Unit 1

ABC!
A new beginning
• Alphabet - numbers
• Days - weeks - months - colors
• Singular / Plural
• ‘a’ and ‘an’
1. Vocabulary: The Alphabet 2. Exercise: Match the pictures with the
(Read & Learn) correct letter.

A a B b C c D d

E e F f G g H h

I i J j K k L l

M m N n O o P p

Q q R r S s T t

U u V v W w

X x Y y Z z
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3. Vocabulary: Numbers (Read & Learn)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
one two three four five six seven eight nine ten

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty

30 (Thirty) 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 80 ( Eighty ) 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89

40 (Forty) 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 90 ( Ninety) 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

50 ( Fifty ) 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 100 (One hundred) 1,000 (One Thousand)

60 (Sixty ) 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 100,000 (One hundred thousand)

70 (Seventy) 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 1,000,000 (One million)

4. Vocabulary: Days of the week (Read & Learn) January

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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5. Vocabulary: Months of the year (Read & Learn)

January February March April May June

July August September October November December

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6. Writing : Practice writing the letters of the alphabet.

A a B b

Tips: Always use capital letters for the first letter of names.

7. Write down your full name.

Example:
Ahmad Ali AhMaD aLi

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7. Writing : Complete the numbers
1 - 2 - ________ - 4 - 5 - ________ - ________ - 8 - ________ - 10

_________ - _________ - _________ - 14 - _________ - _________ - _________ - _________ - 19

20 (twenty) - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______

30 ( Thirty ) - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______

40 ( Forty ) - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______

50 ( Fifty ) - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______

60 ( Sixty ) - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______

70 (Seventy) - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______

80 ( Eighty) - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______

90 ( Ninety) - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______ - _______

8. Writing : Days of the week

Write out the days of the week and numbers of the month. January
Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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9. Writing : Months of the year

Write out the months of the year.

June
September

10. Writing : Learn the colors and practice writing

Black Red Blue Yellow Green
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Black ............... ............... ............... ...............

Orange Purple Grey Pink White

............... ............... ............... ............... ...............

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1. Vocabulary: At Home

...............

...............
...............

...............

...............
...............

............... ...............

2. Grammar: Add ‘s’ to regular nouns to make them plural.

a bed bed + s
Singular

Plural
a clock clocks

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a file files a lamp famps

a book books a bag bags

a plant plants a clock clocks

a table tables
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a chair chairs

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 3. Grammar Stop.
Grammar Rule: ‘an’ is placed before any singular noun where the first letter
is a vowel sound. The vowels are: a / e / i / o / u .
Ex. An umbrella
‘a’ is placed before any singular noun where the first letter is not
a vowel sound.

an umbrella a cup Cups

4. Exercise: Put ‘a’ or ‘an’ before 5. Exercise: Change the nouns to

each singular noun. plural by removing “a/an” and
1. ......... key 11. ......... umbrella adding “s”. 1. A pen - pens

2. ......... nurse 12. ......... artist 2. An umbrella ......................................................

3. ......... tailor 13. ......... television 3. A desk .................................................................

4. ......... apple 14. ......... oven 4. A nurse ...............................................................

5. ......... doctor 15. ......... stove 5. A window ...........................................................

6. ......... pilot 16. ......... lamp 6. An oven ...............................................................

7. ......... businessman 17. ......... sofa 7. A chair ..................................................................

8. ......... singer 18. ......... wall 8. An office ..............................................................

9. ......... orange 19. ......... book 9. A classroom .......................................................

10. .........secretary 20. ......... clock 10. A teacher ..........................................................

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 Unit 1
People around me !
Giving general information

• Pronouns
• Talking about occupations
1. Vocabulary: Subject Pronouns 2. Grammar Stop
Rule: Any noun should be changed
to it’s pronoun after it is used.
In Use:
Ahmed is a student. He is a boy.
He is 12 years old.
I You We Maryam is from Jeddah. She is a girl.
She is 9 years old.
This is the Hasawi family. They are from
Madinah. They are visiting Jeddah.
So the name of any person, place, or
thing (noun) should be changed to the
They It correct pronoun after it is used. Pictures
will not always be available to help.
Also, once the subject is plural the
correct pronoun is ‘they’ whether the
subjects are people or things.
He She
Ahmed Maryam The Hasawi Family Now look at some examples.
Saleh, Fadi, and Ibrahim They
Cats, dogs, and chairs. They
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Car It
Me, Aisha, and Esraa We
Abdullah He
Asmaa She
He She They Arwa, Suaad, and Ahmed They

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3. Exercise: Match the picture to 4. Exercise: Write the correct pronoun
the correct pronoun. in the empty box
1. Ahmed and Mazin ____

2. Mazin ____

3. Ibrahim ____

____
4. Khalid, Khalil, Mansoor and Ahmed
____
5. Me
____
6. Cat
____
7. Chair
They It We She He It
____
It I It You She He
8.
____
9. Aisha and Esraa
____
10. Jason, Mark and a dog
____
11. My friends
____
12. A doctor ____

13. My family and I ____

14. Batool ____

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1. Vocabulary: Jobs / Occupations

Artist Makeup artist Nurse Chef Pilot

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Musician photographer Engineer Footballer Doctor

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Grammar Chart
Subject Pronouns Verb ‘be’ Noun
I am Ahmed / a doctor
You are Faisal / a pilot. Conjugating the Verb
We are students. ‘to be’
They are Zaynab and Sara / students I am He is
He is Ahmed / a businessman. You are She is
She is Amina / a nurse. We are It is
It is a cat / a chair / a person. They are

I am a doctor. She is a chef. They are Soldiers. It is a cat.

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1. I am a doctor. 6. They are nurses 11. Khalid is a businessman.

