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 Contents

1 Modal: can, cannot 1

Questions: Can …?
What …?

2 Articles: a, an 5
There is/are …
Numbers
Questions: How many …?

3 Demonstrative pronouns: this, these 9

Questions: What is this /are these?
Simple present tense: has, have

Revision 1 13

4 Prepositions: on, in, under 17

Questions: Where is /are ...?
Is it /Are they ...?

5 Verbs: see, hear, smell, touch 21

Articles: a, an, some
Questions: What …?

6 Questions: Who ...? 25

Adjectives: fat, short, tall, thin
Connective: and

Revision 2 29
1
Read and learn

Fish, can you fly?

No, I cannot.

What can you do?

I can swim.

Ah ... I cannot swim.

you Yes, I can.

he sing? he
Can
she swim? she
it No, it cannot.

★ We use ‘can’ to ask and talk about things people know how to do.
★ We do not change the form of the verbs after ‘can’.

you I
he He skip.
What can do? can
she She dance.
it It

★ We say ‘What ...?’ to ask about things people can do.


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can, cannot
A Anna is telling her little brother about the pictures.
Complete the sentences with ‘can’ or ‘cannot’.

1 2 3 4 5

1 He ______________ draw. 4 They ________________

swim.
2 She ______________ dance.
5 She ________________ run.
3 It ________________ fly.

B Anna is looking at some family photos. Help her write

about the photos with ‘can’ and ‘cannot’.

cook dance drive sing skip swim

1 My grandmother ________________.

She _____________________________.

2 My father _______________________.
_________________________________

3 My mother ______________________.
_________________________________


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Can …?
A You ask Anna about her friends. Complete their
conversations.

1 Can Ben draw?

No, he ___________________.

2 Can May ________________?

Yes, _____________________.

3 _______ Jenny _________?

_______________________

4 ________ Adam and Jack ___________?

___________________________________

5 __________________________
__________________________
(the dog)
B You want to make notes about things Anna’s friends
can do. Read Part A again. Tick ‘✓’ the correct boxes.

draw cook sing skip

Ben
May
Jenny
Adam and Jack

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What …?
A Anna and her mum are talking about what her teacher
and classmates can do. Complete their conversations.

Sam Tom
Betty

Miss Lui

Adam

1 W hat _____________ 4 _ ________________________

Betty do? Miss Lui do?
She _____________ dance. ________________________
2 What _____________ Sam 5 _________________________
and Tom do? a fish do?
They ________________ __. ________________________
3 _________________________
Adam do?
________________________

B What about you? Draw and write.

____________________ you do?

___________________________


2
Read and learn

There is an orange.
There is a pineapple. There are thirteen pears.
How many pears are there?

Look! There is an ant!

mango.
a
pineapple.
It is
apple.
an
orange.

★ We use ‘a’ and ‘an’ to talk about one thing.

★ We use ‘an’ in front of ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’ and ‘u’.

is one mango.
How
mangoes are there? There eleven
many are
mangoes.

★ We say ‘How many ...?’ to ask about numbers.

★ We use ‘there’ to talk about things that exist.
★ We add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to words to show there is more than one thing,
e.g., bananas, mangoes.

 Date: 

It is a/an …
A Winnie is playing a guessing game with you. Look at
the pictures. What are they? Complete the sentences.
1 2

It is ____________ elephant. It is ____________ pear.

3 4

It is ____________ owl. It is ____________ ice cream.

5 6

_______________________ _______________________

7 8 Draw a fruit. What is it?

Write.

_______________________ _______________________

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There is/are …
A Winnie is making a table of numbers. Complete the table.

11 eleven 16
12 17
13 18
14 19
15 20

B Winnie finds a picture of a fruit garden in a storybook.

Help her count and write about the picture.

1 There is one
____________________________ pineapple.
2 There are eleven
____________________________ apples.
3 There ____________________________ mango.
4 There ____________________________ watermelon.
5 There ____________________________ oranges.
6 There ____________________________ pears.
7 There ____________________________ bananas.
8 There ____________________________ grapes.

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How many …?
A Winnie and her brother James are looking at a toy
house. Complete their conversation.

How many
Winnie: 1 _______________________ ___ chairs are there?
There is one
James: 2 _______________________ ___ chair.
Winnie: How many doors 3 __________________________?
James: 4 ___________________________________________ door.
Winnie: 5 __________________________ balls ________________
____________________?
James: There are 6 __________________________ balls.
Winnie: 7 __________________________ desks _______________
____________________?
James: 8 __________________________________________ desks.
Winnie: 9 __________________________ robots ______________
____________________?
James: 10 _________________________________________ robots.

3
Read and learn

This is my rubber.
These are my pens and pencils. I have one pencil.
What is in your pencil box? I have many paper clips
in my pencil box.

a pencil.
is this? This is
an aeroplane.
What
paper clips.
are these? These are
crayons.

