Numbers

Do the maths!

Countries and nationalities

Complete the crossword.

1

sixteen
1 six + ten = __________________________

2 five x three = ________________________

3 eighteen two = _____________________

3
5

4 eleven + eight = _____________________

5 twelve + four = ______________________

6 fourteen one = _____________________

1 31

thirty-one
_______________________________

2 56

_______________________________

Down

3 88

_______________________________

1 Shes from Portugal. She speaks _____________.

4 100

_______________________________

2 Madrids the capital of ____________________.

5 92

_______________________________

3 People from the UK are ____________________.

6 43

_______________________________

4 Im from Tokyo. Im ______________________.

The alphabet

Write the numbers.

Listen. Write the letters.

Across
5 People from the Netherlands speak ___________.
6 People from the USA are ____________________.

IBM
1 _____________

7 Im Argentinian. Im from ___________________.

2 _____________

8 Were from France. We speak _______________.

3 _____________
4 _____________
5 _____________
6 _____________

a / an

Write a or an.

a
1 ________
pizza

4 ________ hamburger

2 ________ apple

5 ________ ice-cream

3 ________ egg

6 ________ biscuit

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can ________
speak French.
1 Sam ________

Plural nouns

2 He ________ ________ a bike but he

Write a phrase to describe the pictures.

1

________ ________ tennis.

three
pizzas
_____________

3 He ________ ________ the guitar.

_____________

4 Kate ________ ________ French.

5 She ________ ________ a bike but she
________ ________ tennis.

_____________
_____________

Introductions

8
3

Order the sentences.

_____________
_____________

_____________
_____________

_____________
_____________

Hi! / Daniela / names / my

Hi! My names Daniela

____________________________________
6

_____________
_____________

fourteen / Im / years old

____________________________________

from / Rome / Im / in Italy

____________________________________

____________________________________

can: ability

Italian / Im

Complete the sentences.

speak / can / Italian / and English / I

____________________________________

Can you?

Sam

Kate

speak French

ride a bike

play tennis

play the guitar

phone number / my / is / 06-7034406

____________________________________

is / email address / daniela@yahoo.com / my

____________________________________

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Favourite things

Complete the words.

Complete with words from exercise 1.

clothes
1 sports _______________________________
2 a Siamese ____________________________
3 a digital _____________________________
1 b _o _o k_ s_

4 a mountain ___________________________
7 t_______

5 a film on _____________________________
6 school _______________________________

3
2 c__

8 c_______ g____

3 D__

9 c______

Complete the sentences about Ben.

fan

favourite

into

like

love one

love
1 I _____________
Flamenco music.
2 Im a _____________ of James Bond.
3 My number _____________ thing is my
4 b___

mobile.

10 M _ _ p _ _ _ _ _

4 Im _____________ computer games.

5 My _____________ actress is Kirsten Dunst.
6 I _____________ the Harry Potter books.

4
5 m_____

11 c _ _ _ _ _

Complete the sentences for you.

1 I love _______________________________
2 Im a ________________________________
3 My number __________________________
4 Im _________________________________
5 My _________________________________

6 p____

12 g _ _ _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _

6 I like ________________________________

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Subject pronouns

Write the plural of the underlined

pronouns.
Singular
1 Shes a singer.

be: present simple

1 I m
________ from Australia.

Plural

2 You ________ into classical music.

They
________re
singers.

3 It ________ my favourite book.

2 Youre a student. ________re students.

Complete with the affirmative of be.

4 Marvel comics ________ fantastic.

3 I cant sing.

________ cant sing.

4 Its a computer.

5 Helen ________ a fan of horror films.

________re computers.

5 Hes fourteen.

6 We ________ from Spain.

________re fourteen.

6 You can swim

________ can swim

Complete with the negative of be.

arent
1 We _____________
teachers. Were students!

Complete with the subject pronouns.

2 This film _____________ good. Its terrible!

I it she they we you

3 You _____________ a fan of Chelsea.

Youre a fan of Liverpool!

you speak English?

A Can (1) ________

4 They _____________ from Spain. Theyre

from Mexico!
5 I _____________ Tomas. Im Toni!

B Yes, we can. (2) ________re

________r

6 She _____________ sixteen. Shes fifteen!

from Canada. Im from Ontario, and

(3) ________re from Quebec.
Quebec
A (4) ________m from Ireland.
B Really? My mothers
Irish. (5) ________s from Dublin.
Dubllin
n.
(6) ________s a beautiful country!
countryy!

