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Reading & writing skill enhancement practices

Practical assessments

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Features presents English grammar in a concise and easy way for a greater understanding.

helps assess and gauge students’ learning.

presents difficult words and their meanings. Flip straight to Oh! My Vocabs and look the words up to understand them better.

Contents Oh! My Grammar

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Reading Comprehension

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Practice 1

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Practice 2

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Practice 3

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Practice 4

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Practice 5

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Practice 6

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Practice 7

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Practice 8

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Practice 9

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Practice 10

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Writing

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Practice 1

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Practice 2

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Practice 3

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Practice 4

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Practice 5

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Practice 6

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Practice 7

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Practice 8

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Practice 9

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Practice 10

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Grammar

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Practice 1

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Practice 2

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Practice 3

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Practice 4

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Practice 5

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Oh! My Challenge

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Oh! My Vocabs

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Adjectives •

Words which are used to describe people, animals and things are called adjectives.

•

Adjectives give us more information about people, animals and things.

Examples:

The cake is delicious.

The hill is very steep.

This room is messy.

The sea is so calm.

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This castle is old.

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A library is quiet.

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

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(Regular and Ir •

Most verbs are regular verbs. We can change regular verbs to the past tense form by adding –ed at the end.

Examples: rain – rained

It rained last night.

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jump – jumped

They jumped on a trampoline yesterday.

Irregular verbs are spelt differently in the past tense form.

Examples: has/have – had

Billy had his salad this morning.

drink – drank

The little girl drank a glass of milk yesterday.

write – wrote

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Timmy wrote an essay in his notebook.

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

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1 Look at the picture and choose the best answer.

Some students from Room 1 of Prathomsuksa 4 are working together to clean their

1

. Niphol who is standing in front of the blackboard is

floor. Pranee who always ties her hair in a ponytail is wiping the

2 3

the . Suchart

is going to pass a bag of rubbish to Priya. She will throw the bag of rubbish into a bin.

1. A

bedroom

2. A

sweeping

3. A

chairs

B

bathroom

B

washing

B

desks

C

classroom

C

brushing

C

blackboard

D

kitchen

D

vacuuming

D

floor

Read the dialogue below.

David: Hi John, what are you looking at?

John: I am looking at my timetable.

Do you have yours?

David: Yes, I have mine right here.

John: How often do you have writing class?

David: I have writing class three times a week.

John: Me too. But I don’t like writing.

David: What subject do you like then?

David: I have music twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays.

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John: I like music but I only have music class once a week, on Wednesdays.

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

John:

Oh, excuse me. I’ve got a class now. Bye!

David:

Me too. See you later.

(Narrator: John goes to his class.)

Clara:

John, what are you doing here? This isn’t your class.

(Narrator: David goes to another class.)

Lisa:

David, are you in the right class?

(Narrator: The boys go and look for each other.)

John:

Sorry, David. I took your timetable by mistake.

David:

Sorry, John. I took yours by mistake too. This is yours.

John:

Thanks. And here’s your timetable.

David:

Thank you.

Read the sentences and write ‘True’ or ‘False’.

4. David has a writing class every day.

5. John likes writing.

6. John likes music.

7. David has music lessons twice a week.

8. John has music lessons on Tuesdays.

Read the passage below.

What do Decha and Maprang do every day?

Every day, Decha goes to school at seven in the morning. After school, Decha doesn’t go home.

He goes to the public swimming pool. He usually goes home at four o’clock. Decha does his homework after he has his dinner. He sometimes plays video games.

Decha usually goes to bed at half past nine.

Maprang goes to school at a quarter past seven.

After school, she does her homework. In the evening, she plays netball with her friends at the field near her house. Maprang often watches TV after dinner.

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

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She always goes to bed at nine o’clock.

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1 Study the notes and picture below. Use the information to complete the following text.

Greg’s New Neighbour Achievement • Won many prizes for baking competitions • Class topper

Basic Information • 10 years old • From London

Family • Eldest child • 3 siblings • Father is a doctor • Mother is a teacher

Hobby • Playing football • Baking

Based on the notes and picture given, complete the text below with the correct information.

Greg just met his new neighbour, Alex. Alex is 10 years old and he has just moved to Bangkok from (1) (2)

with his family. Alex is the and has three siblings. His father works as a doctor

while his mother is a teacher. Alex’s hobbies are (3) baking. Alex had joined many (4) prizes too. Alex is a (5)

and and won many

. He always does well in his exams.

Alex will be going to the same school as Greg very soon. Greg hopes they both ing ctice 1 rit a Pr

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will be good friends.

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

Read the email below.

To:

friendworld@mail.com

From:

lalita@mail.com

Hello!

My name’s Lalita and I’m ten years old.

I’m from Thailand and I live in Nonthaburi. I’ve got two older sisters. Their names are Natcha and Nittha.

Have you got any brothers or sisters?

In this picture, I’m playing badminton. It is my favourite sport. What’s your favourite sport?

Hope to hear from you soon. Goodbye!

