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 Contents

1 Capital letters 1
Formulaic expressions: greetings
Question: What is your name?

2 This is … 5
Subject pronouns: he, she
Questions: How are you?
How old …?

3 ‘Yes/no’ questions 9
Question: What is it?

Revision 1 13

4 Plural nouns 17
Subject pronouns: it, they
Possessive adjectives: his, her
Questions: What colour …?

5 Instructions 21

6 Modal: can 25
Numbers
Simple present tense: has, have
Adjectives: long, short, big, small

Revision 2 29
1
Read and learn

Hi, Ann! Hello, Sam!

What is your name?

My name is Bobo.
Can you spell your
name, please?
B-o-b-o.

Hi, ★ We use a capital letter to begin a sentence

Ann!
Hello, and a name.
★ We say ‘Hi’ or ‘Hello’ to greet a friend.
Good morning,
★ In the morning, we say ‘Good morning’.
Good afternoon, Ann. ★ In the afternoon, we say ‘Good afternoon’.

Goodbye, ★ To leave a friend, we say ‘Goodbye’.

My name is Ben.
What is your name?
I am Sally.

Can you spell your name, please?

★ We say ‘What is your name?’ to ask a new friend’s name.

★ We say ‘My name is ...’ or ‘I am ...’ to tell a new friend your name.
★ We say ‘Can you spell your name, please?’ to ask about spellings.
★ We use a question mark (?) at the end of a question.
★ We use a full stop (.) at the end of a sentence.
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Capital letters and greetings

A Look at the sentences. Help Ben rewrite them. Use
capital letters.
1 hello, may. Hello, May.
_______________________________
2 good morning, ann. Good morning, Ann.
_______________________________
3 what is your name? What is your name?
_______________________________
4 i am daisy. I am Daisy.
_______________________________
5 my name is steve. My name is Steve.
_______________________________
6 goodbye, miss chan. Goodbye, Miss Chan.
_______________________________

B Ben is at school. He meets his friends and teachers.

Complete their conversations.

Good afternoon Goodbye Good morning Hello

1 2 Good morning
Hello, Mandy! ____________________,
Hello Mr Wong.
__________________, Good morning, Ben.
Ben!

Mr Wong
Ben Ben
Mandy

3
Goodbye, Miss Chan. 4 Good afternoon, David.
Goodbye, Ben.
__________________ Good afternoon,
__________________
__________________ Ben.
__________________

Miss Chan

Ben David
Ben
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What is your name?

A Ben gives you some word cards. Make some sentences
with them.
1 am Mark I .

I am Mark.
__________________________________________________
2 is your ? What name

What is your name?

__________________________________________________
3 Eva . name My is

My name is Eva.
___________________________________________________

B Ben meets his new friends. Complete their conversations.

1 Ben: H is
 ello! My name ________ is
Ben. What ________
your name?
is
Nancy: My name ________ Nancy.

2 Sandy: H am
 i! I ________ is
Sandy. What ________ your
?
name________
am
Terry: I ________ .
Terry________

3 am
 en: Hello! I ________
K What is
Ken. _____________ your name?
Mike: My name ________ is .
Mike________

4 Jacky: H am
 ello! I ________ your name
Jacky. What is ______________
_______________?
am
Robert: I ________ Robert.

5 Helen: H am
 i! I ________ What is your name?
Helen. __________________________
_____________________________________________
Sally: My name ________is Sally.
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C The children are in the playground. Complete their

conversations.

Hello! I am Ben. What is your name?

1 My name
_______________ is Susan.
2 Can
_____________ you spell your
please
name, _____________? S-u-s-a-n.

am
I 3 ______________ Tracy.
Ben What is
4 _________________ your name?
My name is Paul.
Susan

Tracy

5 Can you
_____________________
your name
spell __________________, Paul
please
______________________?

P-a-u-l.
am Ken
I 6 _________________.
What is your name? 7 My name
________________
Lily
is _______________.
8Can you spell your
________________
name, please?
_________________
_________________
L-i-l-y.

