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Welcome!

1 Complete the words for the colour code. Then colour the shapes.

> b l a c k 3 b l 6 y e w

1 g r n 4 p k 7 r

2 w h t 5 o r g 8 b r

2 Write. Then find and colour the pictures.

> black plane 4

1 5

2 6

3 7

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 2 Hello! I’m Jenny
Subject pronouns
1 Work with a partner. Take it in turns to pick a card.
Say the missing subject pronouns.
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1 ’s ten. 6 ’s a cat. 11 ’re girls.

2 ’s from 7 ’re 12 ’s black

London. students. and white.

3 ’re sisters. 8 ’re 13 ’re eight.

brothers.

4 isn’t 9 ’s twelve. 14 ’s big.

a pencil.

5 ’s a 10 isn’t 15 ’s my
teacher. from Triglon. brother.

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 3 We’re good friends
Present simple of be: affirmative and negative
1 Complete the text with ’s or are.

I’m Clara. I’m ten years old. Amy  1 my friend. She  2 eleven
years old. We  3 from Skipton. It  4 a small town.
Buddy  5 my dog. He  6 black and white. He  7 big.
It  8 hot today. We  9 in the park. Buddy  10 hungry!

2 Now draw Clara, Amy and Buddy in the park.

3 Read and complete with ’s, isn’t, are, 're or aren't.

1 Clara eleven years old.
2 Clara and Amy friends.
3 They from London.
4 Skipton big.
5 Buddy a dog.
6 It cold.
7 They in the park.

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 4 Is Carlo from Italy?
Present simple of be: questions and
short answers
1 Cut out the words. Make five sentences. Then ask and answer questions
with your partner.

  Are you hungry?

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Are you thirsty? Are you Yes, Are you happy?

Are you hungry? eleven? I am cold? Are you

hot? ten? No, I’m not ten? twelve?

2 Read the questions and short answers. Draw.

1 Is Tom tall? 3 Is it hot?
Yes, he is. No, it isn't.

2 Is Sally happy? 4 Is the dog tired?

No, she isn’t. Yes, it is.

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 5 A book for Trig
Articles: a/an and the
1 Find and circle six food words.

e f w j k p x o

g q c a k e m r

g d a v m s p a

p a p p l e d n

q g a v s q a g

b a n a n a u e

d m q s a v d p

s a n d w i c h

2 Write the food words in the correct box. How many other words
can you add? Add food words and other words.

a an
> banana

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 7 Girls and boys
Plural of nouns
1 Match singular nouns to plural nouns.
feet foot
child
person

children
tooth
woman

women people
teeth

men
man

2 Write the plural of the words in the correct column.

tomαto house
train baby
country
box city
banana
bench s a ndwich
bird p e n cake
s es ies
> birds

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 8 My teacher
Possessive adjectives
1 Complete the table for you. Then ask two friends – a boy and a girl.
> What’s your favourite colour?

1 me 2  a boy 3  a girl

Favourite colour

Favourite place

Favourite animal

2 Now write sentences about you and your friends. Use my, his or her.
1 favourite colour is
2 favourite colour is
3 favourite colour is

3 Read the sentences and complete the table with pictures.

His favourite food is pizza. His favourite sport is tennis.
Their favourite sport is football. Their favourite food is chocolate.
Her favourite food is chicken. Her favourite sport is swimming.

Jack Sally Charlie and Molly

1 2

food

3 4 5

sport

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 9 What has Jenny got?
Present simple of have got
1 Look. Write an affirmative sentence and a negative sentence for each picture.
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She’s got a mobile phone and a guitar. 3 

1 She hasn’t got

2 4

2 Now you. What have you got? Draw and write.

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