Reading and Writing Portfolio 1

Reading three conversations

Writing full stops ( . ) and question marks ( ? );
Where are you from? capital letters (1); about you
Review I, my, you, your ; he, his, she, her ;
countries; the alphabet

3 a Make sentences or questions with these words.

Write the full stops and question marks.
1 name / your / What’s
What’s your name?
2 from / Where / you / are

3 William / name’s / My

4 from / Where’s / she

5 the UK / from / I’m

6 you / are / How

7 the USA / from / She’s

8 thanks / fine, / I’m

Felix Brigitte b Match the questions and answers in 3a.

question answer
1 Look at the photo. Put this conversation in order.
1 3
FELIX
a Nice to meet you.
b Hello, I’m Felix Hofmann. 1
c I’m from Germany. And you?

COLETTE
HELP WITH WRITING Capital letters (1)
d You too. Where are you from?
4 In English we use capital letters (A, B, C, etc.)
e I’m from Paris. for these things.
f Hello, my name’s Brigitte Laurent. 2 ● At the beginning of a sentence: Nice to meet you.
● For I: Hello, I’m Felix Hofmann.
HELP WITH WRITING
Full stops ( . ) and question marks ( ? ) ● For countries: I’m from Germany.
● For cities: I’m from Paris.
2 Read about full stops and question marks.
● For names: Hello, my name’s Brigitte Laurent.
● We use a full stop ( . ) at the end of a sentence.
Hello, I’m Felix Hofmann. TIPS • We use capital letters for the UK and the USA.
● We use a question mark ( ? ) at the end of a question. • We don’t use capital letters with things: It’s a camera.
Where are you from? not It’s a Camera.

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5 Write these sentences with capital letters.
1 his name’s robin jones.
His name’s Robin Jones.
2 luciano’s from italy.

3 where’s elizabeth from?

4 alexei’s from moscow.

5 hello, i’m david smith.

6 nick’s from bristol, in the uk.

7 she’s from orlando, in the usa.

2

A where are you from

6 Write the conversations. Use capital letters, full stops
and question marks.
B i’m from brazil and you

A i’m from izmir, in turkey

B nice to meet you

A you too

7 a Fill in the table for you.

1 first name
2 surname
3 country
4 mobile number
5 home number

b Write five sentences about you. Use the

1
information in 7a. Use capital letters and full stops.

A what’s your first name

1 My first name’s
2
What’s your first name?
3
B it’s abdul
4

5
A what’s your surname

Tick (✓) the things you can do in English in the

B it’s razzaq
Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p72.

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