★ We say ‘What ...?’ to find out about something.

★ We say ‘This is ...’ and ‘These are ...’ to talk about objects near us.
★ We add ‘s’ to words to show that there is more than one object.

She her
a toy plane
has
fifteen rulers
He in his school bag.

I have ten files my

★ We use ‘has’ and ‘have’ to talk about something we own.


 Date: 

This is/These are …

A There are many things on Miss Chan’s desk. Look at the
picture. Complete the sentences with ‘This is’ or ‘These are’.

1 These are
__________________________ files.
2 This is
__________________________ a paper clip.
3 __________________________ a crayon.
4 __________________________ water bottles.
5 __________________________ pencil boxes.
6 __________________________ pens.
7 __________________________ rubbers.
8 __________________________ a ruler.
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What is this/are these?

A Miss Chan is asking you some questions. Complete the
conversations.

1 What is this? 2 What are these?

_______________ a dress. _______________ scissors.

3 What _______________? 4 What ________________?

_______________ cakes. ______________ an orange.

5 _____________________? 6 _____________________?

_______________ toy boats. _______________ shoes.

7 _____________________? 8 _____________________?

_______________ a peach. _______________ crayons.

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has, have
A Help Miss Chan complete the sentences.

has have is

1 I _____________ 10 T-shirts in my bag.

2 S he _____________ five crayons in her

pencil box.

3 He _____________ 13 robots in his room.

4 What _____________ in his car?

He _____________ two boys in his car.

5 What _____________ in your glass?

I _____________ some water in my glass.

6 What _____________ in her bag?

She _____________ a watermelon in her
bag.

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Revision 1 Date: ________________________

A Lisa is teaching her sister. Help her circle the correct

answers.
1 There (is / are) (a / an / ten) apples.
2 It (is / are) (a / an) umbrella.
3 I (has / have) (a / an) egg every day.
4 They (has / have) (a / an) owl at home.
5 He (has/have) (a / an / two) brothers.
6 There (is / are) (a / an) zebra in the zoo.

B Lisa is writing about her room. Complete the sentences.

am are is has have

I 1 _____________ Lisa. There 2 _____________ many things in

my room. What 3 _____________ they? There 4 _____________
two chairs and one desk. There 5 _____________ a bed, too. It
6 _____________ many flowers on it. I like my bed. I
7 _____________ three T-shirts on my bed. How many socks
8 _____________ there in my room? There 9 _____________ one

sock only. I cannot find the other one. What is on my desk?

There 10 _____________ an apple.
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 Date: 

C Lisa is playing a matching game with you. Match the

answers to the questions.
1 H
 ow many peaches are a These are peaches.
there? b He is 11 years old.
2 What is this? c There are 10 peaches.
3 What are these? d This is a toy plane.
4 What is in his box? e He has four pencils in his
5 How old is he? box.
6 What colour is her dress? f Her dress is blue.

1 ______ 2 ______ 3 ______ 4 ______ 5 ______ 6 ______

D Lisa is telling you about her good friends. Complete the

conversations.

Ben ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
Eva ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Jerry ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓
Amy ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓
1 ______________ Ben sing? 5 ______________ Amy sing?
Yes, ___________________. ________________________
2 ______________ Amy 6 What _______ Ben _______?
drive? __________________ swim.
No, ____________________ __________________ cook.
3 _____________ Jerry sing? 7 ______________ you
________________________ dance?
4 Eva _____________ dance. ________________________
She ______________ cook. 8 _______________ you do?
She ______________ drive. ________________________
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 Date: 

E Lisa finds some mistakes in her homework. There is one

mistake in each line. Underline the mistakes and write the
correct words on the right.

1 What is these? are

_________________
This are coloured crayons. _________________
2 How is this? _________________
This is a umbrella. _________________
3 What mangoes are there? _________________
There are five mango. _________________
4 What colour is her shoes? _________________
Her shoes are white? _________________
5 How many dress are there? _________________
They are four dresses. _________________

F Lisa’s friends draw some pictures. She is asking them

about the pictures. Write the answers.

1 What is this?
________________________________

2 How many caps are there?

_________________________________

3 What are these?

_________________________________

4 What is this?
__________________________________
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 Date: 

G Lisa is talking to her friends. Complete their

conversations with the correct words.

Can How How many

How old What What can

Lisa: Hello, May. 1 _________ are

you?
May: I am fine, thank you. This is
my brother John.
Lisa: Hello, John. 2 _______________
are you?
John: I am seven years old.

Lisa: Hi, May. 3 _______________

presents are there?
May: There are six presents.
Lisa: 4 _______________ are they?
May: They are all toy cars! John
likes toy cars.

Lisa: My sister Winnie is 11 years

old.
May: 5 _______________ she dance?
Lisa: No, she cannot.
May: 6 _______________ she do?
Lisa: She can swim. She can run.

