English for starter 3 activity book

J. Greet


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New edition 2007
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Contents
Contents

Unit 1

Hello, I’m ...

1

Unit 2

My favourite lesson

4

Unit 3

Our school

7

Unit 4

What do you like doing?

10

Unit 5

Revision 1

13

Unit 6

Sports competition

15

Unit 7

In a race

18

Unit 8

Where do you want to go?

21

Unit 9

Go on holiday

24

Unit 10

Revision 2

27

Unit 11

What we take on a holiday

29

Unit 12

What are you doing?

32

Unit 13

The weather

35


Contents

Unit 14

I think it’s a bird.

38

Unit 15

Revision 3

41

Unit 16

Your family

43

Unit 17

Animals around the world

46

Unit 18

How much are they?

49

Unit 19

In a restaurant

52

Unit 20

Revision 4

55

Unit 21

The museum

57

Unit 22

The history of Palmyra

60

Unit 23

When I was young, ...

63

Unit 24

Yesterday

66

Unit 25

Revision 5

69

Extra activities

71

Handwriting practice

75


Unit 1

Hello, I’m ...

1 Read and match
I’ve got two sisters.

I’ve got a brother
and a sister.

2 Spell

a _i _l a
L _
_

O _ _ _

m _ _ _ _ _

H _ _ _

F _ _ _ _

f _ _ _ _ _

M _ _ _

H _ _ _
1


Unit 1

3 Draw your family

4 Write
live

lives

lives
1 Hani ____________
with his mother and father.
2 Hani’s grandfather ____________ in Homs.
3 Omar and Laila ____________ in Damascus.
4 Fadia ____________ with Omar and Laila.
5 Fadia’s mother ____________ in Damascus.
6 Omar’s mother and father ____________ in Damascus.
2

Unit 1

5 Find the words

1

p r

i m a r y

2

1 Laila and Omar go to
primary
____________
school.

3
4
5

2 Miss Hiba is the ____________.

6

3 Laila has got a _____________.
His name is Omar.

7
8

4 Omar and Laila have got a
____________. Her name is Fadia.

9
10

5 Hani’s grandfather lives in ____________.
6 Hani’s father ____________ to work at half past seven.
7 We go to the mosque on ____________.
8 Hani lives in ____________.
9 Hani, Omar and Laila are ____________ at school.
10 ‘____________, I’m Laila.’
Hidden word: ______________________

6 Write
Dear ____________ ,
My name is ____________.
I live in ____________.
I live with ______________________________.
I’ve got ____________ sisters and ____________ brothers.
Write soon,
____________

3


Unit 2

My favourite lesson

1 Tick (3) or cross (7)
Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

1
2
3
4
5

We’ve
We’ve
We’ve
We’ve
We’ve

got
got
got
got
got

Maths on Tuesday.
Music on Monday.
English on Sunday.
Science on Wednesday.
Arabic on Tuesday.

7

2 Write
My favourite lesson is ________________.

4


Unit 2

3 Draw and write

1 My favourite food is
________________.

2 My favourite drink is
________________.

3 My favourite hobby is
_________________.

4 My favourite colour is
_________________.

4 Look and write
favourite lesson is Music.
1 His
_____________________________
2 Her __________________________.

3 _____________________________.

4 _____________________________.
5 _____________________________.
5


Unit 2

5

Write about Omar
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Sunday, he’s got Maths and English.
1 On
___________________________________
2 ___________________________________.
3 ___________________________________.
4 ___________________________________.
5 ___________________________________.

6 Write about you
1 On Sunday, I’ve got _______________________________.
2 On Monday, ______________________________________.
3 ________________________________________________.
4 ________________________________________________.
5 ________________________________________________.

6


Unit 3

Our school

1 Write and match
1

cla
_ssro
_o
_m

a

2

pl_ygr__nd

b

3

l_b_r_t_ry

c

4

l_br_ry

d

2 Look and write

playground
1 This is the __________.
play sports
This is where we __________.

2 This is the ___________.
This is where we ______
____________________.

3 This is the __________. This
is where we ______________.

4 This is the ___________.
This is where we ______
____________________.

3 Write
My school has got _______________________________.
7


Unit 3

4 Look and write
on the right

on the left

next to

1 Hani is ____________ Omar.
2 The computers are ____________________.
3 The books are ________________________.

5 Draw and write about your school

The ___________________ is on the right.
The ___________________ is on the left.
The ___________________ is next to the ___________________.
8


Unit 3

6 Count and write

50
40
30
20
10
0

pens

rulers

books rubbers pencils

There are ten pens in the classroom.
1 ______________________________
2 ________________________________________.
3 ________________________________________.
4 ________________________________________.
5 ________________________________________.

7 Write
There are ____________ boys in my classroom.
There are ____________ girls in my classroom.
There _________________________________.
______________________________________.
______________________________________.
______________________________________.

9

Unit 4

What do you
like doing?

1 Look and write
play tennis
play football
play computer games

watch videos

playing tennis
1 I like ____________.

