There are 19 sets of simple exercises to be completed by 10th February.In case of doubt ,don't hesitate to approach your Teacher of English.Spend some extra time with your teacher  or a resourseful classmate  for the successful completion of the exercises.

BLUE 01

Answer some simple questions

PART A - Fill in the missing information and delete the wrong information:

1. My name is .

2. I come from .

3. I'm  years old.

4. I'm in the  th grade.

5. My class teacher's name is .

6. I live in  .

7. I am very/quite tall/short/ medium-height.

8. I have long/short/medium-length black/brown/blonde hair.

9. My eyes are blue/grey/brown.

10. I have no brothers or sisters/ one brother and two sisters ....

11. I like soccer/tennis/reading/swimming ...

12. I don't like Western food/homework ..

13. My favourite colour is red/brown/green ...

14. My favourite school subject is ESL!!/math ...

15. A school subject I don't like is ...

16. Three more sentences about myself or my family:

a.

b.

c.

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

 PART B - Write full sentence answers to these questions:

a. What is your name?

b. Where are you from?

c. How old are you?

d. Which grade are you in?

e. What is your homeroom teacher's name?

f. Where do you live?

g. Have you got any brothers or sisters?

h. What do you look like?

i. What are your hobbies?

j. What school subjects do you like and dislike?

BLUE 02

Correct some simple sentences

Correct simple sentences

Correct the sentences, then write your answer underneath.

1. what is your naim.

2. where are you form

3. who old are you

4. wich grade are you in.

5. who is Your class teatcher

6. what is your locker number

7. waht is your Telephone number.

BLUE 03

Unscramble sentences

A. Unscramble these words to make good sentences. Don't forget to put a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end of each sentence.

1. name her is Susan

2. goes to she FIS

3. from Canada comes she

4. brother in grade the her is seventh

5. old is 11 she years

6. father in works a bank her

7. playing she tennis likes

8. language French is first her

9. black green hair eyes and has she

10. by comes to bus school she

B. Unscramble these words to make good questions. Begin each question with a capital letter and end each one with a question mark.

11. your is what name

12. you from come do where

13. old how you are

14. birthday when your is

15. you school how to do come

16. your work does father where

17. to what you do play like

18. grade are in you which

BLUE 04

Correct a text 1

There are mistakes of SPELLING, PUNCTUATION and CAPITALIZATION in this text. Can you correct them all?

the name of this scool is FIS There are more than one

tousand students hear from all over The werld. meny students

dont no english so thay have esl lessens?

do you like you're new school.

BLUE 05

Correct a text 2

A. This text is strange. Can you correct the mistakes with a sensible word. Use CAPITAL letters!

Example: Goodbye, my banana is John .... HALLO, my banana is John ....

Goodbye, my banana is John. I come from America and I am 11

eggs old. I have one test-tube - her name is Julia and he is

13 years old. My ruler's name is Robert and he is 300 years

older than me. I have long black butter and big blue

microscopes.

I go to FIS by plane and my favourite lesson is sleeping. I

like music and I am learning to play the frog. I also like

sports, and after school on Motherday I always eat football.

Hallo!

B. Can you write your own strange text?

BLUE 06

Nogap morning routine

A. Put spaces in the right places!

myalarmclockringsathalfpastsevenandigetupfiveminuteslaterfirstig

otothebathroomwhereiwashmyselfandbrushmyteeththenigotothekitchent

ohavebreakfastieattoastandjamandidrinkcoldmilkafterbr

eakfastigetreadyforschoolileavemyhouseateightoclockandcatc

hthebusatquarterpastittakestwentyminutestogettoschool

B. Now write what you do in the evenings and close the gaps!

BLUE 07

Missing words

Each star means a word is missing. Erase the star and write in the best word:

Gopal and Nataki live near a * in India. Gopal is a *

and he is happy because he * his job. One day he * a big

fish in his * ; he is going to kill it when the fish opens its

* and starts to talk. It says, "Do not * me, put me back in

the * . I want to live!" So Gopal puts * fish back and goes

home. When he tells Nataki * the fish, she is angry. She

tells * to go back to the river and ask the fish for some *

and a new red dress. So Gopal goes back and the fish * into

his net. He * the fish what Nataki wants, and the fish

answers, "She can't have * she wants. Put me back in the river and

go home!"

