Starter Vocabulary

Countries and nationalities Family

1 Complete the nationalities. 3 Complete the words.
1 My mum’s mum is my grandmother .
Country Nationality
2 My dad’s sister is my
Australia 1 Australian a .
China 2 Chin 3 My cousins’ father is my
Ireland 3 Ir u .
Japan 4 Japan 4 My mum’s dad is my
Mexico 5 Mexi g .
Morocco 6 Moro 5 My aunt’s daughter is my
Nigeria 7 Niger c .
Turkey 8 Turk 6 My parents have got two children – me
and my b .
7 I’ve got two brothers and a
In the classroom s .
2 Complete the words to label the pictures. 8 Glenda has got a son and a
d .

Describing people
4 Complete the words.
1 Jack’s got a beard and a moustache .
1 dictionary 2 s 2 Helen’s got black, c
hair. It isn’t straight.
3 Simon’s got s hair.
It isn’t long.
4 Susan wears g .
5 Nils hasn’t got fair hair – it’s
b k.
6 Gemma hasn’t got brown eyes – her eyes
3 c 4 c are b .

Action verbs
5 Complete the sentences with the verbs in
the box. There are two extra verbs.
cook dance play ride run speak spell

1 Can you __________________

play the guitar?
2 Can you __________________ German?
5 w 6 c
3 I can __________________ very fast.
4 Jess can’t __________________ a bike.
5 We can __________________ pizza.

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1 Vocabulary

Daily routines the evenings, I do my homework and have

dinner with my family. I go to bed
1 Number the activities in the order you 6 about ten o’clock. 7 
usually do them. Saturdays and Sundays, I don’t run. I get up
do homework 8 ten o’clock!
finish school
get up 1 School subjects
go home 4 Choose the correct school subject.
go to bed 1 We get changed.
go to school English literature/PE
have breakfast 2 We learn about different countries.
have dinner geography/design and technology
have lunch 3 We draw pictures.
start school French/art
4 We learn about the past.
2 Complete the sentences with the words in history/drama
the box.
5 We learn about computers.
break brush changed goes pack ICT/English language
room teeth wake 6 We sometimes play the guitar.
citizenship/music
1 I finish school, go home and get
7 We learn about numbers.
 changed .
maths/biology
2 I have long hair and I 
8 We can speak a foreign language.
it every day.
chemistry/German
3 We have breakfast and then we clean our
 . 5 Complete the sentences with the school
4 Charles  to sleep subjects in the box.
at 10:00 pm. PE English literature German physics
5 At school, we have a
 in the morning. 1 We read books by great writers in this
subject.  English literature
6 I my bag and go
to school. 2 We do different sports and activities in
this lesson. 
7 Anna tidies her 
every day. 3 In this lesson we learn about electricity.

8 We  up early in
the morning. 4 I do this because I love languages.

3 Complete the sentences with at, in or on.
I get up 1  at half past six
2 the morning, and I go for a run
for 20 minutes. Then I come home and have
a shower. I have my breakfast 3 
about seven, and I go to school. We finish
school 4  the afternoon, and
I go home and get changed. 5 

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Free-time activities 3 Read the sentences and find the missing

words in the word square.
1 Complete the words.
1 l i s t e n to music C O L L E C T E T U
2 s for ten hours
O N W W T R O P I S
3 p football/video games
4 m friends S T R O M S A R N E
5 w a TV series D T E A M O B A S G
6 t photos
E R O P P W A C U S
2 Complete the activities with the verbs in
the box. R A R P L E C T T R

draw go help make play (x2) G O R A N G V I E E

Y E A A D F E S S A

M E H E L P E E B B

1 What things do you collect ?

2 Peter plays in a football _________ .
1 _________
help 2 _________ to a
at home  3 I often _________ the piano.
dance class 4 I go to the _________ to do exercise.
5 We _________ our parents at home.
6 I don’t _________ social media.