2. You are a dentist. 7. We are students. 12. Sarah is a doctor.

3. He is an artist 8. They are cars. 13. Jeddah is a city.

4. She is a teacher. 9. I am a pilot. 14. Saudi Arabia is a country.

5. It is a pen. 10. She is a secretary. 15. Zaynab and Khadijah are nurses.

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Rule: The verb ‘to be’ is the most used verb in English. It describes what
things are (nouns), how things are (adjectives) and what they are doing
(verbs). We use ‘to be’ with nouns and describe what things are.
2. The verb ‘To Be’ In Use:

1. He is a pilot. 2. She is a flight

attendant.

3. They are engineers. 4. You are a student.

5. He is a businessman. 6. She is a nurse.

7. He is a lawyer. 8. He is a chef.
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9. She is a secretary. 10. He is an artist.

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3. Conversation Activity 4. Exercise: Fill in the blanks with
Introductions, Greetings & Goodbyes the correct form of the verb
‘be’(am/is/are).
Introductions
1. I ............... Ahmed.
A: Hello, I am Ahmed Al-Juhani.
2. My name ............... Ahmed.
B: Hello, Ahmed. I am Khalid Al-Harbi.
3. I ............... a teacher.
A: Where are you from?
4. You ............... Faisal.
B: I am from Jeddah Saudi Arabia.
A: How old are you? 5. Your name ............... Faisal.
B: I am 22 years old. 6. You ............... a teacher, too.
A: It’s [it is] nice to meet you, Mr. Al-Harbi.
7. She ............... Sarah.
B: It’s [it is] nice to meet you, too.
8. Her name ............... Sarah.

9. Sarah ............... a woman.

10. She ............... a doctor.

11. He ............... Saud.

12. His name ............... Saud.

13. He ............... an engineer.

14. Faisal and Sarah............... doctors.

15. They ......... from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

16. Ahmed and I............... students.

17. We ........... from Kuwait City, Kuwait.

18. Ali and you ............... chefs.

Goodbyes
19. You ............... chefs.
A: Goodbye, Mr. Al-Juhani.
20. Jeddah........... a city in Saudi Arabia.
B: Bye, Ahmed. See you later.

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5. Exercise: Look at the example 6. Exercise: Match the nouns to
below then complete the their Subject Pronouns and write
sentences and write about the correct form of the verb ‘To Be’
yourself. in the blank space. (am / is / are )

My name is Fred Baker. 1. Ahmed He ______

I am 18 years old.
I am from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 2. Arwah ______

Complete the sentences. 3. Ahmed and Sarah ______

My name is ………………………………
4. Jeddah and Riyadh ______
I am .............................. years old.
I am from ....................., Saudi Arabia.
5. Faisal ______

Now write about yourself.

6. Chair ______
A. ……………………………………………
……………………………………………… .
7. Me ______
B. ……………………………………………
……………………………………………… .
8. Cat ______
C. ……………………………………………
……………………………………………… .
9. ______

10. Businessswoman ______

11. Hasan and Anas ______

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12. My family and I ______

13. Khalid, Amer and Waleed ______

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 Unit 2
Perfect job !
Benefits
• Job / Occupations
• Negatives with (to be)
• Personal information
1. The Perfect Interview 2. Vocabulary: Jobs/ Occupations
+ negatives
Manager: Good Morning
Ahmed: Good Morning, Is that the They are not teachers.
Manager?
Manager: Yes, it is. May I help you
Ahmed: Yes, I am calling with regard to
the job.
Manager: Ok, do you have
experience?
Ahmed: Yes, I do. I have a lot of
experience.
You are not a pilot. We are not students.
Manager: When can you come for an
interview?
Ahmed: Any time is fine.
Manager: How about tomorrow at
10:00am?
Ahmed: Is that ok with you?
Speaking: What kind of things are
He is not a nurse. She is not a tailor.
important to people?

Good Salary Nice environment

Friendly people Long holiday
People respect you Good benefits
I am not a doctor. It is not a car.

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Grammar Chart
Subject Pronouns Verb ‘be’ Negative form Subject Pronouns Verb ‘be’ Negative form
I am not He is not
You are not She is not
We are not It is not
They are not

Examples of Negative Sentences:

I am not a doctor. You are not a dentist. Jeddah is not a country.
He is not an artist She is not a teacher. Khalid is not a businessman
It is not a pen They are not nurses. Saudi Arabia is not a city.
We are not students They are not cars. Zaynab and Khadijah are not nurses.
I am not a pilot She is not a secretary. Mohammed and Amer are not students.

Examples Sentences with Negative and Affirmative forms:

Mister =Mr Misses=Mrs Miss= Ms.
1. I am not a doctor. I am a pilot.
2. You are not Mr. Al-Ghamdi. You are Mr. Al-Unayzi.
3. You and I are not teachers. We are students.
4. Mr. and Mrs. Al-Utaybi are not flight attendants. They are pilots.
5. Mrs. Al-Ghamdi is not a secretary. She is a pilot.
6. Mr. Al-Ansari is not a chef. He is a businessman.
7. Miss Al-Harbi is not a manager. She is a student.
8. Ahmed and Mr. Arabi are not athletes. They are businessmen.
9. Tariq and I are not chefs. We are athletes.
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10. Ms. Ahmedi and you are not students. You are teachers.

