Start Smart: study habits, tenses and a morning essay
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Put the verb in the future continuous: At eight o’clock tomorrow morning, Salma ___ (play) in the school volleyball match.
will be playing. Tomorrow morning at a fixed time shows an action in progress in the future.
2
Join the ideas in one sentence with when: Nour / cook / dinner. The doorbell / ring.
Nour was cooking dinner when the doorbell rang. (The past continuous is the longer action and the past simple is the interruption.)
3
Write a sentence with more … than to compare two school subjects. Use the adjective “difficult”.
For example: Physics is more difficult than geography for me. Any correct comparison with more difficult than is accepted.
4
Read: Laila practises the violin for an hour every day. At the concert she missed a note, but she smiled, kept playing and thanked the audience. Write one detail question and one attitude question with answers.
For example: How long does she practise every day? An hour. How did Laila feel about her mistake? She stayed calm and positive. Any correct pair is accepted.
5
Write 70 to 90 words about three things you do after school. Use First, Then, After that or Finally, and end with In conclusion.
A paragraph of 70 to 90 words with an introduction, three activities in order with linking words and a conclusion that begins In conclusion.