Collocations with do, go and play

4 Add the activities to the correct columns.
3 _________ videos 4 _________ chess
basketball gymnastics hockey karate
martial arts skateboarding skiing
swimming table tennis

Do Go Play
gymnastics  
5 _________ in a    6 _________ pictures
  
band
  

5 Complete the activities with the correct

form of do, go or play.
1 play basketball in a team.
I _________
2 We sometimes _________ roller-skating.
3 My sister _________ badminton.
4 Do you _________ athletics at school?

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3 Vocabulary

Clothes and accessories 3 Complete the table with the words in the box.
1 Order the letters to make words. boots hoodie sandals scarf shorts
skirt
1 I like your trisk. Is it new? _________ sunglasses sweater tights T-shirt
2 Put on your atoc. It’s cold. _________
3 Jamie always wears strarine for running. For warm weather For cold weather
_________ _________ _________
hoodie
4 I need a new pair of sneja. _________ _________ _________
5 My dad always wears a shirt and kejact to _________ _________
work. _________ _________ _________
6 Do you like my new hosse? _________ _________

2 Complete the crossword.

Describing clothes
1 2
4 Complete the words with vowels to make
3
adjectives to describe clothes.
1 e xp e ns i v e
4
S 2 sh rt
3 sm rt
U
4 c mf rt bl
N
5 b ggy
G 5
6 ch p
6
L 7 c s l
A 8 tr ndy
9 t ght
S
10 nc mf rt bl
7
S 11 th ck
8
E 12 th n
S 13 l ng
14 ld-f sh n d
Across
1 trousers that stop above your knees 5 Complete the sentences with words in
exercise 4.
3 These cover the feet and part of the legs.
4 shoes for the summer 1 These jeans are too tight – I want some
that are _________
baggy .
5 You wear it like a shirt or a T-shirt.
2 Do you wear smart or _________ clothes?
6 trousers for exercise
3 These boots are _________ . They’re not
7 You can wear this on top of your shirt.
expensive. Buy them!
It keeps you warm.
4 I’m not cold. This sweater is very _________ .
8 This covers the neck.
5 Angie wears long dresses in the winter
Down
and _________ ones in the summer.
2 covers the top of your body and your head
6 I don’t like my shoes because they’re
4 a summer accessory _________ . They hurt my feet.
5 They keep your legs warm. We often wear
them with skirts and dresses.

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Seasons and weather Compound nouns: things to take on

1 Complete the words. a trip
Seasons: spring, 1 s_________
ummer , 4 Match 1–7 with a–g to make
2 a_________ , 3 w_________ compound nouns.
Temperature: cold/4 c_________ , 1 wash c
warm/5 h_________ 2 phrase
Weather: rain, 6 s_________ , sun 3 sleeping
2 Order the letters to make weather words. 4 sun
1 freezing !
It’s not just cold – it’s zinfreeg ________ 5 beach
2 It’s a dyinw _________ day today. 6 waterproof
3 It’s ducloy _________ but there’s no rain. 7 water
4 No rain today! It’s ryd _________ ! a book
5 When it’s gofgy _________ , we can’t see. b towel
6 There are sometimes rain wershos c bag
_________ or drumthentross _________ d bottle
when the weather is bad. e jacket
3 Choose the correct answers to complete f bag
the sentences. g cream
1 There’s a lot of _________ today. 5 Label the pictures.
a cloud
b cloudy
2 Be careful. The roads are _________ .
a icy
b ice
3 We can’t see because of the _________ .
a fog 1 backpack 2 _________ ,
b foggy _________
4 I’m wearing boots because the weather is
_________ today.
a dry
b wet
5 There’s a lot of _________ today.
a wind 3 _________ 4 _________
b sunny
6 It’s a _________ morning.
a frost
b frosty

5 _________ 6 _________

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Down
Food and drink
1 A vegetable. We put it in a lot of meals.
1 Look at the pictures and write the words.
2 We get this from milk. We put it on bread.
4 This is a fruit. Some are large and round.
6 This is a liquid we put on food to make it
taste better.

