Test Your Research Skills Anagrams of World Cities Unscramble the letters to make the name of a world city, then match the city to one of the countries below: 1. U LOSE 2. Y Y SEND 3. WHEN I DEL 4. PS BURT GREETS Comes complete with teacher answers sheet!

Test Your Reading Skills Chocolate Lovers Only 1 Can you work out which clues match these chocolate bars or sweets, which are all popular in the UK? Kit Kat Quality Street Mars Bar Smarties Jelly Babies Buttons Bounty Turkish Delight After Eights Picnic Worksheet comes complete with an answer sheet for the teacher.

City Quiz Series A Visit to Derby Industrial Museum at the Silk Mill 3 Example Questions 1. a) What can I do at the Midland Railway Study Centre? b) Do you need to make an appointment? 2. What type of train does the train cab come from? 3. a) Where does the train start and what is its final destination? b) Where does it stop on the way? c) How long is the journey? d) What is the maximum ‘mph’ (miles per hour) of the train?

City Quiz Series A Visit to Derby Industrial Museum at the Silk Mill 2 Example questions 1. Name the large church near the Silk Mill. 2. Look at the wrought iron gates near the entrance to the Silk Mill. Find the face. Is it happy, sad or angry? 3. Find the blue information board outside the Silk Mill. When were these places built…? a) the first wooden mill built on this site b) the Silk Mill c) the mill as we see it today This worksheet comes complete with a teacher's answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills Example questions... The Great British History Quiz! Tick below to say which is the correct answer: 1. When was the Battle of Hastings? a) 1492 b) 1066 c) 1812 d) Last Tuesday 2. How many wives did King Henry VIII have? a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) none - he was too shy to ever ask for a date 3. Who came to the throne after Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603? a)King Charles I b) King Ethelbert the Unready c) King James I d) King Ethelred the Unsteady The worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills The Novels of Charles Dickens 1 Complete the titles of these novels by Charles Dickens: Example questions... 1. B_______________ H _______________ 2. B _______________ R _______________ 3. D _______________ C _______________ 4. N _______________ N _______________ The worksheet also has an answer page.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills How Did You Feel When…? (English Idioms of Mood/Emotion) Describe the feelings Examples 1. When I received the concert tickets for Muse I was on cloud nine! 2. When my sister opened her birthday card and a cheque fell out she was tickled pink. 3. When I was waiting to go on stage to perform in front of the whole school I had butterflies in my stomach. Complete with an answer sheet.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Class Survey 2 – Free Time Complete the survey by asking people in your class what they do in their free time. Ask them: ‘Do you …?’ Write the names of the people that you ask on the left and put either a tick or a cross (x) for each reply. Perfect for collecting class data.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Common Idioms 6 Idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Examples... Match the idioms with the meaning keywords below: 1. It’s six of one and half a dozen of the other. 2. Don’t throw your toys out of the pram! 3. That’s just sour grapes. 4. He’s rolling in it. Complete with an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Music Genres 1 Students need to match the artist or group with the music genre that they are associated with. Answers included

By pure coincidence, each person below has a job that matches his or her name. Can you say what each one does for a living? Example questions... 1. Laura Whiteboard is … 2. Krzysztof Perm is … 3. Jonathan Script is … Answer sheet included.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Talking About the Weather 3 Write two or three sentences to answer each of these questions: Examples 1. What is the weather like at the moment? 2. What is the weather usually like in your country, compared to another country?

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Word Pyramids Students are challenged to make 2 different word pyramids using the clues provided.

Test Your Speaking Skills! Tongue Twisters Examples... Can you say these fantastic tongue twisters without getting tongue-tied...? M – Minnie Mouse makes many marshmallows for Mickey Mouse to munch on SH – She saw shy sheep She sells seashells on the seashore B – Bugs black blood Bugs black blood Lots more included...

Test Your Reading Skills North, south, east or west...? Using a map of the United Kingdom, find these places and answer the following questions: Example questions. 1. Manchester is to the north of London . . . true or false? 2. Newcastle is to the north of Edinburgh . . . true or false? 3. Cardiff is to the east of Nottingham . . . true or false? Answers included

Test Your Reading Skills Reading a Map 1 Look at the map of Melton Park (Included in the pack) and show whether these sentences are true or false. If you cannot say whether they are ‘true’ or ‘false’, write ‘don’t know’:

Test Your Research Skills World Wide Web 3 Match the web address extension with the country that it represents. Answers included.

Test Your Speaking Skills! Asking Questions 1 Practise asking these questions with your friends. Write down their answers: Examples... Hi! How are you? What’s your name? What’s your first name? What’s your surname?

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Asking Questions 2 1. Ask a partner, and write their answers to these questions: Sample questions What’s your first name? ________________________________________________ What’s your family name? ________________________________________________ How do you spell that? ________________________________________________ What’s your address? ________________________________________________

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Booking a Holiday 1 A) Discuss as a group: what does having a holiday mean to you? B) Look at the topics below. In small groups discuss each of them, and then decide: a) what you want from your holiday, b) what type of holiday you will take, and c) what other things you will need to consider 1. How to find a holiday 2. Type of holiday 3. Destination and weather.. etc