Reading and Writing Portfolio 1
Reading three conversations
Writing full stops ( . ) and question marks ( ? );
Where are you from? capital letters (1); about you
Review I, my, you, your ; he, his, she, her ;
countries; the alphabet
3 a Make sentences or questions with these words.
Write the full stops and question marks.
1 name / your / What’s
What’s your name?
2 from / Where / you / are
3 William / name’s / My
4 from / Where’s / she
5 the UK / from / I’m
6 you / are / How
7 the USA / from / She’s
8 thanks / fine, / I’m
Felix Brigitte b Match the questions and answers in 3a.
question answer
1 Look at the photo. Put this conversation in order.
1 3
FELIX
a Nice to meet you.
b Hello, I’m Felix Hofmann. 1
c I’m from Germany. And you?
COLETTE
HELP WITH WRITING Capital letters (1)
d You too. Where are you from?
4 In English we use capital letters (A, B, C, etc.)
e I’m from Paris. for these things.
f Hello, my name’s Brigitte Laurent. 2 ● At the beginning of a sentence: Nice to meet you.
● For I: Hello, I’m Felix Hofmann.
HELP WITH WRITING
Full stops ( . ) and question marks ( ? ) ● For countries: I’m from Germany.
● For cities: I’m from Paris.
2 Read about full stops and question marks.
● For names: Hello, my name’s Brigitte Laurent.
● We use a full stop ( . ) at the end of a sentence.
Hello, I’m Felix Hofmann. TIPS • We use capital letters for the UK and the USA.
● We use a question mark ( ? ) at the end of a question. • We don’t use capital letters with things: It’s a camera.
Where are you from? not It’s a Camera.
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5 Write these sentences with capital letters.
1 his name’s robin jones.
His name’s Robin Jones.
2 luciano’s from italy.
3 where’s elizabeth from?
4 alexei’s from moscow.
5 hello, i’m david smith.
6 nick’s from bristol, in the uk.
7 she’s from orlando, in the usa.
2
A where are you from
6 Write the conversations. Use capital letters, full stops
and question marks.
B i’m from brazil and you
A i’m from izmir, in turkey
B nice to meet you
A you too
7 a Fill in the table for you.
1 first name
2 surname
3 country
4 mobile number
5 home number
b Write five sentences about you. Use the
1
information in 7a. Use capital letters and full stops.
A what’s your first name
1 My first name’s
2
What’s your first name?
3
B it’s abdul
4
5
A what’s your surname
Tick (✓) the things you can do in English in the
B it’s razzaq
Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p72.
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