Language Tree SB 6

Unit 2 Unit 8 What have I learnt?

Can Do Skills

1 Listen to the story. Answer the questions. 1 What is the problem? 2 How does the bus driver feel? Why? 3 How do the passengers feel? 4 Why did Valdeen want to look smaller than he actually was? 2  Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. 1 The minibus instantly screeched _________

a halt. a) for

b) to c) at 2 The driver turned __________ to face the passengers. a) around b) over c) along 3 People didn’t know what he was talking __________. a) on b) about c) around 4 “What!” There were exclamations _____disbelief. a) of b) on c) for 5 Valdeen tried to look smaller _______ he actually was. a) that b) or c) than

3  Choose the sentence in which the capital letters and punctuation marks are ALL correctly used. 1 a) “It was me, said Valdeen.

b) “It was me,” said Valdeen. c) “It was me.”said Valdeen.

2 a) “You’ll make us all late!” snapped a passenger. b) “You’ll make us all late!” Snapped a passenger. c) “You’ll make us all late”! snapped a passenger.

3 a) “Go get it now ordered the driver.” b) “Go get it now” ordered the driver. c) “Go get it now,” ordered the driver.

Read aloud the Listening text from page 178.

• These assessments are intended to be conducted quickly and informally. Where possible, allow students to provide answers in the form of letters and numbers (e.g. in answer to exercise 3, question 1–1b). Don’t insist that they write out complete sentences.

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