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5 Macmillan English 5 Unit 2 worksheet

Teaching notes

Skills and language practised

Skill Language

Activity 1 Grammar past simple and past continuous

Activity 2 Spelling tion words

Follow-up activityPlay the f luency activity While I was… with the class. Organise the children into groups of three or five (odd numbers work best). One child begins by saying: e.g. While I was walking…. The next child completes the sentence: e.g. While I was walking, I met a good friend. The third child then says: While I was… again, and so on. Encourage students to be creative with their sentences.

Answers

1 Complete the sentences.

Example answers:

1 While he was eating lunch, we talked to him.

2 When they were digging, they found a gold watch.

3 While you were shopping, we ate lunch.

4 While she was watching TV, we made some lemonade.

5 When you were sleeping, I went for a walk.

6 While I was cooking, they watered the garden.

For each sentence, give 1 mark for correct verb tense and 1 mark for correct punctuation.

2 Match the tion words in the box to the definitions.

1 nation [1mark]

2 station [1mark]

3 question [1mark]

4 pollution [1mark]

5 population [1mark]

6 subtraction [1mark]

7 conversation [1mark]

8 pronunciation [1mark]

8 marks

12 marks