NAME

CLASS
American
1 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation, ENGLISH FILE
and Practical English A Starter

GRAMMAR 3 We______day
4 Thu______
1 Complete the sentences. Use contractions
where possible. 5 F______
Example: I m a student. 6 S__t___day
6
1 Hi. I __________ Stephanie Webb.
2 I __________ a teacher. Im a student. Vocabulary total 10
3 You __________ in room number three.
4 Oh, good! You __________ in my class! PRONUNCIATION
5 Oh, no! I __________ late! 5 Underline the stressed syllable.
5 Example: Ru|ssian
1 Bra|zil
2 Underline the correct word. 2 Hun|gar|i|an
Example: My / I name is Jenny. 3 he|llo
1 I am / is from Canada. 4 af|ter|noon
2 It is / Is it a good book? 5 se|ven
Pronunciation total 5
3 He / You are in room 3.
4 A Is it from China? PRACTICAL ENGLISH
B No, its / hes not.
5 A Are you from Russia? 6 Complete the dialogues with the words
and phrases.
B Yes, I am / it is.

5 Excuse me
page
Grammar total 10
How do you spell your first name
VOCABULARY How do you spell that
How do you say
3 Check () the correct answer.
Could you please repeat that
Example: four + five =
A eight Bnine
Cten
Example: A How do you say libro in English?
1 three + two = B Book.
AfiveBsixCseven 1 A ____________, are you Paul Sutton?
2 seven + three = B Yes, I am.
AthreeBnineCten
2 A How do you spell hotel?
3 nine - seven = B H-O-T-E-L.
AtwoBfourCseven A ______________________?
4 three + five = B H-O-T-E-L.
AoneBsixCeight
3 A ______________________?
4 B M-I-C-H-A-E-L.
4 A My last names Smith.
4 Write the days of the week in order, following B ______________________?
Sunday, the example. A S-M-I-T-H.
Example: Sunday 5 Please open your book to _______ 3.
1 M___day
5
2 _____esday
Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Practical English total 30

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 NAME CLASS
American
ENGLISH FILE
1 Reading and Writing A Starter

READING 3 Oscar is from

ASpain B the United States
1 Read the emails and check () A, B, or C. CMexico
4 Ana is from
www.friendsinternational.com Say hello to
AMexico BSpain CBrazil
international friends!
5 Oscar is
From: Friends International A on vacation B in room nine
To: Katie C in room ten
Subject: New penfriend! 6 Anas last name is
Attachment: photo of Oscar AValencia BGil CGarca
Hello Katie! This is your new penfriend in the photo. His first 7 Jack is in
name is Oscar and his last name is Gil. Have a nice day! AChicago BMadrid CMexico
To: Oscar 8 Katie isnt
From: Katie A in the United States B in Chicago
C in Mexico
Subject: Hello
9 Jack is
Attachment: photo of Jack and Katie
A from Canada B from Spain
Hi! My names Katie Steel. Im from Chicago in the United
C from the United States
States. And this is my boyfriend Jack Foster in the photo.
Where are you from, Oscar? 9
To: Katie
From: Oscar 2 Read the emails again and complete the ID cards.
Subject: Good evening First name: Oscar
Hello Katie! Good evening from Spain. My names Oscar Gil. Last name: Gil
Im in Madrid but Im not from Spain. Im from Mexico. Im From: 1 __________
from Puebla and Im on vacation now in Madrid. My friend in
Spain is Ana Garca. Shes from Valencia. Where are you? Are First name: Katie
you home in Chicago? Is Jack from the United States? Last name: 2 ________
To: Oscar From: 3 ________
From: Katie
Subject: Hi again! First name: Ana
Last name: Garca
Yes, I am in Chicago. Im not on vacation!! And Jack isnt from
the United States. Hes from Canada. Its late, Oscar. Nice
From: 4 ________
to meet you! Thank you for the email. Bye!
First name: 5 ________
To: Katie
Last name: 6 ________
From: Oscar
From: Canada
Subject: Bye!
Goodbye, Katie. Nice to meet you. 6

Reading total 15
Example: Katie is
A from Canada
B from the United States

C from Spain
1 Katies last name is
AFoster BSteel CGil
2 Katie is in
AMexico BMadrid CChicago

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 NAME CLASS
American
ENGLISH FILE
1 Reading and Writing A Starter

WRITING 2 Answer the questions about Tom with

complete sentences.
1 Answer the questions about you with
complete sentences. First name: Tom
Example: Are you from England? Last name: Johnson
No, I am not. Country: the United States
1 Are you a student? 1 Whats his first name?
___________________. ___________________.
2 Are you ten years old? 2 Whats his last name?
___________________. ___________________.
3 Are you in English class now? 3 Where is he from?
___________________. ___________________.
4 Are you Raymond? 4 Is he from Canada?
___________________. ___________________.
5 Are you in a classroom? 5 Is he from the United States?
___________________. ___________________.

5 5

Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

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 NAME CLASS
American
ENGLISH FILE
1 Listening and Speaking A Starter

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to Dan and Jenny talking to the receptionist. 1 Ask your partner these questions.
Check () the correct information. 1 Whats your first name?
Name: 2 How do you spell it?
1 A Dan Hughes B Dan Howes 3 Whats your last name?
Country: 4 How do you spell it?
2 A Canada B the United States 5 Where are you from?
2 Now answer your partners questions about you.
Name:
3 A Jenny Kerr B Jenny Carr
3 Read the information about a different famous
person and answer your partners questions.
City:
Justin Timberlake
4 A Chicago B New York
United States
Room:
5 A six B seven 4 Your partner has information about a famous
person. Ask your partner these questions.
5
What / her first name?
What / her last name?
How / spell it?
2 Listen to five conversations. Check () the Where / she from?
correct answer. Speaking total 15
1 Her name is
A Rachel Wells B Rachel Walls Listening and Speaking total 25

2 Paul is in room
A three B four
3 Anna is from
A Brazil B Spain
4 Carla is from
A Seattle B Chicago
5 Go to page
A eight B ten
5

Listening total 10

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