Reading

1 Read the biographical fact sheets. Then complete the profiles with information about Chloe and Akira.

a. “Hi! My name’s Chloe Taylor. I’m from __________________ and I’m ________ years old. My favorite __________________ are Nirvana and Foo Fighters. I love rock music and I’m learning to play the __________________.In my spare time, I listen to __________________ (of course!) and go out with my friends. In the future, I want to be a famous __________________ and play in a rock band!”

b. “Hello! I’m Akira Ito. I’m from __________________, Japan, and I’m ________ years old. In my spare time, I like to __________________ manga and surf the __________________. I speak __________________ and __________________, and I’m learning __________________.I like manga so much that I draw and write stories for the school __________________. In the future, I want to be an __________________.”

Akira is from Tokyo, Japan. He was born in 2005.• In his spare time, he likes to read manga and surf the Internet.• He is fluent in English and Japanese, and now he is learning Spanish.• His favorite subjects are English, history and science.• He draws and writes manga comic strips for our school newspaper.• He wants to become an engineer.

Chloe is from Springfield. She was born in 2006.• She likes to listen to the music of bands as Nirvana and Foo Fighters.• She is learning to play the drums.• Her favorite subjects are math, science and art.• In her spare time, she likes to listen to music and go out with friends.• She wants to become a famous drum player.

2 Read the biographical fact sheets again. Then write T (true) or F (false).

a. Akira is American. ( )b. Music is important in Chloe’s life. ( )c. Akira and Chloe like science. ( )d. Akira is fluent in three languages. ( )e. Chloe creates stories for the school newspaper. ( )

Vocabulary

3 Complete the sentences with countries or nationalities.

a. Sushi is food from Japan. It’s __________________ food.b. Hans is from __________________. He’s German.c. Sophia is from __________________. She’s South African.d. We’re from __________________. We’re Brazilian.e. The Big Ben is in the United Kingdom. It’s a __________________ monument.f. Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States. It’s an __________________ city.g. The Gennaros are from __________________. They’re Italian.h. Marinette and Adrien are from France. They’re __________________.i. Mei-Li is from China. She’s __________________.j. Paella is food from Spain. It’s a _________________ dish.k. Toronto and Montreal are in Canada. They’re __________________ cities.l. Koalas are from Australia. They’re __________________.

4 Find nine numbers from 11–20 in the word search. Which number is missing?

Z S E V E N T E E N A IS I X T E E N C H N R RP J F Q G Y T B E U I JP E O S C S U E T B N IN I U J I V T N W S I CP G R X P F N P E H N EP H T X I L F B N J E LL T E F F W P I T I T EU E E L H D J I Y O E VY E N O H T W E L V E ED N C O S W M J O O N N

The missing number is _________________________.

Grammar

5 Complete the sentences with subject pronouns and possessive adjectives. Pay attention to the underlined words.

a. Hello! I’m Beatrice and _______’m from Italy. _______ last name is Ferrari.b. Look at that girl! Do you know _______ name? _______ isn’t in our class.c. Hector Gomez is very nice. _______’s our Spanish teacher. _______ classes are interesting and fun. d. We’re not in 6B, _______’re in 6C. _______ classroom is on the second floor.e. The Itos are Japanese. _______’re from Tokyo, but _______ live in Springfield. _______ house is big.f. I can’t find my book! Where is _______? _______ cover is blue and green.g. You’re Cecilia’s brother, right? What’s _______ name? Are _______ 15 years old?

6 Circle the correct form of be in the sentences.

a. What ’m / ’s / ’re your name?b. Hello! I ’m / ’s / ’re Chris Torres.c. Hi there! My name ’m / ’s / ’re Julia Carter.d. The Spencers ’m not / isn’t / aren’t from the United States. They ’m / ’s / ’re British.e. Am / Are / Is you the new student from Australia?f. Where am / is / are you from?g. Danielle am / is / are Canadian, but she ’m not / isn’t / aren’t from Toronto.h. We ’m / ’s / ’re from Brazil, but we ’m not / isn’t / aren’t from Rio.

7 Rewrite the sentences in the negative form and as questions.

a. Pietro is from Italy.() ____________________________________(?) ____________________________________

b. John and Amanda are friends.() ____________________________________(?) ____________________________________

c. Math is her favorite subject.() ____________________________________(?) ____________________________________

d. Messi is Argentinian.() ____________________________________(?) ____________________________________

8 Complete the conversations with the prompts and a correct form of be.

a. Sarah: Hello! (What / your name)?_______________________________________________

Lucas: (My name / Lucas)._______________________________________________

Sarah: Nice to meet you, Lucas. (I / Sarah Adams), your new teacher._______________________________________________

Lucas: Nice to meet you, too, Ms. Adams. (you / the new math teacher)?_______________________________________________

Sarah: No, (I / not). (I / new history teacher)._______________________________________________

Lucas: Great! History is my favorite subject!

b. Emily: Look at that boy! (his name / Lucas)?_______________________________________________

Ashley: Yes (it). (He / a new student in our school)._______________________________________________

Emily: (Where / he / from)?_______________________________________________

Ashley: I think (he / from) Brazil… (he) an exchange student, I guess._______________________________________________

Emily: (He) really cute…_______________________________________________