3. Grammar Stop
Rule: When you use the verb ‘to be’ you can make shorter sentences
like this: I + am a teacher. = I’m a teacher.
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4. Match the pronouns 5. Change sentences from + to - and
to their corresponding noun. from - to +
I Ahmed and Sara 1. We’re students.
We’re not students .
You Tareq and I 2. I’m a dentist.
............................................................
We Heba
3. Sarah and Heba are singers.
They Faisal ................................................................
He Mercedez-Benz 4. Mr. Al-Bandar is a pilot.
............................................................
She (Your name) 5. English Central is an English website.
It (The person you speak to) ............................................................
6. Ms. Al-Unazi is a secretary.
............................................................
6. Change the nouns to their
subject pronouns. 7. Ahmed is a teacher.
............................................................
1. Ahmed and Sara = They
8. He’s a student.
2. Fahad and I =........................
............................................................
3. Manal = ........................ . 9. She’s a flight attendant.
4. Mohsen = ........................ ............................................................
5. Thamer and Salih = ........................ 10. They’re pilots.
............................................................

7. Circle the correct form of the verb ‘to be’.

1. Thamer and Faisal (am / is / are) doctors.
2. I (am / is / are) a doctor.
3. Heba (am / is / are) a nurse.
4. Mercedez-Benz (am / is / are) a car
company.
5. Ali (am / is / are) an engineer.

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 8. Exercise: Rewrite each sentence using a contraction if able.
Then circle ( positive - negative - question )

1. They are people. They’re people.

(a) positive (b) negative (c) question
2. They are not women. They................................................................................................
(a) positive (b) negative (c) question
3. Are they cars? They ............................................................................................................
(a) positive (b) negative (c) question
4. Are they men? ...................................................................................................................
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(a) positive (b) negative (c) question

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5. They are sentences. ...........................................................................................................

(a) positive (b) negative (c) question
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9. Exercise: Circle the correct 10. Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
answer. Some nouns have irregular plural
forms like the nouns below.

1. They aren’t ....................................................

a) pens b) book

2. ............................... . they teachers?

a) Is b) Are man men

3. Are ................................... . doctors?

a) they b) he

4. Are they pens?

No, they’re not.
They’re ................................................................. woman women

a) book b) books

5. It’s not a cat. It’s ........................................

a) dog c) a dog
b) cats d) a cat
child children

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11. Exercise: Rewrite the following 12. Exercise: Unscramble the
sentences with the correct form words to make correct sentences
of the plural noun.
1. He is a man. 1. not / women / are / they
They are men. They are not women

2. She is a woman. 2. houses / they / are ?

They ...................................................... ...................................................................................

3. He is a student. 3. are / men / they

...................................................... ...............................................................................

4.It is a chair. 4. is / student / she

They ...................................................... ...............................................................................

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5. He is a child. 5. are / women / they

They ...................................................... ...............................................................................

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1. Grammar: Subject pronouns + be + negatives + contractions
To Be (+) Contraction Negative (-) Contraction Or
I am I’m I am not. I’m not. -
You are You’re You are not You’re not You aren’t
We are We’re We are not We’re not We aren’t
They are They’re They are not They’re not They aren’t
He is He’s He is not He’s not He isn’t
She is She’s She is not She’s not She isn’t
It is It’s It is not It’s not It isn’t
2. Exercise: Fill in the blanks using contractions and the correct form
of ‘to be’ with the information in the pictures.

1. He .............. a chef.
He.............. an actor.
2. He ............... an accountant.
He ............. a footballer.
3. He ............ a pilot.
He ............ a singer. 1. actor 2. footballer 3. singer 4. musician
4. She............ a doctor.
She............ a musician.
5. They ............ tailors.
They ............Police Men.
6. He ............ a dentist.
He ............ a pilot.
7. They ............ pilots. 5. Policemen 6. pilot 7. students
They ............ students.
8. Saudi Arabia ............ a country.
8. Saudi Arabia 9. cat
It ............ a city.
9. It ............ a dog.
It ............ a cat.

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3. Exercise: Rewrite these sentences using contractions.
1. I am not a doctor. 6. She is not a nurse.
I’m not a doctor. .......................................................
2. You are not an artist. 7. It is not a chair.
....................................................... .......................................................
3. They are not cars. 8. They are not teachers.
....................................................... .......................................................
4. We are not students. 9. I am not an athlete.
....................................................... .......................................................
5. He is not a pilot. 10. You are not a chef.
....................................................... .......................................................
4. Exercise: Correct the mistakes in each sentence.
1. Your not a doctor. You’re not a doctor.
2. Were not teachers. ________________________________________________________
3. I’m not a students. _________________________________________________________
4. He’re not a doctor. ________________________________________________________
5. She’m not a secretary_____________________________________________________
6. It aren’t a car. _____________________________________________________________
7. They isn’t cars. _____________________________________________________________
8. You arint a flight attendant. ______________________________________________
9. Hes not Mr. Al-Harbi. ____________________________________________________
10. We isn’t managers. ____________________________________________________
5. Exercise: Change the positive (+) sentences to negative (-) using
‘not’ after the verb ‘to be’ 6. She is not a nurse.
1. I’m a doctor. I’m not a doctor. .......................................................
2. You’re a businessman. 7. It is not a chair.
....................................................... .......................................................
3. We’re students. 8. They are not teachers.
....................................................... .......................................................
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4. They’re chefs. 9. I am not an athlete.

....................................................... .......................................................
5. He’s a manager. 10. You are not a chef.
....................................................... .......................................................

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 Unit 2

1. Grammar: Making yes and no Example sentences of yes and no

questions using the verb ‘to be’. questions using the verb ‘to be’.
Positive(+) Interrogative/Question (-) Read and practice the following
I am Am I…?
sentences.
You are Are you…? 1. Are you Ahmed?
We are Are we…? 2. Is Fatimah a doctor?
They are Are they…? 3. Am I a dentist?
He is Is he…?
4. Is she a student?
She is Is she…?
5. Are they athletes?
It is Is it…?
6. Are we teachers?
To make yes or no questions with 7. Is today Friday?
the verb ‘to be’ simply put the
8. Am I Rakkan?
correct form of ‘to be’ before the
subject and add a question mark 9. Is Mercedes a car company?
at the end (?). 10. Is Jeddah a city?
Example: 11. Is Saudi Arabia a country?
I am a dentist 12. Is Fay a manager?
Subject Verb 13. Are Kuwait and Bahrain countries?
Am I a dentist ? 14. Are Fatimah and Faisal accountants?
Verb Subject 15. Are Maha and I flight attendants?

