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LANGUAGE CONTENTS Vocabulary

The calendar School subjects Countries and nationalities Grammar Subject pronouns Verb to be Demonstrative pronouns Interrogative pronouns

Reading

“Clubs”

Writing Use of capital letters Write an e-mail Progress Check 1

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UNIT 1 VOCABULARY The calendar 1. Write the days and the months in order. The Vocabulary pages will help you: Escriu els dies i els mesos en ordre. Busca l’ordre correcte en el Vocabulary del teu llibre de text DAYS Tuesday Sunday Friday Saturday Wednesday Monday Thursday

Monday .............................................................................................................................

MONTHS September May March July February June April

December October January August November

January..............................................................................................................................

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School subjects 2. Read the following school subjects , look up their translation in your dictionary and

write the Catalan word next to the English one: Llegeix les següents assignatures d’escola , busca la seva traducció al teu diccionari i escriu la

paraula catalana al costa de l’anglesa:

Science English Music French Art Maths History PE

1 Science..................................... 2. English....................................

3 Music........................................ 4 French.....................................

5 Art............................................. 6 History.....................................

7 Geography................................ 8 Maths.......................................

9 Spanish.................................... 10. P.E........................................

Now write your favourite subject: Ara escriu la teva assignatura preferida:

My favourite school subject is ...............................................................................…........

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Countries and nationalities 3. Match the flags (1-10) with the countries and follow the exercise in the chart: Relaciona les banderes (1-10) amb els països i continua l’exercici del requadre .

( Fixa’t que són encaixos i has de fer coincidir les formes )

Les nacionalitats referents a cada país són

les següents:

American French

Spanish Japanese

English Canadian

Irish Moroccan

Brazilian British

Continua l’exercici:

Example : 1. Japan - Japanese

2. Spain.........…....................

3. France..............................

4. Ireland.......…...................

5. Brazil................................

6. Morocco............................

7. Canada.............................

8. England......…...................

9. Britain.........…...................

10. America......…................

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GRAMMAR Subject pronouns Els pronoms personals de subjecte (subject pronouns) són aquells que acompanyen als verbs i en anglès cal tenir en compte alguns trets característics: Formes en singular I = “jo” , s’escriu sempre amb majúscula you = “tú” , “vostè” he = “ell” , s’utilitza per persones she = “ella”, s’utilitza per persones it = “ell” i “ella” , s’utilitza per animals i coses Formes en plural we = “nosaltres” you = “vosaltres”, “vostès” they = “ells” i “elles” , s’utilitza tant per a persones, animals o coses

Verb to be : affirmative and negative 4. Find in the Grammar section of your student’s book the form of the verb “to be” with

the full forms Busca a l’apartat de Gramàtica del teu llibre de text el verb “to be” amb les formes senceres

Affirmative Negative I am a student / I’m a student I am not a teacher / I’m not a teacher

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Now write the short forms next to the full forms. The short forms are: Ara escriu les formes abreujades al costat de les formes senceres que has escrit abans . Les

formes abreujades són:

Affirmative : ´s / ´re Negative : isn’t / aren’t

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Reading : Read the two texts below: Llegeix els dos textos de sota: BRITAIN JAPAN My name’s Janice and I’m 13 Hello. I’m Tomoko and my friend years old. School’s OK, except is Chikako. We’re in a Calligraphy the uniform. This is my classmate, class. Calligraphy is an important Peter. He’s very good at Art and subject in Japan. Information Technology. 5. Complete these sentences with the information from the two previous texts. Use the following forms of the verb “to be”. Completa aquestes frases amb informació dels textos. Fes servir les formes següents del verb “to be” : ‘re ‘s isn’t aren’t Janice is 13. She ..................... from Britain.

Peter………………. from Japan. He……………… very good at Art.

Peter………………… very good at Art.

Tomoko and Chikako ........................... from Spain.

They .................. from Japan.

They ............................... in a Music class. They........................ in a Calligraphy class.

6. Now complete the following sentences with your personal information: Ara completa les frases següents amb informació personal teva: 1. My name ................................ and my surnames ..................................………………

2. My favourite subjects at school ....................................................................................

3. My friends .................................................................

4. English ......................... an important subject

5. I ....................... ........................ years old Demonstrative pronouns Copy the chart of the demonstrative pronouns from the Grammar section of your

Student’s book and then complete the following grammatical rule : Copia el requadre dels pronoms demostratius que trobaràs a l’apartat de gramàtica del teu

llibre i després completa el següent apunt gramatical :

Singular Plural ............................................ .............................................

............................................ .............................................

Fem servir ......................... i ............................ quan ens referim a coses que són a

prop nostre. Fem servir .............................. i ........................... per parlar de coses que

són més lluny

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7. Choose the correct demonstrative pronoun from the two options : Tria el pronom demostratiu correcte de les dues opcions :

a These / This are my friends b That / This is my book, here in my hand

c That / Those are Kate’s shoes

d That / This is our bus, there in the distance

e This / Those is my book

Verb to be : questions and short answers

- Completa el requadre següent amb les formes verbals correctes que trobis en l’apartat de gramàtica del teu llibre:

Questions Short answers Am I Yes, ..................../ No, .....................

