Test Your Grammar Skills Identify Common Errors Put a tick next to the sentences below that are written correctly, then find ten pairs of matching sentences.

Test Your Grammar Skills Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 2 Believe it or not, English native speakers sometimes make mistakes when using their own language! To find them, simply read a daily newspaper regularly or check out some of the leaflets at an English Tourist Information Centre or library! Identify one mistake in each sentence below and write the letter of the category that it belongs to out of the following: A. apostrophes B. articles C. capital letters D. clumsy style E. commas F. extra or missing words G. spelling mistakes

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace Lower Case (Small) Letters of the English Alphabet 3 Help your students learn how to write the English alphabet.

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (A to E) Trace the letters below – both upper case (big) and lower case (small) – then copy each pair twice in the free space on the right-hand side.

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (F to J)

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (U to Z)

Test Your Grammar Skills Using Present Perfect Continuous – have/has been + -ing

Test Your Research Skills Amazing Inventions 3 Here are some questions your student would need to research the answers for... Write these inventions in order of when they were invented, with the earliest one first: video recorder cornflakes refrigerator bicycle

Test Your Research Skills Amazing Inventions 4 Here are examples of some inventions... Write these inventions in order of when they were invented, with the earliest one first: ballpoint pen television toothbrush

Test Your Research Skills Animals 1 Example: Complete the gaps with the correct collective noun for each group of animals. These nouns are sometimes called ‘terms of venery’: parliament shoal sloth cete leap pride colony nest dole murder dray herd gaggle congregation flock 1. A ____________________________ of geese. 2. A ____________________________ of lions. 3. A ____________________________ of bats.

Test Your Research Skills Another First Class Quiz Some example questions your students will need to research... 1. What is the name of the company that owns Royal Mail? a) Sainsbury’s b) London Mail Group c) Consignia 2. In what year of the 20th Century was the Post Office nationalised? a) 1951 b) 1969 c) 1989 3. Royal Mail produces special picture stamps based on different themes, for example, music, art, and history. a) True b) False 4. How many people work for Royal Mail delivering letters and parcels? a) 47,000 b) 109,000 c) 143,000

Test Your Research Skills Describe a Painting 1 Some example activities... The title of the painting is _____________________________________________________. The name of the artist is _____________________________________________________. It was painted in (year) ______________. Style of painting: landscape ( ) portrait ( ) subject ( ) self-portrait ( ) other: __________. Write down the gallery’s description of the painting:

Test Your Research Skills Fears and Phobias 2 What are you most afraid of? Use a library or the Internet to find out the official names of these fears and phobias.

Test Your Research Skills Smokefree UK – Quiz 1 Example questions 1. When did Scotland go smokefree? ___________________________________________ 2. When did England go smokefree? ____________________________________________ 3. In which places is it illegal to smoke?

Test Your Research Skills Smokefree UK – Quiz 2 Example questions 1. Scientific studies have shown that exposure to second-hand smoke can cause: a l_ _ _ cancer b h _ _ _ _ disease c a _ _ _ _ _ attacks dsudden i _ _ _ _ _ death syndrome (SIDS) 2. What percentage of adults in England are smokers? a) 24% b) 34% c) 44% d) 54% 3. If my work involves me visiting people in their homes, can I legally ask them to stop smoking when I’m there? (Yes / No)

Test Your Research Skills Smokefree UK – Quiz 3 Example questions 1. When did Wales go smokefree? ______________________________________________ 2. What is the penalty for an employer that fails to prevent smoking in a smokefree place? __________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the penalty for an employer who does not display the required no-smoking signs? __________________________________________________________________________

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Australia 2 Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Australia: Some example questions... 1. Australia’s currency is called the ______________________________. 2. The mountain range that runs down the east coast is called The Great ________________ Range. a) Mountain b) Separating c) Victoria d) Dividing 3. True or false – Australia is the world’s largest producer of diamonds? a) true b) false

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Derby, UK 2 Example questions 1. About _____________ % of people living in Derby come from ethnic minority communities. a) 6% b) 12% c) 22% 2. True or false: Derby has the largest Deaf community in Britain? a) True. b) False. 3. True or False: England's first public park was opened in Derby in 1840. a) True. b) False.

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Australia 1 Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Australia: 1. Australia is the world’s smallest ________________. a) country b) city c) continent d) place 2. Australia is the ________________ largest country in the world. a) first b) third c) sixth d) ninth