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Classroom activities
These activities are based on topics fromthe Pre A1 Starters Wordlist Picture Bookand Classroom poster.

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Pre A1 Starters Worksheet No. 1(My favourite food)
Activity (a)Look and read. Put a tick (ü) or a cross (û) in the box. There are two examples.

Examples		This is a fish.

ü
¨

		

This is a sausage.

û
¨

1.		

This is a coconut.

¨2.		

This is a banana.

¨

3.		

This is a carrot.

¨

4.		

This is a potato.

¨

5.		

This is a mango.

¨

Questions

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Activity (b)Speaking
Ann asks her friends what they would like for their lunch. Look at the pictures and talk about them.

ExampleWhat would you like for your lunch, Alex?
I would like some bread.

Questions
1. What would you like for your lunch, Grace?

2. What would you like for your lunch, Ben?

3. What would you like for your lunch, Jill?

4. What would you like for your lunch, Bill?

5. What would you like for your lunch, Lucy?

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Writing
Write a word on the line about the pictures. There is one example.

Examplebread

I would like some.

Sentences
1. I would like some.

2. I would like an.

3. I would like some.

4. I would like a.

5. I would like a.

Activity (c)Read the sentences. Write one word from the Word bank on the line.
There is one example.

Word bankExample
I like fish

andandchips.

orbutQuestions
1. I like rice
2. I like apples

chicken.
I don’t like oranges.

3. Would you like orange juice
4. You can have cakewould you like lemonade?
you can’t have sweets.

5. I like milk. I drink it at breakfast, at lunchat dinner!

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Pre A1 Starters Worksheet No. 2(My favourite food)
Activity (a)Look and read. Write yes or no. There are two examples.

ExamplesyesSome children are eating.		

noA man is eating breakfast.		
Questions
1. The children are happy.		
2. Some girls are eating ice cream.
3. The children are eating fish.		
4. The children are at home.		

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5. There are seven children.		
Activity (b)Look, read and write. Tell your friend what you like. Your friend likes it too!
There are two examples.

Examples				I like				I likerice

so do Igrapes

me tooSentences
1.
2.
3.

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5.
Activity (c)Word bankWhere’s the burger? Choose your answer from the Word bankand write it on the line. There is one example.

behindExamplenext toThe burger isbehindbetweenthe box.

in front ofinunder

Questions1.				The burger isthe box.

2.				The burger isthe box.

3.				The burger isthe box.

4.				The burger isthe box.

5.				The burger isthe boxes.

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Pre A1 Starters Worksheet No. 3 (At school)
Activity (a)Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words. There is one example.

Examplebooko k o b

Sentences1.

t u c e p r o m

2.

s e k d3.

c e p l i n4.

e l u r r

5.

h a t r e c e

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radio

guitarExamplepicturechair

pencils

table

Activity (c)Read the questions. Write one word from the Word bank on the line. There is one example.

Word bank

ExamplePlease teacher,how

do I spell classroom?

whichQuestions
1.

how
whose

is that on your desk, Nick?

whatwho

2. Grace,
3.
4. Now class,5.

did you put your bag?

wherepencil would you like – the red one or the blue one?
would like to answer question 6?
rubber is this?

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7Pre A1 Starters Worksheet No. 4 (At school)
Activity (a)Read the text below. Choose a word from the Word bank.
Write the correct word next to numbers 1–5. There is one example.

A classroom
Word bankpicturebookcase

music

computerswriteschoolThere are lots of these in ayou (1)school. Some have desks where

but some have desks for (2)Many have a (3)(4).

and lots of books. In some you can playand in some you can draw a (5).

What is it? It’s a classroom.
Activity (b)Read the sentences. Choose a word to write on the line. All the words are correct.
Read your story to your family, a friend or your teacher.

ExampleI amtellingreading
writing
tellinga story.

Questions
1. This is a story about playing

2. I am playing with my.

.

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basketballfootballhockeybrothercousinsister83. We are playing in the4. We.

morningafternoon
evening

playing games.

