Test Your Grammar Skills Personal and Possessive Pronouns (gap-fill) 1. Personal subject pronouns:  the subject of a sentence  go before the main verb  e.g. “she” in: “She had a cup of tea at eight o’clock this morning.” 2. Personal object pronouns:  the object of a sentence (what the subject is talking about)  go after the main verb  e.g. “him” in: “I saw him for a few minutes before he left.” 3. Possessive adjectives:  describe possession  go before a noun  e.g. “my” in: “Can you pass my bag please?” 4. Possessive pronouns: o describe possession o replace a noun o e.g. “hers” in: “Whose book is that?” “It’s hers.” Put the pronouns in the correct order.

Test Your Grammar Skills Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 4 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 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 Upper Case (Big) Letters of the English Alphabet 2

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

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Noisy Words 1 – Animal Noises Examples Write the name of the animal that makes each of these noises: 1. baa ________________________ 2. chirp ________________________ 3. squeak ________________________

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 Derby, UK 1 Example questions 1. What area does Derby cover (in square miles)? a) About 20 sq. miles. b) About 30 sq. miles. c) About 40 sq. miles. 2. How many people live in Derby? a) About 225,000 people. b) About 320,000 people. c) About 610,000 people. 3. What would you call someone who was born in Derby? a) A Derbyite. b) A Derbeian. c) A Derboner.

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Canada Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Canada: Example questions... 1. What is the capital city of Canada? 2. True or false - Canada has the largest coastline of any country in the world? 3. How many people live in Canada? a) 21 million b) 31 million c) 41 million

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Australia 3 Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Australia: Example question 1. In Australian slang, ‘laughing gear’ means m __ __ __ __ … 2. …while if you were ‘up a gum tree’ you would be in t __ __ __ __ __ __... 3. …and if you were feeling ‘bushwhacked’ you would be extremely t _ _ _ _.

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 Vocabulary Skills Adjective Pairs – ‘-ing’ and ‘-ed’ Adjectives This worksheet helps your students revise the verb form , ‘-ing’ adjective: ‘-ed’ adjective:

Test Your Creative Writing Skills Write a Story 4 The picture in the worksheet gives you an idea for a story. The story must also include the following things: A difficult journey A passionate vegetarian called Emma A piece of string that seems unimportant at first, but then becomes vital Someone who knows too much about musical theatre

Test Your Grammar Skills Auxiliary Verbs in Question Forms – Complete the Sentences 3 Verb ‘to have’ Example Practise using auxiliary verbs in question forms by completing the following sentences: 1. Who have you _____________________________________________? 2. What have you _____________________________________________? 3. Why have you _____________________________________________? 4. Why haven’t you _____________________________________________?

Test Your Grammar Skills Make or Do 1 Example questions... Complete each gap below with either make or do: 1. _______________ a bet 2. _______________ a job 3. _______________ the dishes 4. _______________ a skirt 5. _______________ the cleaning 6. _______________ your hair

Test Your Research Skills American English 2 Despite most of them having English as their first language, British and American people sometimes use different words to talk about the same things. Match the British English word on the left with the American English equivalent on the right.