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File 1A: Where are you from?

Time: 30 minutes
Material: Students Book
General instructions
1. I is always written with a capital letter.
2. Each sentence ends with a punctuation sign
(full stop, question mark or exclamation mark).
3. Use your best handwriting.
4. Read the instructions carefully. Try to
understand what you have to do.

A)

5.
6.
7.

Think before you start writing.

Check each exercise before you move on to the
next one.
If you dont know a word, look it up in the
dictionary.

Word order in questions

Form questions using the correct word order. Remember to finish sentences with punctuation.
Reference: Grammar Bank 1A, Students Book p. 126
1.

with you do live who?

Who do you live with?_____________________________________________________________________

2. come you did last year this school to?
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. who usually you write do to e-mails?
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. from where you are?
______________________________________________________________________________________
5. does sister speak your English?
______________________________________________________________________________________
6. are listening you to what?
______________________________________________________________________________________
7. Italian you do like food?
______________________________________________________________________________________
8. did Ben yesterday where go?
______________________________________________________________________________________
9. many people at party the how were?
______________________________________________________________________________________
10. Sarah doing now what is?
______________________________________________________________________________________
11. Millie her with does parents live still?
______________________________________________________________________________________

B)

Finding questions
The underlined words are the answer. Find a suitable question.
1.

The children are playing football in their back garden.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2.

I went to school by bus.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.

Its Mikes dog.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

4.

He went to the doctors because he had a cold.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

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Yesterday my boyfriend flew to New York.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.

They got married in 1992.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

7.

Im fine, thanks.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

8.

10 Poplar Place, Brighton.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

9.

Sam is watching the news on television.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

10.

The children ate chocolate ice cream.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

11.

Tom and Ian are working in the garden at the moment.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

12.

The students wait for their teacher.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

13.

Mike can play the drums.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

14.

Yes, she is.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

15.

I met Sarah at the cinema last weekend.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

16.

No, I didnt.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

17.

Yes, he does.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

18.

She likes Italian food.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

19.

Brian is talking to his teacher.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

20.

Bob is wearing his brothers shoes.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

21.

S-H-E-E-P.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

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Numbers
Write words for these numbers
Use a hyphen for numbers from 21 to 99.
1.

three______________

8.

101 ___________________________________________

2.

12

__________________

9.

2,002 ___________________________________________

3.

18

__________________

10.

3,303 ___________________________________________

4.

19

__________________

11.

400,044 ___________________________________________

5.

21

__________________

___________________________________________

6.

88

__________________

12. 5,000,555 ___________________________________________

7.

99

__________________

___________________________________________

D)

Spelling

Student A: use the English alphabet to dictate the spelling of the words in list 1 to student B.
Student B: listen to student A. Write down the missing words.
Change roles and repeat the dictation with list 2.
Pronunciation of difficult letters: e /i/, h /et/, i /a/, v /vi/, w /db()lju/, y /wa/
List 1

List 2

whiskeys
housewives
haywire
twitchy
chiefly

Self-evaluation
General instructions
1

I read the instructions carefully.

All my sentences are legible.

I finished all the exercises.

I checked all my exercises for grammatical, punctuation or spelling mistakes.

Grammar

I can use the correct word order in questions.

I can use the correct question words.

Numbers & Spelling

I can write the words in English for numbers.

I can spell words to a partner.

I can write down words that are spelt out for me.
Transversal skills

I can work on my own by following the instructions.

I can correct my own tasks using an answer key.