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Scrivi sotto ogni immagine il nome dell’animale. Guarda la tabella a sinistra.1

Lesson 1 Animal magic!

Dog

Wolf

Crocodile

Rabbit

Eagle

Lizard

Horse

Sheep

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Di quali animali si tratta? Completa con le lettere mancanti.

1 M __ __ S __

2 B __ T

3 K A __ __ A __ O __

4 S __ A I __

5 G __ R __ __ __ E

6 F __ X

2 Risolvi gli anagrammi e scopri i nomi degli animali.

1 pEESh SHEEP

2 nKMOyE MONKEY

3 GIp

4 TAc

5 GERIT

6 IGAllTORA

7 wlO

8 BREzA

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Scrivi il plurale dei seguenti nomi.

1 wolf wolves

2 tiger

3 mouse

4 glass

5 buffalo

6 cat

7 boy

8 baby

9 snail

10 kangaroo

4Il plurale

Si forma aggiungendo

+ s alla parola

es. tiger ➔ tigers boy ➔ boys

Ma se la parola termina per...

es. glass ➔ gasses buffalo ➔ buffaloes

es. baby ➔ babies

Ricorda:

man ➔ men mouse ➔ mice

-x -sh-ch -s-o -z

aggiungi-es

consonante + y

togli -y aggiungi -ies

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Lesson 2 Are tigers dangerous?

Rispondi alle domande con risposte brevi (✔ = yes, ✘ = no).

1 Is your mum 45? (✔) Yes, she is.

2 Is your brother a student? (✘) no, he .

3 Are Jenny and Sheila good friends? (✘) no, they .

4 Is your dad a zookeeper? (✔) yes, .

5 Are they English? (✔) yes, .

6 Is the dog in the garden? (✘) no, .

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Rispondi in modo personale con risposte brevi (Yes, I am./No, I’m not.).

1 Are you French? No, I’m not.

2 Are you Italian?

3 Are you at middle school?

4 Are you a good student?

5 Are you 16?

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Abbina le domande alle risposte brevi.

1 Is Jane 15? a no, I’m not.

2 Are Mathias and Hans from Germany? b yes, she is.

3 Is Obama from the UK? c no, it isn’t.

4 Are you chinese? d yes, they are.

5 Is this a pen? e no, he isn’t.

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Risposte brevi Present simple del verbo be

1 Are you Italian? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.

2 Is Peter a student? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.

3 Are Michael and Suzy good friends? Yes, they are. No, they aren’t.

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Volgi le frasi alla forma interrogativa.

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1 he is a zookeeper. Is he a zookeeper?

2 Bin Bin is from china. ?

3 Dimitri and Aldo are friends.

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5 Johnny Depp is an American actor.

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6 your mum is polish. ?

4 This is your class. ?

Completa con who (persona), where (luogo), when (tempo) o what (cosa).

1 “ What is it?” “It’s a book.”

2 “ is your teacher?” “he’s in class.”

3 “ is he?” “he’s my new English friend.”

4 “ is christmas?” “It’s on 25th December.”

5 “ is Morgan?” “he’s a singer.”

6 “ are your English lessons?” “They’re on Mondays.”

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Verbo beForma interrogativa

Am I ?

Are you ?Is he ?Is she ?Is it ?

Are we ?

Are you ?

Are they ?

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Lesson 3 I’m so lucky!

Completa la tabella con i dati di un altro personaggio a tua scelta.2

Rispondi in modo personale alle seguenti domande.

1 what’s your name? My name’s

2 where are you from?

3 where are your parents from?

4 how old are you?

5 when is your birthday?

6 what’s your favourite animal?

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?Date of birth 27th December 1962 25th September 1968

From nairobi, Kenya philadelphia, USA

Job wildlife photographer Actor, singer

Hobbies Scuba diving, art and music chess, basketball

Favourite animals lions Dogs

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Rileggi la tabella dell’esercizio 1 e completa.

Simon King’s birthday is on (1) .

he’s from (2) .

he’s a wildlife photographer.

his favourite (3) are (4) , art and (5) .

his favourite animals are (6) .

will Smith is (7) years old.

he’s American, he’s from (8) .

he’s an actor and a (9) .

his favourite hobbies are (10) .

his favourite animals are (11) .

