Grammar Starter unit

Possessive s
1 Write sentences with the words. Use the
possessive s or s.
The teacher house

The teachers house is white.

1 Csar favourite colour

be: affirmative, negative and

questions
4 Complete the table with the correct form of am,
is and are.
Affirmative

Negative

am

(3) _________

he / she / it

(1) _________

(4) _________

you / we / they

(2) _________

(5) _________

___________________________ is red.
2 The boys pens
___________________________ are blue.
3 Mr White dogs
___________________________ are brown.

5 Complete the sentences. Use the affirmative (9)

or negative (8) form of am, is and are.
1 We ___________ brothers. (9)

4 The girls bikes

___________________________ are pink.
5 The students bags
___________________________ are green.

Subject pronouns and possessive

adjectives
2 Complete the table with the words in the box.
I he her his it my our she
they you its your their we

2 Luca ___________ here. (8)

3 They ___________ my dogs. (8)
4 Sergio ___________ my dad. (9)
5 I ___________ twelve years old. (9)
6 You ___________ in the classroom. (8)
7 The schools name ___________ Pannal
Road School. (9)
8 I ___________ Remis sister. (8)
9 The DVDs ___________ in the classroom. (9)
6 Complete the questions and short answers.

Subject pronouns

Possessive adjectives

my

1 ___________ Sara a student?

Yes, she ___________.
2 ___________ the car red?
No, it ___________.
3 ___________ you and Lola sisters?
Yes, we ___________.
4 ___________ I in the classroom?
No, you ___________.

3 Complete the sentences with a possessive

adjective.
1 You are students. _________ class is here.
2 It is a house. _________ rooms are green.
3 We are students. _________ teacher is Mrs Lopez.
4 They are Gema and Roberto. _________ dad is
a teacher.
5 He is a friend. _________ name is Alex.
6 The womans name is Joana. _________ cats
name is Bas.

5 ___________ they happy?

No, they ___________.
6 ___________ Jordi your friend?
Yes, he ___________.
7 ___________ you thirteen?
Yes, I ___________.
8 ___________ your mother here?
No, she ___________.
9 ___________ you in class 2C?
No, I ___________.

7 I am Beatriz. _________ favourite colour is blue.

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Vocabulary Starter unit

Summary
A classroom
bag board CD player chair clock desk dictionary
notebook pen poster ruler shelf window
Basic adjectives
bad big boring cheap difficult
nice popular small unpopular

easy

expensive

door DVD

good

laptop

horrible

interesting

A classroom

Basic adjectives

1 Write the names of the objects.

2 Complete the crossword with adjectives.

M
3

1 _________________

7 _________________
4
5

G
I

B
6

2 _________________

8 _________________
3 Write the opposites of the adjectives in
exercise 2.

horrible

3 _________________

9 _________________

1 _________________

4_________________

2 _________________

5_________________

3 _________________

6_________________

4 Correct the mistakes. One sentence is correct.

Your English isnt bad. Its interesting!

Its good.
4 _________________

10 ________________

1 There are a million people in this city! Its very small.

______________________________________
2 This bike is 2,000! Its very difficult.
______________________________________
3 Lucy and Si are my friends. Theyre very nice.

5 _________________

11 ________________

______________________________________
4 Nrias got 50 friends. Shes very unpopular.
______________________________________
5 This book isnt boring. Its very easy.
______________________________________

6 _________________

12 ________________

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