Reading

1Read the biographical fact sheets. Then complete the profiles with information about Chloe and Akira.

a.“Hi! My name’s Chloe Taylor. I’m from ______and I’m ______years old. My favorite ______are Nirvana and Foo Fighters. I love rock music and I’m learning to play the ______.

In my spare time, I listen to ______(of course!) and go out with my friends. In the future, I want to be a famous ______and play in a rock band!”

b.“Hello! I’m Akira Ito. I’m from ______, Japan, and I’m ______years old. In my spare time, I like to ______manga and surf the ______. I speak ______and ______, and I’m learning ______.

I like manga so much that I draw and write stories for the school ______. In the future, I want to be an ______.”

2Read the biographical fact sheets again. Then write T (true) or F (false).

a.Akira is American.( )

b.Music is important in Chloe’s life.( )

c.Akira and Chloe like science.( )

d.Akira is fluent in three languages.( )

e.Chloe creates stories for the school newspaper.( )

Vocabulary

3Complete the sentences with countries or nationalities.

a.Sushi is food from Japan. It’s ______food.

b.Hans is from ______. He’s German.

c.Sophia is from ______. She’s South African.

d.We’re from ______. We’re Brazilian.

e.The Big Ben is in the United Kingdom. It’s a ______monument.

f.Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States. It’s an ______city.

g.The Gennaros are from ______. They’re Italian.

h.Marinette and Adrien are from France. They’re ______.

i.Mei-Li is from China. She’s ______.

j.Paella is food from Spain. It’s a ______dish.

k.Toronto and Montreal are in Canada. They’re ______cities.

l.Koalas are from Australia. They’re ______.

4Find nine numbers from 11–20 in the word search. Which number is missing?

Z / S / E / V / E / N / T / E / E / N / A / I
S / I / X / T / E / E / N / C / H / N / R / R
P / J / F / Q / G / Y / T / B / E / U / I / J
P / E / O / S / C / S / U / E / T / B / N / I
N / I / U / J / I / V / T / N / W / S / I / C
P / G / R / X / P / F / N / P / E / H / N / E
P / H / T / X / I / L / F / B / N / J / E / L
L / T / E / F / F / W / P / I / T / I / T / E
U / E / E / L / H / D / J / I / Y / O / E / V
Y / E / N / O / H / T / W / E / L / V / E / E
D / N / C / O / S / W / M / J / O / O / N / N

The missing number is ______.

Grammar

5Complete the sentences with subject pronouns and possessive adjectives.
Pay attention to the underlined words.

a.Hello! I’m Beatrice and ______’m from Italy. ______last name is Ferrari.

b.Look at that girl! Do you know ______name? ______isn’t in our class.

c.Hector Gomez is very nice. ______’s our Spanish teacher. ______classes are interesting and fun.

d.We’re not in 6B, ______’re in 6C. ______classroom is on the second floor.

e.The Itos are Japanese. ______’re from Tokyo, but ______live in Springfield. ______house is big.

f.I can’t find my book! Where is ______? ______cover is blue and green.

g.You’re Cecilia’s brother, right? What’s ______name? Are ______15 years old?

6Circle the correct form of be in the sentences.

a.What ’m / ’s / ’reyour name?

b.Hello! I’m / ’s / ’re Chris Torres.

c.Hi there! My name ’m / ’s / ’reJulia Carter.

d.The Spencers’m not / isn’t / aren’t from the United States. They ’m / ’s / ’re British.

e.Am / Are / Is you the new student from Australia?

f.Where am / is / are you from?

g.Danielle am / is / are Canadian, but she ’m not / isn’t / aren’tfrom Toronto.

h.We ’m / ’s / ’refrom Brazil, but we ’m not / isn’t / aren’t from Rio.

7Rewrite the sentences in the negative form and as questions.

a.Pietro is from Italy.

() ______

(?) ______

b.John and Amanda are friends.

() ______

(?) ______

c.Math is her favorite subject.

() ______

(?) ______

d.Messi is Argentinian.

() ______

(?) ______

8Complete the conversations with the prompts and a correct form of be.

a.Sarah:Hello! (What / your name)?

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Lucas:(My name / Lucas).

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Sarah:Nice to meet you, Lucas. (I / Sarah Adams), your new teacher.

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Lucas:Nice to meet you, too, Ms. Adams. (you / the new math teacher)?

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Sarah:No, (I / not). (I / new history teacher).

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Lucas:Great! History is my favorite subject!

b.Emily:Look at that boy! (his name / Lucas)?

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Ashley:Yes(it). (He / a new student in our school).

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Emily:(Where / he / from)?

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Ashley:I think (he / from) Brazil… (he) an exchange student, I guess.

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Emily:(He) really cute…

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