Everything So Far
Twelve classes in one page: the verb to be, a and an, the seven possessives, the apostrophe, adjectives, have and has, and the clock. Twenty-eight questions to find the two or three that still need work.
Warm-up
Answer without looking back at the other classes. Tap a card when you have answered it.
A review is not a test. It is a map. We are looking for the two or three things that are still slow, so we can spend the next classes there and not everywhere.
Useful language
Words that come in pairs
Click the first word, then click the word that finishes it. The audio button says the whole thing.
One word from each class
Click a word in the bank, then click a gap. Click a filled gap to clear it.
He's from Lisbon, so his
_____ is Portuguese.
You give your name at the
_____ of the hotel.
You cannot travel to another country without a
_____.
Twelve pounds for one coffee is very
_____.
I love pizza more than any other food. It's my
_____.
My daughter's daughter is my
_____.
My first meal of the day is
_____, at six in the morning.
It's 9:15 — a
_____ past nine.
Twelve classes in one person
Everything from Classes 1 to 12 is in this text. The audio button reads each part aloud.
Good morning! My name is Bianca Ferraz. I'm from Recife, in Brazil, so I'm Brazilian. My last name is spelled F-E-R-R-A-Z.
This week I'm in a hotel in London. My room is 207 — two oh seven. It has a double bed, an air conditioner and a very small shower.
In my bag I have a passport, a charger, an umbrella and some cash. The umbrella is important: it's London.
There is a small store near the hotel. The chocolate is two pounds forty-five and the peaches are eighty-nine pence. For me that isn't cheap.
My family is at home. Rafael is my husband, and our children are Léo and Sofia. My mother is Amanda, and her mother is Mary — so Mary is Sofia's great-grandmother.
My favorite food is pasta and my favorite day is Friday. Rafael's favorite band is very old, and I never listen to it. Its name is Pink Floyd.
Here I get up at a quarter past seven. I have eggs and coffee for breakfast, I start work at half past eight and I go to bed at about eleven.
Multiple choice
Click an answer and you get the result right away, with the reason.
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What is Bianca's nationality?
She's from Recife, in Brazil. Careful: the language is Portuguese, the nationality is not.
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How do you say her room number?
Room numbers go digit by digit, and zero becomes "oh".
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What is in her room?
A double bed, an air conditioner and a very small shower.
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Which of these takes an?
It starts with a vowel sound, so it takes an.
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How much is the chocolate?
Two pounds forty-five. The peaches were the eighty-nine pence.
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How much ___ the peaches?
More than one, so the plural verb — and the answer starts with They're.
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Who is Rafael?
Léo and Sofia are the children.
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Amanda is Bianca's…
And Mary is Amanda's mother, one more step up.
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Why does the text say "Its name is Pink Floyd"?
No apostrophe: its = of it. It's would mean it is.
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What time does she get up?
A quarter past seven — fifteen minutes after.
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What time does she start work?
Half past eight.
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Why does she say "at about eleven"?
About is the word for a time that changes a little every day.
Questions 1 to 14
Classes 1 to 7 are in this half: the verb to be in all three forms, spelling, a and an, and asking a price. Do not look anything up — a wrong answer here is worth more than a right one.
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1. She ___ a teacher from Brazil.
She takes is.
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2. Hello! I ___ Joana.
I is the only word in English that takes am.
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3. It ___ an English book.
A thing is it, and it works like he and she.
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4. My teacher ___ from England.
The verb comes first and not comes after it.
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5. I ___ in your class.
And the short form is I'm not — there is no amn't.
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6. Bruno ___ from Brazil.
One person, so is → isn't.
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7. ___ you American?
You always takes are, in questions too.
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8. ___ your father Japanese?
One father, so is — and the verb goes to the front.
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9. ___ we late?
We is plural, so are.
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10. How do you spell your last name?
The question asks for the letters, one by one — not for the name again.
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11. It's ___
A vowel sound takes an. And a can never sit in front of a plural.
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12. In my bag, ___
An English sentence needs a person and a verb. The other two are missing one of them.
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13. How much ___ the chocolate?
One thing, so is.
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14. How much ___ the coffee?
You cannot count coffee, so it works like one thing.
Questions 15 to 28
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15. She is famous. ___ name is Millie.
One woman, so her.
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16. You are my student. Is ___ name Angelo?
The sentence before says you, so the possessive is your.
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17. It is a language school. ___ name is Welcome Languages.
A thing, so its — with no apostrophe.
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18. We are Brazilian. ___ surname is Soares.
We → our.
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19. Mike is ___
Owner first, apostrophe, s. The first option is possible in grammar but nobody says it about people.
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20. Lucia is Pedro's mother. So…
Mother and son, the other way round.
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21. It's a ___
The adjective goes in front of the noun, and a cannot take a plural.
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22. They're ___
Adjectives never take an -s.
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23. ___ fast dogs?
Dogs is plural, and in a question the verb comes first.
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24. The children ___ cookies at school.
More than one child, so have.
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25. Sara ___ lunch at work.
One person, and this verb is irregular: has, never haves.
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26. Richard and Claire ___ their homework in the evening.
Homework goes with do, always. It is a fixed pair.
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27. Julia and I ___ a break for a coffee at 10:00 a.m.
A break, like a meal, goes with have.
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28. I study English at ___
Minutes first, then to or past, then the hour.
Numbers and nationalities
First six: write the digits. Last four: write a sentence with a pronoun and the nationality.
The numbers are the quick part. The nationalities are where the from disappears — that is the one to watch.
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aseventeen
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btwenty
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ctwelve
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dthirteen
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enine
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ffifteen
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gJohn is from the USA.
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hJustin is from Canada.
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iMaria is from Mexico.
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jKim is from China.
The family photo
Richard and Mary are married. Amanda is their daughter. Amanda is married to Charles, and their children are Mike, Emma and Sara. Write one word in each gap.
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aRichard is Amanda's ___ .
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bAmanda is Richard and Mary's ___ .
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cMike is Emma and Sara's ___ .
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dMary is Amanda's ___ .
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eCharles is Amanda's ___ .
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fMary is Richard's ___ .
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gSara is Emma's ___ .
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hMike is Charles's ___ .
Nineteen questions
Every question uses something from Classes 1 to 12. Full sentences, and take your time.
Useful language
All about me
80–120 words. Write the same kind of text as Bianca's: your name and how to spell it, where you are from, your family, what is in your bag, your favorites and your routine with times. Use a and an, one 's, and two adjectives in front of nouns.
My results
Check your score, then copy it and send it to your teacher on WhatsApp.
Look at what you got wrong, not at the score. Three wrong answers in the same area means we go back there next class. Three wrong answers spread across everything means you are fine — send me the list.