Ken Lily

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2
Read and learn

This is Eva. She is my new friend.

Hello, Eva. How are you?

I am fine, thank you.

How old are you?

I am six years old.

Sam. He
This is is my new friend.
Eva. She

★ We say ‘This is ...’ to introduce people.

★ We use ‘he’ and ‘she’ to talk about people.
★ We use ‘he’ for boys and ‘she’ for girls .

How are you? I am fine, thank you.

★ We say ‘How are you?’ to greet people.

★ We say ‘I am fine, thank you.’ to respond to the greeting.

six
How old are you? I am years old.
seven

★ We say ‘How old ...?’ to ask about age.

★ We use ‘… year(s) old’ to talk about age.
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This is …, He/She is …
A Look at the pictures. They are Daisy’s friends and
teachers. Complete the sentences.
1 2

She
This is Helen. __________ is This
_________ He
is Jack. _________
my new friend. is my new friend.

3 4

This is
_______________ Mr Chan. This is
_______________ Miss Wong.
He
__________ is my teacher. She is
_______________ my teacher.

5 6

This is
_______________ Terry. This is
_______________ Mrs Tse.
He is
_______________ my new She is
_______________ my teacher.
friend.
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How are you ?, How old …?

A Daisy and her parents, Mr and Mrs Lee, meet some new
neighbours. Complete their conversations.
1 How
Daisy: Good afternoon, Mr Chan. __________ are you?
Mr Chan: I am fine, thank you.
2 Daisy: Good morning, Mrs Poon.
How are you
Mrs Poon: Good morning, Daisy. ______________________?
I am fine
Daisy: _________________________, thank you.
3 Mr Ho: Hi, Mr Lee!
How are you?
Dad: Hi, Mr Ho! __________________________________
thank you
Mr Ho: I am fine, ___________________________________.
4 Miss Ho: Hello, Mrs Lee!
Mum: Hello, Miss Ho!
Miss Ho: How are you?
I am fine, thank you.
Mum: _____________________________________________

B Miss Wong is asking the children about their ages.

Answer the questions.

Daisy Henry Eric Anna

1 How old are you, Henry? seven
I am _____________ years old.
2 How old are you, Daisy? six
I am _____________ years old.
3 How old are you, Anna? six years old
I am ______________________.
4 How old are you, Eric? seven years old
I am ______________________.
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C It is Daisy’s birthday party. Daisy’s parents are talking

to her friends. Complete their conversations.

1 How
Dad: ______________ are you, Jack?
Jack: I am fine, thank you.
2 Mum: How old are you, Rosa?
six
Rosa: I am ______________ years old.
How old
3 Dad: ______________ are you, Terry?
Terry: I am seven years old.
4 Mum: How are you, Fiona?
I am fine
Fiona: ____________________________, thank you.
How old are you
5 Dad: _________________________________, Helen?
Helen: I am six years old.
How are you
6 Mum: _________________________________, Betty?
Betty: I am fine, thank you.
7 Dad: How are you, Peter?
I am fine, thank you.
Peter: ________________________________
8 Mum: How old are you, Joyce?
I am seven years old.
Joyce: ________________________________
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3
Read and learn

Is it a cat?
No, it is not.

What is it?
It is a tiger!

a doll? Yes, it is.

Is it
a ball? No, it is not.

★ We say ‘Is it ...?’ to ask ‘yes/no’ questions.

★ We say ‘Yes, it is.’ for positive answers and ‘No, it is not.’ for
negative answers.

a toy plane.
What is it? It is
a puzzle.

★ We say ‘What is it?’ to ask about animals or objects.

★ We say ‘It is ...’ to give information about an animal or an object.
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Is it …?
A George is telling his little sister about the objects.
Complete the sentences.
1 2

Is it a teddy bear? Is it a toy horse?

it is not
No, _____________________. it is
Yes, ____________________.
3 4

Is it a toy boat? Is it a doll?