When Gopal gets home, he * food on the table and Nataki is

* a new red dress. "Beautiful!" he says, "Are you *

now?" But Nataki is not happy and she tells her husband to go back

* the river and * the fish for more things. Each time the fish

gives her what she * but she is still not satisfied. Finally,

she wants to be * of her country. When Gopal tells the fish,

it says again, "She * have everything she wants. Put me back

in the river and go home. And * , Gopal!" When Gopal gets

home, Nataki is in her old * and all her new things have gone.

She is * and tells him to go back to the river, but Gopal *

not see the big fish. It * jumps into his net again!

BLUE 8

Correct a text 3

A. Correct the mistakes in this text.

my Summer Hoiliday

;in the sumerholidays i travellewd to delhi with my familie =We

ewent their by train and the jouurney took 24hours. <>: we >staid

in abighotel by the rajghat. i went to the city everyday and   3in the evenings I wached tV. i had a  great

time!  &

B. Write some sentences about your best summer holiday:

BLUE 11

Too many words

Read the following text and delete any word that is not necessary.

JOHN'S SUMMER HOLidAY

John lives in the London. He is and twelve years old and he is likes

swimming and fishing. He goes to France every a year with his family.

They stay in a big hotel by the sea. John want goes to the beach every day and plays

he on the sand with his friends. When the weather is to hot he swims in the sea.

In the evenings he goes into town and

does plays golf with his father. He likes the France and wants to go to there

 again next year.

GREEN 01

Word game

Can you make ten new words using letters from each of the following big words? Your words must have four letters.

Example:  CONSERVATION coat  coin  nest  note

soon  nose  vase   near  rice  race

1. CONGRATULATIONS

2. TEMPERATURE

3. BRIEFCASE

GREEN 02

Analogies

A. Can you complete the following analogies?

Example: Boy is to girl as man is to .. WOMAN.

1. Hot is to cold as big is to ..

2. Hand is to glove as foot is to ..

3. School is to learn as church is to ..

4. Simple is to easy as hard is to ..

5. Word is to dictionary as map is to ..

6. Peel is to orange as skin is to ..

7. Pencil is to write as typewriter is to ..

8. Air is to breathe as water is to ..

9. Hand is to finger as foot is to ..

10. Teacher is to classroom as scientist is to ..

B. Now write three more analogies of your own:

1.

2.

3.

GREEN 03

Questions

A. Write short answers to the following questions.

Example: Are you sitting next to a boy? Yes, I am! or: No, I'm not!

1. Is Mr Shoebottom wearing a blue shirt today?

2. Did you come to school yesterday?

3. Are you going swimming tomorrow?

4. Will you give me DM50?

5. Can you play the piano?

6. Were you at FIS in 5th grade?

7. Do you like school?

8. Are you looking at a computer screen?

9. Did you watch television last night?

10. Does your father work in a bank?

11. Did your ESL teacher give you homework yesterday?

12. Is this the last question?

B. Now write e questions for these short answers:

Example: Do you like ESL lessons? - Yes, I do!

1.

- Yes, I did!

2.

- No, I can't!

3.

- Yes, I will!

4.

- No, I don't!

5.

- No, I'm not!

6.

- No, I won't!

7.

- Yes, I do!

8.

- Yes, I can!

9.

- Yes, I am!

10.

- Yes, I was!

11.

- No, it isn't!

12.

- No, he didn't!

GREEN 04

Rhyming words

Words that rhyme have the same sound. CAT and HAT are examples of words which rhyme.

A. Find a word to rhyme with the examples below; erase the question marks and type in the rhyming word. There is a sentence to help you in each case. Be careful: not all words that rhyme use the same letters!

1. cat    hat  (you wear it on your head)

2. mad   ????? (short name for father)

3. late   ????? (the opposite of love)

4. yard   ????? (not easy)

5. house   ????? (a tiny animal)

6. book   ????? (what you do with your eyes)

7. ball   ????? (part of a house)

8. tree   ????? (doesn't cost anything)

9. grows   ????? (you smell with it)

10. meat   ????? (on the end of your legs)

11. night   ????? (you do this with a pen)

12. rule   ????? (where you are now)

B. Now write 6 pairs of rhyming words of your own with a clue:

1.