................ you in room 4? Yes, ..................../ No, .....................

................ he/ she/ it Yes, ..................../ No, .....................

................ we Yes, ..................../ No, .....................

................ you late ? Yes, ..................../ No, .....................

................ they Yes, ..................../ No, .....................

8. Put the words in order, write a question and answer them in the affirmative or

negative: Ordena les paraules de l’exercici següent en forma de pregunta i contesta aquestes preguntes

al costat tot fent servir “Yes” per les afirmatives i “No” per les negatives:

1. student / you / are / a Example : Are you a student ? Yes, I am 2. you / are / thirteen

Are.......................................................? ......................................................

3. your friend / a student / is

Is .........................................................? ......................................................

4. school / your friends / at / are

Are........................................................? .....................................................

5. your teacher / is / in class

Is ..........................................................? .....................................................

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Question words 9. Find the translation of the following question words in the Grammar section of your

Student’s book and write it in Catalan . Busca la traducció dels pronoms interrogatius següents a l’apartat de gramàtica del teu llibre i

escriu-la al costat en català:

How ? ........................ Where ?.......….............. What time ?......….................

What ?........................ When ?....……..…......... Who ?.....………....................

10. Complete these questions with the correct question words : Completa aquestes preguntes amb els pronoms interrogatius .( Fixa’t bé amb la resposta per a

saber millor quina és la pregunta):

a .......................... is Tom Cruise from? He’s from the USA (és un lloc)

b .......................... is your name? My name is Helen (és un nom de persona)

c .......................... are you today? I’m very well, thank you (és una manera)

d .......................... is your favourite writer? J K Rowling (és un nom de persona)

e .......................... is your PE class? It’s on Monday (és un dia)

f ........................... is your first class? It’s at 8:50 (és una hora)

Reading 11. Read the notices. Put the letters in order to make the names of five clubs. Llegeix els anuncis del tauler i ordena les lletres per fer el nom de cinc clubs:

1 boricase ........................................ 4 raketa .........................................

2 leycogo........................................ 5 sicum ..........................................

3 shecs ..........................................

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12. Read the notices again and answer the following questions: Llegeix els anuncis una altra vegada i contesta les preguntes que hi ha a continuació.

1 Where is the chess club? ..............................................................................................

2 Where (number of room) is the ecology club? ..............................................................

3 What’s the name of the karate teacher?........................................................................

4 What days are the aerobics sessions? ..........................................................................

5 What instruments are there in the music class? ............................................................

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6 Who is the music teacher?……………………………………………………………………

7 Where is the aerobics club?………………………………………………………………….

Writing Capital Letters En anglès hi ha algunes paraules que sempre s’escriuen en majúscula (capital letters).

Llegeix la següent informació sobre les normes de l’ús de lletres majúscules en anglès.

We use capital letters for:

1. The pronoun “I” (jo) 2. The start (inici) of a sentence (frase). My hobby is football 3. Names of people: Ingrid; cities : Paris and countries: Italy 4. Nationalities: American 5. Languages: English 6. Days of the week : Monday… and months of the year : January …

13. Some of the words in the following sentences need a capital letter. Correct the

mistakes: Algunes paraules d'aquestes frases necesiten majúscules. Corregeix els errors : 1. my name is jason. My name is Jason

2. i’m from ireland. i’m irish. ………………………………………..…………….

3. my birthday is in august. …………………………………………..………….

4. my favourite day is friday ………………………………………………………

5. i’m from glasgow in scotland. ………………………………………………………

6. sira is a greek from athens ………………………………………………………

7. mary is from america. ……………………………………………………….

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An e-mail message 14. Read Carmen’s e-mail message and write your own one (change the red words

with information about yourself. Write the text below): Llegeix el missatge de correu electrònic de la Carmen i escriu-ne un d’igual canviant les paraules de color vermell per informació personal teva. Escriu el text a sota:

Hi,

My name’s ........................................................................…………...................................……….

………………………………………………………………………………………….…………

……………………………………………………………………………………..………………

…………………………………………………………………………………….……………….

Please write

………………………………………….

15. Write the following words with capital letters and classify them in the right list: Escriu les paraules següents amb majúscula i classifica-les segons pertanyin a les lllistes

corresponents:

wednesday london september catalan may bilbao girona

october andorra february basque sunday germany saturday

Days:________________________________________________________________ Months: ______________________________________________________________ Names of places:______________________________________________________ Nationalities and languages:_____________________________________________

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PROGRESS CHECK 1

Demonstrative pronouns

2 Complete the sentences with this, that, these or those :

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Subject pronouns

6 Choose the correct words 1. I / We am from Ireland. 2. Jenny is from London. She /They is British. 3. These books are Japanese. It / They are difficult. 4. Kevin and I are good at football. You / We like it very much. 5. Those boys are from Paris. They / He are French.