No, it is not.
_________________________ No, it is not.
_________________________
5 6

Is it
________ a drawing board? Is it
___________ a dog?
No, it is not.
_________________________ Yes, it is.
_________________________
7 8

Is it a toy car?
_________________________ Is it a toy plane?
_________________________
it is
Yes, ____________________. it is
Yes, ____________________.
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What is it?
A Look at George’s pictures. Complete the sentences.

ball cat cup dog doll plane puzzle toy horse

1 2

What is it? What

_________________ is it?
a cup
It is ____________________. a puzzle
It is ____________________.

3 4

What
_________________ is it? What is
____________________ it?
a dog
It is ____________________. a toy horse
It is _____________________.

5 6

What is
_________________ is it? What is it?
_________________________
It is a doll.
_________________________ It is a cat.
_________________________

7 8

What is it?
_________________________ What is it?
_________________________
It is a plane.
_________________________ It is a ball.
_________________________
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Is it …?, What is it?

A George is playing a guessing game with you. Answer his
questions.
1 Is it a toy horse? 2 Is it a ball?

Yes, it is.
______________________ Yes, it is.
______________________
3 Is it a robot? What is it?

➔

No, it is not.
______________________ It is a doll.
______________________
4 Is it a cat? What is it?

it is not
No, ______________. It is a dog.
______________________
5 Is it a toy plane? What is it?

➔

No, it is not.
______________________ It is a toy car.
______________________
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Date: ________________________

Revision
A You are playing a matching game. Write the correct
letters to match the sentences.
1 Good morning, Helen. A Hi, Judy! I am Mike.
2 Hello! I am Judy. B G
 ood afternoon,
3 G
 ood afternoon. Miss Chan.
I am Miss Chan. C Good morning, Peter.
4 Goodbye, Maggie. D Hello, Sandy!
5 Hi, Tom! E B-o-b-b-y.
6 C
 an you spell your name, F Goodbye, Susan.
please?
C
1 _____ 2 A
_____ 3 B
______ 4 F
______ 5 D
______ 6 E
______

B Fiona does not know how to use capital letters and

punctuation. She asks you for help. Tick ‘✓’ the correct
sentences. Circle the mistakes. Write the correct words or
punctuation on the right.
1 What is your name? ✓
_____________
2 i am Sarah. I
_____________
3 My name is helen. Helen
_____________
4 good morning, Cindy. Good
_____________
5 How are you? ✓
_____________
6 No. it is not. ,
_____________
7 How old are you. ?
_____________
8 is it an apple?  Is
_____________
9 Can you spell your name. please? ,
_____________
10 It is a dog? .
_____________
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C Fiona draws a story. Help her write the correct words.

What
Hi! I am Amy. 1 _____________ is your name?

My name
Hi, Amy! 2 _______________ is Tom.
3 Can
_____________ you spell
your name, please?
T-o-m.

Let’s be friends!

Amy Tom

How are you?

Hi, Kitty! 4 _____________________
_______________________________
I am fine, thank you.
This is my new friend. He is Tom.

How old are you?

Hi, Tom! 5 __________________
six
I am 6 __________ ___________________________
years old.
Let’s be friends!
6

Tom Amy Kitty

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D You are doing a quiz. Complete the sentences with the

correct words.

I you he she it

I
1 Good morning. _____________ am Nick.
you
2 Can ________________ spell your name, please?
She
3 This is Carmen. _______________ is my new friend.
It
4 _______________ is a car.
He
5 This is Mr Lee. ______________ is my teacher.
it
6 Is _______________ a robot?
it
Yes, ________________ is.
you
7 How are _______________?

E Fiona meets Paul and his brother. Complete their conversation.