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4
Read and learn

Where are the hamsters?

Are they on the sofa?

No, they are not.

They are in the box.

Where is the box?

Is it under the table?
Yes, it is.

is the bee? It is on the table.

Where the in the box.
are They are
scissors? under the desk.

★ We say ‘Where ...?’ to ask about location.

★ We use ‘on’, ‘in’ and ‘under’ to talk about positions.

on the chair? it is.

Yes,
Is it they are.
in the cupboard?
Are they it is not.
No,
under the bed? they are not.
★ We say ‘Is it ...?’ and ‘Are they ...?’ to ask for information.
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 Date: 

on, in, under

A Eva draws a picture. Look at the picture. Complete the
sentences.

Oh!

This is my picture. There is a hamster 1 _________________

the chair. There are two cats 2 _________________ the sofa.
Look at the rabbits. They are 3 _________________ the box.
Where are the toy monkeys? They are 4 _________________
the cupboard. Can you see the watermelon? It is
5 _________________ the dog. I like paper planes. Oh dear!

They are 6 _________________ the fan!

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 Date: 

Where is/are …?
A Eva and Ben are finding things at home. Join the dots.
Complete their conversations.

1 Ben: __________________________ the

computer?
Eva: It is on the desk.

2 Eva: __________________________ the

hamsters?
Ben: They are ____________________
the cupboard.

3 Ben: __________________________ the

magazine?
Eva: It is __________________________
______________________________.

4 Eva: __________________________ the

dusters?
Ben: _____________________________
______________________________

5 Eva: __________________________ the

dolls?
Ben: _____________________________
______________________________

6 Ben: ______________________________
______________________________
Eva: _____________________________
______________________________
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 Date: 

Is it/Are they …?
A Eva is playing a guessing game with her friends.
Complete their conversations.

Eva

Jim Daisy

Ben

Sarah

1 Eva: Where is Ben? Is he __________________ the bed?

Sarah: Yes, ________________________.

2 Eva: W
 here are Daisy and Jim? _____________________
under the table?
Ben: No, ________________________.
Eva: Are they __________________ the cupboard?
Ben: Yes, ________________________.

3 Eva: W
 here is Sarah? ________________________ in the
cupboard?
Jim: No, ________________________.
Eva: _____________________ the chair?
Jim: Yes, ________________________.

4 Eva: W here is my puppy? __________________________

______________________________________________?
Daisy: Yes, ________________________.
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5
Read and learn

Close your eyes, son.

What can you smell? I can smell some flowers.

What can you hear?

I can hear some noise.

Now open your eyes.

What can you see?
Oh no! I can see a bee!

you see? I see a bee.

they hear? They hear a duck.
What can can
he smell? He smell a flower.
she touch? She touch some trees.

★ We say ‘What ...?’ to find out information.

★ We use ‘some’ to talk about an amount of more than one.
★ We use ‘see’, ‘hear’, ‘smell’ and ‘touch’ to talk about senses.
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 Date: 

see, hear, smell, touch

A Tammy is writing a postcard to her friend in Hong
Kong. She cannot spell some words. Help her complete the
postcard.

Dear Liz,

How are you? I hope you are fine. AIR MAIL

I am in the park now.

I can 1 ____________
many trees around me. I can To: Liz Tsui
_________________
2 ____________ a bird. It is Flat 10C
_________________
singing. I can 3 ____________ Happy Court
_________________
a frog. It is making some noise. I Happy Road
_________________
want to 4 ____________ it. My Hong Kong
_________________
dad buys me some hot dogs. They _________________
5 ____________ good. _________________
_________________
I can 6 ____________ some
monkeys. They look very cute. They
move their heads and look at me. I
can 7 ____________ them!
Yours,

Tammy

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 Date: 

a, an, some
A What is on Tammy’s table? Write down what you can
see.

doll egg ice cream orange pencil sharpener

toy plane umbrella water bottle

6
7

8
3
2 1

5
4

1 I can see some pencil sharpeners

_____________________________________________.
2 I can see _____________________________________________.
3 I can see _____________________________________________.
4 I can see _____________________________________________.
5 I can see _____________________________________________.
6 I can see _____________________________________________.
7 I can see _____________________________________________.
8 I can see _____________________________________________.
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 Date: 

What …?
A Tammy is asking her friends some questions. Complete
their conversations.

hear see smell touch

1 Tammy: _ ________________ you

smell?
Karen: I can _________________
some flowers.

2 Tammy: _ ________________ you

_________________?
Mike: I _________________ a bee.

3 Tammy: _ ________________ you

_________________?
Gary: I _________________ an
apple.

4 Tammy: _ _______________________
_________________________
Patty: I _________________ the
moon.

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6
Read and learn
She is tall and fat.
Who is she? She is Alien Tammy.
He is tall and fat, too.
He is Alien Tommy. Who is he?

he? He is my grandfather.
is
she? She is Aunt Kitty.
Who
you? I am Jack.
are
they? They are her students.