5. Now we are drinking someenjoy
likelove.

lemonadeorange juice
waterActivity (c)Write ing at the end of the words. Say your new word. Draw a picture. There is one example.

Example1

2

paintdraw

fish

3

4

5

jump

kickthrow

painting

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9Pre A1 Starters Worksheet No. 5 (Animals)
Activity (a)Look at the pictures and read the questions. Write one-word answers. There are two examples.

ExamplesWhere are the children?

at thezoo
grey

What colour is the elephant?
Questions
What is the elephant looking at? two

What is the girl pointing at? aHow many goats can you see?

What colour is the frog?
What is the boy pointing at?

aActivity (b)Look at the pictures. How many animals are there? Write one word on each line.
There are two examples.

ExamplesThere

Thereisonecow

aretwohorses

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Questions
1. There.

2. There.

3. There.

4. There.

5. There.

Activity (c)Look at the pictures.
Write the words.
There is one example.

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Pre A1 Starters Worksheet No. 6(Body, clothes and colours)
Activity (a)Colour the clothes in the clothes shop. There is one example.

ExampleThe t-shirt is black.

Sentences
1. The dress is orange.
2. The trousers are blue.
3. The jacket is green.
4. The skirt is purple.
5. The hat is yellow.

Activity (b)What do the friends choose in the clothes shop? Write on the lines.
Look at the picture of the clothes shop above for the colours. There is one example.

Example		Grace chooses a

black

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t-shirt.

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Questions

1. 			Sam chooses.

2. 			

Jill chooses an.

3. 			

Nick chooses a.

4. 			

Kim chooses a.

5. 			

Ben chooses a.

Activity (c)This young learner has a nice smile on her face. Choose words from the Word bankand write them on the lines. There is one example.

1.
Word bank2.

earnose3.
Example4.

ear

5.
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eyeheadmouthhair
13Pre A1 Starters Worksheets 1–6: Answers
Worksheet No. 1
Page 1
Activity (a)Page 2/3
Activity (b)Page 3
Activity (c)1. ü

1. chips/fries

1. and2. û

2. egg2. but

3. ü

3. ice cream

3. or

4. û

4. pear

4. but5. ü

5. tomato

5. andWorksheet No. 2
Page 4
Activity (a)Page 4/5
Activity (b)Page 5
Activity (c)1. yes1. chocolate/Either so do I or me too

1. in front of

2. yes

2. peas/Either so do I or me too

2. in

3. no

3. sweets or candy/Either so do I or me too

3. next to

4. no

4. onion(s)/Either so do I or me too

4. under5. yes

5. beans/Either so do I or me too

5. between

Worksheet No. 3Page 6
Activity (a)Page 7
Activity (b)1. computer

radio

Page 7
Activity (c)1. what

guitar

2. desk

2. where

3. pencil

3. which

4. ruler
5. teacher

4. whoExamplepicturechairpencils

5. whosetable

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Pre A1 Starters Worksheets 1–6: Answers
Worksheet No. 4
Page 8
Activity (a)Page 8/9
Activity (b)Page 9Activity (c)1. writeAll selections arecorrect. Check spellingof the chosen words
and ask the child toread the story.

1. drawing

2. computers
3. bookcase
4. music

2. fishing
3. jumping
4. kicking

5. picture

5. throwing
Ask the child to say each word.

Worksheet No. 5
Page 10
Activity (a)Page 10/11
Activity (b)1. mice

1. There is one giraffe.

2. crocodile

2. There are two hippos.

3. three/3

3. There is one monkey.

4. green

4. There are three snakes.

5. lizard

5. There is one tiger.

Worksheet No. 6
Page 12
Activity (a)Page 11Activity (c)ExamplePage 12/13
Activity (b)1. Sam – blue trousers
2. Jill – orange dress

5. Yellow
1. Orange

3. Nick – yellow hat
2. Blue

4. Kim – purple skirt
5. Ben – green jacket

ExampleBlack
3. Greendubcc h i c k e nar
d o gtoat
Page 13
Activity (c)1. head2. hair
3. eye4. nose5. mouth

4. Purple

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