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Mixed Ability Worksheets
Contents
 Worksheet  Worksheet

1 Family and friends 4 Sports and hobbies

Catch-up 1 Catch-up 13
Support 2 Support 14
Reinforcement 3 Reinforcement 15
Extension 4 Extension 16

2 Healthy eating 5
My country
Catch-up 5 Catch-up 17
Support 6 Support 18
Reinforcement 7 Reinforcement 19
Extension 8 Extension 20

3 My city 6
Animals
Catch-up 9 Catch-up 21
Support 10 Support 22
Reinforcement 11 Reinforcement 23
Extension 12 Extension 24

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 1 Family and friends Catch-up

Name

1 Read and say. Look and write.

long short straight curly small, beard big, fringe glasses

Hair: long Hair:

Eyes: Eyes:

Other: Other:

2 Circle the odd one out. Write.

1
He hasn’t got a beard.

2
She’s got

3
She hasn’t got

4
He’s got

3 Answer about yourself. Use Yes, I have or No, I haven’t.

1 Have you got a beard? ˙o, I haven’t.

2 Have you got short hair?

3 Have you got curly hair?

4 Have you got a fringe?

5 Have you got big eyes?

6 Have you got glasses?

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 1 Family and friends Support

Name

1 Match.

short hair
long hair
straight hair
curly hair
big eyes
small eyes
a beard
a fringe
glasses

2 Read and circle.

1 He’s got big / small eyes.

2 He’s got long / short hair.

3 He’s got glasses / a beard .

 

4 She’s got big / small eyes.

5 She’s got straight / curly hair.

6 She’s got glasses / a fringe .

3 Look and write.

1 She’s got eyes.

2 She’s got hair.

3 She’s got a

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 1 Family and friends Reinforcement

Name

1 Find and circle.

1 Two words for hair style.

2 Two words for hair length. icurly r

m nd e

ue

br
tre

lo

small
3 Three words for eye colour.

ow
eb
lbl

din

ht
shortk

ni
4 Two words for hair colour.

gl

ig

bi
gg

en
ng a
g str

o
ree n
5 Two words for eye size.

2 Read and write the family member.

Mum Dad Brother Sister

1 She hasn’t got curly hair. 4 He hasn’t got a beard.

2 He’s got short curly hair. 5 He’s got straight blond hair.

3 She’s got glasses. 6 She hasn’t got long hair.

3 Look at the picture. Write True or False.

1 My dad’s wearing trousers and a shirt. 5 My sister isn’t wearing shoes.

2 My dad’s wearing trainers. 6 My brother’s wearing trainers.

3 My mum’s wearing a jumper. 7 My sister’s wearing a jacket.

4 My mum’s wearing a skirt. 8 My brother isn’t wearing a jumper.

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 1 Family and friends Extension

Name

1 Write adjectives in the correct list.

Hair length short  

Hair style  

Hair colour      

Eye colour    

2 Read and write the family member.

Mum Dad Jake Emily Charlie Rose

1 She’s got long straight hair 3 She’s got short dark hair and
and it’s black like Mum’s. glasses. She likes jeans and
She doesn’t like skirts. trainers, but in the picture she’s
She’s wearing a T-shirt and wearing a skirt and a jacket.
trousers in the picture.
4 She’s got long hair and it’s
2 He’s got short blond hair. blond like Charlie’s. In the
He hasn’t got a beard. picture she isn’t wearing shoes,
In the picture he’s wearing but she’s wearing a jumper.
trousers and a T-shirt. He
isn’t wearing shoes.

3 Write true sentences about the picture.

1 ©harlie has got

2 is wearing

3 hasn’t got

4 isn’t wearing

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 2 Healthy eating Catch-up

Name

1 Find and write.

1 2 3 4 5

carrot∫
6 7 8 9 10

2 Look at the picture. Count and write.

1 †here are twelve potatoes. 4 onions.

2 pineapples. 5 carrots.

3 mangoes. 6 plums.

3 Look and write.

Tom Anna Mike Mel Joe Sue

1 He likes broccoli. 4

2 She likes 5

3 6

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 2 Healthy eating Support

Name

1 Find and number.

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

 carrots  pineapples  broccoli  beans  potatoes

 peas  onions  plums  olives  mangoes

2 Read and tick ✓ or cross ✗.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

1 He likes olives. ✗ 5 He likes beans and broccoli.

2 She likes mangoes. 6 She likes cherries and pineapples.

3 He likes peas. 7 He likes mangoes and plums.

4 She likes beans. 8 She likes potatoes and broccoli.

3 Write correct sentences.

1 1   ™e likes
2  

3  

4  

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 2 Healthy eating Reinforcement

Name

1 Write the food words in the correct bag.

carrots onions peas plums broccoli pineapples 
beans potatoes cherries mangoes olives oranges

fruit vegetables

2 Read and circle A or B.

1 He likes beans and 3 He doesn’t like

A B A B
broccoli, but he carrots and he
doesn’t like potatoes. hates peas.

