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 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

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 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 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 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 Research Skills World Wide Web 2 Match the web address extension with the country that it represents. Answers included

Test Your Spelling Skills Jobs 1 Add some letters to complete the names of the following jobs: Examples... f _ r _ _ r s _ c r _ _ a r _ _ l e _ _ e r m _ _ a g _ r Complete with answers

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 Spelling Skills Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct No. 7 – Countries of the World To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line: Example words... Russia _________________ _________________ Spain _________________ _________________ Canada _________________ _________________

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

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Discussion Starter - Leisure Activities In a small group, talk about leisure activities and fill in the table below: Leisure activities that I already do: Leisure activities that I don’t do but would like to try: Leisure activities that I would never try:

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Bingo Calls 1 Below is a list of well-known calls that you can use with your bingo games. When each number comes up use the following phrases to announce them: Kelly’s eye - number 1 One little duck - number 2 Cup of tea - number 3 Knock at the door - number 4

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

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Finish the Sentences 1 Read the following sentences out loud. Students have to write an appropriate ending to each sentence. A correct answer is a sentence that makes sense, both in meaning and grammar (note: this could also be a straight writing exercise): Example questions... 1. I live in a _______________________________________________. 2. My favourite colour is _______________________________________________. 3. I have a dog called _______________________________________________.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Finish the Sentences 2 Read the following sentences out loud. Students have to write an appropriate ending to each sentence. A correct answer is a sentence that makes sense, both in meaning and grammar (note: this could also be a straight writing exercise): Example questions... 1. Please sit _______________________________________________. 2. How old are _______________________________________________? 3. It will soon be lunch _______________________________________________.

Book 6 See Mat New Sounds /i/ New Words Mit - decodable Sis - decodable Plot Summary The animals are playing school. Mat, as the teacher, is trying to teach Sam, Mit and Sis how to read their names. He starts by writing Sis’s name in the sand. The animals have some difficulty reading the name and Mat finally tells them what it is. Sis is delighted and reads her name for the others. Mat then writes the other names, including his own, and the animals all have fun reading. Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books.

Book 20: Nat Sits New Words fit - Decodable Nat - Decodable Plot Summary One day Nat the Baby Kangaroo falls out of his mother’s pouch and hops off on his own. Mama Kangaroo does not know her baby is missing until she goes to show him to Sam. When Sam finds Nat hopping along with Sis, Mama Kangaroo is very happy. She makes sure that her baby will not get lost again. Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books. I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory’s (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970’s. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.