Progress check
Languages, countries and nationalities
1 Match the countries and the flags. Then write the languages and nationalities.
The USA Spain Russia China Ireland France
Adjectives
2 Find five pairs. Then translate the words into your language.
Old sad new difficult interesting happy small boring easy big
be
3 Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of be, Write true sentences.
1 I am a student.
2 Australia and New Zealand aren’t in Europe.
3 Seville isn’t the capital of Spain.
4 New York is in the USA.
5 I am from Scotland.
6 Polish people are from Poland.
Possessive adjectives and’s
4 Choose the correct words.
1 Johnny Depp is from the USA. His first language is English.
2 My mum’s birthday is in June.
3 We study English. Our teacher is called Ms Smith.
4 My cousins’ names are Julie and Jill.
5 Ireland is in Europe. Its flag is green, white and orange.
6 Shakira is from Colombia. Her first language is Spanish.
be: questions and question words
5 Match 1-5 with a-e. Then answer the questions.
1 Where
2 How
3 When
4 What
5 Who
a) old are you?
b) is your favourite actor?
c) are you from?
d) is your birthday?
e) is your teacher’s name?
Cumulative grammar
6 Complete the conversation with these words.
how ’m are who is what your it’s isn’t my very
Boy Hello! Where (1) are you from?
Man I (2) am from California in the USA.
Boy What’s (3) your first language?
Man (4) my first language is Miwok. (5) it’s a Native American language.
Boy (6) is it very common?
Man No, it (7) isn’t. Only three people speak Miwok now.
Boy Really? (8) what are they?
Man Me, my father and my grandfather.
Boy Your grandfather?! (9) how oid is he?
Man Oh, he’s (10) very old now!
Boy (11) what’s ‘goodbye’ in Miwok?
Man ‘Eyya manay kanni’.
Boy OK. Eyya manay kanni!
Man Goodbye!