Spotlight 3 Welcome: English 3AC revision
Prepare for Spotlight 3 in English 3AC: revise introductions, questions and basic tenses with new illustrations, examples and exercises with answers.
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By the end of this lesson, you can
- Introduce a person in complete sentences.
- Ask useful questions about identity and daily life.
- Distinguish a routine, an action now and a finished event.
Before you startRead short English sentences and identify the subject and verb.
Un bon cours, ça se partage.
What should I revise before Spotlight 3?
This Welcome practice checks language that helps with the Spotlight 3 topics. It is original revision, not a copy of the textbook or an official placement test. Begin without looking at the answers. Use your mistakes to choose two points to practise again.
Start with a short introduction: My name is Sami. I am fourteen. I live in Oujda. I enjoy drawing. A complete English sentence usually needs an expressed subject. Write I am fourteen, not Am fourteen. Be changes with the subject: I am, he is, we are.
How do I build a useful question?
With be, put the verb before the subject: Are you ready? Where is your notebook? With most other present-simple verbs, use do or does: Do you read? Does your brother speak English? Use speak, without -s, after does.
Choose a question word that matches the information you need. Who asks about a person, where about a place, when about a time, why about a reason and how about a way or method. A correct answer must fit the question: Why do you walk? needs a reason, not a place.
How do I place an action in time?
I read every evening describes a habit. I am reading now describes an action in progress. I visited my cousin yesterday describes a finished past event. Time expressions help, but always read the situation. Some irregular verbs change strongly: go becomes went.
In a past question, use did plus a base verb: Did you go?, not Did you went? To describe ability, use can plus a base verb: I can swim. Can takes no -s after he or she. Practise these short patterns before adding new structures.
How can I turn a correction into learning?
Group mistakes as vocabulary, word order or verb choice. Explain one correction in your own words, then create a new sentence. If do and does are difficult, revisit them before a longer present-perfect task. Use the sequence taught in your classroom; the website's semester grouping is only a revision aid.
A worked example
A person, a routine and a change
I'm Yassine. I live in Oujda and I usually cycle to school. Today, I am walking because my bicycle needs a repair. Yesterday, I visited my cousin and we played a board game.
- Usually cycle gives a routine.
- Am walking describes the current change.
- Yesterday places visited and played in a finished past time.
How should I use this English 3AC lesson?
- Try the exercises before reading the answers.
- Explain a correction in your own words.
- Return to the examples when two structures look similar.
The semester grouping is an editorial revision order. Follow the units, tasks and pace used by your own teacher and textbook.
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Quiz: 6 questions
6 questions are randomly selected from this lesson’s 6-question bank. Choose one answer for each question and get an immediate explanation.
Q1My friends ___ ready.
Incorrect answer
Friends is plural and takes are.
Correct answer: are
Friends is plural and takes are.
Q2Does he ___ science?
Incorrect answer
Does is followed by a base verb.
Correct answer: like
Does is followed by a base verb.
Q3Now, they ___ a text.
Incorrect answer
Are plus reading describes an action in progress.
Correct answer: are reading
Are plus reading describes an action in progress.
Q4Did you ___ yesterday?
Incorrect answer
Did takes the base form go.
Correct answer: go
Did takes the base form go.
Q5Why asks for...
Incorrect answer
A why question is answered with a reason.
Correct answer: a reason
A why question is answered with a reason.
Q6He can ___ well.
Incorrect answer
Can takes the base verb without to.
Correct answer: swim
Can takes the base verb without to.
Your score
0/6
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: 6 missed questions
My friends ___ ready.
Correct answerare
Friends is plural and takes are.
Does he ___ science?
Correct answerlike
Does is followed by a base verb.
Now, they ___ a text.
Correct answerare reading
Are plus reading describes an action in progress.
Did you ___ yesterday?
Correct answergo
Did takes the base form go.
Why asks for...
Correct answera reason
A why question is answered with a reason.
He can ___ well.
Correct answerswim
Can takes the base verb without to.
Exercises with answers
6 exercises, from easy practice to challenges. Try each one yourself, then reveal the answer and explanation.
Exercise 1
EasyComplete: My friends ___ thirteen. I ___ fourteen.
Answer and explanation
My friends are thirteen. I am fourteen. Choose be to match each subject.
Exercise 2
EasyTurn Your brother likes science into a question.
Answer and explanation
Does your brother like science? Use like without -s after does.
Exercise 3
IntermediateComplete: Listen! The pupils ___ (sing).
Answer and explanation
Are singing. Use are plus the -ing form for the action in progress.
Exercise 4
IntermediateCorrect: Did you visited your cousin yesterday?
Answer and explanation
Did you visit your cousin yesterday? Use a base verb after did.
Exercise 5
ChallengeWhy is Yassine walking today in the model?
Answer and explanation
Because his bicycle needs a repair. The reason is stated after because.
Exercise 6
ChallengeWrite an introduction, a routine and an action from yesterday.
Answer and explanation
Possible answer: I'm Sami. I read every evening. Yesterday, I helped my neighbour. Each sentence has a subject and a suitable verb.