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Hello.

1A Grammar: to be 1

Complete the dialogue with the words from the box. ‘m    ‘m    ‘s    ‘s    ‘s    ‘s

A: Hi! What 1

your name?

B: Hi! I 2

Leo. What’s your name?

A: My name 3

Suzy.

B: And what 4

your name? Ken.

B: Hello, Ken. My name 6

Leo.

1B Grammar: to be; Who's ...? 2

1B Grammar: his/her 3

Choose the correct words.

Read the dialogue. Mark the correct words.

1 Hi, Max. he in the photo? a  Who’s b He’s 2 my brother Jake, and here's Sally. a  She’s b He’s 3 she? a  She’s b Who’s 4 my sister. a He’s b She’s 5 And he? a  He’s b Who’s 6 my cousin, Tom. a He’s b  She’s

A: Hello, Tim! Who’s he?

1C Grammar: It's ... ; Is it …?

1C Grammar: to be; How old ...?

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B: 1 He’s / His my cousin. A: What’s 2 he’s / his name? B: Paul. Suzanne is 3 he’s / his sister. A: And who’s she? B: 4 She’s / Her my mum. A: What’s 5 she’s / her name? B: Judy. And she’s my aunt. 6 She’s / Her name’s Jenny.

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Complete the dialogue with it or is it.

A: What day 1 B: 2

today?

Complete the dialogue with the correct forms of the verb to be.

A: Ally, how old 1

Wednesday.

B: I 2

you? twelve.

A: Really? Not Tuesday?

A: And your sister? How old 3

B: No. 3

B: Kelly

birthday today. A: Happy birthday!

Wednesday. 4

my

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ten. And you?

A: Guess! How old 5 B: Hmm… You 6 A: No. I 7 B: Cool!

she? I?

thirteen. fourteen!

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Favourite things

2A Grammar: a/an 1

2A Grammar: What colour is it? It’s … 2

Look at the pictures. Complete the answers with the correct noun and article a or an.

1 A: What’s that? B: It’s

Look at the table. Complete the dialogues with the right words.

Kerry

.

Peter

umbrella/pink skateboard/yellow 2 A: What’s that? B: It’s

1 A: Kerry, what’s that?

.

3 A: What’s that? B: It’s

.

4 A: What’s that? B: It’s

.

5 A: What’s that? B: It’s



B: It’s a 1

.



A: What colour is it?



B: It’s yellow.



A: And what’s that?



B: It’s an umbrella.



A: What colour is it?



B: It’s 2

.

2 A: Peter, what’s that?

.

6 A: What’s that? B: It’s

bike/green camera/black

.



B: It’s a bike.



A: What colour is it?



B: It’s 3



A: And what’s that?



B: It’s a 4



A: What colour is it?



B: It’s black.

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Complete the dialogue. Choose the correct answers: a or b.

Jack: Tom, here’s your present! Tom:

Thanks Jack!

Jack:

No, it 2

Tom:

3

Jack:

No. 4

a dictionary?

1

. a notebook? your favourite thing.

Tom: Wow! 5 Jack:

Yes,

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a comic? !

1 a  Is it 2 a is 3 a Isn’t 4 a  Is it 5 a  Is it 6 a it’s

b Is b isn’t b  Is it b It’s b Is b  it is

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Wild world

3A Grammar: t o be 1

Complete the mini dialogues with he/she is or he/she isn’t.

2 A: Is Mary cold? B: No, 3 A: Is Ted hungry? B: Yes,

.

4 A: Is Mary thirsty? B: Yes,

.

.

5 A: Is Ted sad? B: No,

.

.

6 A: Is Mary hot? B: No,

.

3B Grammar: t o be 2

3B Grammar: to be

Complete the dialogue with the words from the box.

B: Yes, 2

you Phil?

. you from Argentina?

A: 3 B: No,

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2 A: Who’s in your photo? B: They 1 Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. 2 A: they from the UK? 3 B: No, they . They 4 from the USA.

.

A: Where 5

you from? from Australia.

B: 6

3C Grammar: our/their

3C Grammar: plurals 4

5

Complete the sentences with the plural forms of the nouns in brackets.

1 Marmosets are America. (monkey)

from South

2 Macaw are cool! They’re yellow, red, blue and green.  (parrot) 3 M  y favourite animals are (ostrich) 4  from Africa.  (zebra) 5 Polar (bear) 6 L ook at the hungry! (crocodile)

Complete the dialogues with are or aren’t. Use the short form ‘re where it is possible.

1 A: Suzy, 1 Kelly and you sisters? 2 B: Yes, we . 3 A: you from the USA? 4 B: No, we . We 5 from the UK.

Are   Are  are  Iam  I'm  I'm not A: Hello. My name’s Mark. 1

3

 . 

are black and white animals

are big and white. 

. They are very

Complete the text with our or their.

My name’s Dave. Andrew is my brother. 1 mum is from Poland but 2 dad is from the UK. This week mum and dad are on holiday in Italy, in 3 favourite city, Florence. Andrew and I are happy because we are at the London zoo with 4 grandma. 5 favourite animals are zebras. They’re so cool! 6 fur is black and white and 7 eyes are so big.

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1 A: Is Ted happy? B: Yes,

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In my room

4A Grammar: possessive ‘s 1

Look at the pictures. Complete the dialogue. Use the possessive forms of the names.

4A Grammar: W  hat’s this?; This is ... / These are ... 2

Look at the pictures. Mark the correct words.

1 This is / These are Anna’s T-shirt.

Kate

Andy

Anna Paul

2 This is / These are Andy’s trainers.

A: Jenny, these clothes are cool! Is it your skirt? B: No, it’s not. It’s 1

skirt.