2 She doesn’t 4 She likes

A B A B
like cherries or pineapples and she
apples. She really loves cherries.
likes oranges.

3 Write about yourself.

love
like it.
I
don’t like them.
hate

1 (rice) 5 (salad)

2 (olives) 6 (tomatoes)

3 (mangoes) 7 (chicken)

4 (pizza) 8 (fish)

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 2 Healthy eating Extension

Name

1 Write food words in the correct bag.

fruit vegetables

2 Read and write the name.

1 2 3 4

Andrea likes Alice likes Jamie likes Jane doesn’t like Peter doesn’t
bananas, carrots bananas and carrots and peas, fruit. She likes like salad. He
and peas. She apples. She but he doesn’t broccoli, beans likes broccoli,
doesn’t like doesn’t like like bananas. and salad. pineapples and
apples. carrots. beans.

Who hasn’t got any shopping?

3 Write about Ian. Write about yourself using it / them.

Ian 1 Ian doesn’t like bananas. I them.

– bananas
2 He
+++ chicken
3
++ mangoes
– – – cheese 4

+ ice cream 5
+ olives
6

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 3 My city Catch-up

Name

1 Find the words and write.

1 2 3 4 5

8
6 7 9 10

1 football stadium 2 cafe 3 centre

4 rink 5 park 6 court 7 gallery

8 9 alley 10 centre

2 Look and write the place.

next to between opposite

1 It’s next to the tennis court. art gallery

2 It’s between the art gallery and the bowling alley.

3 It’s opposite the shopping centre.

4 It’s next to the football stadium.

5 It’s between the skate park and the sports centre.

6 It’s opposite the restaurant.

3 Write about your town. Use There’s or There isn’t.

1 (restaurant) †here’∫ a restaurant.

2 (internet cafe)

3 (ice rink)

4 (shopping centre)

5 (art gallery)

6 (tennis court)

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 3 My city Support

Name

1 Look and circle.

1 3 4 5
2

8
6 7 9 10
1 tennis 2 skate 3 shopping
stadium cafe centre
football internet sports

4 ice 5 sports 6 football 7 bowling

rink park court gallery
art skate tennis art

8 restaurant 9 bowling 10 sports

cafe alley centre
internet skating shopping

2 Read and number.

1 She’s at the football stadium.

2 He’s at the skate park.

3 She’s at the art gallery. 5

4 He’s at the restaurant.

5 She’s at the sports centre.

6 He’s at the bowling alley.

3 Look and write.

1 2
1 She’s at the

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 3 My city Reinforcement

Name

1 Match.

1 sports a alley

2 bowling b gallery

3 ice c centre

4 art d stadium

5 shopping e court

6 football f rink

7 internet g park

8 tennis h centre

9 skate i cafe

2 Complete with There is / There isn’t / There are / There aren’t any …

1
an art gallery.

2
a bowling alley.

3
an ice rink.

4
two shopping centres.

5
a tennis court.

6
cinemas.

7
an internet cafe.

8
a skate park.

3 Follow the directions and write the place in the town.

1 Go straight on. Turn left. Turn left again.

2 Go past the internet cafe. Turn right, then turn left. Go straight on.

3 Go past the internet cafe and the restaurant. Go straight on.

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 3 My city Extension

Name

1 Write the places in the town.

2 Write true sentences about the town. Use There is / There isn’t / There are / There aren’t any …

1 (a bowling alley) 4 (tennis courts)

2 (restaurants) 5 (a shopping centre)

3 (an ice rink) 6 (sports centres)

3 Follow the directions. Write the place in the town.

1 Go straight on. Go past Green Close. Turn left and go straight on. Where are you?

2 Go straight on. Go past the restaurant. Turn right. Go straight on past the internet cafe and turn right

again. Where are you?

3 Go straight on. Go past the restaurant and past Dog Lane. Turn right and go past the restaurant. Where

are you?

