Review 2: schooldays, food and a practice test
Prepare a semester 1 revision session with school and food themes. Read a short text, check grammar and write a paragraph. Use the corrections to explain your mistakes instead of remembering an answer without understanding it.
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Le support, la méthode et les exercices corrigés à imprimer.
By the end of this lesson, you can
- Prepare a revision session with three parts
- Reading, language and writing checks
- Use an error to choose the next exercise
Before you startRead simple English sentences; use the starter lesson if you need help with names or numbers.
Un bon cours, ça se partage.
How do I revise school and food before an English 1AC test?
Practise finding a subject, day, time and meal detail in a short text. Then check have/has got, there is/are and question words. Finish with a focused paragraph about lunch or a school day, and explain your corrections instead of only copying the answers.
Prepare a revision session with three parts
Use have got consistently for a lunch bag or timetable. Say We've got English on Monday and I've got an apple. Use there is/are to describe a classroom. Match What, When and Where to an object or subject, a time, and a place.
A practice test can combine comprehension, language and writing. On the first attempt, leave the corrections closed. On the second, explain one mistake in each part and rewrite a corrected sentence. The suggested session is informal practice; it is not an official exam or national marking scheme.
Reading, language and writing checks
| Part | Task | Review action |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehension | Locate a day, a time or an object. | Underline evidence. |
| Language | Choose the correct verb and question word. | Explain the rule. |
| Writing | Describe lunch or a school day. | Check capitals and punctuation. |
Read a Tuesday school-and-lunch text
Read and explain this example
On Tuesday, our class has got English at nine. There are twenty students in our room. After the lesson, we eat lunch in the courtyard. I've got a sandwich, an apple and water. My friend has got rice and an orange. We haven't got PE today.
Use an error to choose the next exercise
A useful review ends with a reason. If you change There is twenty students to There are twenty students, explain that students is plural. If you change when to where, explain that the answer names a place. This small explanation tests whether the correction has made sense. On a later attempt, change the names, numbers or day so that you have to use the rule again rather than recall the same answer sequence.
Remember
Read has got with a singular subject and have got with a plural one. Our class is treated as one group in this text. The pronoun we takes have got.
Step by step
Put the idea into practice
- Read the text and attempt the three parts with answers closed.
- Give a text clue or grammar reason for each correction.
- Rewrite the paragraph and check only one feature at a time.
Frequently asked questions
How do I revise school and food before an English 1AC test?
Is this an official first-semester examination?
Is the practice test an official school control?
Quiz: 1 questions
1 questions are randomly selected from this lesson’s 1-question bank. Choose one answer for each question and get an immediate explanation.
Q1Which question asks for a place?
Incorrect answer
Where asks for a location; when asks for time and what for a thing.
Correct answer: Where do you eat?
Where asks for a location; when asks for time and what for a thing.
Your score
0/1
Start with the worked examples
Read the lesson in small sections. Write your own example for each rule and try the Easy exercises before returning to the quiz.
Review: 1 missed question
Which question asks for a place?
Correct answerWhere do you eat?
Where asks for a location; when asks for time and what for a thing.
Exercises with answers
4 exercises, from easy practice to challenges. Try each one yourself, then reveal the answer and explanation.
Exercise 1
EasyWhen is English? Where do the pupils eat? Have they got PE today?
Answer and explanation
English is on Tuesday at nine. They eat in the courtyard. No, they haven't got PE today.
Exercise 2
IntermediateChoose: There (is / are) twenty students. She (have / has) got rice. (When / Where) is the room?
Answer and explanation
Are; has; where. Twenty students is plural, she takes has, and where asks for a place.
Exercise 3
ChallengeWrite five sentences about a school day and lunch, with one negative.
Answer and explanation
Example: We've got English on Monday. There are twelve desks. I eat in the courtyard. I've got an apple. I haven't got milk. Other coherent details are possible.
Exercise 4
IntermediateA learner changes Where is English? to When have we got English? Why might the second question fit a timetable task better?
Answer and explanation
If the task asks for a day or time, when asks for the relevant information. Where would instead ask for a place such as a classroom.