Test Your Grammar Skills Using Modal Verbs 3 – Planning a Surprise Party Imagine you are planning a surprise party for your friend’s birthday. Make a note in the boxes below of all the things that you might do, could do, should do, must do, can do and will do.

City Quiz Series 125 Years of the Central Library in Derby, UK – Quiz 4 Example... Complete the gaps using one of these words: newspapers, clubs, Braille, reading, City Council, yellow pages, foreign, email, internet, children, careers, events, large, order, meeting, print out, jigsaw, Ordnance Survey, fax, homework 28 things you can do at Derby Central Library: 1. Surf the ____________________. 2. Send and read ____________________. 3. Take out CDs, DVDs and audio books. 4. Read a selection of ____________________ and magazines.

Test Your Grammar Skills When Can I Use 'When'? (Past and Future Tenses) Write 10 sentences using 'when' plus past continuous verbs. Use the following template to help you: I/he/she etc. was ____[past continuous]____ when ____[past simple]____. For example: * I was washing the car when the phone rang. * I was emailing my sister when a cat jumped onto my windowsill.

Test Your Research Skills American States and their Capitals Match the American state on the left with its capital city.

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.

Test Your Research Skills American States and their Nicknames Match the American state on the left with its nickname.

Test Your Research Skills The Great Big Yellow Banana Quiz – Fun Facts about Bananas 2 Example questions: How much do you know about the world’s favourite yellow-skinned fruit? 1. True or false - the banana plant is not really a tree, but the largest herb in the world... a) true b) false 2. Which one of these sentences is true...? a) bananas are high in potassium and low in fibre b) bananas are high in potassium and low in vitamins c) bananas are high in calories and low in fibre d) bananas are high in fibre and high in potassium The worksheet comes complete with a teachers answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Currencies of the World 2 Match the currency with the country where it is used: Krone Balboa Zloty Rouble Tala Rand Krona Tolar Swiss Franc Bolivar Dong Kwacha Euro Leone Kip The worksheet comes complete with answers for the teacher.

City Quiz Series Eagle Shopping Centre, Derby, UK – Quiz 1 Example questions... 1. What is the name of the opticians opposite Edwards Fine China & Crystal? 2. What can I buy at Clarks? The worksheet comes complete with a teacher answer sheet.

City Quiz Series Eagle Shopping Centre, Derby, UK – Quiz 3 Example Questions 1. How much is it for men to have a dry haircut at Class Act? 2. How much does it cost to park in the Eagle Centre Car Park on Sundays? 3. What time does the car park close on Sundays? 4. How many hours a day is the car park open from Monday – Saturday? The worksheet comes complete with a teacher answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Fifteen Great Kevin Costner Films Example questions... Complete the titles of these great Kevin Costner films: 1. Open ______________ 2. ______________ Durham 3. Dances with ______________ 4. ______________ of Dreams The worksheet includes a teacher answer sheet.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Nationalities 1 Examples... Write the name of the country that each person comes from: 1. An Angolan comes from _____________________________________. 2. An Australian comes from _____________________________________. 3. A Brazilian comes from _____________________________________. The worksheets include a teacher answer sheet.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Odd Anagrams 1 – UK Cities Example questions : Unscramble the anagrams below to find the names of twenty cities in the UK: 1. LOB STIR _______________________________ 2. BRING HIM MA _______________________________ 3. NOT HATING M _______________________________ The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills The Novels of Charles Dickens 2 These titles of Dickens’ novels have got a little mixed up! See if you can untangle them. . . Example questions... BLEAK EDWIN OLIVER COPPERFIELD THE PICKWICK CITIES HARD EXPECTATIONS NICKLEBY AND SON The worksheet also includes the answers.

Test Your Research Skills The Olympic Games 2 All these cities have hosted the summer Olympic Games – some more than once. Which countries are they in? The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 2 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Erasure b) Westlife ___________________________________ 2. a) Take That b) Boyzone ___________________________________ 3. a) John Lennon (solo) b) Paul McCartney (solo & Wings) ___________________________________ This worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 3 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Queen b) The Shadows ___________________________________ 2. a) Prince b) Phil Collins (solo) ___________________________________ 3. a) The Beatles b) The Rolling Stones ___________________________________ The question sheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 4 For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* Example questions... 1. a) Cliff Richard b) Elton John ___________________________________ 2. a) Simply Red b) Steps ___________________________________ 3. a) Spice Girls b) Take That ___________________________________ The worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

City Quiz Series Victoria Shopping Centre, Nottingham, UK – Quiz 1 Example questions... 1. What is the name of the fastest bus from Derby to Nottingham? 2. What was the registration number of the bus you took? 3. How much is a day return ticket from Derby to Nottingham? The worksheet also contains an answer sheet.

City Quiz Series Victoria Shopping Centre, Nottingham, UK – Quiz 2 Example questions... 1. How much is the cheapest bottle of Vitamin C tablets at Boots the Chemist? 2. What is the name of the large fish tank located in the middle of the Victoria Centre? 3. Write down the names of any of the fish that live in the tank. The worksheet contains an answer sheet for the teacher.