Fiona: Good afternoon, Paul.
Paul: G
 ood afternoon, Fiona.
This is my little brother.
What
Fiona: Hello! 1 __________________
is your name?
Andy: My name is Andy.
Fiona: Hi, Andy! 2 How
__________________ are you?
Andy: I am fine, 3 thank you
__________________.
How old
Fiona: 4 __________________ are you?
I am
Andy: 5 __________________ four years old.
What
You have a pet. 6 __________________ is it?
Fiona: It is a dog. Andy, you have a toy.
What is it
7 _______________________________________________?

Andy: It is a toy plane.

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F Fiona is talking to her new friend. Complete the

sentences with the correct words.

am are is

Fiona: H am
 ello! I 1 ____________ is
Fiona. What 2 ____________
your name?
Kelvin: Hi, Fiona! My name 3 is
____________ Kelvin.
Fiona: How 4 are
____________ you?
Kelvin: I 5 am
____________ fine, thank you.
am
Fiona: I 6 ____________ are
six years old. How old 7 ____________
you?
am
Kelvin: I 8 ____________ seven years old. I have a twin sister.
is
She 9 ____________ seven years old, too.

G Fiona is asking you some questions. Answer her

questions.
1 What is your name? The answer could be as follows.
My name is/I am Ivy.
_________________________________________________
2 How are you?
I_________________________________________________
am fine, thank you.
3 How old are you? The answer could be as follows.
I_________________________________________________
am six years old.
4 Can you spell your name, please? The answer could be as follows.
I-v-y.
_________________________________________________
5 Is it a book?
No, it is not.
____________________________________
What is it?
It is a toy plane.
____________________________________
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4
Read and learn

Look at her dress.

What colour is it?
It is white.

Singular nouns Plural nouns Look at his socks.

What colour are they?
cap caps
a They are white.
dress dresses

★ We use nouns to talk about people, animals, objects and places.

★ We can add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to a singular noun (only one) to make it plural
(more than one).
★ Some nouns are always plural (more than one), e.g., shorts, trousers,
glasses.

his shirt. It is yellow.

Look at
her socks. They are orange.

★ We use ‘his’ and ‘her’ to show who owns something.

★ We use ‘his’ for boys and ‘her’ for girls . We put a noun after
‘his’ or ‘her’.
★ We use ‘It is ...’ for singular nouns.
★ We use ‘They are ...’ for plural nouns.

is her dress ? It is blue.

What colour
are his trousers? They are green.

★ We say ‘What colour …?’ to ask about colours.

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It is/They are
A Tim is playing a word game with his friends. Complete
the sentences. Then colour the clothing.

cap dress shirt shoes socks trousers

1 2
green

red

dress
Look at her ______________. cap
Look at his ______________.
It is red. It is
________________ green.

3 4

orange orange
black

shoes
Look at her ______________. trousers
Look at his ______________.
They are
________________ orange. They are
________________ black.

5 6

brown
yellow yellow

socks
Look at her ______________. shirt
Look at his ______________.
They are
________________ yellow. It is
________________ brown.

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his/her
A Tim is telling his parents about his friends. Look at the
picture. Complete the sentences. Then write the names.

His
He is my friend. 1 _______________ name is Jim.
her
This is Mary. Look at 2 _______________ cap. It is green.
his
This is Ivan. I like 3 ______________ robot.
Her
She is my friend. 4 ______________ name is Irene. Look at
her
5 _____________ skirt. It is white.
his
This is Alan. Look at 6 ______________ shirt. It is white.
her
This is Joyce. I like 7 ______________ ball.
His
Look at Henry. 8 ______________ shirt is green.
her
This is Eva. She likes 9 ______________ doll.

10 Mary
_________ 12 Ivan
_________
Jim 11 Eva
_________

Henry 14 _________ Joyce

Irene 15 _________ 16 Alan
_________
13 _________

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What colour …?
A Tim asks you to help him find the colour words in the
puzzle. Circle the colour words.

a l e m b h o
p u b o r g r
y e l l o w a
f k u t w y n
s r e d n e g
b l a c k l e

six
There are __________________ colour words in the puzzle.

