English - Adult New Starter

Welcome Activity Booklet

 English - Adult New Starter Welcome Activity Booklet

All About Me

My name is  .

I speak  .

I go to  .

My teacher is  .

I used to live in...

Now I live in ...

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My Family My Hobbies

I live with  I like 

 .  .

Key Phrases

Hello Good morning Good afternoon

Goodbye Yes No

Please Thank you My name is .

I speak . Can you help me, please? I understand.

I don’t understand. I’m OK. I’m learning English.

Please can you say

What is this? I’m looking for .
that again?

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Survival Vocabulary
Stop! I am sad.

I am hurt. I am hungry.

I am ill. I am thirsty.

Can I go to the toilet please?

Feelings
happy angry excited embarrassed

cold hot surprised tired

astonished upset worried nervous

proud sad confused scared

poorly calm stressed disappointed

Instructions
line up read eat

hands up write drink

listen draw tidy up

silence cut fire alarm

talk stick lockdown alarm

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School Times
Lessons start at: .

Breaktime is at: .

Lunchtime is at: .

Lessons finish at: .

I record my homework on: .

The library is open: .

School Objects
teacher whiteboard lunchtime

school laptop students

pencil case planner bag

glue timetable canteen

scissors clock PE kit

paper fire alarm assembly

books lockdown alarm map

classroom computer tablet

bell sports hall/gym MUGA

field library

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Household Objects
bed sofa garden

kettle chair shed

bath table conservatory

sink lamp bedroom

shower washing machine dining room

cupboard door kitchen

fridge cot bathroom

iron rug living room/lounge

mirror toilet stairs

oven window

television garage

Colours
red orange yellow

green blue purple

pink brown grey

black white

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Food and Drink

milk meat fruit vegetables

cheese flour rice sausages

eggs bread orange juice pasta

crisps cake frozen food cereal

yoghurt ice cream chocolate pizza

nuts fish olive oil butter

jelly water ice lolly salt

pepper crackers carrot celery

leek pepper peas swede

runner beans parsnips marrow sprouts

mushrooms cucumber lettuce cauliflower

sweetcorn apple banana cherries

grapes lemon lime orange

strawberries pear peach plum

melon mango guava tangerine

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Alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff

Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll

Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr

Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx

Yy Zz

First 100 High Frequency Words

a came had it not some very

about can have it’s now so was

all children he just of same we

an come help like off that went

and could her little oh the were

are dad here look old their what

as day him looked on them when

asked do his made one then will

at don’t house make out there with

back down I me people they you

be for I’m Mr put this

big from if Mrs said time

but get in mum saw to

by go into my see too

called got is no she up

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Pronouns
I me, mine or my

you or yours we, us or ours

they, them or their (singular) they, them or their (plural)

he, him or his she, her or hers

it or its

Prepositions
beside behind

between in

on below

next to above

Nouns
A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, object or idea.

Person: brother Animal: whale Place: England

Object: chair Idea: sadness

Verbs
A verb is a doing or action word. This includes ‘to be’ and ‘to have’. The action can be physical or
mental.

talk run think

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Numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5

zero one two three four five

6 7 8 9 10 11

six seven eight nine ten eleven

12 13 14 15 16 17

twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen

18 19 20

eighteen nineteen twenty

10 20 30 40 50 60

ten twenty thirty forty fifty sixty

70 80 90 100

seventy eighty ninety one hundred

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Hundred Square
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

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Mathematical Vocabulary
add plus subtract take away

multiply times divide share

sort weigh

measure tally

order count

Times of the Day

morning afternoon evening night

breakfast time breaktime

lunchtime dinner time

Days of the Week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Friday Saturday Sunday

Months of the Year

January February March April

May June July August

September October November December

Seasons
autumn winter spring summer

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My Notebook

























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