Progress check

Read 1–15 and evaluate your learning in Unit 1. Give yourself a mark from 1 to 3. How can you improve?
I can't do this.    2 I have some problems with this.    3 I can do this well.

A  Breakfast in space

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 1Name three things astronauts do on the space station every day.

I can understand a text about a daily routine.

3

1. They do experiments. 2. They use the internet. 3. They watch films in the gym.

  • 2Name five things that you do every day.

I can talk about my daily routine.

3

1. I get up. 2. I get dressed. 3. I have dinner. 4. I read a book. 5. I do my homework.

  • 3What do you do at the weekend / on Friday / in summer?

I can use prepositions of time to talk about when I do things.

3

I watch TV at the weekend. I meet my friends on Friday. I swim in the lake in summer.

B  Bright and early

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 4Name three things a friend does every day.

I can use the present simple with heshe and it.

3

My friend does exercies. She chats on the phone. She plays video games.

  • 5When do we use the present simple?

I can identify when to use the present simple.

3

We use the present simple to talk about routines and true situations.

  • 6Rewrite the sentences in the negative form.

    1 They watch films at the weekend.   2 She likes pizza.

I can use the present simple in affirmative and negative sentences.

3

1. They don't watch films at the weekend. 2. She doesn't like pizza.

C  British schools

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 7What's the difference between a day school and a boarding school?

I can understand a text about British schools.

3

At a day school students go to school in the morning and they go home in the afternoon. At a boarding school students sleep at the school during term time.

  • 8Which school subjects use the objects below?

    a calculator   b Spanish dictionary   c map

I can identify school subjects.

3

a. maths b. Spanish / modern languages c. geography

  • 9Put the words in order to make questions. Write short answers that are true for you.

    1study / do / history / you ?

    2your friend / like / does / homework ?

I can use the present simple to ask and answer questions.

3

1. Do you study history? Yes, I do. / No, I don't. 2. Does your friend like homework? Yes, he does. / No, he doesn't.

  • 10What question words do we use to find out about

    a things?   b time?   c people?   d numbers?

I can use question words with the present simple.

3

a. What b. When c. Who d. How many / How old

D  Journeys to school

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 11Rewrite the sentences. Start each new sentence with I go.

    1 I walk to school.   2 I cycle to my friend's house.

I can talk about transport and journeys.

3

1. I go to school on foot. 2. I go to my friend's house by bike.

  • 12Give two affirmative and two negative classroom instructions.

I can understand classroom instructions.

3

1. Open your books on page 14. 2. Sit down, please. 3. Don't use your phone in class. 4. Don't eat in class.

E  A questionnaire

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 13Which of the following need a capital letter?

    ■ place names    ■ months    ■ seasons    ■ days of the week    

    ■ nationalities

I can use capital letters correctly.

3

place names months days of the week nationalities

  • 14Answer the questions.

    1 Who's your favourite actor?   2 What's your favourite song?

I can complete a questionnaire.

3

1. My favourite actor is Brad Pitt. 2. My favourite song is 'Imagine'.

  • 15Write three questions you want to ask a teenager from the USA.

I can write a questionnaire.

3

1. Do you wear a uniform at school? 2. Have you got a pet? 3. What's your favourite school subject?