#yearfive#holidays#English

1. 1.- Read the following text and answer the questions written below

4. Verb to be (am, is, are): Off to See
Whitby Again!
Complete the passage with (am, is, are) then complete the
tasks below:
This ___ a picture of my family. We _____ the Johnson’s. We ____
living in Manchester. We ____ British. My father’s name _____
Jack and he ____ thirty-five years old. My mother ___ called Judy
and she ____ thirty- three. They ____ both high school teachers. I
____ James and I ____ nine years old. I ____ a student at
Rosewood Primary School. I ____ in year five. This _____ my sister
Lilly. She ____six years old in year two. That ____ my little brother
Jude. He ____ three. He ____ in nursery. My brother and sister
____ very nice. We ____ very happy because my father _____
taking us out. We _____ going to Whitby for the day. It ____ a
beautiful place to visit. My aunt Ruth ____ coming too. Her sons Jason and Paul ____ meeting
us there. There ____ lots of nice things to do at Whitby. My favourite ____ eating fish and chips,
but the rest of the family ____ into climbing the 199 steps up to the ruins of the old church.
Answer the following in full sentences:
1. Where does James live?
________________________________________________
2. How old is his sister?
___________________________________________________
3. Do his parents work?
____________________________________________________
4. Where is this family going?
______________________________________________
5. Who are they going to see there?
_________________________________________
6. What is James going to eat?
___________________________________________

5. Circle (True) or (False). And then correct all mistakes:
1. This is a family of five people. True False
2. Jude is the eldest child. True False
3. Everyone is excited about the trip. True False
4. James has two cousins. True False
5. They are going on a trip to Whitby. True False
6. Lilly enjoys eating fish and chips. True False
Discussion: Do you have a favourite seaside you enjoy visiting? What is it called? What do you
enjoy doing?

6. Read the following text and answer the questions written below
1) WRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE PAST
SIMPLE
1.-The giraffe is very small.
2.-My cats aren’t Chinese.
3.-Yolanda isn’t your best friend.
4.-Julian and his sister are very intelligent.
5.-The trees are very high.
6.-My English teacher isn’t Scottish.
7.-Diana’s parents are on holiday in Belgium.
8.-Those documentaries aren’t interesting.
2) COMPLETE THE SENTECNES WITH PAST
SIMPLE
1.-Lorena …… (be) the best in her class.
2.-Kevin ………(not be) very friendly.
3.- Her friends ……….. (be) really funny.
4.-The movie ……….. (not be) very long.
5.-My watch ………. (be) fashionable.
6.-Her toys ……….. (not be) modern at all.
7.-My kite ……….. (be) from China.
8.-Miriam ………. ( be) my first love at school.

9. Read the two texts carefully. Then answer the questions.
1. What does Isabel usually do on Saturday mornings?
2. What is she doing this Saturday?
3. What does Mark usually do on Christmas day?
4. What is he doing this Christmas?
5. Underline the verbs in the two text, compare between the verbs that describe habits (usually) and the verbs that describe
actions at the time of speaking (this Saturday/ Christmas…/ Now …) . Then complete the rules:
a) When we describe habits, we put the verb in the ……………………………………. tense.
b) When we describe actions at the time of speaking, we put the verb in the ……………………….………….. tense.
Complete the text about Leo by putting the verbs in the correct tense.
‘On my birthday I (go/ sometimes)……………………… out with friends, or I (go) ………… out to a
restaurant with my family. My Mum (make/ usually) ………………………me a birthday cake. My Dad
and sisters (get/ usually) ………………………… me birthday presents.’
But this birthday is different! It’s Leo’s eighteenth birthday, so now he’s an adult. This morning
he got a lot of presents. Now he (have) ……………………………a big party with all his friends. They
(dance)……………….. and (sing) ……………………………….. They (eat) ……………………………. delicious
food and cakes, and (drink)……………………………. different sweet drinks. Leo (wear)
……………………………….. a blue jumber.
Write a short paragraph talking about what you usually do, and what you are doing right now.