Complete with the contracted forms.

m m not re arent s s s isnt
My (1) name s
________
Hanna and (2) I ________
from Sanok, in the south of
Poland. My parents
(3) ________ from Sanok
originally. (4) They ________
from Warsaw, the capital city.
Im really into music, but (5) I ________ a big fan of
pop music. I like country music, and my favourite
(6) group ________ the Dixie Chicks.
But my number one thing (7) ________ music.
(8) It ________ my computer. I love the Internet!

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Sports

Complete the puzzle. Find the mystery word.

1

1 s

m i

10

2
3
4
5
6

7
8
9
10

be: questions

Order the questions. Then circle the true

answer for you.

Complete the dialogue.

1 are / Spanish / you ?

Are you Spanish?

___________________________________
Yes, I am. No, Im not.
2 your best friend / a fan of horror films / is ?
____________________________________
Yes, he/she is. No, he/she isnt.
3 your favourite singer / is / from the USA ?
____________________________________
Yes, he/she is. No, he/she isnt.
4 your parents / from South America / are ?
____________________________________
Yes, they are. No, they arent.
5 are / into rap music / you ?
____________________________________
Yes, I am. No, Im not.

A Is he from the USA?

isnt
B No, he (1) _____________
. Hes Canadian.
A Is he a singer?
B No, he (2) _____________. Hes an actor.
A Are his parents from Canada?
B No, they (3) _____________. Theyre from
the USA and England.
A Are his films very popular?
B Yes, they (4) _____________, especially
The Matrix.

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Complete the questions. Use is or are.

Then answer.

Is
1 ________
The Dark Knight a film?

be: wh- questions

Yes,
it is.
________________________________________

Complete the questions with question

words and be.

Whats your name?

1 A ________

2 ________ you English? _________________

B Claudia.

3 ________ Shakira Argentinian?

2 A ________ ________ you from?

_____________________________________

B Colombia.

4 ________ New York and Washington in the

3 A ________ ________ ________ you?

USA? _______________________________

B Thirteen.

5 ________ Rafael Nadal from Spain?

4 A ________ the name of your school?

_____________________________________

B Grange Road School.

6 ________ Paris and London in Australia?

5 A ________ your favourite actor?

_____________________________________

B Will Smith.
6 A ________ ________ your favourite

Question words

sports?

Write the question words. Then match the

questions with the answers.

B Swimming and tennis.

When How old Who Where what

1 _c

2 _

3 _

5 _

Who
1 ______________s
James Bond?
2 ______________s Tomb Raider?

Write complete answers to the questions

in exercise 6.

My names
1 ____________________________________
____________________________________.
2 ____________________________________
____________________________________.
3 ____________________________________

3 ______________s Christmas Day?

4 ______________s Rabat?
5 ______________is Bart Simpson?

____________________________________.
4 ____________________________________
____________________________________.
5 ____________________________________
____________________________________.
6 ____________________________________

a Its in Morocco.

____________________________________.

b Hes ten.
c Hes a special agent for MI6.
d Its a video game.
e Its on 25th December.

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France is famous around the world for its

history, its culture and its food. Its the home
of the beautiful Loire valley, in the centre,
and the spectacular monastery on Mont Saint
Michel, in the north-west. Its also the home
of Paris, the City of Love. In the capital city,
visitors can see the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre
Museum.

Answer the questions. Then read and check.

1 Whats the number one tourist destination
in the world?
a The USA
b France
c Spain

France is the worlds number one tourist

destination, with Spain and the USA numbers
two and three. The number one destination in
France is Fontainebleau Forest and Castle, to
the south of Paris, with 13 million visitors a
year. Other popular destinations are Disneyland,
with 12.6 million visitors, and Notre Dame
Cathedral in Paris, with 12 million visitors.
Disneyland Paris is 32 kilometres to the east
of the capital.

2 Whats the number one tourist destination

in France?
a Notre Dame Cathedral
b Disneyland
c Fontainebleau Forest and Castle

Visit France, the

worlds favourite
tourist destination.

Match the places with the letters.

Fontainebleau Mont Saint Michel Disneyland

In a normal year about 75 million tourists visit

France. The majority of tourists are from the
UK (13.5 million) and Germany (13 million),
and 600 thousand are from China.

Read again. Answer the questions.

1 What three things is France famous for?

Its
history, culture and food.
____________________________________
2 Wheres the Loire valley?
____________________________________
3 Whats another name for Paris?

c
b

____________________________________
4 What two things can you visit in Paris?
____________________________________
5 Whats the distance from Paris to Disneyland?
____________________________________
6 What country are the majority of tourists from?
____________________________________

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Write the numbers.

1 1,000

one thousand
______________________

2 50,000

______________________

3 800,000

______________________

Match the words.

4 3,000,000 ______________________

Write the distances from Paris in numbers.