3 Complete the sentences with the food

oil
1 _________ 2 _________ words in the box.
chips eggs grapes
ice cream pasta yoghurt

1 We need milk to make ice cream .

2 Spaghetti and noodles are _________ .
3 Butter and _________ come from milk.
3 _________ 4 _________ 4 _________ are pieces of potato cooked
in oil.
5 _________ are a kind of fruit.
6 _________ come from chickens.

Places in a town
5 _________ 6 _________ 4 Order the letters and make words.

2 Complete the crossword. 1 You can get help at a (clipoe)

_________
police station.
1
2 You can’t talk in a (brilary) _________ .
3 We can learn about history in a (summeu)
2
_________ .
4 We play tennis at the sports (treenc)
3 U S H R O O 4
M M _________ .
5 You can find a doctor at a (ladimec)
_________ centre.

5 6 5 Match 1–8 with a–h.

1 music c a bar
2 department b centre
3 cycle c venue
4 bus d store
7
5 juice e park
6 fast-food f stop
Across
7 skate g lane
3 It’s not a vegetable and it’s not a fruit. It
8 town h restaurant
grows in the grass.
5 We use these with spices to give food
more taste.
7 We make burgers with this meat.

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Describing animals Collocations: taking action

1 Complete the table with the words in 4 Choose the correct option to complete
the box. the sentences.
ant bee crocodile dolphin goat 1 Can you help me visit/organise a surprise
parrot penguin shark snake party for Joachim?
2 When they build new roads, they have to
Birds Mammals Reptiles protect/solve the habitats of wildlife.
parrot
___________ ___________ ___________ 3 We never throw old clothes away. We
always raise/donate them to charity.
___________ ___________ ___________
4 Can you help me solve/visit this puzzle?
I can’t do it.
Fish Insects
5 More young people want to donate/join
___________ ___________ wildlife organisations today.
___________ 6 Every year, the school organises a party
and we pay five euros a ticket. It’s to
2 Order the letters and write the body parts. raise/start money to help poor families.
1 Many mammals have (ruf) _________
fur , 5 Complete the text with the verbs in
which helps keep them warm. exercise 4.
2 The main characteristics of birds are their Schools can do a lot to help 1 _________
protect
(skabe) _________ , wings and wildlife. They can 2 _________ new clubs
(streefah) _________ . and invite students to 3 _________ them.
3 Fish have (snif) _________ which help Schools can 4 _________ special events to
them move and change direction in the help 5 _________ money, or students can
water. 6 _________ zoos to learn about animals.
4 Sharks have a lot of (hette) _________ , Finally, schools can ask students and
but they kill fewer than ten people a year. parents to 7 _________ things to sell, and
5 Goats have (shron) _________ on their we can use the money to help wildlife. It’s
heads which can tell us how old they are. very important that we try to 8 _________
the problem of endangered species.
6 A turtle is a marine reptile with a (hells)
_________ on its back.

3 Complete the adjectives.

olourful
1 Parrots are more c_________ than the
birds we see in our garden.
2 Some snakes have got sp_________ skin.
3 Animals that live in the sea are called
m_________ animals.
4 Any large animal can be d_________ ,
especially if it is frightened.
5 Not all snakes are p_________ but the
rattlesnake is!
6 Tigers have got st_________ fur.

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Starter Grammar

be: affirmative, negative and questions Possessive ’s and s’