2.

3.

4

5.

6.

GREEN 05

Double letters 1

A. All the words below have a double letter missing. The double letters may be consonants like 'rr' 'tt' 'pp' or vowels like 'ee' 'oo' 'uu'. Can you fill in the missing letters using the clues?

Example: le**er (You post it) = letter

1. pu**y (a baby dog)

2. ca**ot (a vegetable)

3. pu**le (crossword)

4. mi**or (you look in it)

5. f**d (you eat it)

6. ke**le (to boil water in)

7. ri**on (to tie presents)

8. sk**ng (good fun in winter)

9. vac**m (there's nothing in it)

10. t**th (you bite with them)

11. la**er (you can climb up it)

12. co**** (a drink)

13. b**t (you wear it on your f**t)

B. Now write five examples of your own plus a small clue.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

GREEN 06

Double letters 2

You have to fill in the gaps around the double letters.

Example: *oo* (What you do with your eyes) = look

1. **oo* (what you do with a gun)

2. **ll** (a colour)

3. **nn** (a mealtime)

4. ***rr** (to fight or argue)

5. **ee* (you do this when you're tired)

6. *oo** (like a big duck)

7. **rr** (opposite of wide)

8. *pp** (a fruit)

9. **pp * (not miserable)

10. **oo* (you eat soup with it)

11. **ee** (when water turns to ice)

12. *oo* (middle of the day)

13. **bb** (an animal)

Now write 5 examples of your own with a clue.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

GREEN 07

Story without a middle

There are three main parts to a story. The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the people or characters are. The MidDLE tells what happens to these people. The CONCLUSION tells how the story ends.

A. Read the story below. It has a beginning and an conclusion but no middle.

SALLY'S PROBLEM

Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the

window. She didn't hear what the teacher said because she was

thinking about her big problem .........

Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was

going to be alright again.

B. Write two ideas what Sally's problem could be:

1.

2.

C. Choose the idea you like best, and write about it. Put your middle between the beginning and the end of the story of Sally's problem.

GREEN 08

Book review

Book reviews tell other people about books we have read. A book report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the book is about.

A. Read this book report by one of last year's ESL students.

TITLE: Jaws

AUTHOR: Robert Benchley

type OF BOOK: Adventure

CONTENT: It's about a big shark which eats people when they are

swimming.

OPINION: I liked the story. It was exciting and a bit

frightening. I've seen the film - that was good too.

B. Now answer these questions about the book report.

1. What is the book about?

2. Who wrote it?

3. What did the student think about the book?

4. Was it a love story?

C. Now read this book review by another student.

 "I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the

pictures in it weren't very good. J.R Smith wrote "The Sinking of

the Titanic" because his father was killed when the ship hit an

iceberg. More that 1,000 people died when the ship sank. I don't

like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."

The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the headings below.

TITLE:

AUTHOR:

type OF STORY:

CONTENT:

OPINION:

GREEN 09

Spelling

A. All these sentences contain one or more words which have one letter too many. Can you correct them?

Example: fourty = forty writeing = writing

1. Can your help me with my homeworks? 2

2. Why do you allways forgett to bring your materials to class? 2

3. I'm flying back to Brazil tommorrow. 1

4. We had a wonderfull time on our hoilidays in Switzerland. 2

5. I need to buy some tabletts; I've got a terrible stomache

ache. 2

6. The last time I saw him he was liveing in a large appartment in

the middle of the city. 1

7. If you want to get fit you must take plenty of excercise. 1

8. I was so tired last night that I sleept for ten hours. 2

9. I went shopping yesterday and brought all my Christmass

presents. 2

10. Can you give me a differrent fourk, please. This one is dirty. 2

11. Have you written your 'thank-you' letters yet. - No, I'm going

to do it when I have finnished cutting the grass. 1

12. Why where you absent yesterday? - I had to go to the optician

to have my eyes tested. 1

13. My friend has a lot of pets: 3 hammsters, 4 rabbitts and 5

mices. 3

14. Where does your farther work? - In a factory, I beelieve. 2

15. What do you want four you're birthday? - A new settee with lots

of soft cushions and a new cofffee-table. 3

16. Go to bed know, please! - But I cann't, I have to clean my teeth

first. 2

17. I went to the zoo last weekeend and saw 3 kangarroos, 2

girraffes and a gorrilla. 4

18. What are you doing? - I'm fixxing my brother's biciycle. 2

19. I have choosen a nice blue blouse for my sister's birthday in

Ocktober. 2

20. She always laughes when she gets an answer wrong. 1

B. Now write 6 sentences which contain ONE word which has ONE letter too many.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

GREEN 10

Questions

A. Write questions for these short answers.

Example: a. Why are you yawning? - because I'm tired

1.