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2. Exercise: Change the positive 3. Exercise: Choose the correct verb
sentences (+) to questions(?) to be (am/is/are) and fill in the blanks.
1. I am a doctor. Am I a doctor.
2. You are a dentist.
...................................................... .
3. He is an accountant.
...................................................... .
4. She is a nurse.
...................................................... .
5. It is a city.
...................................................... . 1. ............ you a singer?

6. We are artists. 2. ............ he a dentist?

...................................................... . 3. ............ I a nurse?
7. They are chefs. 4. ............ they chefs?
...................................................... . 5. ............ we doctors?
8. She is Fatimah.
6. ............ Miss Al-Ghamdi a teacher?
...................................................... .
7. ............ Mr. Al-Ghassan a secretary?
9. We are friends.
...................................................... . 8. ............ Mrs. Al-Harbi and you pilots?
10. They are businessmen. 9. ............ it a lion or a tiger?
...................................................... . 10. ............ a house or a car?

4. Exercise: Choose the correct pronoun and fill

in the blanks.
1. Is ....................................a teacher? (it, he, they)
2. Are....................................doctors? (they, she, I)
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3. Is ....................................a name? (I, you, it)

4. Am....................................a teacher? (you, we, I)
5. Are.................................... ? (you, I, it)

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5. Conversation Activity

Practice yes/no questions using the verb ‘to be’.

LOOK at the following example then practice the activity.

Student 1: Are you Ahmed? Student 2: Are you Imran?

Student 2: No, I’m not. I’m Faisal. Student 1: Yes, I am.

Student 1: Are you a manager? Student 2: Are you a teacher?

Student 2: No, I’m not. I’m a student. Student 1: No, I’m not. I’m a student.

Now you try it. Use the example to help you and fill in the blanks with
your own information. Try it with different students in your class.

Student 1:
Are you Ahmed?
Student 2 :
No, I’m not.
I’m ....................................

Student 1:
Are you a manager?

Student 2:
No, I’m not.
I’m a ....................................

Try this activity with another

three students.

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1. Conversation Practice Using (+) (-) (?)
A: Hello, I’m Ali Al-Juhani.
B: Hello, Ali. I’m Ahmed Al-Harbi.
A: Nice to meet you Ahmed.
B: Nice to meet you too, Mr. Al-Juhani.
A: Are you an artist, Ahmed?
B: No, I’m not an artist. I’m an architect.
What about you?
A: I’m a pilot.

2. SENTENCE REVIEW/PRACTICE
Fill in the blanks.
1. Ali isn’t a dentist. He..................... a doctor.
2. Mrs. Al-Ghamdi..................... a teacher...................... isn’t an actor.
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3. English Central..................... an English website...................... is great!

4. Toyota and Honda are Japanese car companies.
..................... aren’t Chinese.
5. Sara and .....................
I teachers...................... are singers.

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3. Vocabulary with pictures review: Complete the sentences with
the information from the pictures.

Pilot Flight attendant

1. He ........................ 2. She ...................
..............................

Engineers Student
3. They ....................... 4. You ......................

Businessman Nurse
5. He ............................. 6. She ...................

Lawyer Chef
7. He ..................... 8. He .....................

Secretary Artist
9. She ...................... 10. He ....................

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5. Rewrite the following

sentences using contractions.
1. She is a receptionist.
She’s a receptionist.
2. We are dentists.
............................................................
3. They are not doctors.
............................................................
4. You are not an artist.
............................................................
4. Change the following sentences 5. You are artists.
into questions. ............................................................
1. Ahmed is a doctor. 6. I am not Ahmed.
Is Ahmed a doctor? ............................................................
7. He is Mr. Al-Amri.
2. He’s a musician. ............................................................
............................................................
8. It is not a Mercedez-Benz.
3. Zaynab is a teacher. ............................................................
............................................................
9. It is a Cadillac.
4. She’s a nurse. ............................................................
............................................................
10. It is a pen.
5. She’s Fatimah. ............................................................
............................................................ 11. It is not a pen.
6. You‘re an athlete. ............................................................
............................................................ 12. They are teachers.
............................................................
7. You’re Ahmed.
............................................................ 13. We are not teachers.
............................................................
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8. Ali is an engineer.
14. She is Mrs. Al-Ghamdi.
............................................................ ............................................................
9. We’re secretaries. 15. She is not Miss Al-Qurashi.
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 6. Vocabulary & Sentence Review
1. Is he a dentist? 2. Is she an engineer?

__________________

No, he’s not. __________________

He’s a pilot.
__________________

3. Is he a singer? 4. Is he an accountant?

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

5. Are they managers? 6. Is she a nurse?

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

7. Is he a tailor? 8. Is she a chef?

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

9. Is she a surgeon? 10. Is he a tailor?

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

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7. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
1. Mr. Al-Mugamsi aren’t a doctor.
..............................................................................................................................
2. Mr. and Mrs. Al-Qahtani isn’t teachers.
..............................................................................................................................
3. Ahmed and I am students.
...............................................................................................................................
4. Toyota is a car company.
...............................................................................................................................
5. Are Sarah a secretary?
...............................................................................................................................