1 Complete the sentences with the correct 4 Rewrite the sentences with the apostrophe
form of be. (’) in the correct place.
1 They   are   Japanese. (+) 1 My dads birthday is in August.
2 Susie very tall. (+) My dad’s birthday is in August.
3 Miss Darby your teacher? (?) 2 Caras family is nice.
4 Dan my brother. (-)
5 We good students. (+) 3 His brothers names are Colin and
6 You Italian. (-) Freddie.
7 Izzy and Joe your friends? (?)
4 Johns birthday party is today.
be: Wh- questions
2 Complete the questions with the correct
question word. Then match the questions have got
with the answers. 5 Write affirmative (+) and negative (-)
1 Where    is Ali? e sentences and questions (?).
2 W is your birthday? 1 I / brown eyes (+)
3 H old are you? I’ve got brown eyes.        
4 W is his favourite actor? 2 Mr Bruce / a beard (?)
5 W is her name?
6 W are they from? 3 You / good phone (?)
a Her name is Joanna.
b It’s Dwayne Johnson. 4 Fiona / new bike (+)
c They’re from the USA.
d I’m 14. 5 Arturo / glasses (-)
e He’s at school.
f It’s on 6th May.
can for ability
Possessive adjectives 6 Complete the information about Derek
3 Write the possessive adjectives. and Clare.

1 I   my   Derek Clare

2 you sing  
3 he dance  
4 she draw  
5 we
1 Derek    can  sing and draw.
6 it
2 Clare sing or draw? No,
7 you
she .
8 they
3 Derek dance.
4 Clare dance? ,
she can.

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Present simple: affirmative and 4 Complete the questions with Do or Does.

Then complete the answers.
negative
1    Do   you play the guitar?
1 Choose the correct option to complete
the sentences. Yes,    I do   .
2 he like cooking?
1 Juan sing/sings in the shower.
Yes, .
2 My dad finish/finishes work at
six o’clock. 3 Miss Kelly give them a lot of
homework?
3 Julie doesn’t study/don’t study German.
No, .
4 They lives/live in a small town near
the beach. 4 your friends play computer
games?
5 He doesn’t like/likes literature classes.
Yes, .
6 We don’t enjoy/doesn’t enjoy sports.
5 Bella and Bill study every day?
7 Our new teacher know/knows my
brother, Jimmy! No, .

2 Complete the sentences with the correct

form of the verbs in the box.
make not dance not sing
not speak play ride study

1 You play basketball every Thursday.

2 They their bikes to school.
3 Nicola Japanese.
4 My brother geography.
5 Diego in a band.
6 Lauren breakfast for her
brother every morning. Object pronouns
7 I at parties. 5 Match 1–6 with a–f.
1 Uncle Jim is here. Say hi to   him  .
Present simple: Yes/No questions
2 My phone is cool. I love .
3 Order the words to make questions. 3 We are new here. Talk to .
1 you / play / Do / rugby ? 4 Mum is tired. Please help .
Do you play rugby?          5 They are sad. Be kind to .
2 do / homework / Does / she / at / 6 Hi, Uncle Anton. Can you hear ?
her / 5:30 pm?
a us
b them
3 Do / play / they / band / in / a ?
c me
d her
4 study / you / French / Do / at / school ?
e him
f it
5 basketball / like / Kerem / Does ?

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Adverbs of frequency 3 Choose the correct option. Then complete

the sentences with the correct form of the
1 Complete the sentences with the words in verb in brackets.
the box.
1 I always phone Uncle Arlo because
always never often I love/don’t mind   talking  (talk)
sometimes usually to him.
1 If Silvia wakes up early, she watches TV 2 We never go to the gym. We
before school. Silvia sometimes watches don’t mind/hate (do)
TV before school. exercise there.
2 Silvia doesn’t eat tomatoes. She doesn’t 3 They usually drink water because they
like them! Sylvia eats like/don’t like (be) healthy.
tomatoes. 4 My grandma hates/loves
3 Silvia studies at 4:00 pm on Monday, (spend) time with us so she usually visits
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. She us at weekends.
studies at 9:00 pm on Thursdays. Silvia 5 We often go to the cinema because we
studies in the afternoon. like/hate (watch) films.
4 Silvia does yoga every evening at
7:00 pm. Silvia does yoga
in the evening.
5 Silvia plays tennis twice a week with
Natalie and once a week with Romy. Sylvia
plays tennis with Natalie.