2 I like ____________
________________.

3 I don’t like _________
__________________.

4 I don’t mind ________
__________________.

2 Draw and write
Let’s ________________
____________________.

10

Unit 4

3 Read and write
Maysaa

Ali

You

playing football
watching videos
playing tennis
listening to music
playing computer
games
likes listening to music. She __________
doesn’t like watching
1 Maysaa _____
doesn’t mind playing tennis. She
videos. She ___________
_______________ playing computer games. She
_______________ playing football.
2 Ali _______________ playing football and tennis. He
_______________ watching videos. He _______________
listening to music. He _______________ playing computer
games.
3 I _______________________________________________
________________________________________________

________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________.

4 Answer
What do you like eating? ______________________________.
What don’t you like eating? ____________________________.
11


Unit 4

5 Find and write
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

1 9 12,9,11,5 23,1,20,3,8,9,14,7 20,5,12,5,22,9,19,9,15,14.
I________________________________________________.
l i k e w a t c hi n g

2 13,25

2,18,15,20,8,5,18 12,9,11,5,19 16,12,1,25,9,14,7

________________________________________________
6,15,15,20,2,1,12,12.
________________________________________________.
3 23,8,1,20 4,15 25,15,21 12,9,11,5 ?
________________________________________________.

6 Write about your family
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________.
12


Unit 5

Revision 1

1 Write

I don’t mind ____________________________.
I like __________________________________.
I don’t like ______________________________.

2 Find and write

olives

13


Unit 5

Revision 1

3 Look and answer
1 Where’s the library?
It’s _______________________.
2 Where’s the classroom?
It’s _______________________.
3 Where’s the laboratory?
It’s _______________________.

4 Look and write
a video.
1 I’ve got _________

2 I ______________
_______________.

3 We____________
4 We_____________
_______________.
4 We____________

_______________.

14


Unit 6

Sports
competition

1 Look and write
He can’t play football.
1 ____________________

1

2

3

4

5

6

2 ________________________.
3 ________________________.
4 ________________________.
5 ________________________.

6 ________________________.

2 Draw and write

He can __________________.

He can’t __________________.

15


Unit 6

3 Match
15

28

30

40

fifteen

thirty
forty

20

25

twenty-five
twenty

twenty-eight

4 Count and write
There are 40 pupils in Grade 3. What can they do?
pupils can run fast.
1 Twenty-five
__________________________
2 _________________________________________.
3 _________________________________________.
4 _________________________________________.
5 _________________________________________.
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

16

run fast play football swim play basketball play volleyball

Unit 6

5 Spell
oll_
eyba
1 v_
_ll

2 f__tb_ll

3 b_sk_tb_ll

4 k_t_

5 sw_mm_ng

6 b_k_

7 t_nn_s

8 r_n

6 Write

My brother can run fast. He can’t fly a kite
___________________________________.
I __________________________________________________.
My mother _________________________________________.
My father __________________________________________.
My brother _________________________________________.

My sister __________________________________________.
My grandfather ______________________________________.
17


Unit 7

In a race

1 Write
can

am

is

can run very fast.
1 He _____
2 I ______ young.
3 She ______ play tennis.
4 He ______ happy.
5 I ______ tired.
6 We ______ play basketball.

2 Look and answer

18

1 Who is the winner?

Number ___________.

2 Who is slow?

Number ___________.

3 Who is fast?

Number ___________.

4 Who is tired?

Number ___________.


Unit 7

3 Find and write

happy
1 ________________

2 ________________

a

s

t

r

o

n

g

e

l

o

u

f

s

h

y

o

u

n

g

a

a

f

w

e

d

o

d

p

a

t

i

r

e

d

p

s

h

u

n

g

r

y

t

h

i

r

s

t

y

6 ________________

7 ________________

8 ________________
5 ________________

3 ________________
4 ________________

9 ________________

4 Read and match
1 I’m hungry.

Here’s some juice.

2 I’m thirsty.

Go to bed!

3 I’m tired.

Here’s a sandwich.

19

Unit 7

5 Write
sad when I have toothache.
1 I’m ____
2 He’s _________ when it’s bedtime.
3 I’m _________ when I’m the winner.
4 She’s _________ when it’s breakfast time.
5 We’re _________ when we play tennis.
6 I’m _________ when I run fast.

6 Look and write

20

a happy boy
1 ___________

2 ________________

3 ________________

4 ________________

5 ________________

6 ________________


Unit 8

1 Write

Where do you
want to go?

play
1 I’d like to _________
tennis.
2 I’d like to _________ some photographs.
3 I’d like to _________ to the beach.
4 I’d like to _________ some chicken.
5 I’d like to _________ some milk.
6 I’d like to _________ my bike.
7 I’d like to _________ a kite.
8 I’d like to _________ a book.

2 Look and spell

t a
1 mo
_u
_n_
_ _i n

2 p__t__r___

3 b__c_

4 p___

5 r__t__r__t

6 f___b__l
21