ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR: ENGLISH FIRST STEPS

1. Subject Pronouns: Word-Snake 1

A. Find the hidden words in the Word-Snake following these rules: - All words and letters are connected.- The connections can be in vertical or diagonal direction- The starting letter is underlined to give you a starting point

B. Complete the chart with the words you have found. Look at the example.

Y E W Y H L E O T I U A U E T P L R H S U E O H Y G I N U R I L A U R S S B J C P O S E T N U N O

SUBJECT PRONOUNS

2. Complete with subject pronouns

a. I am 18 years old.

b. ……………….. are my friends María and José.

c. ……………….. are at school.

d. ……………….. is my friend Federico.

e. ……………….. am in the classroom.

f. ……………….. is a scary snake!

3. Complete the sentences with am, is, are

a. Emanuel Ginobili is from Argentina.

b. He ……………. at school.

c. They ……………. in England.

1 The Word-Snake activity was created with the Stinkybear Wordsearch Generator / Wordsearch Creator Software Version O.O.O.O available on the internet at http://www.stinkybearsoftware.com/2 These activities can also be used as a Revision of “Unit 1 – In class” of the book “What’s Up? Starter” (Pearson/Longman)3 I use Microsoft Office Clip Art at http://office.microsoft.com/es-es/images/?CTT=97

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d. Washington and New Orleans ……………. in the United

States.

e. Brasilia ……………. the capital city of Brazil.

f. That snake……………. is really cute!

4. Complete with possessive adjectives: my, your, her, his.

a. He’s in year 6. …………….. name is Andrew.

b. I’m a student. …………….. name is Karen.

c. She’s Carla. ……………. phone number is 455-346867

d. You are Martin. ……………. email address is maritin10@uk.com

5. Rewrite the sentences. Use contractions

a. Paris is in Africa.

Paris isn’t in Africa.

b. It is not in Asia.

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c. She is not 9 years old.

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d. I am not at home.

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e. We are not in year 7.

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6. Correct the sentences. Use contractions.

a. Nairobi is in Japan. (Kenya)

Nairobi isn’t in Japan. It’s in Kenya.

b. Paraná and La Plata are in France. (Argentina)

Paraná and La Plata aren’t in France. They are in

Argentina.

c. Manchester and London are in South America. (England).

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d. Germany is in Asia. (Europe)

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e. Los Angeles is in Russia. (The United States).

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f. Paris is in China. (France)

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g. Madrid and Barcelona are in Costa Rica. (Spain)

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h. Paris is in Italy (France)

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7. Put the words in order.

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ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR: ENGLISH FIRST STEPS

ANSWER KEY

1. Subject Pronouns: Word-Snake

The sentence to find is: “SUBJECTPRONOUNSSINGULARIYOUHESHEITPLURALWEYOUTHEY”

The hidden words are: "SUBJECT PRONOUNS SINGULAR I YOU HE SHE IT PLURAL WE YOU THEY"

Chart Answer Key:

SUBJECT PRONOUNSSINGULAR PLURAL

IYOUHE

SHEIT

WEYOUTHEY

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