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SpellingSkills 100 CommonlyMisspelled Words Be theSpell-checker III. ReadingSkills ReadingComprehension IV.QuestionForms Wh - Questions Question FormsUsing Verb to be (Present Simple Tense) Question FormsUsing Verb to do as an Auxiliary Verb (Present Simple Tense) Question FormsUsing Verb to have as an Auxiliary Verb (Present PerfectTense) V.OppositeAdjectives VI.Comparatives and Superlatives VII.IndefiniteArticles VIII.Nouns Singular andPlural Nouns Compound Nouns List of CommonUncountable Nouns Countable andUncountable Nouns UsingDeterminers IX.PersonalPronouns X.Adverbs ofFrequency XI.Verbs Whats theInfinitive...? Troubling Tenses Past Simple vs. Present Continuous Troubling Tenses Past Simple vs. going to Troubling Tenses Mixed Tenses Irregular Verbs inthe Past Simple Tense Common IrregularVerbs Talking about thePast XII.Homophones Essential EnglishList of Common Homophones XIII.Sentences SentenceBuilding WritingComparisons XIV.Vocabulary Skills The Joy ofAbstract Nouns Emotions andFeelings Common Idioms UnderstandingQuantities Mixed-upQuantities Family Matters(gap-fill) Parts of aSentence Adjectives andSynonyms AdvancedHomophones Onomatopoeia Talking about theWeather XV. BeingPolite Good Advice XVI. ResearchSkills Quick Quiz Alphabet Quiz Classic Books An A-Z of EnglishSlang Terms XVII.

Find theMistakes XVIII.Answers I .Basic SentencePunctuation 1. Write thesentences and add capital letters, full stops and questionmarks: 1. my sistersname is jackie __________________________________ 2. friday ismy favourite day of the week __________________________________ 3. i likewatching eastenders on bbc 1 __________________________________ 4. lisa andchantal are going on holiday to portugal in may __________________________________ 6. did you goto school today __________________________________ 7. my newaddress is 248 normanton road in nottingham __________________________________ 8. when areyou going to the hospital __________________________________ 9. my doctoris getting a new receptionist shes called louise robson __________________________________ 10. ben and iare going to look round leicester grammar school on wednesday __________________________________ 2. ben and iare going to look round leicester grammar school on wednesday __________________________________ 2.

Write thesentences and add capital letters, full stops and questionmarks: 1. how do Iget to the library from here __________________________________ 2. the coachfor london leaves in about half an hour __________________________________ 3. my birthdayis in september i usually go out for a drink with my friends __________________________________ 4. what do youwant for dinner tonight __________________________________ 5. ill have acoke please and two packets of walkers crisps __________________________________ 7. if you needto see a consultant go to the derbyshire royal infirmary __________________________________ 8. marypoppins is my mums favourite film she likes julie Andrews __________________________________ 9. i drive ared fiat punto and my uncle drives a green bmw __________________________________ 10. i joinedmorton park golf club last week it was very expensive __________________________________ Using CapitalLetters 3. Choose the words that should startwith a capital letter, then write them out correctly: nice john school get england pizza pizza hut single coconut chair monday new york trousers quickly january come sarah student king edward highschool atlantic ocean fridge butter december french 4. Choose the words that should startwith a capital letter, then write them out correctly: dress like hospital claire spain tomato ketchup five washingmachine mount everest cupboard indian paris good easily august steven went doctor doctor i pjones orange burger king wait manchester generalhospital wednesday Put capital letters in the right placesin this text: my name is tim. ilive in nottingham, which is a city in the uk. i live in a smalldetached house with my wife jenny, and our two children, lisa andjames. i work at debenhams in nottingham, and i really enjoy myjob. i am a sales manager for the sports clothing department.debenhams is the largest department store in nottingham and thereare branches all over the uk. when im not atwork i like to play tennis with my friend joe. he is much betterthan me, but i still enjoy it. at the weekends i sometimes take myfamily to manchester to visit jennys mum. she lives at pine viewnursing home in a nice suburb of the city and has been there forabout five years. she loves to see her grandchildren. james alwaystells her about what he is doing at school. james and lisa both goto the same school, mount street junior school. james and lisa both goto the same school, mount street junior school.

Put capital letters in the right placesin this text: hello, im jenny,tims wife. we have been married for almost eleven years. i met timwhen we were both at university. i studied physics while timstudied business management. we graduated from cardiff universityin 1989, and went to live in birmingham. i took a one-year post-graduate teaching course,then got a job teaching science at lincoln high school. we moved tonottingham in 1996 where lisa was born. i remember that she was avery fat baby, but a happy one! my mum helped us with looking afterthe baby in the first year, before she had to go into the nursinghome in manchester. she wanted to move to a home in manchesterbecause that is where my two older sisters and their families live.we go to visit often - when i can get tim to drive us up there! idont drive. i took some lessons when i was a student in cardiffbut i found driving on the roads quite frightening and gave up!perhaps one day i will try again. about two yearsafter we had lisa, james was born. he was born at st.patrickshospital in nottingham. it seems like it was only last week. icant believe hes already at school. icant believe hes already at school.

Full Stops 7. Add fullstops to this text: My name is Tim Ilive in Nottingham, which is a city in the UK I live in a smalldetached house with my wife Jenny, and our two children, Lisa andJames I work at Debenhams in Nottingham, and I really enjoy my jobI am a sales manager for the sports clothing department Debenhamsis the largest department store in Nottingham and there arebranches all over the UK When Im not atwork I like to play tennis with my friend Joe He is much betterthan me, but I still enjoy it At the weekends I sometimes take myfamily to Manchester to visit Jennys mum She lives at Pine ViewNursing Home in a nice suburb of the city and has been there forabout five years She loves to see her grandchildren James alwaystells her about what he is doing at school James and Lisa both goto the same school, Mount Street Junior School Add full stops to this text: Hello, Im Jenny,Tims wife We have been married for almost eleven years I met Timwhen we were both at university I studied Physics while Tim studiedBusiness Management We graduated from Cardiff University in 1989,and went to live in Birmingham We got married in 1993 at LincolnCathedral I took a one-year post-graduate teaching course, then gota job teaching Science at Lincoln High School We moved toNottingham in 1996 where Lisa was born I remember that she was avery fat baby, but a happy one! My mum helped us with looking afterthe baby in the first year, before she had to go into the nursinghome in Manchester She wanted to move to a home in Manchesterbecause that is where my two older sisters and their families liveWe go to visit often - when I can get Tim to drive us up there! Idont drive I took some lessons when I was a student in Cardiff butI found driving on the roads quite frightening and gave up! Perhapsone day I will try again About two yearsafter we had Lisa, James was born He was born at St.Patrickshospital in Nottingham It seems like it was only last week I cantbelieve hes already at school