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Reading and Writing Portfolio 2 Reading people’s favourite things Writing capital letters (2); punctuation; a description of your favourite thing Review have got; personal possessions

My favourite thing 1

a Read texts 1–3 and match them to photos A–C.

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KATHY My favourite thing is my car. It’s a Fiat 500 and it’s about forty years old. It’s red – my favourite colour – and it’s got an old radio. It isn’t very fast, but I love it. Oh, one more thing – its name is Rose!

DANNY I’ve got a cat called Jasper. He’s about three years old and he’s beautiful. He’s black and white and he’s very friendly. He’s got two sisters, Missy and Topsy. Missy is my brother’s cat and Topsy is my cousin’s cat.

b Read the texts again. Answer these questions. 1

How old is Kathy’s car? It’s forty years old.

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Is her car very fast?

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How old is Danny’s cat?

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How many sisters has Jasper got?

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Is Sabrina’s mobile very old?

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Has it got all her photos on it?

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Write these sentences with the correct capital letters. 1

have you got helen’s mp3 player? Have you got Helen’s MP3 player?

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my brother has got a new car. i think it’s a bmw.

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i’ve got a panasonic tv and a sony dvd player.

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juan’s from spain and his wife’s from the usa.

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my address is 13 richmond road, melbourne, australia.

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we haven’t got a german car. our car’s japanese.

HELP WITH WRITING Capital letters (2) 2

SABRINA What’s my favourite thing? It’s my new mobile. Of course, it’s not just a phone, it’s also got all my photos and music on it too. It’s a Nokia and it’s got an MP3 player, games, videos, the internet, a camera … everything, really!

a When do we use capital letters? Check in 2a p64. b We also use capital letters for these things. the beginning of a sentence: He’s about three years old.

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For the pronoun I: It isn’t very fast, but I love it.

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For companies: Fiat, Nokia. For some things: an MP3 player, a TV, a DVD.

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TIP • We don’t use capital letters with nouns: I’ve got a car. not I’ve got a Car.

c Look again at the texts in 1a. Underline all the capital letters.

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HELP WITH WRITING Punctuation 4

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Read about Anthony’s favourite thing. Then write the text with the correct capital letters and punctuation.

a Notice how we use punctuation. ●

We use a full stop ( . ) at the end of a sentence: My favourite thing is my car.

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We use a question mark ( ? ) at the end of a question: What’s my favourite thing?

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We use an exclamation mark ( ! ) at the end of a surprising sentence: Its name is Rose! use commas ( , ) for lists: It’s got an MP3 player, games, videos, the internet, a camera …

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We use apostrophes ( ’ ) for contractions (’s = has, etc.): He’s got two sisters.

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also use apostrophes ( ’ ) for possessive ’s: Topsy is my cousin’s cat.

my favourite thing is my laptop i think its beautiful its very fast and its also very easy to use ive got all my music games films and school work on it my laptops very important to me and i love it

b Look again at Kathy’s text in 1a. Circle all the punctuation.

My favourite thing is my laptop.

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Write these sentences with the correct punctuation. 1

This isnt my sisters coat This isn’t my sister’s coat.

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Have you got Susans address

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Rob hasnt got any brothers or sisters

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a Fill in the table about your favourite thing. What is it? how old

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Sarahs got a bicycle its 50 years old

colour adjectives (new, etc.) things it has got

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Ive got Jennys car but I havent got the keys

other information

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My sisters got a camera a mobile a DVD player and a

b Write about your favourite thing.

new TV

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Use the information from the table in 7a.

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Use capital letters and punctuation.

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Read and check for mistakes.

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Give your description to your teacher next class.

My mothers house isn’t very big

Tick the things you can do in English in the Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.

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