Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Class Survey 1 – Food & Drink Complete the survey by asking people in your class about what they eat and drink. Ask them: ‘Do you like …?’ Write the names of the people that you ask on the left and put either a tick () or a cross (x) for each food and drink. Perfect for collecting data.

Test Your Spelling Skills Advanced Spelling Challenge 10 Write the correct spelling of each word below, then translate the word into your own language. Note: this exercise does not include American English spellings. Incorrect Spelling: example questions... 1. seperation 2. writen 3. Wenesday 4. temprature Complete with answer sheet

Test Your Spelling Skills Anagram Challenge 1 See how many different words you can make using this selection of letters. Note: all your new words must be real words that are in an English dictionary! A J B M T E N P L S

Test Your Spelling Skills Anagram Challenge 3 See how many different words you can make using this selection of letters. Note: all your new words must be real words that are in an English dictionary! M I C R W E T P J A

Test Your Spelling Skills Beat the Spell-checker 1 – Going on Holiday Students read the sentences. Look at the words that have been highlighted by the spell-checker. They write the correct spelling underneath each highlighted word

Test Your Reading Skills Common Weights and Measures 1 Write out the following common weights and measures in full. For example: 12 ” = 12 inches. 1. 10 ” ________________________________________ 2. 5 ’ ________________________________________ 3. 3 yds ________________________________________ Complete with answers

Cut out from newspapers and magazines, or bring to class, examples of the following types of written texts, and ask your learners to identify them – either matching them from a list or using their judgement to decide what kind of text each one is. After they have identified each one, get them to think about what the purpose of each text is. What did the writer of each text wish to communicate and why – and to whom? Examples... Different types of written texts: * a postcard * a voucher * TV listings * a leaflet or a flyer

Test Your Reading Skills Famous Britons – Reading Comprehension Look at the data showing when these famous Britons were alive and how long they lived for, then answer the questions on the next page: Examples Famous Briton Dates: Age when they died: Sir Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727 85 years old Alfred the Great 849 – 899 50 years old Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1340 – 1400 c. 60 years old 1. Who was born in 849? 2. Who was born in the fourteenth century? 3. Who died in 1922? 4. Who died in the seventeenth century? 5. Who was born in 1642? Complete with answers

Test Your Reading Skills Homophones 4 Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings. Examples Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words: 1. wore ___________________________ 2. plum ___________________________ 3. so ___________________________ 4. two ___________________________ Complete with answers.

Test Your Reading Skills Homophones 3 Examples Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings. Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words: 1. mind ___________________________ 2. it’s ___________________________ 3. course ___________________________ 4. due ___________________________ 5. warn ___________________________ Complete with worksheet

Test Your Reading Skills Common Weights and Measures 2 Write out the following common weights and measures in full. For example: 12 ” = 12 inches. 1. 6 tbsp ________________________________________ 2. 10 fl oz ________________________________________ 3. 70 °F ________________________________________ 4. 10 qt ________________________________________ Complete with answers

Test Your Spelling Skills Anagram Challenge 2 See how many different words you can make using this selection of letters. Note: all your new words must be real words that are in an English dictionary! R O K B U H E P T S

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

Test Your Spelling Skills Beat the Spell-checker 2 – Shopping List Students read the shopping list. They look at the words that have been highlighted by the spell-checker. They write the correct spelling underneath each highlighted word. Answers Provided

Test Your Reading Skills Homophones 5 Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings. Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words: 1. leak ___________________________ 2. dear ___________________________ 3. cheque ___________________________ 4. bore ___________________________

Test Your Reading Skills Is It Hot, Or Not? Look at the sentences below and say whether they are true or false. Tip: back up your answers with evidence, for example, the average temperature in °F or °C for each world city: 1. In January it is normally hotter in Jakarta than in Dublin. 2. In March it is normally hotter in Berlin than in Canberra. 3. In July it is normally colder in Buenos Aires than in London. Complete with answers

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels – Around Derby, UK Examples Fill in the gaps to spell twenty different suburbs and villages around Derby: 1. _ i _ _ _ e o _ e r 2. _ a _ _ e y A _ _ e _ 3. _ u _ _ _ _ i _ _ 4. _ _ a _ _ e _ _ e _ Complete with answer sheet

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels - Mixed Emotions 1 Examples Fill in the gaps to spell fifteen different emotions: 1. a _ _ _ _ 2. _ o _ _ i e _ 3. a _ _ a i _ 4. _ a _ Complete with answer sheet

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels - Mixed Emotions 2 Fill in the gaps to spell fifteen different emotions: Examples 1. _ o _ e _ _ 2. _ i _ e a _ a _ e 3. e _ e _ _ e _ i _ 4. _ u _ _ Complete with an answer sheet

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels - Oscar-winning Film Directors 1 Fill in the gaps to spell the names of ten Oscar-winning film directors: Examples 1. _ o _ _ o _ a _ _ 2. _ _ e _ e _ _ _ i e _ _ e _ _ 3. _ e _ _ i _ _ o _ 4. _ a _ e _ _ a _ e _ o _ Complete with answer sheet