B Tim and Joyce are playing a guessing game. Complete

their conversations. Then colour the clothing.

yellow

blue red
blue green

What colour
1 Joyce: ____________________________________ is the shirt?
Tim: It is green.
What colour
2 Joyce: _________________________________ are the shoes?
blue
Tim: They are _______________. (blue)
What colour is the dress?
3 Joyce: ________________________________________ (dress)
It is red.
Tim: ________________________________________ (red)
What colour are the trousers?
4 Joyce: _____________________________________ (trousers)
They are yellow.
Tim: ______________________________________ (yellow)
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5
Read and learn

Keep quiet, please.

Do not run.

Come in, Open the door,

please.
Keep quiet, Close the window,
please.
Line up,

Sit down,

★ We use imperatives to give instructions.

★ We use the base form of a verb to make an imperative.
★ We say ‘please’ to be polite.

eat.
★ We use ‘do not’ to tell people not to do
Do not run.
something.
talk.

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Instructions
A Brownie the bear is telling the little bears to do
something. Complete the sentences.

down in off on up
in
1 Come ____________, down
2 Sit _____________, please.
please.

on
3 Turn ____________ the up
4 Stand _____________,
light, please. please.

B The little bears want to know the signs. Write about

the signs.

eat litter push run talk

1 2 3 4 5

Do not Do not Do not eat. __________

__________ Do not Do not run.
__________
litter
_________. talk
_________. push.
__________ __________ __________
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C Help Brownie complete the sentences and the puzzle.

Across ➔
Close
1 _____________ the door, please.
Sit
2 _____________ down, please.
Turn
3 _____________ on the lights, please.
run
4 Do not _____________.

Down
➔

litter
5 Do not _____________.
Stand
6 _____________ up, please.
Clean
7 _____________ the board, please.

7
1
C L O S E
5

L L
2
S I T E
6

T S A
3
T T U R N

E A
4
R U N

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D Spot visits Brownie. Complete the sentences.

close come in keep quiet open run sit

1 Good morning, Spot. 2 Close

______________ the door,
Come in
______________, please. please
______________.

3 open the windows

Children, _______________ 4 Sit down, please.
________________
please
___________, __________. ________________

5 do not run
Children, _______________________.
Keep quiet, please.
_______________________________

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Read and learn
What can you see?
I can see two hippos.
I can see a monkey. They have short legs.
It has a long tail.

a monkey.
What can you see? I can see
two horses.

★ We use ‘can’ to talk about things we are able to do.

★ We say ‘What can …?’ to ask about things people are able to do.
★ We use number words, e.g., two, three, four, etc. to talk about the
quantity of people, animals and objects.

I
You long arms.
have
We short legs.
They

He
a big head.
She has
a small mouth.
It

★ We use ‘has’ and ‘have’ to talk about the different parts of the body
of people or animals.
★ We use ‘have’ after ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’ and ‘they’.
★ We use ‘has’ after ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’.
★ We use ‘long’, ‘short’, ‘big’ and ‘small’ before nouns to describe them,
e.g., big head, long legs.
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What can you see?

A You show Doris some pictures. Write the questions.
1
What
1 ___________________ can you see?
I can see a dress. 2

What can
2 ___________________ you see?
I can see a monkey.
3

What can
3 ___________________ you see?
I can see a toy car.
4

What can you see?

4 _____________________________
I can see a horse.
5

What can you see?

5 _____________________________
I can see a chair.

