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VDays, months and seasons

1Write the days of the week in order. 

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

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VDays, months and seasons

2Complete the crossword. Then write the missing month below. 

Across 1It's got 31 days. It's in spring. MARCH 5It's got 31 days. It's in autumn. Halloween is in this month. _______ 6It's the fifth month of the year. ___ 7It's the seventh month of the year. ____ 10It's the ninth month of the year. It's in autumn. _________

Down 2It's got 31 days. It's in summer. ______ 3It's got 28 or 29 days. It's the second month of the year. ________ 4It's the fourth month of the year. _____ 7It's got 30 days. It's the beginning of summer. ____ 8It's the eleventh month of the year. ________ 9It's got 31 days. It's in winter. It's Christmas! ________

Missing month: 

VDays, months and seasons

3Write the seasons. 

• 125 December

• 221 April

• 315 August

• 410 October

VNumbers 31+

4Match the words to the numbers. 

a million

thirty-seven

two hundred and fifty

ten thousand

a billion

ninety-nine

eighty-two

six thousand

seventy-one

four thousand, one hundred and fifty

• 1,000,000
• 6,000
• 82
• 4,150
• 250
• 99
• 37
• 10,000
• 71
• 1,000,000,000

VNumbers 31+

5Write the numbers. 

• 135

• 256

• 373

• 498

• 5300

• 65,000

VThe time

6Write the times. 

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  1

• 

  2

• 

  3

• 

  4

• 

  5

• 

  6

• 

  7

• 

  8

VOrdinals and dates

7Write the next ordinal numbers. 

• 1eleventh, 

• 2second, 

• 3fifteenth, 

• 4third, 

• 5first, 

• 6nineteenth, 

• 7twenty-third, 

• 8thirty-first, 

• 9twelfth, 

• 10tenth, 

VOrdinals and dates

8Put the dates in the correct order. 

• 1the fifteenth of March

• 2the twenty-fourth of December

• 3the twelfth of December

• 4the thirtieth of May

• 5the thirty-first of January

9  CHALLENGE! Write five dates that are important in your family. Write why they are important.    Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.

1Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 

MOVE
• describe
• have
• what
• what
• when
• where
• who

• 1How old are you?

• 2  is your favourite sport?

• 3  are you from?

• 4  you got a pet?

• 5  your family.

• 6  is your favourite singer?

• 7  is your birthday?

• 8  is your name?

2Match the sentences in exercise 1 to gaps a–g in the dialogue. There is one sentence that you do not need. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

PresenterToday we're with Ruby Ali! She's a raga singer. Raga is traditional Indian music. ^a

RubyI'm from ¹Sheffield / Bristol. It's a big city in the UK. My grandparents are from India and my family love Indian music!

Presenter^b

RubyI'm ²33 / 23.

Presenter^c

RubyIt's on the ³21st / 20th April. It's in my favourite season, spring.

Presenter^d

RubyMy mum, Rabinda! She's into music, too. She's in a raga group with me and my ⁴brother / dad – he plays the sitar.

Presenter^e

RubyThey're great! Well, I've got my mum and dad, and I've got two brothers, Anil and Mirat. Mum is tall. She's got ⁵long / short, black hair. Dad's got short, ⁶grey / brown hair (and he hasn't got a lot of it!). He's tall, too. Anil is short. He's got straight hair. Mirat is tall. Mirat loves sport. He's in his school football team.

Presenter^f

RubyI'm not into sport! I don't like it. But I like my brother's team. So … the answer is football!

Presenter^g

RubyNo, I haven't! I love ⁷cats / dogs, but I haven't got one. Mum and Dad have got three pets. They've got two cats and a dog. Their favourite is the dog. Her name is Mili. She's my favourite, too!

PresenterThanks, Ruby!

3Play the recording, listen to the interview and check your answers in exercise 2.

 

4Play the recording, listen and choose the correct words to complete Ruby's answers. 

PresenterToday we're with Ruby Ali! She's a raga singer. Raga is traditional Indian music. ^aWhere are you from?

RubyI'm from ¹SheffieldBristol. It's a big city in the UK. My grandparents are from India and my family love Indian music!

Presenter^b_____________

RubyI'm ²3323.