- in the Taj

2.

- I played tennis

3.

- at 10 o'clock

4.

- he's a teacher

5.

- about once a week

6.

- because I got an F in my test

7.

- Bill Clinton

8.

- it's mine!

9.

- by bus

10.

- the red one

11.

- because I like you

12.

- frogs

GREEN 11

Fill in the missing words

The stars show where a word is missing from the text. Erase the star and put in a suitable word!

The White family want a * in the town, where they can * near

the shops and the cinema, but a new house * $400 and they

haven't got this much * .

One day Mr Morris, an old * of theirs, comes to visit them.

The Whites like to hear his * about different countries.

Suddenly Herbert * that Morris has something in his * - it's a

monkey's foot! Morris * them that they can have three * with

the foot but he knows that it is very * and so he throws it on

the * . While the others go to the table to start dinner,

Herbert * the foot from the fire without * seeing him.

Later, when Morris has * , Mr White picks up the foot and

* for $400. The foot * in his hand but no money appears. They

are * and go to bed. Next * there is still no money and they go

off to * as usual.

Herbert doesn't return from the * at the normal time and Mr and

Mrs White start to get * . Suddenly there is * on the door. It

is a * from Herbert's workplace. He has some terrible * for the

Whites - that Herbert was * in a big machine in the factory. He

has a * with him, offering them $400 compensation!

Later that night the Whites are in * . Suddenly Mrs White

* that they have 2 * wishes and runs to get the monkey's foot.

Mr White tries to * her but he is too late - she wishes her son

* again. At first nothing * , then they hear footsteps coming

down the * towards the door. Then something knocks on the door

- * and again. Mrs White rushes downstairs to open up but

* she can do this Mr White finds the * and wishes his son *

again. When Mrs White * the door there is nothing * !

GREEN 11

Spelling

A. All of the following sentences contain one or more words which have a letter missing. Can you put the missing letter back in?

Example: Franfurt = Frankfurt Intenational = International Scool = school

1. I'm going to Japan in Febuary. 1

2. Did you do anything intresting at the weekend? 1

3. Has your mother stoped smoking yet? 1

4. You passed your driving test first time? Congratulatons! 1

5. Thanks for helping me. - It's a plesure! 1

6. You will burn youself if you sit to close to the fire. 1

7. Turn of the radio and go to bed imediately! 2

8. I've lost a lot of weigh recently; my trousers are too lose. 2

9. The libarian was very anoyed with me for forgeting to bring my

book back on time. 3

10. Do you realy eat octopus for brekfast? 2

11. It took us hours to clim to the top of the mountan, 2

12. What's the opposit of 'marvelous'? - It's 'terible', I

think. 3

13. What are you laghing about? I don't think it's at all funy. 2

14. The bigest animal in the world is the wale. 2

15. Were was he yesteday? - I'm not sure, but I think he was sick. 2

16. On Wenesdays I play sqash and on Satudays I go swiming. 4

17. Do you now where she is? - Yes, she's in the dining-room nitting

a new pullover. 2

18. The baby is getting biger and biger evry day. 3

19. Can I have a diffrent nife, please? This one's dirty. 2

20. Can I have the scissor, please? 1

21. Why are you always geting the ansers rong? 3

22. You will never get fit unless you execise more. 1

23. We wached an exiting film on televison last night. 3

24. It's easier to clean you carpet with a vacum cleaner. 2

25. I'm going sking with the school next January. 1

26. Can you help me finish this crossword puzle? 1

27. You must come straigt home when you've bougt your presents. 2

28. Their house is so big that they have to kichens. 2

29. What do you want for your birtday? 1

30. If the wether's good tomorow we'll play tenis. 3

B. Now write 6 sentences of your own - each containing ONE word with ONE letter missing.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.