A: And the trainers? B: They’re

2

3 This is / These are Paul’s jeans. trainers.

A: They’re big! Is it your T-shirt? B: No, it’s 3

T-shirt.

A: And the nice jeans? B: They’re 4

jeans.

4 This is / These are Kate’s skirt.

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Complete the dialogue. Choose the correct answers: a or b.

A: Mum, where’s my camera? B: Maybe it’s 1 your bedroom. 2 A: But where? It’s not the table and it’s not under the table. B: What about your bed? A: It’s not 3 my bed and it’s not on my bed. 4 B: Sam, I know! It’s the kitchen! A: Really? B: Yes. It's 5 the fridge! A: Thanks, mum!

1 a  2 a  3 a  4 a  5 a 

in under under in in

b under b on b on b on b on

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4B Grammar: in/on/under

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People and pets

5A Grammar: have got 1

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verb have got. Use the symbols to help you. Use short forms where possible.

1 I

a watch.  ✓

2 Jo, you

a TV!  ✗

3 You

cool sunglasses!  ✓

4 T  hese are my torch and CD player, but I a tent.  ✗

5 A:  player? B: Yes, I

you

6 A:  B: N  o, I bag.  ✗

you

an MP3 .  ✓ a sleeping bag? . It’s my dad’s sleeping

5B Grammar: have got 2

Complete the dialogue. Choose the correct answers: a or b.

A: So how about Patty, the new student? What kind of hair 1 she got? B: She

short brown hair.

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brown eyes, too?

A: 3 B: No, she 4

. Her eyes are blue.

A: Has she 5

a black dog?

B: Yes, she 6

.

1 a has 2 a ‘s 3 a  Has she got 4 a  hasn’t got 5 a  ‘s got 6 a has

b ‘s b  ‘s got b  Has she b hasn’t b got b got

5C Grammar: h  ave got 3

Complete the dialogue with the words from the box. have  haven’t  ‘ve got  haven’t got  Have they got (2x)

A: What are your favourite animals?

A: 2 B: No, they 3 A: 4 B: Yes, they 5

long legs? . they got wings? , but they 6

A: I know! Your favourite animals are birds! B: No, they’re butterflies!

red or yellow heads and bodies.

tails.

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B: Guess! They’re small but colourful. They 1

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Action!

6A Grammar: imperatives 1

Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box. Open Stop Close Don’t eat Don’t laugh Don’t run

1

the door.

4

the window.

2

!

5

!

3

in class.

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!

6B Grammar: can/can’t 2

dance

cook

Tim

✗

✓

Nelly

✓

✗

me Tim 1 Nelly

dance, but he 2 3

cook, but she

Can you dance? Yes / No, I 5

.

Can you cook? Yes / No, I 6

.

cook. 4

dance.

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Complete the table. Fill the gaps in the sentences with can or can’t. Choose Yes or No in the answers.

My routine

7A Grammar: p  resent simple 1

Put the words in the correct order.

1 athletics / like / don’t / I 2 basketball / I / like 3 you / do / like / football

.

Complete the dialogue. Choose the correct answers: a or b.

A: 1

?

6 do / I / yes,

.

7C Grammar: W  hat time is it?; It's ...

B: They 4

4 A: What time is it? B: It’s quarter to five. It’s half past three. It’s quarter past four. It’s five o’clock. It’s half past two. It’s three o’clock.

go by car. They 5

by bus or

bikes to school.

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1 a Do 2 a don’t 3 a by 4 a go 5 a ride 6 a ride

b Ride b go b go b don’t b go b do

7C Grammar: at/on/every day 4

Look at the table. Read David’s statements. Complete the sentences with the names of activities.

Look at the clocks. Match the answers with the questions. There are two extra words.

3 A: What time is it? B:

car, with dad.

they

?

2 A: What time is it? B:

walk to school. We go to school

A: And your friends?

5 you / like / volleyball / do

1 A: What time is it? B:

you and your brother walk to school?

3

.

.

a b c d e f

2

B: No, we 2

4 no, / don’t / I

3

7B Grammar: present simple; by …

go to bed

David 9.30 p.m.

every day Suzy

go to school

7.45 a.m. from Monday to Friday

7.15 p.m. Saturdays

7.45 a.m. from Mondays to Friday

Jake

1 I

listen to music

ride a bike

7 p.m. every Thursday 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday

7.15 p.m. Saturdays

5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday

at seven on Thursdays.

2 We (Suzy and I)

at quarter to eight

every day. 3 I

at half past nine every day.

4 They (Suzy and Jake)

together at five

every Saturday and Sunday. 5 We (Jake and I) on Saturdays.

at quarter past seven

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Work and play

8A Grammar: present simple 1

8B Grammar: asking for permission 2

Complete the dialogue with the words from the box. wakes has

starts start

have   goes

Complete the mini dialogues with Yes, you can or No, you can’t.

1 A: Can I have a burger now?

A: Shh … my mum’s in bed.

. Dinner is ready.

B:

2 A: Can we go to football practice?

B: It’s ten a.m.!



B:  OK?

A: I know but on Thursdays and Fridays she 1

to bed late at night and she

3 A: Can we listen to music?

2

up at half past eleven a.m.



B: Does she 3

. It’s late and you go to

school tomorrow.

A: Yes, she does but she 4

lunch very

4 A: Can I open the window?

late. work on

Thursdays and Fridays? A: She 6

B: 

breakfast?

B: What time does she 5

. But be back at five,

. It’s very hot in here.

B:

5 A: Can I ride a bike with Sally?

B: 

but first do your

homework.

work at four p.m.

B: Let’s make some breakfast for your mum, then.

6 A: Can we have crisps for breakfast?

A: OK!



B: 

. Cornflakes with

yoghurt are for breakfast.

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