8. Change the subjects with their appropriate subject pronouns.

Example: Muhammad Abduh is a singer = He is a singer.

Subject Subject Pronoun

1. Mrs. Al-Ghamdi isn’t a waitress. She isn’t a waitress.

2. Alaa and Fatimah are students.

.............................................................................................................................
3. Mercedez-Benz isn’t a computer company.
..............................................................................................................................
4. Manal and I aren’t soldiers.
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..............................................................................................................................
5. Mr. Al-Maghribi is a businessman.
..............................................................................................................................

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9. Make sentences using the verbs and nouns.
Ex. (am / doctor /a/ I) = I am a doctor.
1. (Mrs. /an/ Al-Ahmedi /artist/is) =
.......................................................................................................................................
2. ( Mr. Johnson / pilots / Mr. Al-Harbi / are / and ) =
......................................................................................................................................
3. (secretary /not/ am /a/I) =
.......................................................................................................................................
4. (flight attendants/are/ we) =
.......................................................................................................................................
5. (you /dentists/ and /Al-Bandar/Miss/are) =
.......................................................................................................................................

10. Make negative sentences using the word given.

1. (Ms. Al-Sandy / not / waitress / is / a) = Ms. Al-Sandy is not a waitress.

2. (Bandar / Manal / and / flight attendants / not/are ) =
..............................................................................................................................
3. (and / Yusuf / students / Rami / are ) =
...............................................................................................................................
4. (we / chefs / are / not) =
...............................................................................................................................
5. (Starbucks /restaurant / a / not / is) =
...............................................................................................................................

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 13. Make questions
1. (Faisal/is/doctor/a) ? = Is Faisal a doctor?

2. (Sarah/ teachers / Fatimah / and / are)?=

......................................................................................................................................
3. (Maid / you / are / a)?=
.......................................................................................................................................
4. (car company / is / Mercedez-Benz / a) =
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.......................................................................................................................................
5. (Mr. Ba Sakin / you / are / pilots/ and)? =
.......................................................................................................................................

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 Unit 3
All About Me!
Giving personal information
• Family tree
• Nouns & Possessives
• Relationships
1. Vocabulary: My Family

Grandmother Grandfather Mother Brother Uncle Sister Aunt Son

Grandparents Children / Kids Husband Daughter Father Cousin Wife Pet

....................... .......................

....................... ....................... ....................... .......................

....................... ....................... ....................... .......................

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2. Grammar Stop 3. Activity : Using possessive
Grammar: Possessive Adjectives. adjectives.
Possessive adjectives are used to indicate
I am Fatima.
the relationship or ownership of a noun.
Note: Sentences cannot end with a
possessive adjective I am a person.
Grammar Chart
My mother is Aminah.(she)
I My + noun
You Your + noun My father is Khalid. (he)

We Our + noun My mother is a woman. (she)

They Their + noun
My father is a man. (he)
He His + noun
My name is Fatima. (it)
She Her + noun
My name is a thing. (it)
It Its + noun
A car is a thing. (it)
Singular
A computer is a thing. (it)
I My brother
You Your sister They are my parents. (they)

He His father My parents are people. (they)

She Her mother
Their names are things. (they)
It (car) Its color is blue.
Their names are Khalid and Aminah (they).
Plural
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We Our grandparents

You Your parents

They Their cousins

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4. Exercise: Use the correct form of the verb ‘To Be’ for each noun.
Example: my name = It is
Our names = They are

1. my father He is
2. my parents They are
3. your father ...............................................................................
4. my son ...............................................................................
5. your children/kids ...............................................................................
6. your family ...............................................................................
7. my daughter ...............................................................................
8. my first name ...............................................................................
9. my last name /family name/surname...............................................................................
10. my cousin ...............................................................................
11. your cousins ...............................................................................

5. Conversation Activity: Use the above exercise to talk about your

families to the class.
Example: My father is Ahmed Al-Bukhari.
His brother is ...............................................................................

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6. Writing: Replace the underlined subjects in each sentence with a
subject pronoun and rewrite the sentence.
Possessive adjectives are used to indicate the relationship or ownership of
a noun.

1. Ali and Sarah are my cousins. They are my cousins.

2. My parents are doctors. .......................................................................................................................... .

3. His name is Saleh Al-Zahrani. ................................................................................................................ .

4. What is your name? My name is Ali Al-Zahrani. ...................................................................... .

5. Is your brother a dentist? ....................................................................................................................... .

6. Ali and Ahmed are brothers. ................................................................................................................. .

7. Their names are Sarah and Fatimah Al-Ghamidi. ................................................................ .

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8. Simba is my cat. ............................................................................................................................................. .

9. My husband is a teacher. ........................................................................................................................ .

10. My wife is a pilot. .......................................................................................................................................... .

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7. Exercise: Choose the correct short answer for each question.
The subject is highlighted.
Example: my name = It is Jamal Al-Bukhari.
Our names = They are Ahmed and Asim.
1. Is your name Ahmed Al-Hadadi?
a. Yes, it is.
b. Yes, it are.
2. Are Sarah and Ayah your sisters? 4. Are your children students?
a. Yes, they is. a. Yes, they.
b. Yes, they. b. Yes, they are.
c. Yes, they are. c. Yes, they is.

3. Is Mr. Al-Amri your father? 5. Am I your uncle?

a. No, he’s not. a. No, you’re.
b. No, he’s. b. No, you aren’t.
c. No, he not. c. No, you are.
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8. Exercise: Fill in the blank using the information in brackets.
Example: They are my parents
(I / parents)

1. He is your father. 6. They are .....................................................

(you / father) (he / parents)
2. She is ........................................................ 7. He is .............................................................
(she / mother) (she / brother)
3. They are ..................................................... 8. She is ...........................................................
(they / parents) (they / aunt)

4. He is ............................................................. 9. They are ....................................................