340 km
London: _____________

Moscow: _____________
Asia Beijing China

New York: _____________

Sydney: _____________

Mount Everest The Great Wall

China
1 a country ____________________________
1 London three hundred and forty km.

2 a mountain __________________________

2 Moscow two thousand, four hundred and

3 a continent __________________________

eighty-five km.

4 a tourist attraction ____________________

3 New York five thousand, eight hundred

and thirty-one km.
4 Sydney sixteen thousand, nine hundred

5 a capital city _________________________

and fifty km.

Listen. Circle the correct option.

1 Chinas in the centre / south of Asia.

2 Beijings in the east / west of China.

Order the questions.

3 The population of Beijing is 4 / 14 million.

4 Mandarin is the official language / a mountain.

1 A are / where / from / you ?

Where
are you from?
___________________________________

5 Mount Everest / The Great Wall is in the

south-west of China.

B Im from Perpignan.

6 Mount Everest / The Great Wall is in the north.

2 A it / is / where ?
___________________________________
B Its in the south of France.
3 A the population / Perpignan / of / whats ?
____________________________________
B Its about 105,000.
4 A it / is / the capital city ?
___________________________________
B No! The capital citys Paris.

Listen. Write six sentences about Juno.

Where
1 ____________________________________
2 ____________________________________
3 ____________________________________
4 ____________________________________
5 ____________________________________
6 ____________________________________

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My profile

Write the information on the identity card.

New York
Nate

basketball, tennis
14 years old

U2

Complete with and or but.

but I live in England.

1 Im from Mexico ________

bike, MP3 player

2 I can speak English ________ I cant speak

the USA

French.
3 I like music ________ I love sports.

Nate ________________________
1 Name: _____
2 Age: _______________________________
3 City: _______________________________

4 I like the Internet ________ Im not into

4 Country: ___________________________
5 Favourite sports: ____________________

6 Ive got a cat ________ a dog.

computer games.
5 I play tennis ________ I go horse riding.

6 Favourite group/singer: ______________

7 Favourite things: ____________________

4
2

Correct the sentences.

and and but

1 Im a fan of rap music. Is brilliant.

Circle and or but in the email. Then check

your answers for exercise 1.

2 You are from the United States?

Hi!
My names Nate (1)
and / but Im from
New York in the
USA. People think
its the capital city
(2) and / but it isnt;
the capital city is
Washington DC.
Im 14 years old. I
love music (3) and / but Im not into pop music.
My number one group is U2. I love basketball
(4) and / but tennis (5) and / but Im not into
baseball. My favourite things are my bike (6) and
/ but my mp3 player.
Write soon,
Nate

Im a fan of rap music. Its brilliant

____________________________________
____________________________________
3 My sister has sixteen years old.
____________________________________
4 The population of the UK is 61 millions.
____________________________________
5 From where is Eva?
____________________________________
6 My parents no are English.
____________________________________

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My favourite things

Complete the words.

Personal information
_/5

1 My number one thing is my mountain

Write the questions.

_/5

A Hello. My names David.

b________.

(1) ______________________?

2 My favourite D________ is Spider-Man 3.

B Im Carmen. (2) ______________________?

3 Im into fashion. I like all types of

A Im from England, but my mothers Nigerian.

B (3) ______________________ from England?

c________.
4 I like computer games. My favourite thing

A Yes, he is. My fathers from London. What

is my g________ c________.

about you?
B Im from Venezuela.

5 I love sports, especially sk________.

(4) ______________________?
A Im twelve.

My opinions

Write the subject pronoun.

B Im thirteen. (5) ______________________

into sports?

_/5

A Yes, I am. I love football and rugby.

1 I like Shakira. ________ s really cool.

2 My friends and I are into music. ________

My country

love rap.
3 Football is my favourite sport. ________ s
brilliant.
4 I like the Narnia books. ________re great.
5 David Bisbal is my number one singer.
________s cool.

Complete the text.

_/5

capital city island famous language

population south ocean
Im from Brighton in the (1) _____________
of the UK. The (2) _____________ of Brighton

About me

Write the affirmative or negative of be.

_/5
My name (1) _____________ Tessa. I
(2) _____________ from California but my
parents (3) _____________ American. My

is 155,000. Its a beautiful city, but it isnt the

capital of England. The (3) _____________ of
England is London. England has one official
(4) _____________, English. England is
(5) _____________ for William Shakespeare,
and the number one sport is football.

fathers from Italy and my mothers German.

My favourite sports (4) _____________ cycling
and horse riding. I like animals, music and
films. My number one film (5) _____________
American, its a British film called Notting Hill.

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