B Doris shows you some pictures. Tell her what you can see.
1
1 What can you see?
can
I ________ a cap
see __________________.
2

2 What can you see?

can
I ________ a lion
see __________________.
3
3 What can you see?
can see a desk
I ______________________________.
4
4 What can you see?
I can see a ball.
________________________________
5
5 What can you see?
I can see a panda.
________________________________
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Numbers
A Look at the picture. Help Doris count the number of
the animals.

dog hippo horse lion panda

3
1 2

1 I can see one

___________ cat.
2 I can see five
___________ monkeys.
3 I can see seven pandas
_______________________.
4 I can see three horses
_______________________.
5 I can see two hippos
_______________________.
6 I can see one lion
_______________________.
7 I can see four dogs
_______________________.
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has/have
A You are telling Doris about your friends. Complete
the sentences.

has have

1 has
John _______________ a ball.
2 has
Rosa _______________ a teddy bear.
3 has
Irene _______________ a toy car.
4 have
Helen and her sister _______________ a dog.
5 have
I _______________ a puzzle.
6 have
My brother and I _______________ a cat.
7 has
My cat _______________ a doll.

B Help Doris write the words in the boxes. Write about the
elephant.

big long short small

1
small 2
big
3
long

4 short
1 small
It has __________________ eyes.
2 big ears
It has _______________________________________________.
3 a long tail
It has _______________________________________________.
4 It has short legs.
______________________________________________________
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Date: ________________________

Revision
A What clothing do the children have? Tell Alan about
the clothing. Then colour them.

red 1

2 green

3 brown
4 blue

5 black

her
1 You: It is ___________ his
cap. 4 You: They are ___________
What
Alan: ____________________ trousers
___________________.
colour is it? What colour are they
Alan: ___________________
You: It is red. __________________?
They are
You: ______________ blue.
his shirt
2 You: It is _______________.
What colour is it?
Alan: ______________ her shoes
5 You: They are __________
It is
You: _____________ green. ___________________.
What colour are they
Alan: ___________________
her skirt
3 You: It is _______________.
What colour is it __________________?
Alan: _
 __________________
They are
You: _____________ black.
__________________?
It is
You: ____________ brown.
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B Alan is writing about the pictures. Complete the

sentences.

cat dog big long

lion monkey short small

two
I can see ____________ long
horses. They have ____________ legs.
dogs
I can see five ____________. big
They have ____________ heads. I
seven cats
can see ____________________. short
They have ____________ tails.

lion
I can see one ____________. big
It has ____________ eyes. I can
three
see ____________ small
hippos. They have ____________ eyes. I can
six monkeys
see ____________________. They have long
________________________________
_________________ arms.
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C Alan shows you a picture. Tell the robots the things they
can and cannot do.

1 Stand up
_______________, please.

2 Do not run.
____________________
____________________
1
2

3
4 Line up, please.
____________________
3 Close the window
_ ____________________ ____________________
_______________, please. 4

5 Do not push.
____________________
____________________

6 Do not litter.
____________________
____________________
6 7 8

7 Clean the board, please.

_____________________ Open the door, please.
8_____________________
______________________ ______________________
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D You are asking your friends questions. Complete

the questions.
What
1 You: _________________________ can you see?
Alan: I can see a monkey.
What colour
You: _________________________ is it?
Ben: It is brown.
What can you see?
2 You: ____________________________________________
Betty: I can see three dogs.
You: What colour are they?
____________________________________________
Betty: They are yellow.
3 What colour is her dress?
You: ____________________________________________
Nick: Her dress is red.

E Alan sees some people in the park. He is writing about

them. Complete the sentences.

he she is am are
it they has have

He
I can see a man. 1 __________ He
has big ears. 2 __________
has
__________ They
a big nose. Look at his shoes. 3 __________
are
__________ brown.
have
I can see two girls. They 4 __________ a dog. Look at
It
the dog. 5 __________ is
__________ It
white. 6 __________
has
__________ It
long ears. 7 __________ has
__________ long legs.
She
I can also see a woman. 8 __________ has
__________ a
She
big head. 9 __________ has
__________ two cats. Look at
They
the cats. 10 __________ are
__________ They
black. 11 __________
have
__________ long tails.

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