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(you / cousin) (he / children)

5. She is ......................................................... 10. It is ..............................................................

(she / sister) (I / cat)

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9. Exercise: Choose the correct word or phrase from the below to
fill in the blanks.
dentist engineers my aunt they it’s

1. Is your cousin a doctor? No, he isn’t. He’s a ..................................................

2. Are your parents teachers? No, they aren’t. They’re .....................................

3. Is Mrs. Al-Amri your mother? No, she isn’t. She’s ............................................

4. Are Ali and Faisal your brothers? No, .................. aren’t. They’re my cousins.

5. Is your last name Al-Harbi. No, it isn’t. ............................................... Al-Amri.

10. Exercise: Rewrite each possessive 11. Exercise: Answer each question
adjective + noun using only the with a ‘short answer’.Then answer
subject pronouns. correctly with your own information.
Each possessive adjective + noun
1. My father = .................. using only the subject pronouns.
2. My dog = ..................
Example: Is your name Maher Fallata?
No, it’s not. It’s Rami Al-Harbi.
3. My parents = ..................
1. Is your first name Faisal?
4. My last name = .................. ...................................................................

5. My sisters = .................. 2. Is Mr. Al-Humayd your father?

...................................................................
6. My aunt and uncle = ..................
3. Are your parents pilots?
7. My grandmother = .................. ...................................................................

8. My family = .................. 4. Are your children students?

...................................................................
8. My first and last name = ..................
5. Is her name Sarah?
10. My son = .................. ...................................................................

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 Unit 3

1. Vocabulary: Learn the new vocabulary words.

neighborhood nationality street clean eyes

capital traffic house park here

.......................

.......................

....................... .......................
.......................
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.......................
PASSPORTPASS
POR
T

....................... ....................... ....................... .......................

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2. Grammar Stop
Grammar: The Possessive ’s
The apostrophe with ’s shows ownership or possession. It shows who
someone or something belongs to.
Note: We only use this when we talk about something that someone owns.
For example: This is Ahmed’s car. This is Sarah’s pen.
This is Ahmed and Sarah’s house.
In use:
His car is black. Ahmed’s car is black. Possessive’s

His car = it Ahmed’s car = it SUBJECT

Is this your pen? No, it’s not. It’s Sarah’s pen.

*** Note: Not to be confused with it’s meaning it is. ***

Examples:
Sarah’s car = her car. The car belongs to Sarah.
Ahmed’s car = his car. The car belongs to Ahmed.
Jeddah’s traffic = its traffic. The traffic is in Jeddah.
Ahmed and Sarah’s house = their house. The house of Ahmed and Sarah.

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3. Exercise: Circle the correct possessive
to replace the underlined subject. 8. His last name is Al-Ghamdi.
a. (Ali’s last name)
1. His car is red and black. b. (Ali is last name)
a. (Ahmed is car) c. (Ali last name)
b. (Ahmed’s car) 9. Their streets are old.
c. (Ahmed car) a. (Jeddah and Riyadh’s)
b. (Jeddah and Riyadh)
2. Faisal is her husband c. (Jeddah’s and Riyadh)
a. (Sarah husband)
b. (Sarah is husband) 10. Its parks are big and clean.
c. (Sarah’s husband) a. (The neighborhood’s parks)
b. (The neighborhood is parks)
3. My house is bigger than his house c. (The neighborhood parks)
a. (Rami’s house)
b. (Rami house) 11. He is five years old.
c. (Rami is house) a. (Ali’s son)
b. (Ali is son)
4. What is his nationality? c. (Ali son)
a. (Marwan’s nationality)
12. His eyes are brown.
b. (Marwan nationality)
a. (Saleh’s eyes)
c. (Marwan is nationality) b. (Saleh eyes)
5. Is his son a child? c. (Saleh is eyes)
a. (Khalid son)
13. Her house is white.
b. (Khalid is son)
a. (Reem is house)
c. (Khalid’s son)
b. (Reem’s house)
6. Are their parents teachers? c. (Reem house)
a. (Ahmed and Sarah’s) 14. Is its capital Al-Riyadh? Yes, it is.
b. (Ahmed and Sarah) a. (Saudi Arabia is capital)
c. (Ahmed’s and Sarah’s) b. (Saudi Arabia capital)
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c. (Saudi Arabia’s capital)

7. Its traffic is very bad.
a. (Jeddah traffic) 15. Its name is Simba.
a. (The cat’s name)
b. (Jeddah is traffic) b. (The cat is name)
c. (Jeddah’s traffic) c. (The cat name)

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4. Choose the correct answer to complete each question.
1. What’s............................................. last name?

a) Ali is b) Ali’s c) Ali d) Alis

2. What is ............................................. first name?

a) you’re father is b) your father’s c) you father d) you are father is

3. What’s............................................. brother’s name?

a) Sarah b) Sarah’s c) Sarah is d) Sarahs

4. ............................................. Jeddah’s size?

a) What b) Whats c) What’s d) What,s

5. What’s............................................. capital?

a) Kuwait b) Kuwait is c) Kuwaits d) Kuwait’s

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5. Exercise: Unscramble the words to make complete sentences.
1. (Amal’s / is / father / businessman / a) Amal’s father is a businessman.
2. ( are / clean / streets / Saudi Arabia’s) ______________________________
3. ( is / Al-Zahrani / Fatin’s / last name) ______________________________
4. (am / Adam’s / I / father ) ______________________________
5. (Layal and Lujain’s / is / pet / cat / a) ______________________________
6. (Yusuf’s / is / Saleh / father) ______________________________
7. ( capital / Saudi Arabia’s / Al-Riyadh/ is) ______________________________
8. ( here / are / keys / Wael’s ) ______________________________
9. ( uncle’s / my / is / name / Hamed ) ______________________________
10. ( new / Khaled’s / is / car ) ______________________________

6. Exercise: Review the following and make sure you understand

which pronoun is correct.

