side of the complex

The Olympic Complex On the left of the sports centre.

 Use the Question Words: When What Who Where

JOURNALIST: …….do you do ?

A.MMOUR : I am a footballer. I play for U.S.M.Algiers.
JOURNALIST: ………. do you practice ?
A. AMMOUR:We practise in Bologhine Stadium, Algiers.
JOURNALIST: ……. do you practise ?
A.AMMOUR:OnSaturday,Sunday,Monday and Tuesday
JOURNALIST: …….. is your coach.
A.AMMOUR : Mr. Mourad Abdelwahab.

My favourite football team in

Algeria is CRBelouizdad.
What is your favourite team in the world ?

Punctuation .

I am the full stop. Iam the question mark I am comma

Put the right punctuation :

1-My name is Zine Eddine Zidane

2-How old are you
3-What is your job
4-Where is the Statue of Liberty
5-I have got a ruler a pen a pencil and a rubber
6-Is Jack English
7-Salim has got 4 sisters : Amina Karima Fouzia and Zahra
8-Samira is not a teacher She is a doctor
9-Who can help me, please
10- Do you like karate
 Questionnaire number one .

1- What is your full name ? ………………………………………………………

2- How old are you ? ………………………………………………………

3- Where are you from ? ………………………………………………………

4- How tall are you ? ………………………………………………………

5- What is your weight ? ………………………………………………………

6- What is your school ? ……..……………………………………………….

7- Where do you live ? …………………………………………………….

8- What do you like ?( pizza/chips/pizza)----------------

9- Who is your father ? …………………………………………

10- How old is he ? ……………………………………………………

11- What does he do ……………………………………………………

12- Have you got brothers and sisters ? ………………………………………

13- Give your brothers and sisters names ?……………………………………

14- What is your favourite sport ? ……………………………………………

15- Who is your champion ? ……………………………………………………

16- Which sport does he play ? ( club – city – country)…………………………..

17- Do you practise any sport? …………………………………………………..

18- Where and whendo you practise?

19- What do you wear?

20- With whom do you practise?

 Classify these sports.

Football – boxing – rugby – swimming – handball – tennis –

judo – baseball – cricket – running – water polo – volley ball
skiing – Horde riding – karate – hockey – wrestling bowling –
aerobic – gymnastics – cycling -

Collecti Individual sports

ve sports

Reorder these words to get correct questions :

1. your name What ? is

2. you Where from are ?
3. old are you ? How
4. is Where your ? school
5. Who your is champion ?
6. tall How are ? you
7. what At time English ? is
8. do you Where tennis ? practise
9. Mister Bean ? Is Australian
10.do Which sport you practise ?
11.you What need do ?
12.time is What ? it
13. is When French ?
14. The Statue of Liberty America is ? in
15. does on John Mondays practice ?
 CULTURAL QUIZ :

Nb Statements correction
1 BIG BEN is a big clock in Paris.
2 EID EL FITR is on the first day of Thou Elkaada.
3 Plaids, stockings and kilts are traditional costumes in France.
4 The Eiffel Tower is in London.
5 In Algeria, people use the Dollar.
6 In England, people say “ ‫ ”عيد سعيد‬.
7 The statue of Liberty is in Washington.
8 Baseball is a sport played in Algeria .
9 “ Peace be upon you “ is “ ‫ ” صباح الخير‬in Arabic .
10 TAJ MAHAL is in Pakistan.
11 The colours of the Algerian flag are blue, green and white.
12 Maqam Echahid is in Tunisia .

Sing a song now !

One, two, three and four

Come in please and shut the
door.
Five, six, seven, eight
Hurry up you’re very late.
Nine, and ten, and nine, and ten
Don’t be late for school again.
Find the capital,the currency,the language and the nationality:

country capital currency language Nationality

Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar (A.D) Arabic Algerian
Australia
Bahrain
Brazil
Canada
China
Cuba
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
England
France
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan
lebanon
Kuwait
Nigeria
Oman
Senegal
Sweden
Syria
Spain
Sudan
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Wales
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
 /s/ , /z/ or /iz/ ?

/s/ /z/ /iz/

Books / hats / this schools /years /is /has boxes
Cats / its / tennis friends/animals /teachers practises
Jackets / sports lives televisions/ flags compasses
gymnastics / likes Mrs. / protractors cases dresses
serobics / sticks Algiers / Muslims houses foxes
speaks/tapes/bus things / rubbers /lives busses pieces
slates/gets/ eats pictures / trainings sentences
stops/shirts/skirts photos / wears /pencils watches vases
sthetoscopes sharpeners /cars exercises
elephants lamps pairs / jobs/ zebras oranges roses
coats months scissors /jeans /boys matches
meets girls /questions /answers

READ THESE WORDS CORRECTLY

Good morning good afternoon good evening good night

model beautiful telephone interview children fashion

player teacher keeper pupil painter architect

tennis baseball cricket rugby boxing volleyball

football running skiing skating handball

astronaut elephant passport radio taxi boxer

eleven thirteen ninety second fifteenth England

champion practise journalist favourite family aerobics

clothes shower Thursday picture Friday camel

 Add more words :
Find the appropriate words and write them correctly.

Jobs Nationalities Places Colours Family

Verbs clothes Sports Months Days

BYE BYE .SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE GOOD HOLIDAYS!

YOUR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH .

 Fly , fly , fly very high
Beautiful butterfly
Fly in the sky
Jump and fly
Hop then stop
Fly and hop

Go and fly
Pretty butterfly
Come then go
Never say no
Hop and stop
But now stop !stop !
Stop and care the flame.