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 4 Sports and hobbies Catch-up

Name

1 Look and write.

doing gymnastics rowing snowboarding kitesurfing playing handball

bowling doing aerobics playing volleyball windsurfing doing judo

playing … doing …

h g r b

v a s w

j k

2 Correct the mistakes. Then tick ✓ the sentences that are true for you.

1 I like doing volleyball. playing

2 I like playing bowling.

3 I like kiteboarding.

4 I like playing gymnastics.

5 I like doing airobics.

3 Look and write.

1 2

1 ™e like∫ snowboarding.
2
3 4
3

4
5
5

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 4 Sports and hobbies Support

Name

1 Match.

doing 
aerobics doing 
judo doing 
gymnastics windsurfing snowboarding

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

bowling playing 
handball rowing playing 
volleyball kitesurfing

2 Read and circle.

1 2
1 He likes playing / doing gymnastics.

2 She likes playing / doing handball.

3 4
3 She likes playing / doing aerobics.

4 He likes playing / doing volleyball.

5 She likes playing / doing judo. 5

3 Look and write.

1 He likes

2 She likes

3 She likes

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 4 Sports and hobbies Reinforcement

Name

1 Complete the sports. Write playing or doing or leave blank.

1 handball 6 snowboarding

2 kitesurfing 7 judo

3 aerobics 8 windsurfing

4 rowing 9 gymnastics

5 bowling 10 volleyball

2 Read and underline three mistakes.

Emma
Hi Dani,
This is a picture of us all on the beach.
It’s very hot. I’m swimming in the sea!
Emma and Kate aren’t swimming.
They’re playing volleyball. Chris isn’t
playing volleyball. He’s reading. Dad’s
playing football and Mum’s listening to
music.
Dad
Have a good holiday.
Kate
Richard

Chris Mum

Richard

3 Look at the picture and answer the questions.

1 Is Richard swimming in the sea? ˙o, he isn’t.

2 Are Kate and Emma playing volleyball?

3 Is Mum reading?

4 Are Dad and Chris reading?

5 Is Dad playing football?

6 Is Emma listening to music?

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 4 Sports and hobbies Extension

Name

1 Complete.

1 Write three sports that use play.

2 Write three sports that use do.

3 Write three sports you do outside.

4 Write three sports you do in water.

5 Write three sports you play with a ball.

2 Read and underline three mistakes. Write the correct sentences.

Hi Dani,
This is a picture of us all on the beach.
It’s very hot. I’m swimming in the sea!
Emma and Kate aren’t swimming.
They’re playing volleyball. Chris doesn’t
like playing volleyball. He’s reading.
Dad’s playing football and Mum’s
listening to music.
Do you like going to the beach?
Have a good holiday.
Richard

3 Look at the picture. Write the questions and answers.

1 Richard / swimming ý∫ Richard  ? ˙o, he isn’t.

2 Kate and Emma / volleyball  ?

3 Mum / reading  ?

4 Dad / football  ?

5 Chris and Richard / reading  ?

6 Emma / windsurfing  ?

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 5 My country Catch-up

Name

1 Find, write and number.

1 a volcano 2 mountains

3 hills 6 a waterfall

10 an island

9 an ocean 7 a lake

5 a river
8 a beach 4 a jungle

4  gujeln  jungle    ecbah     traflewal 

 dansli     coalvon     untimason 

 islhl     necoa     kale     evrir 

2 Look and write

†hi∫ i∫ a photo of me. ý’m standing

in front of a  . Next to
the volcano there’∫ a  .
¥ou can see a and an
 , too.

3 Draw your own picture. Write.

This is a picture of me. I’m standing in front of

. Next to the there

 . You can see and

 , too.

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 5 My country Support

Name

1 Find and number.

7
6
8
5
4
2 9
3
1 10

1   a beach   a jungle   an island   a lake  hills

 mountains   a waterfall   a volcano   an ocean   a river

2 Read and write A or B.

A B 1 You can see a river. ∆

2 You can see a beach.

3 You can see an island.

4 You can see a waterfall.

5 You can see an ocean.

6 You can see hills.

3 Look and write

1
1 You can see

2 You can see 3

3 You can see

2

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 5 My country Reinforcement

Name

1 Match.

1 Loch Ness in Scotland is a famous a an ocean.

2 You can ski in b volcanoes.

3 The Atlantic is c a river.

4 Mallorca is d the mountains.

5 The Nile is e the beach.

6 The Victoria Falls are famous f a hill.

7 There are lots of trees and animals in g an island.

8 Mount Etna and El Hierro are h lake.

9 A small mountain is called i waterfalls.

10 You can play volleyball on j the jungle.

2 Circle the correct word.

Hello! I am / is on holiday with my friend
Susan. We is / are in the mountains in
Austria. I am / are learning to ski. My
teacher’s name are / is Pierre.
Ann Smith
Susan can snowboard. She am / is very
good.
11 Green Street
Mum and Dad is / are on holiday too.
They is / are walking in the mountains. Abingdon
Hope you is / are having a good holiday
Oxfordshire
too.
Hannah
3 Write True or False.