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Rileggi la tabella dell’esercizio 1 e rispondi alle domande.1 where is Simon King from?

2 what are his favourite animals?

3 what are his hobbies?

4 where is will Smith from?

5 what is his job?

6 what are his hobbies?

Ora scrivi un paragrafo simile sul personaggio scelto da te.

he/she is (1) years old.

he/she’s from (2) .

he/she’s (3) a .

his/her favourite hobbies are (4) .

his favourite animals (5) are .

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Lesson 4 I-spy

Riordina le parole per formare delle frasi (la prima parola è in grassetto). 2

WORDSNAKE Individua 10 parole nel serpente. 1

phone/plant/l a m p mo n e y p i c t u r e c o m p u t e r b i n b e d r u c k s a c k d e s k

Aggettivi

Ricorda:

l’aggettivo precede il nome a cui si riferisce

es. This is an interesting book.

l’aggettivo non cambia mai, anche con nomi plurali

es. These are interesting books.

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1 blue pen / It / a / is It is a blue pen.

2 an English / Sarah / student / is

3 Lions / my favourite / are / animals

4 chinese boy / a / is / Bin Bin

5 They / Spanish friends / my / are

6 It is / my / computer / new

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keysrucksackwardrobetrainers binpostercards computer

Step 1. Osserva i disegni. Step 2. Scrivi il nome sotto a ciascun oggetto.3

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Lesson 5 What is that?

Completa con that (singolare) o those (plurale).

1. what’s ?

2. are the Jonas brothers.

3. Are your pens?

4. is my mobile phone.

5. is the new Madonna cD.

6. are my new friends.

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Completa con this (singolare) o these (plurale).

1. is my new computer.

2. Are your trainers?

3. is a messy bedroom.

4. Is your pencil case?

5. are my playing cards.

6. I love singer.

1This/TheseQuesto-a/questi-e

This is my new computer(vicino, singolare)

These are my new trainers (vicino, plurale)

That/ThoseQuello-a/quelli-e

That is my new computer (lontano, singolare)

Those are my new trainers(lontano, plurale)

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1 a bottle of water / a lamp

That’s not a bottle of water,

that’s a lamp.

2 a watch / a clock

• What’s that?

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5 keys / pens Those aren’t keys, those are pens.

6 rucksacks / rulers

3 a history book / a dictionary

4 a mobile phone / a pencil case

7 diaries / books

8 desks / chairs

• What are those?

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Lesson 6 Mystery celebrity game show

True or false? Step 1. Leggi il testo. Step 2. Indica se le affermazioni sono vere (T) o false (F).

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hi, my name is laura and I’m 12. I’m from Italy. My father’s from Italy. he’s Italian and his name is Marco. My mother’s from England. She’s English and her name is Jennifer. My favourite possessions are my mp3 player and my bike. My favourite place in town is the cinema. I love films!

1 laura is English. T F

2 her mother is English. T F

3 her father is Italian. T F

4 her favourite place is the cinema. T F

5 her favourite possessions are her mp3 player and her bike. T F

Immagina di essere Laura e rispondi alle seguenti domande.

1 what’s your name? My name’s Laura.

2 Is your father Italian? yes, he .

3 where is your mother from? She’s from .

4 what are your favourite possessions? My favourite possessions .

5 what’s your favourite place in town? My

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Formula domande per le seguenti risposte.

1 how old ?

I’m 12 years old.

2 what nationality is your ?

My father? he’s Italian.

3 Is your ?

yes, my mother’s English.

4 what is your ?

My favourite place is the cinema.

5 what are your ?

My favourite animals are cats and dogs.

Completa il paragrafo con le tue informazioni personali.

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hi, my name is . I’m years old.

I’m from . My favourite possessions are .

My favourite place in town is .

This is my mum/sister/friend. her name is . She is years old.

This is my dad/brother/friend. his name is . he is years old.

Completa le descrizioni con le informazioni su due membri della tua famiglia.5