Language Focus Starter Unit
Question words
be
1 Order the words to make sentences or
questions with be.
England / He / from / isn’t
He isn’t from England.
1 is / best / class / friend / in / My / my
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2 aren’t / These / neat / very / notes
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3 at / good / he / Is / English / ?
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4 aren’t / lab / the / in / We / computer
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5 interested / Are / in / history / your / friends / ?
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2 Complete the questions with the correct form of
be. Complete the answers with a subject
pronoun.
A Where are you from?
B I’m from California.
1 A How _________ your friends?
B _________’re fine, thanks.
2 A Who _________ your best friend?
B Jack. _________’s in my class.
3 A Tom! Sally! Where _________ you?
B _________’re in the kitchen.
4 A How old _________ your sister?
B _________’s fourteen.
Possessive adjectives
3 Choose the correct words.
His / Her name is Mr Lee and he’s my music
teacher.
1 I have three brothers and one sister. Their / Our
house is very big!
2 She / Her name is Cath and she’s fifteen years
old.
3 My / Your favourite food is pizza. I love Italian
food.
4 He lives with his / her wife in San Francisco.
5 What are your / you favourite classes?
6 My cousins are Star Wars fans. His / Their
favourite character is Chewbacca.
4 Complete the questions for these answers.
A When’s your birthday?
B It’s 19th February.
1 A ______________ are you?
B I’m fifteen.
2 A ______________’s your favourite actress?
B Jennifer Lawrence.
3 A ______________’s your aunt from?
B She’s from Portugal.
4 A ______________’s your favourite colour?
B It’s blue. No, wait, it’s purple!
5 A ______________ are you today?
B Fine, thanks.
have got
5 Complete the sentences with the affirmative ()
or negative () form of have got.
She hasn’t got a copy of her timetable. ()
1 He ______________ any brothers. ()
2 We ______________ geography next. ()
3 I _____________ a good mark for my test! ()
4 She ______________ any homework today. ()
5 __________ they ___________ a maths exam
today?
6 __________ you __________ any notes from
the history class?
there is, there are
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
there is or there are.
Are there any twins at your school?
1 ______________ a café near the school. ()
2 ______________ any boys in this class. ()
3 ______________ any science labs in this block?
4 ______________ an exam on Monday. ()
5 ______________ some girls on the field. ()
6 ______________ a science lab at your school?
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Vocabulary Starter Unit
Family
1 Read the text and write the names of the people
on the family tree.
Freddy is Sue’s brother. Their parents are Harry
and Sally. Harry’s got a brother. His name’s Jim.
Jim’s wife is Ann. Their son and daughter are Ben
and Eva. Harry and Jim’s mum and dad are John
and Mary.
2 Look at the text in exercise 1 again and answer
the questions.
Sue is Freddy’s sister.
1 Harry is Sue’s ______________.
2 Harry is Jim’s ______________.
3 Jim is Ann’s ______________.
4 Ben and Eva are Harry and Sally’s
______________ and ______________.
5 Eva is John and Mary’s ______________.
6 Freddy is Sally’s ______________.
3 Look at the text in exercise 1 again and answer
the questions.
Who is Sue’s uncle? Jim
1 Who is Ann’s niece? ______________
2 Who is Jim’s mum? ______________
3 Who is Freddy’s aunt? ______________
4 Who is Sally’s nephew? ______________
5 Who is Eva’s mum? ______________
School
4 Read the clues and complete the crossword.
The first letters are given to help you.
1 An example of this class is: 2x + 3y = 11.
2 He/She is sometimes strict but you learn a lot
from this person.
3 This is a list of questions to answer in your book.
4 This is a special room in a school where you do
experiments.
5 Together 2 is my English …
6 You write these in your notebook. Are they neat?
7 This is an important test.
1 M
A
T 2 T 3 E
4 S 5 B
6 N
7 E
5 Complete the text with eight of the words in the
box.
exam geography homework lab notes rooms
students teachers tie timetable
Westfield School
The teachers at Westfield School are the best in the
UK. The school has 29 class (1) _________ for the
800 (2) _________ . School starts in October but
students can see the (3) _________ in September.
The uniform is a shirt and (4) _________ .
Every week students study history, maths and
(5) _________ , and go to the (6) _________ for
science class. There are some tests in January and
April and then an (7) _________ for each subject in
June.