UNIT 1 VOCABULARY The calendar 1. DAYS : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

MONTHS : January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

School subjects 2. The Catalan words are:

1 Science = ciències 2. English = anglès

3 Music = música 4 French = francès

5 Art = dibuix 6 History = història

7 Geography = geografia 8 Maths = matemàtiques

9 Spanish = castellà 10. P.E. = educació física

Now write which is your favourite subject:

My favourite school subject is (student's own answer)

Countries and nationalities 3. The number of the flag and the countries are:

Example : 1. Japan - Japanese

2. Spain = Spanish

3. France = French

4. Ireland = Irish

5. Brazil = Brazilian

6. Morocco = Moroccan

7. Canada = Canadian

8. England = English

9. Britain = British

10. America = American

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GRAMMAR Verb to be : affirmative and negative 4. The full forms of the verb to be are written on the left and the short forms are the ones on the right . The verb is written in blue print and the other words may vary

depending on the textbook each student uses:

Affirmative Negative I am a student / I’m a student I am not a teacher / I’m not a teacher you are a student / you're a student you are not a teacher / you aren't a teacher he is a student / he's a student he is not a teacher / he isn't a teacher she is a student / she's a student she is not a teacher / she isn't a teacher it is a book / it's a book it is not a book / it isn't a book we are students / we're students we are not teachers / we aren't teachers you are students / you're students you are not teachers / you aren't teachers they are students / they're students they are not teachers / they aren't teachers

Reading : 5. The correct sentences with the verb to be are: Janice is 13. She 's from Britain.

Peter isn't from Japan. He's very good at Art

Tomoko and Chikako aren't from Spain.

They're from Japan.

They aren't in a Music class. They 're in a Calligraphy class.

Demonstrative pronouns Singular Plural this these that those Fem servir this i these quan ens referim a coses que són a prop nostre. Fem servir that

i those per parlar de coses que són més lluny.

6. This exercise requires personal details about the students, so the answers are free and the teacher can correct the text individually.

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7. The correct demonstrative pronouns are :

a These / This are my friends b That / This is my book, here in my hand

c That / Those are Kate’s shoes

d That / This is our bus, there in the distance

e This / Those is my book

Verb to be : questions and short answers Questions Short answers Am I Yes, I am / No, I'm not

Are you in room 4? Yes, you are / No, you aren't

Is he/ she/ it Yes, he /she/it is / No, he/she/ it isn't

Are we Yes, we are / No, we aren't

Are you late ? Yes, you are/ No, you aren't

Are they Yes, they are/ No, they aren't

8. There is only one possible order for the questions whereas the answers can have

more than one correct option :

1. Example : Are you a student ? Yes, I am

2. Are you thirteen? Yes I am / No, I'm not

3. Is your friend a student? Yes, he/she is / No, he /she isn't

4. Are your friends at school? Yes, they are / No, they aren't

5. Is your teacher in class? Yes, he/she is / No, he / she isn't

Question words 9. The Catalan word for these interrogative pronouns is:

How? = com ? Where ? = on / a on ? What time ? = a quina hora?

What? = què, quin, quina? When ? = quan ? Who ? = qui ?

10. The correct question words are:

a Where is Tom Cruise from? He’s from the USA

b What is your name? My name is Helen

c How are you today? I’m very well, thank you

d Who is your favourite writer? J K Rowling

e When is your PE class? It’s on Monday

f What time is your first class? It’s at 8:50

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Reading

11. The names of the clubs are:

1 boricase aerobics 4 raketa karate

2 leycogo ecology 5 sicum music

3 shecs chess

12. The answers to the notices on the notice board are :

1 Where is the chess club? In room 4

2 Where (number of room) is the ecology club? In room 8

3 What’s the name of the karate teacher? Mr Lamb

4 What days are the aerobics sessions? On Monday and Friday

5 What instruments are there in the music class? Piano, guitar, flute and clarinet

6 Who is the music teacher? Mrs Ross

7 Where is the aerobics club? In the gym

Writing : Capital Letters 13. The correct sentences are:

1. My name is Jason 5. I’m from Glasgow in Scotland.

2. I'm from Ireland. I'm Irish 6. Sira is a Greek from Athens

3. My birthday is in August 7. Mary is from America

4. My favourite day is Friday

15. The words should be classified as it follows:

Days: Wednesday, Sunday, Saturday Months: September, May, October, February Names of places: London, Bilbao, Girona, Andorra, Germany Nationalities and languages: Catalan, Basque

An e-mail message

14. The teacher may check if the information the student wrote in the e-mail is the

correct one.

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PROGRESS CHECK 1

1. Countries and nationalities

a. Japanese e. Moroccan b. Britain f. France c. American g. Spanish d. Canada h. Irish 2. Demonstrative pronouns

2. This is a new CD 3. That is my brother's football 4. These aren't new trainers 5. Is that Helen?

3. be: affirmative and negative 1. are 2. ' re 3. is 4. ' m 5. is 6. aren't 4. be: questions 1. am 2. Is 3. is 4. Are 5. aren't 5. Question words 1. Who 2. What time 3. Where 4. What 5. When 6. Subject pronouns 1. I 2. She 3. They 4. We 5. They

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