Present simple: Wh- questions

4 Order the words to make questions.
1 is / basketball / When / the next / match ?
When is the next basketball match?
Likes and dislikes 2 many / pets / have / you / got / How ?
2 Complete the text with the correct form of
the words in the box. 3 your / Where / teacher / is / from ?
JJlove Jlike Kdon’t mind
Ldon’t like LLhate 4 play / often / they / How / basketball / do ?

I 1JJ    love  reading comics, but 5 sisters’ / What / your / names / are ?

my brother, Sebastian, 2L
reading them. He 3J doing
karate, but he 4JJ playing 6 go / swimming / you / Where / do ?
football. I really 5LL playing
football, but I 6K doing 7 has / phone / your / Why / got / she ?
athletics. And we both 7JJ
watching TV!

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Present continuous Present simple and present

1 Complete the sentences with the words in
the box.
Everyone’s talking He’s wearing
I’m eating She’s riding
They’re winning We’re having
You’re doing
1 We’re having a party!
2 her bike to school.
3 my lunch in the garden.
4 the race!
5 your history homework.
6 his new coat.
7 about the match.
continuous
4 Complete the text with the present
simple or present continuous form of
the verb in brackets.
Tina usually 1    goes  (go) swimming
on Saturdays, but today she 2
(watch) TV. It’s the Wimbledon
Tennis Championships, and Coco Gauff
3 (play). She 4
(be) amazing! Tina never 5
(play) tennis, but she 6 (like)
Wimbledon. This is an exciting match!
Coco 7 (hit) the ball very well
and she 8 (win). The people
9 (shout) Coco’s name!

2 Complete the sentences with the negative

form of the verb in brackets.
1 Lee and Kim aren’t singing a song. (sing)
2 Andrea to school. (walk)
3 They table tennis. (play)
4 He the game! (lose)
5 You your glasses
today. (wear)
6 I my dad’s laptop. (use)
7 Emilio in the park. (run)

3 Read the answers. Then complete the

questions. Time expressions
1   Is   she wearing your scarf? 5 Choose the correct time expression.
Yes, she is.
1 He’s doing gymnastics
2 they enjoying the concert? now/every Monday.
Yes, they are. 2 We often/this week play video games.
3 are the boys talking about? 3 Chen isn’t wearing a uniform
They’re talking about football. every day/today.
4 the film starting now? 4 I play hockey right now/on Saturdays.
Yes, it is. 5 Are you sending messages
5 you drinking coffee? at the moment/sometimes?
No, I’m drinking tea. 6 She plays the piano this week/
6 is sitting here? every morning.
Orhan is sitting there.
7 I speaking too fast?
No, you aren’t.

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4 Grammar

Comparative adjectives Comparative and superlative

1 Choose the correct answers to complete adjectives
the sentences. 4 Complete the sentences with the
1 This sofa is than the armchair. comparative or superlative form of the
a comfortabler b more comfortable adjectives in the box.
2 Your brother runs than you! bad fast interesting sunny wet
a more fast b faster
1 I’m faster than my brother
3 Snow is than rain. at running.
a better b more good 2 August is usually than
4 My laptop is than yours. September. And it’s really hot.
a heavier b heavyer 3 That is the film in the
5 The afternoon is than the world – so boring!
morning. 4 Colombia is the country
a hoter b hotter I know. It often rains there.
5 I love the story you wrote for homework.
2 Write the comparative form of the
It’s than mine.
adjectives in brackets.
1 Gold is more expensive (expensive)
Modal verbs of obligation, permission
than silver.
2 Our garden is (big)
and prohibition
than theirs. 5 Match 1–5 with a–e to make sentences.
3 Today’s weather is (bad) 1 I can swim in a sun cream every day.
than yesterday’s.
2 We mustn’t eat b late tonight.
4 Paloma’s room is usually
3 Can we go to c sweets before dinner.
(tidy) than Gail’s.
4 They must use d the school concert?
5 Scotland is (beautiful)
than I remember. 5 I can’t stay up e the sea.