Presenter^c_____________

RubyIt's on the ³21st20th April. It's in my favourite season, spring.

Presenter^d_____________

RubyMy mum, Rabinda! She's into music, too. She's in a raga group with me and my ⁴brotherdad – he plays the sitar.

Presenter^e_____________

RubyThey're great! Well, I've got my mum and dad, and I've got two brothers, Anil and Mirat. Mum is tall. She's got 

⁵longshort,

 

black hair. Dad's got short, ⁶greybrown hair (and he hasn't got a lot of it!). He's tall, too. Anil is short. He's got straight hair. Mirat is tall. Mirat loves sport. He's in his school football team.

Presenter^f_____________

RubyI'm not into sport! I don't like it. But I like my brother's team. So … the answer is football!

Presenter^g_____________

RubyNo, I haven't! I love ⁷catsdogs, but I haven't got one. Mum and Dad have got three pets. They've got two cats and a dog. Their favourite is the dog. Her name is Mili. She's my favourite, too!

PresenterThanks, Ruby!

5Write the names of the people in the text. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

• 1a dog 

• 2two singers 

• 3a person with straight hair 

• 4a tall student 

• 5a person with short hair 

PresenterToday we're with Ruby Ali! She's a raga singer. Raga is traditional Indian music. ^aWhere are you from?

RubyI'm from ¹Sheffield / Bristol. It's a big city in the UK. My grandparents are from India and my family love Indian music!

Presenter^b_____________

RubyI'm ²33 / 23.

Presenter^c_____________

RubyIt's on the ³21st / 20th April. It's in my favourite season, spring.

Presenter^d_____________

RubyMy mum, Rabinda! She's into music, too. She's in a raga group with me and my ⁴brother / dad – he plays the sitar.

Presenter^e_____________

RubyThey're great! Well, I've got my mum and dad, and I've got two brothers, Anil and Mirat. Mum is tall. She's got ⁵long / short, black hair. Dad's got short, ⁶grey / brown hair (and he hasn't got a lot of it!). He's tall, too. Anil is short. He's got straight hair. Mirat is tall. Mirat loves sport. He's in his school football team.

Presenter^f_____________

RubyI'm not into sport! I don't like it. But I like my brother's team. So … the answer is football!

Presenter^g_____________

RubyNo, I haven't! I love ⁷cats / dogs, but I haven't got one. Mum and Dad have got three pets. They've got two cats and a dog. Their favourite is the dog. Her name is Mili. She's my favourite, too!

PresenterThanks, Ruby!

6Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 

• 1Rubi comes from a bigsmall city.

• 2Her grandparents are IndianBritish.

• 3Her birthday is in winterspring.

• 4Her mumdad has got a sitar.

• 5Her mum is in a raga group with Anilher dad.

• 6AnilMirat is good at sport.

PresenterToday we're with Ruby Ali! She's a raga singer. Raga is traditional Indian music. ^aWhere are you from?

RubyI'm from ¹Sheffield / Bristol. It's a big city in the UK. My grandparents are from India and my family love Indian music!

Presenter^b_____________

RubyI'm ²33 / 23.

Presenter^c_____________

RubyIt's on the ³21st / 20th April. It's in my favourite season, spring.

Presenter^d_____________

RubyMy mum, Rabinda! She's into music, too. She's in a raga group with me and my ⁴brother / dad – he plays the sitar.

Presenter^e_____________

RubyThey're great! Well, I've got my mum and dad, and I've got two brothers, Anil and Mirat. Mum is tall. She's got ⁵long / short, black hair. Dad's got short, ⁶grey / brown hair (and he hasn't got a lot of it!). He's tall, too. Anil is short. He's got straight hair. Mirat is tall. Mirat loves sport. He's in his school football team.

Presenter^f_____________

RubyI'm not into sport! I don't like it. But I like my brother's team. So … the answer is football!

Presenter^g_____________

RubyNo, I haven't! I love ⁷cats / dogs, but I haven't got one. Mum and Dad have got three pets. They've got two cats and a dog. Their favourite is the dog. Her name is Mili. She's my favourite, too!

PresenterThanks, Ruby!

7    CHALLENGE! Write a description of someone you know. Include this information: his / her age his / her interests his / her appearance   Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.