Reading and Writing Portfolio 2

Reading people’s favourite things

Writing capital letters (2); punctuation;
My favourite thing a description of your favourite thing
Review have got; personal possessions
1 a Read texts 1–3 and match them to photos A–C.

A B C

1 2
KATHY My favourite thing is
my car. It’s a Fiat 500 and it’s about
forty years old. It’s red – my favourite
colour – and it’s got an old radio. It
isn’t very fast, but I love it. Oh, one
more thing – its name is Rose!
3
DANNY I’ve got a cat called
Jasper. He’s about three years old
and he’s beautiful. He’s black and
white and he’s very friendly. He’s got
two sisters, Missy and Topsy. Missy
is my brother’s cat and Topsy is my
cousin’s cat.
SABRINA What’s my favourite
thing? It’s my new mobile. Of course,
it’s not just a phone, it’s also got
all my photos and music on it too.
It’s a Nokia and it’s got an MP3
player, games, videos, the internet,
a camera … everything, really!

b Read the texts again. Answer these questions.

3 Write these sentences with the correct capital letters.
1 How old is Kathy’s car? It’s forty years old.
1 have you got helen’s mp3 player?
2 Is her car very fast?
Have you got Helen’s MP3 player?
3 How old is Danny’s cat?
2 my brother has got a new car. i think it’s a bmw.
4 How many sisters has Jasper got?

5 Is Sabrina’s mobile very old?

6 Has it got all her photos on it?

3 i’ve got a panasonic tv and a sony dvd player.

HELP WITH WRITING

Capital letters (2)
4 juan’s from spain and his wife’s from the usa.
2 a When do we use capital letters? Check in 2a p64.

b We also use capital letters for these things.

● At the beginning of a sentence: He’s about three
years old. 5 my address is 13 richmond road, melbourne, australia.
● For the pronoun I: It isn’t very fast, but I love it.
● For companies: Fiat, Nokia.
● For some things: an MP3 player, a TV, a DVD.
6 we haven’t got a german car. our car’s japanese.
TIP • We don’t use capital letters with nouns: I’ve got a car.
not I’ve got a Car.

c Look again at the texts in 1a. Underline all the

capital letters.

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 HELP WITH WRITING 6 Read about Anthony’s favourite thing. Then write the
Punctuation text with the correct capital letters and punctuation.
4 a Notice how we use punctuation.
● We use a full stop ( . ) at the end of a sentence:
My favourite thing is my car.
● We use a question mark ( ? ) at the end of a question:
What’s my favourite thing?
● We use an exclamation mark ( ! ) at the end of
a surprising sentence: Its name is Rose!
● We use commas ( , ) for lists: It’s got an MP3 player,
games, videos, the internet, a camera …
● We use apostrophes ( ’ ) for contractions (’s = has, etc.):
He’s got two sisters.
● We also use apostrophes ( ’ ) for possessive ’s:
Topsy is my cousin’s cat. my favourite thing is my laptop i think its beautiful its very
fast and its also very easy to use ive got all my music
b Look again at Kathy’s text in 1a. Circle all the games films and school work on it my laptops very
punctuation. important to me and i love it

My favourite thing is my laptop.

5 Write these sentences with the correct punctuation.

1 This isnt my sisters coat

This isn’t my sister’s coat.

2 Have you got Susans address

3 Rob hasnt got any brothers or sisters 7 a Fill in the table about your favourite thing.

What is it?
how old
4 Sarahs got a bicycle its 50 years old
colour
adjectives (new, etc.)
things it has got
5 Ive got Jennys car but I havent got the keys
other information

6 My sisters got a camera a mobile a DVD player and a
new TV
7 My mothers house isn’t very big
b Write about your favourite thing.
● Use the information from the table in 7a.
● Use capital letters and punctuation.
● Read and check for mistakes.
● Give your description to your teacher next class.

Tick the things you can do in English in the

Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.

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