6 Choose the correct option to complete

Superlative adjectives
3 Tick () the correct sentences. Underline
the mistakes in the incorrect sentences.
1 I’ve got the cheappest bike.
2 This is the windyest street in town.
3 Monday is my busiest day.
4 Bianca is her bestest friend.
5 This is the most popular video game.
the dialogue.
A: Mum, 1 mustn’t/can I go to the park
with Carlos?
B: 2 Yes/No, you can Eric, but you
3 must/can come home for lunch
at 1:00 pm.
A: Well, Carlos and I want to have a picnic.
4 Can/Must we buy some snacks, Mum?
B: No, you 5 can/can’t. We’ve got lots of
food, so you 6 can/can’t make some
sandwiches here. Have a nice picnic,
and please tidy up when you finish.
You 7 must/mustn’t leave any food in
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5 Grammar

Countable and uncountable nouns Is there … ? Are there … ?

1 Write C (countable) or U (uncountable). 4 Write questions with Is there and Are
Then write the plurals for the countable there. Then write the short answers.
nouns.
1 any cycle lanes? (+)
1 egg C eggs Are there any cycle lanes?   
2 beach
Yes, there are.          
3 pasta
2 a teacher in the classroom? (-)
4 shop
5 rice
6 banana
7 library 3 any yoghurts in the fridge? (+)
8 milk

2 Choose the correct option to complete

the sentences. 4 any skating competitions today? (-)
1 Look! It’s any/a chocolate cake.
2 She’s eating an/any apple.
3 They’re buying a/some new boots. 5 any juice in her glass? (+)
4 We’ve got any/two museums in town.
5 Have you got a/any comics?
6 We’d like some/any cheese, please.
6 an underground station near here? (-)
7 I can’t see any/some trees in the park.

there is/are
3 Complete the sentences with There is/isn’t
or There are/aren’t. How much/many … ?
1 There is a pizza in the oven. (+) 5 Use the word pairs to complete the
2 a café near here. (-) questions and answers.
3 two people in the car. (+) How / lot many / many milk / A
4 a sandwich in my bag. (+) much / Not students / Some
5 any students on the bus. (-)
1    How  many restaurants do
6 any school in the morning. (-) you know?
7 some grapes in the bowl. (+) A    lot   !
2 How food is there?
much.
3 How jackets have you got?
Not .
4 How much does he drink?
lot!
5 How many like studying
maths?
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6 Grammar

Past simple: be Past simple regular -ed verbs:

1 Choose the correct option to complete affirmative
the text. 4 Complete the puzzle with the past simple
Mehmet was/were at a wildlife park with his form of the verbs in the box. Then write the
friends yesterday. 1 There was/There were mystery verb.
amazing animals everywhere! Mehmet was
happy, and his friends 2 was/were excited! like organise play receive
3 There was/There were an excellent guide start study travel
who answered all their questions. Mehmet
1 8
saw lots of colourful birds, but they 4 wasn’t/ R E C E I V E D
weren’t very big. Mehmet’s best friend 2
5 wasn’t/weren’t interested in the birds. T
He liked the lions! 3
S T
4
O
5
L
6
P
7
S

The mystery verb is: .

Yes/No questions and short answers Past simple regular -ed verbs: negative
2 Circle the correct option. Then complete 5 Rewrite the sentences so they are negative.
the answers.
1 Zoe lived with her aunt last year.
1 Was/Were they Spanish? Zoe didn’t live with her aunt last year.
Yes, they were . 2 I tidied my room.
2 Was/Were she at home last night?
Yes, . 3 Felipe finished his lunch.
3 Was there/Were there flowers in
the garden?
4 They enjoyed the film.
No, .
4 Was/Were the children happy?
5 We planned a holiday.
Yes, .

Wh- questions Past simple irregular verbs

3 Complete the questions with How, What,
6 Complete the past simple irregular verbs.
Where or Why.
1 get g e t
1   What   were their names? Maria
and Tim. 2 see s
2 was Omar asleep? 3 have h
He was tired. 4 meet m
3 were the turtles? In the ocean. 5 go w n
4 was in the bag? A laptop.
5 many people were here? 20.
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