1 When I was four, my favourite toys were

a car and a scooter.

2 Now, my favourite toy is a kite.

3 When I was four, my favourite food was

ice cream.

4 Now, my favourite foods are chicken and

salad.

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 5 My country Extension

Name

1 Write.

1 Loch Ness in Scotland is a famous l ake . 7 There are lots of trees and animals in the

2 You can ski in the m . j .

3 The Atlantic is an o . 8 El Hierro is a v .

4 Mallorca is an i . 9 A small mountain is called a h .

5 The Nile is a r . 10 You can play volleyball on the b .

6 The Victoria Falls are famous w .

2 Complete with am, are or is.

I am on holiday with my friend Susan. We

_____ in the mountains in Austria. I _____
learning to ski. My teacher’s name _____ Pierre.

Susan can snowboard. She _____ very good. Ann Smith

Mum and Dad _____ on holiday too. They
11 Green Street
_____ walking in the mountains.
Abingdon
We _____ having a great time here.
Oxfordshire
Hope you _____ having a good holiday too.

Hannah

3 Complete.

1 When I was four, my favourite toy

2 Now, my favourite toy

3 When I was four, my favourite food

4 Now, my favourite foods

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 6 Animals Catch-up

Name

1 Label the animals in alphabetical order.

a hippo  a spider  a kangaroo  a koala  a panda  a cheetah  a gorilla  a rhino  a zebra  an ant

1 2 3 4 5

an ant
6 7 8 9 10

2 Read and write the animals. Start at X each time.

1 Go straight on. Turn right after the gorillas.

Turn left and they’re on the right, next to

the cafe.

2 Go straight on. They’re on the left,

between the cheetahs and the zebras.

3 Turn left past the cheetahs. Go straight on.

4 Turn right past the shop. Turn right and

they’re on the left.

5 Go straight on, past the rhinos. They’re on

the left.

3 Write directions to these animals.

1 koalas

2 pandas

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 6 Animals Support

Name

1 Circle.

1 2 3 4 5

a zebra a panda a gorilla a cheetah a spider

a cheetah a hippo a rhino a koala a gorilla

6 7 8 9 10

a panda a kangaroo a kangaroo an ant an ant

a cheetah a zebra a koala a spider a hippo

2 Read and tick ✓ or cross ✗.

1 There are some hippos. ✓

2 There aren’t any ants.

3 There are some gorillas.

4 There aren’t any gorillas.

5 There are some ants.

6 There are some cheetahs.

3 Look at the picture of the zoo. Write sentences.

ants spiders gorillas zebras

1 There are some spider∫. 3 There aren’t any

2 There are some 4 There aren’t any

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 6 Animals Reinforcement

Name

1 Complete the puzzle. What’s the hidden word?

1 2 3 1

4 5 4

6 7 8 7

2 Match.

Present Past
1 am / is a visited

2 like b watched

3 watch c was

4 play d liked

5 visit e walked

6 walk f played

3 Find and write.

1 He walked to the South Pole.  

2 She lived in the jungle with gorillas.  

Dian Fossey
3 He watched the London Olympics in 2012.  

4 He played football in Spain.  

5 She visited children and people in hospital.  

Prince Felipe
6 He lived in Spain and France.  

Luis Figo
Captain Scott
Pablo Picasso Princess Diana

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 6 Animals Extension

Name

1 Write.

1 Write four animals with double letters in their names.

gorilla      
2 Write four animals that end in ‘a’.

       

3 Write two black and white animals.  

4 How many legs have these animals got?   rhino    ant    spider 

2 Write the verbs in the past.

Present Past Present Past

1 I am ý wa∫ 5 I visit

2 I like 6 I walk

3 I watch 7 I live

4 I play

3 Match and write sentences.

∏rince ƒelipe watched

1 watch the Olympics in 2012

the Ølympic∫ in 2012.
2 visit people in hospital
Pablo Picasso Dian Fossey

3 live in Spain and France

4 live in the jungle with gorillas

Prince Felipe Luis Figo

5 walk to the South Pole

6 play football in Spain

Captain Scott Princess Diana

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