English Language
Coverage, Grammar and Functional Language Teaching Resource
Grade 5 General (Access)
Level 2.2
Term 3
2023 - 2024
Contents:
Emirates Schools Establishment Assessment Unit
Term 3 Preparation: Vocabulary
Key vocabulary
Food & Drink | Staying Healthy & Food | |
picnic | feel tired | menu |
pizza | feel better | pasta |
soup | doctor | dessert |
cup of tea | hearing test | feel sick |
bar of chocolate | feel fine | stomach |
Term 3 preparation: Grammar
Key Grammar
ECFE Grammar |
G.13.1 Present time; present simple (including verb 'to be') |
I visit my doctor every time I am sick. There are four slices of pizza here for you. | |
Grammatical structure | Present time; present simple (including verb ‘to be’) |
Usage | Used to describe when something is happening now or regularly. |
Other examples | My sister ate too much chocolate. She feels sick. |
I like eating lots of fruit. I don’t eat many sweets. How many slices of pizza are there? | |
Grammatical structure | Nouns: Countable and uncountable |
Usage | Used to talk about objects that we can count and add plural – s to Used to talk bout objects that are collective and uncountable with no plural -s |
Examples | I have some apples for lunch. (countable –s) I have lots of chocolate in my bag. (uncountable ) How much pizza is there? (uncountable) NB:(compare to a slice of pizza = countable) |
I ate too much chocolate ice-cream. We made a lot of cakes. We ate many pancakes for breakfast. | |
Grammatical structure | Determiners (quantifiers) lots of, a lot of, a little, many, much, some, any |
Usage | They are used to show the quantity of something and used with C or UC nouns. |
Other examples | Ali likes to bake some cakes with his mother. You should not eat so much sugar! My brother only likes a little milk in his tea. |
Term 3 preparation:
Functional language
Functional Language
NELCF Code | Grammatical structure |
FL.9 | Describing habits, routines, tasks and jobs. |
FL.24 | Asking for and giving advice |
FL.38 | Asking about and describing feelings and emotions |
Asking about and describing feelings and emotions | |
Lexis | “How do you feel? What is the matter?” “I feel sick…I feel fine…I feel better.” |
Examples | I ate some food and now I feel better. I feel fine today because I got lots of sleep. |
Asking for and giving advice | |
Lexis | Can you tell me…? You should / shouldn’t |
Examples | You should do some exercise every day to get fit. You shouldn’t eat so much sugar. It is unhealthy |
Lexis | Always, often, sometimes, never, go, am, today, this week |
Examples | I go for a hearing test once a year. What is your mother’s job? She is a teacher. |
Term 3 Assessment Example
Match the sentences to the pictures.
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1. clock
2. park
3. bird
Read the text and choose the correct word(s)
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We visit our grandparent’s house and 4 _____ nice food. My grandma makes 5 _____ drinks. I don’t eat much 6 _____ because it makes me feel sick. I always bring 7 _____ chocolate home with me.
Match the texts to the titles.
7. | My mum and dad take me to get food at the weekend. We go to a big shop. |
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8. | At school, I often tell my friend he should listen more. He does not sit down in the classroom. |
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In school, we are learning about health. I like exercise. “I run every day,” I said to my sister. “You should run with me. You need exercise.” She does not do any sport. She eats lots of unhealthy food, too. She should eat more fruit, like I do.
9. School teaches us about __________.
10. My favourite sport is __________.
11. My sister eats __________.
12. The writer eats __________.
some sugar | bad food | health |
lots of fruit | running | feeling sick |
Read the text and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
Read the text and answer the questions.
13. All of text 1 is about Alia’s _____.
A. weekends
B. school ending
C. new friends
14. All of text 2 is about Ahmed’s ____.
A. healthy life
B salad
C. exercise
15. Both the texts are about?
A. never exercising
B. weekend activities
C. lots of cake
16. You can use both these texts to plan _____.
A. a walk in the park
B. things to eat
C. some exercise
Example:
Text 1
My name is Alia. Every weekend, I go to the park with my friends after school. We eat lots of sandwiches, some fruit and a big cake. I like dessert with strawberries.
Text 2
My name is Ahmed. I like to keep healthy and exercise. Every Saturday, I run for four miles. I never get sick because I only eat healthy food. I really love salads!
Writing
Look at the image. Answer the questions by writing complete sentences. Use the words in the box to help you.
How does your doctor help you?
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How much / little exercise do you do ?
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medicine | feel better | rest |
lots of | every day/week | test |
Sample Answers
1. | C | 9. | health |
2. | A | 10. | running |
3. | B | 11. | bad food |
4. | B | 12. | lots of fruit |
5. | B | 13. | A |
6. | A | 14. | A |
7. | Food I Like | 15. | B |
8. | School Rules | 16. | B |
Well done!