1

Punctuation
Write the sentences.
Use the right punctuation.

2 pizza
4 desk

2 my names lisa

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UNIT REVISION

6 do you understand

7 can you say that again please

Complete the conversations.

1 How are you?
a All right, thanks.
b Im James.
c Hes fine.
2 Can you help me?
a Thats OK.
b Sure.
c Fine, thanks.
3 Can I look at your dictionary?
a Yes, please.
b All right, thanks.
c Yes, of course.

tortoise

teacher

Thursday
computer

dog

banana

September
sea

university

Wednesday

ruler

full stop

question mark

Numbers
Write the answers.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

5 how do you spell it

apple

5 comma

4 im twelve and ive got two brothers

Conversations

elephant

3 Monday

What nationality are you?

8 i live in paris

Which word is the odd one out?

1 brother

1 what nationality are you

3 can you help me please

Odd one out

50 10 =
10 + 12 + 15 =
10 x 5 =
40 17 =
10 + 7 =
2x7=
14 + 5 =
90 10 + 10 =
75 11 =
22 x 4 =

forty

Translation
How do you say these sentences in your language?
1 How do you spell Kate?

2 What does guess mean?

3 I dont understand.

4 Can you say that again?

5 Can you help me?

6 Can I use your dictionary?

4 Thanks, Jack.
a Thats OK.
b Its great.
c No, sorry.
5 Can I look at your answers?
a No, thanks.
b No, sorry.
c Im all right.

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He, She, His, Her

4 me / can / help / you ?

Complete the sentences with He, She, His or Her.

He

1 Paul is my brother.

5 it / what / is ?

s eleven.

2 Shes my sister.

6 you / are / how ?

names Sue.

3 Danny is a boy in my class.

fourteen.
4 This is my friend.

names David.

5 Jack lives in Exeter.

s English.

6 This is Kate.

s at university.

7 My friend Anna is twelve.

Questions and answers

Write answers to the questions. Use the
answers in the box.
Im thirteen. Sadie Kelly. Sure.
Im Argentinian. All right, thanks.
Its a tortoise.

address is 32 New Road, Exeter.

1 A: Can I use your pencil, please?
8 This is Tom.

brother is in my
B:

class.

Sure.

2 A: How are you?

Making sentences

B:

Match the words in A with the words in B

and make sentences.

3 A: How old are you?

B:

B
4 A: Look at this animal! What is it?

1 My names

a two cats.

2 Im

b music.

3 I

c sister called Amy.

4 Ive got a

d Peter.

5 My address is

e live in England.

6 My sister

7 I like

g thirteen.

8 Ive got

h 12 Green Street,

B:

B:
6 A: What nationality are you?
B:

is seventeen.

Cambridge.
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GRAMMAR PRACTICE

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5 A: Whats her name?

Making questions
Put the words in the right order and make
questions.
1 your / what / name / s ?

Whats your name?

2 do / name / spell / you / how / your ?
3 mean / it / what / does ?

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HOME

HOME

Hello! Im Joe.

Hi! Im Sadie.

Hi! Im Sadie.

COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY

Hi! My names
Hi!Jack.
My names Jack.

Hello! Im Joe.

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HOME

HOME

Whats your name?

(Move 1 square)

How do you say Goodbye in your language?

(Move 2 squares)
What nationality is Joe?
(Move 4 squares)

What nationality are you?

(Move 3 squares)

Find a thing beginning with B in the classroom.

(Move 2 squares)

How old are you?

(Move 2 squares)

Whats the number before thirty?

(Move 3 squares)

How old is Sadie?

(Move 3 squares)

How do you spell window?

(Move 3 squares)

How do you spell pencil?

(Move 2 squares)

Whats the month before January?

(Move 4 squares)

Whats the date today?

(Move 4 squares)

Whats the name of Sadies dog?

(Move 2 squares)

How do you spell bottle?

(Move 3 squares)

Whats the date tomorrow?

(Move 4 squares)

How do you say dog in your language?

(Move 1 square)

How do you spell your name?

(Move 2 squares)

Whats the third month of the year?

(Move 4 squares)

Who lives at 20 Maple Road?

(Move 3 squares)

Whats the number after eleven?

(Move 2 squares)

How old is Joe?

(Move 3 squares)

Whats the month after June?

(Move 3 squares)

When is your birthday?

(Move 3 squares)

Who is Sadies brother?

(Move 2 squares)

Find a thing beginning with R in the classroom.

(Move 2 squares)

How do you spell address?

(Move 3 squares)

How do you say tortoise in your language?

(Move 3 squares)

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How are you?

(Move 1 square)

Alphabet world

Life a
cultu nd
re

How many letters are there in your alphabet?

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EXTRA READING

The word alphabet comes from the first two

letters of the Greek alphabet alpha and beta.
There are hundreds of different alphabets
in the world. Some alphabets use letters and
some use symbols.The English language uses
the Roman alphabet. It has got 26 letters
five vowels (a, e, i, o, u,) and 21 consonants
(for example, b, k, m).The modern standard
Arabic alphabet has got 28 letters and they
are all consonants! The Khmer alphabet from
Cambodia has got 74 letters.The Chinese
language uses 6,500 different symbols and
children at school learn about 3,000 of them!

ABOUT
ALPHABETS

Task
Are these sentences true or false?

Runes are an old

and mysterious
alphabet from
Northern Europe.

1
2
3
4
5

Tolkien uses the

runic alphabet in
his books The Lord
of the Rings and The
Hobbit.

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All alphabets in the world use letters.

There are 26 letters in the English language.
The Arabic alphabet has got 28 consonants.
The Khmer alphabet is from Europe.
The Chinese language has got 3,000 symbols.

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T
T
T
T
T

F
F
F
F
F