Progress check

Read 1–15 and evaluate your learning in Unit 1. Give yourself a mark from 1 to 3. How can you improve?
1 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.

123

• 2Name five things that you do every day.

I can talk about my daily routine.

123

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

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

123

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 he, she and it.

123

• 5When do we use the present simple?

I can identify when to use the present simple.

123

• 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.

123

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.

123

• 8Which school subjects use the objects below?

  a calculator   b Spanish dictionary   c map

I can identify school subjects.

123

• 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.

123

• 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.

123

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.

123

• 12Give two affirmative and two negative classroom instructions.

I can understand classroom instructions.

123

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.

123

• 14Answer the questions.

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

I can complete a questionnaire.

123

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

I can write a questionnaire.

123