Test Your Reading Skills _________________ ’s Diary Insert the month. Monday 1st ___________ 2017 AM PM __________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday 2nd ___________ 2017 AM PM

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing - Health Booking appointments for the dentist and the doctor.

Test Your Writing Skills What’s Your Favourite? 2 A) Write your favourite things below: Example questions... 1. My favourite colour is: _____________________________ 2. My favourite food is: _____________________________ 3. My favourite TV programme is: _____________________________

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace Numbers – with Lines (6 to 0) Help your students count and write from 6 to 9 - then also learn 0.

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

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

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – Without Lines

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace Upper Case (Big) Letters of the English Alphabet 1

Test Your Grammar Skills Trace Upper Case (Big) Letters of the English Alphabet 2

Test Your Vocabulary Skills A Boring/Fascinating Worksheet About Adjectives Here are some example sentences from this sheet. Choose the best adjective out of the two given in each question below: 1. Sammi didn’t have time to finish the whole exam, so some of her answers were incomplete/deficient. 2. My father’s new car is really rapid/fast. 3. The weather forecast wasn’t very accurate/truthful, because they said it would rain and it’s been fine all day. 4. The noticeable dearth of goal-scoring opportunities means that these are annoying/worrying times indeed for Danby United.

Test Your Research Skills Famous Britons 1 Match the famous Briton with the year in which they were born.

Test Your Research Skills Famous Britons 2 Match the famous Briton with the year in which they were born.

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 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 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 Derby, UK 3 Example questions 1. What % of Year 11 school leavers from Derby either stayed in full time education or went into employment or training in 2002? a) 62.9%. b) 72.9%. c) 82.9%. 2. Which of these suburbs of Derby is north of the city centre? a) Normanton. b) Allenton. c) Oakwood. 3. Which of these suburbs of Derby is south of the city centre? a) Allestree. b) Alvaston. c) Chaddesden.

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Mexico Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Mexico: Some example questions... 1. What is the capital city of Mexico? 2. What is the official language? 3. What is Mexico’s main religion?

Test Your Reading Skills The Battle for Derby Bus Station (article from 30.01.06) Is there anything you would be prepared to stand up and fight for? Would you be prepared to live on top of an abandoned bus station? In freezing temperatures? In a caravan? Protestors from Derby Friends of the Earth certainly would. Read and write a 1000 word article.

Test Your Creative Writing Skills Write a Story 2 The students are given a picture. The story must also include the following things: Something stolen from a man called Peter Edwards A traffic warden who wants to give up her job A small collection of poisonous potted plants The South Pacific island of Tonga

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