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Stage 1 of 3 · 18 questions
Starters Test 3
What do you like, how many have you got, and is it a, an or some?
Part 1 — a, an or some?
a before a consonant sound · an before a vowel sound · some when we cannot count it
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I would like ? apple.
Apple starts with a vowel sound, so an.
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I would like ? banana.
Banana starts with b, so a.
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Can I have ? water, please?
We cannot count water, so we say some water.
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She is eating ? orange.
Orange starts with a vowel sound, so an.
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He wants ? bread.
We do not count bread, so some bread.
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I have got ? sandwich in my bag.
Sandwich starts with s, so a.
This part is done!
Read the explanations once more, then go on to the next part.
Part 2 — like or don't like?
Read the whole sentence. The end tells you which one fits.
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I ? ice cream. It is my favourite!
“My favourite” is a happy word, so like.
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I ? onions. They are horrible.
“Horrible” tells us it is don't like.
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She ? chocolate. She eats it every day.
She eats it every day, so she likes it. With she we add s: likes.
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He ? fish. He never eats it.
He never eats it, so he doesn't like it.
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We ? playing football in the park.
With we there is no s: we like.
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My baby brother ? his teddy bear.
My baby brother is he, so we add s: likes.
This part is done!
Read the explanations once more, then go on to the next part.
Part 3 — How many?
Read the numbers carefully.
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3 + 4
Three and four is ?.
3 + 4 = 7, seven.
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10 − 2
Ten take away two is ?.
10 − 2 = 8, eight.
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5 + 5
Five and five is ?.
5 + 5 = 10, ten.
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the number after 12
After twelve comes ?.
12, then 13 — thirteen.
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2 × 3
Two threes are ?.
2 × 3 = 6, six.
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the number before 1
Before one comes ?.
Before 1 comes 0, zero.
This part is done!
Read the explanations once more, then go on to the next part.
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