VOCABULARY BUILDER Soutions elementary

Work in pairs. Read the Look out! box. Then
take turns to do the calculations.


How are you

Work in pairs. Make up some calculations
for your partner.


What time is it? Write the time in words below the clocks.

It’s quarter
past one

It’s ten to two


What time is it? Write the time in words below the clocks.

It’s five past six

It’s half past four

It’s twenty to
ten


What time is it? Write the time in words below the clocks.

It’s twenty-five
past eleven

It’s quarter to
twelve

It’s twenty-five
to nine



eighth eighteenth eleventh fifteenth fifth nineteenth
ninth second sixth tenth third thirteenth
thirtieth thirty-first twelfth twentieth twenty-first
twenty-ninth twenty-second twenty-seventh twentythird
6th ______________
sixth
1st first
second
7th seventh
2nd ______________
third
8th ______________
3rd ______________
eighth
9th ______________
4th fourth
ninth
th

10
______________
5th ______________
fifth
tenth


eighth eighteenth eleventh fifteenth fifth nineteenth
ninth second sixth tenth third thirteenth
thirtieth thirty-first twelfth twentieth twenty-first
twenty-ninth twenty-second twenty-seventh twentythirdth
16th sixteenth
11 ______________
eleventh
twelfth
17th seventeenth
12th ______________
18th eighteenth
______________
13th ______________
thirteenth
19th nineteenth
______________
14th fourteenth
th
20
______________
15th ______________
twentieth
fifteenth

eighth eighteenth eleventh fifteenth fifth nineteenth
ninth second sixth tenth third thirteenth
thirtieth thirty-first twelfth twentieth twenty-first
twenty-ninth twenty-second twenty-seventh twentythird
21st ______________
26th twenty-sixth
twenty-first
twenty-second
22nd ______________
27th ______________
twenty-seventh
23rd ______________
28th twenty-eighth
twenty-third
24th twenty-fourth
29th ______________
twenty-ninth
25th twenty-fifth
30th ______________
thirtieth
31st ______________
thirty-first


Solve the anagrams and write the days of the week.
Remember to start with a capital letter. Then number the
days in the correct order. Start with Sunday.
Tuesday

3
Saturday
7
Monday
2
Thursday
5
Sunday
1
Wednesday 4
Friday
6


ebruary
arch
pril
ay
une

uly
ugust
eptember
ctober
ovember
ecember


The first of October
The thirty-first of December

The nineteenth of May
The twenty-first of August
The seventeenth of September
The third of March
The twentieth of July


daughter
granddaughter
grandmother
mother

niece
sister
wife

father
grandfather
grandson
husband

nephew
son
uncle


1
2
3
4

5
6
7
8
9

My mother s mother is my _______________________.
grandmother
My uncle s son is my ___________________________.
cousin
My brother’s father is my ________________________.
father
My grandfather’s wife is my ______________________.
grandmother
My aunt’s husband is my ________________________.
uncle
My brother’s daughter is my _____________________.
niece
My sister’s son is my ___________________________.
nephew
My son’s sister is my ___________________________.
daughter
My cousins’ father is my ________________________.
uncle


parents
grandparents
grandchildren
great-grandparents

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
Make a note of your partner’s answers.


Write sentences about your partner’s family. Use your
notes from exercise 4.


Read the Learn this! box. Write the missing plural forms.

nieces
matches
boxe
s


Read the Learn this! box. Write the missing plural forms.

videos
tomatoes

universities
lives


Match the singular nouns with their irregular plural forms.

four
buses


five men

eight feet


three
shelves

two photos