★ We say ‘Who ...?’ to ask about a person.

I am
I
You You
We are tall thin. We draw write.
and can and
They short fat. They run jump.
He
He
is She
She

★ We use ‘and’ to link similar ideas.

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 Date: 

Who …?
A Jacky is asking his friend John some questions. Complete
their converstions.

1 ____________ is he?
He is my best friend Terry.

2 ________________ is she?
She is Jane.

3 _ ________________ are they?

________________ Matt and
Nick.

4 _ __________ is ___________?
__________________________
Mr Wong.

5 __________________________?
___________________ my
classmate Annie.

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 Date: 

Adjectives
A Jacky shows his father photos of his friends. Complete
the sentences.

fat short tall thin

Laura and George are my best friends.

Laura is 1 _________ and 2 _________.
George is 3 _________ and 4 _________.

B Jacky writes about his new classmates. Complete the

sentences.

big fat long short small tall thin

Susan is my new classmate.

She has 1 ___________ eyes.
She has 2 ___________ hair.
She is 3 ______________.

Peter is my new classmate.

He has 4 ____________ hair.
He is 5 ______________.
His legs are 6 _____________.
His feet are 7 _____________.
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 Date: 

and
A Jacky is teaching his brother about the aliens in a
storybook. Rewrite the sentences.
1 2

Mars is short. He is fat. Mimi is tall. She is thin.

Mars is short _________ fat. Mimi is _______________
______________________.
3 4

Judy is short. She is thin. Pluto can sing. He can dance.

Judy _________________ Pluto can _______________
______________________. ________________________.

5 6

Mars and Mimi can talk. You are tall. You are thin.
They can skip. You ___________________
Mars and Mimi _______ _______________________.
______________________.
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Revision 2 Date: ________________________

A Kate is talking to some friends. Complete the sentences.

in on under

There are some apples 1 ________________

the table. There are some dolls
2 ________________ the table. There is one

doll 3 ________________ the bin!

The drawing board is 4 ________________

the toy box. Where is the toy box? It is
5 ________________ the chair. I want to put

the board 6 ________________ the shelf.

B Kate is writing a picture book. Help her complete it with

the words from the box.

a an some

some
There are 1____________ under the tree.
They see 2 _____________ with 3 _____________
long tail. They talk to the monkey. They give
4 _____________ to the monkey.
The monkey sees 5 _____________ . There are
6 _____________ over his head!

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 Date: 

C Kate goes to a zoo. She is writing about her day.

Complete the sentences.

he it she they a an and some

I go to a zoo. There is 1 _____________ pond. 2 _____________

fish swim in it. 3 _____________ are big.

I can see 4 _____________ hippo. 5 _____________ has

6 _____________ big nose. 7 _____________ has small eyes
8 _____________ big feet.

I can see a girl. 9 _____________ has short fingers

10 _____________ short legs. She is holding 11 _____________

apple.

I can hear a boy. 12 _____________ asks his dog to sit down.

The dog does not listen. 13 _____________ comes to me. It
smells my feet.

D Kate draws some pictures about the people and animals

in the park. Tick ‘✓’ the correct pictures.

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 Date: 

E Help Kate rewrite the sentences with ‘and’.

1 The T-shirt is orange. The T-shirt is brown.

The T-shirt is orange and ____________.

2 T
 he trousers are blue. The trousers are
white.
The trousers are _____________________
_____________________________________.

3 Jim is tall. Jim is thin.

_____________________________________
______________________________________

4 Ann has long arms. Ann has long legs.

Ann has long arms and ______________
_____________________________________.

5 L iz and Matt have short legs. Liz and

Matt have small hands.
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

6 The frog is green. The frog is white.

_____________________________________
_____________________________________

7 The horses have long tails. The horses have thin legs.
______________________________________________________

8 You can swim. You can drive.

______________________________________________________

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 Date: 

F Kate is talking to her friends. Complete their

conversations.

What Where Who are is

Kate: 1 _____________ _________ my cat?

Is it on the bed?
Jane: Yes, it is.
Kate: 2 _____________ _________ it doing?
Jane: It is sleeping.

Kate: Good afternoon. This is Kate.

Tim: Hi, Kate! How are you?
Kate: Hello ... 3 _____________ _________
you?
Tim: Oh! I am Tim. I am your
classmate.

Kate: 4 _____________ _________ this?

James: This is a door.
Kate: 5 _____________ _________ these?
James: These are windows.

Kate: 6 _____________ _________ they?

Nick: They are my brothers. They like
computer magazines.
Kate: 7 _____________ _________ the
magazines?
Nick: They are on the desk.
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