My mother’s name is Judy. My mother is Judy.

My mother’s name = it My mother = she
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A key = it Keys = they

my mother’s key = her key = it my mother’s keys = her keys = they

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7. Exercise: Replace the possessive nouns with possessive pronouns.
Example: Ahmed’s car = his car
1. Sarah’s car = 6. Jeddah’s neighborhoods =
.................................................................... ....................................................................
2. Qusai’s family = 7. Fadi’s job =
.................................................................... ....................................................................
3. Saudi Arabia’s capital = 8. Rayan’s grandmother =
.................................................................... ....................................................................
4. Manal and Heba’s parents = 9. Oxford’s office =
.................................................................... ....................................................................
5. The cat’s color = 10. Mrs. Al-Zahrani’s husband =
.................................................................... ....................................................................

8. Exercise: Identify the correct pronoun by circling it.

Example: Ahmed’s sister is a teacher.
She is a teacher.
Ahmed’s sister = subject Ahmed’s sister = she
1. Jeddah’s traffic is bad. 6. The car’s color is blue.
(it / she / they) (we / they / it)
2. Maha’s father is an engineer. 7. Rakkan’s father-in-law is a pilot.
(he / she / we) (she / he / you)
3. Manal’s children are students. 8. Saudi Arabia’s neighborhoods are clean.
(we / you / they) (it / they / we)
4. Tareq’s nationality is American. 9. Faisal’s uncle and aunt aren’t doctors.
(it / he / she) (we / they / I)
5. Fatin and Heba’s houses are big. 10. My father’s name is Muhannad.
(it / they / I) (they / he / it)

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9. Exercise: Answer the questions based on the pictures with a yes/no
answer, then give the correct answer in the next sentence.
Example: Is this your desk?
.
No, it’s not. It’s Ahmed’s desk

1. Is Mr. Al-Mughamisi your father?

................................................................... .

2. Is Saudi Arabia’s capital Jeddah?

................................................................... . Mr. Al-Mughamisi

3. Are they your kids?

................................................................... .
.
Ahmed
4. Are Hamed and Ahmed your brothers?

................................................................... . Hamed

Fatima
5. Is Fatima’s last name Al-Zahrani?

................................................................... .

10. Conversation Activity

Take turns asking other classmates about their belongings.
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Example: Is this your pen? No, it’s not, it’s Abdullah’s pen.
Is this Saeed’s phone? No, it’s not. It’s Qusai’s phone.
Ask five questions to other classmates.

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 Unit 4
Describing photographs
• Preposition
• Definite and indefinite articles (a,an,the)
• Vocabulary - rooms and furniture

1. Grammar: Preposition of place.

Prepositions connect nouns and pronouns with other words in a sentence.

They usually give information about time, places, and direction.

ON IN / INSIDE

IN FRONT OF UP
UNDER
R
OVE
THROUGH

ABOVE
BEHIND
DOWN
INTO OUT
OF

PAST
BETWEEN

TO
OM
Y FR
AWA
ALONG NEAR

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2. Look at some examples based on the pictures.
IN
1. The ball is in the box. Ball is the noun.
In is the preposition.
Box is the object.

UNDER
2. The ball is on the box
BESIDE
3. The ball is under the box ON

4. The ball is beside the box

3. Exercise.
1) He's swimming (in/on) the river.
2) Where's Julie? She's (at/in) school.
3) The plant is (in/on) the table.
4) Please put those apples (above/in) the bowl.
5) Frank is (near/on) holiday for three weeks.
6) There are two pockets (on/at) this bag.
7) The cat is sitting (on/far from) the chair.
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8) The projector is (under/above) the table.

9) Ali’s bag is (among/between) me and him.
10)Lucy was standing (above/ next to) the bus stop.

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 Unit 4

VOCABULARY

1. How many things are in your

livingroom? TELL your friend
about them.

2. LOOK at the picture of the living

room below and LABEL the things.

a frame a cupboard

a carpet some lights

a window some paintings

a curtain a coffee table

a sofa a wall

a shelf a TV

some cushions

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READING – Look at my living room!
3. READ this description of my living room. What mistakes can you see?
CHECK the picture.

In this picture there is a living room. In the living room, there is a small
TV on a cupboard. There is a beautiful beige carpet on the floor.
There is one orange sofa on the carpet. There is a one coffee table
on the carpet, in front of the sofa. There are four cushion on the sofa.
There are three big lamps from the ceiling. on the shelf there is a
some flowers. There are lights above the table. There is also a window
in the room, and curtains.

4. COMPLETE the table with

the correct information
from the picture. READ the
description of the living
room again to help you.

There is… There are…

a TV three lamps

GRAMMAR SPOT 1
We use there is a or an to talk
about one person or thing.
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We use there are two* or some

to talk about more than one
person or thing.
*this can be any number greater than one
(ten, twenty, etc...).

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5. Exercise: Write 5 things that can be found in your bedroom and 5 things
can be found in your living room using “prepositions” and “verb to be”
appropriately.

Example: There is a TV next to the Playstation in my room.

There are two green lamps on the side drawers.
a. In my bedroom….
1. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

2. …………………………………………………………………………………………....

3. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

4. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

5. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

b. In our living room or guest room…

1. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

2. …………………………………………………………………………………………....

3. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

4. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

5. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

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PRACTICE Articles: a/an & the
1.CIRCLE the correct verb to be (is/are) READ the first line about the living
in the sentences. room on page 55 again:

a) There is /are five armchairs. “In this picture there is a living

room. In the living room...”
b) In the living room there is / are
some flowers. In the first sentence, the ‘living
room’ is used with ‘a’. In the
c) There is /are a TV next to the lamps. second sentence, the living
d) There is /are a big light on the ceiling. room is used with ‘the’. Why?

2. Which sentences are incorrect?

TICK the correct sentences and GRAMMAR SPOT 2
WRITE next to the wrong ones.
We use ‘a’ when we talk about
a) There are two coffee tables in the something for the first time .
living room.
We use ‘the’ when we talk about
b) There is are some armchairs, too. something for the second time,
or more.
c) There are a two big windows.
d) There is some cushions on the sofa. EXAMPLES
e) There are two beautiful a lamps.
f ) There is a lovely carpet on the floor.

3. THINK about your living room. WRITE

some sentences about your living
room. USE the grammar and There is a man sitting on a chair.
vocabulary you have learned. The man is tall, and the chair
USE these words to help you: is very small. The children are
looking the man.

above on next to between

1. ..................................................................
2. .................................................................. There is a man wearing a scarf.
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The man is Saudi. The scarf is red

3. .................................................................. and white. The man is looking in
a mirror.
4. ..................................................................

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PRACTICE
1.Which sentences are incorect? Why?
a) My brother, Suleiman, is a teacher. b) My sister, Fatimah, she is an artist.
c) Rakan he is watching a movie on TV. d) That house it is really big!

2.COMPLETE the sentences using a/an/the/he/she/it

a) Ahmed is a student from Najran. ........ is studying in the University of Najran.
b) Sara is really funny and energetic. ........ is clever, too. ........’s a doctor.
c) I really love my house! ........ is very big. There are many rooms.

d) This is my son, Unays. ........’s 10 years old in this photo;........’s an old photo of him.

3.CROSS-OUT one word so these sentences are correct.

a)The new Toyota Camry it is expensive. d) My sisters they are energetic.
b)My father he is an engineer. e) He Ahmed is a police officer in Jizan.
c)Aisha she is an English teacher. f ) Razan she is a beautiful woman.

4. THINK about one of your family or friends. WRITE about them.

REMEMBER!
We do not need to use a pronoun in the same sentence as the noun.
HOWEVER, we can use it in the second sentence instead of the noun.

................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................

5.UNDERLINE the incorrect word/s and WRITE the correct one/s on the line.
a) My brothers are playing football. He love the game.............................................
b) Fatimah s smiling in the photo. It’s wearing a beautiful scarf...............................
c) I love walking in parks in my city with my wife. He likes it too................................
d) Do you like swimming in the sea? I do, but they’re cold today.............................

e) My father and I are trying to fix my car. She’s very tired.......................................

f ) Ahmed, Samir and Fatimah are at university. He’s studying hard.............................

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 REVIEW
OF UNITS 1-4

1. Exercise: Underline the subject in each sentence.

EXAMPLE: It is a pen. Ali is an engineer.

1. He isn’t Ahmed. 6. Jeddah is a city.

2. She is a teacher. 7. Makkah and Al-Madinah are cities.
3. They are doctors. 8. Sameer is a pilot.
4. We’re students. 9. Samera Saeed is a singer.
5. It’s my car. 10. Hyundai is a car company.

2. Exercise: Replace the underlined subject with the appropriate

subject pronoun and rewrite the sentences.
Example: Ali isn’t a doctor. He isn’t a doctor.
1. Ahmed isn’t a doctor. ............................................................................................................. .

2. Sarah and Maha are sisters. .............................................................................................. .

3. Al-Riyadh is Saudi Arabia’s capital. ............................................................................. .

4. Faisal and I are students. ...................................................................................................... .

5. Thamer isn’t a pilot. ................................................................................................................... .

3. Exercise: Fill in the blanks with the correct for of the verb ‘To Be’
1. Saleh .............................. is ................................ a doctor. (am / are / is)

2. Sarah .............................. a nurse. (am / are / is)

3. Ahmed and Ali ........................... engineers. (am / are / is)

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4. I ................................ Manal Al-Zahrani. (am / are / is)

5. My brother and I ............................ from Saudi Arabia. (am / are / is)

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4. Exercise: Change the positive sentences to negative to sentences.
1. I’m an accountant. .........................................................................................................................

2. He’s my father. .................................................................................................................................

3. Sarah is my daughter. .................................................................................................................

4. Jeddah is a country. .....................................................................................................................

5. You’re Mrs. Al-Zahrani. ..............................................................................................................

5. Exercise: Change the positive sentences into questions.

Remember to add the question marks! (?)
1. Ahmed is Faisal’s son...............................................................................................................................
2. You’re an artist...............................................................................................................................
3. She’s Heba. .....................................................................................................................................

4. Asia is a continent.......................................................................................................................
5. We’re teachers. ............................................................................................................................

6. Exercise: Rewrite the following sentences using contractions.

1. You are a student. ............................................................................................................................... .

2. They are not doctors. ......................................................................................................................... .

3. Ahmed is not a flight attendant. .............................................................................................. .
4. She is a receptionist. .......................................................................................................................... .

5. She is not an artist. ............................................................................................................................... .

6. I am not Bandar. .................................................................................................................................... .

7. I am Rayyan. ............................................................................................................................................. .
8. My parents are not dentists. ......................................................................................................... .
7. Exercise: Possessive Adjectives.
Fill in the blank; my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

1. I don't know the time because I can't find ....... watch.

2. What's the boy's name? …… name is Ben Scott.
3. Maha has got a cat ....... cat is very lively.
4. The dog is very cute. ....... name is Ben.
5. We are at school ....... school is very nice.

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