Lalita

Refer to the email above and write about yourself. Draw a picture of yourself doing your favourite activity in the space provided.

To:

friendworld@mail.com

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

2 Read the notes. Then, complete the email about a school.

Where

Centre of East Boston

Size

Small – 300 students

School hours

8.30 a.m. – 3.10 p.m.

Break time

10.30 a.m.

Lunch time

1.00 p.m.

Compulsory subjects

English, Mathematics, Science, Geography and History

Optional subjects

Art, Music, Drama, PE, Computer science and Languages

Weekly activity

Visit library

To:

irwan@abc.com

Subject: My School Hi Irwan, How are you? I am very glad that you will be coming to the USA for the student exchange programme. I can’t wait to have you studying with us at our school next month. Let me tell you a bit about my school.

The Patrick J. Kennedy Elementary School is a small school with about (1)

students. It’s in the centre of (2)

the USA. Our classes start at (3) a (5)

and end at (4)

at 10.30 a.m. and we have (6)

1.00 p.m. (7)

in . There is at

such as English, Mathematics, Science, Geography

and History are compulsory. Other subjects such as (8) are optional. My favourite subject is Science. What are your favourite subjects? We also (9) once a week.

I have to pen off now. Hope to hear from you soon.

Andrew ing ctice 2 rit a Pr

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

B. Your schoolmate is interested to join one of the projects. Write an email telling him/her about the activity he/she might be interested to join.

To:

araya@gmail.com

From:

narong@yahoo.com

Subject: Holiday Programme Dear Araya, I suggest that you join

Please let me know your decision as soon as possible.

Your friend,

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

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1 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

1. You

be playing with knives.

A haven’t

B shouldn’t

2.

C couldn’t

D wouldn’t

often do you have Art in a week?

A Why

B When

3. Please A make

D How

C makes

D making

your bed.

B made

4. You must A tie

C Who

your seat belt when you get in the car.

B open

C fasten

5. Keep your hands

D unbuckle

the handlebars while riding your bike.

A in

B on

C at

D above

Choose the best answer to fill in each of the blanks in the passage that follows.

Charlie wakes up at 6 a.m. every weekday. He makes his bed and has his bath. After that, he puts

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his

uniform. He goes down to have his breakfast

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by his mother.

He usually has a slice of toast and a glass of milk. After that, he puts on his shoes and waits for his father to 8 over

prepare

8. A

send

on

B

prepares

B

sent

C

in

C

prepared

C

sends

D

at

D

preparing

D

sending

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B

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6. A

him to school.

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

Choose the word that has the opposite meaning as the underlined word.

9. The children are happy.

A

sad

B

tired

C

angry

D

bored

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

10. A

Are you hungry!

B

Are you hungry.

C

Are you hungry,

D

Are you hungry?

2 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

1. He cannot have any dessert he has eaten his vegetables.

4. Teacher:

will erase

the whiteboard?

A

until

C

since

Jim: I will erase it.

B

after

D

before

A

Who

C

When

B

Why

D

Which

2. Would you like

juice?

A

few

C

much

B

some

D

lot of

3. Matthew is

a letter.

A

write

C

wrote

B

writes

D

writing

5. Did you know that the vase was ? break

C

broken

B

breaks

D

breaking

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A

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

Choose the best answer to fill in each of the blanks in the passage that follows.

Sarah arrived at school at 7 a.m. today. She school hall for the assembly.

7

6

straight to the

the assembly, she went to her classroom.

She had Art and English lessons before her break at 10 a.m. After that, she had Mathematics, Science and music lessons. It

6. A B

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walk

7. A

8. A

walks

Before

B

B

walked

During

C

C

walking

While

D

After

D

C D

Choose the word that has the same meaning as the underlined word.

9. Let’s start our lessons.

B

reach

B

C

begin

D

arrive

C

am ma 5 r

D

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were

asked me.

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“What’s your name?” the teacher

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is

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

A

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a long day.

“What’s your name!” the teacher asked me.

“What’s your name,” the teacher asked me.

“What’s your name.” the teacher asked me.

Look at the picture and choose the best answer.

Mr. Somsak is at the hospital because of high fever. He has been 1

for his number to be called so that he can collect his

and go home. There are many people waiting for

3

2

turn too. Some are

sitting on the bench while some are busy queuing up at the counter

4

register.

1. A wait

B waited

C waits

D waiting

2. A medicines

B money

C cheques

D food

3. A them

B their

C theirs

D they

4. A for

B with

C to

D by h!

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

Study the brochure below.

Smooth Express

Harmony Express

Fare: 300 Baht Route: Chanthaburi → Bangkok Departure time: 3.30 p.m.

Duration: 4 hours Food & Drink: Muffin, tea Free Gift: Wet wipes

Fare: 250 Baht Route: Chanthaburi → Pattaya → Bangkok Departure time: 5.00 p.m.

Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes Food & Drink: Fried rice, mango juice Free Gift: Handkerchief

Based on the brochure given, complete the dialogue below with correct information.

Pakorn: Dad, which bus express do you think we should take to Bangkok?

Dad:

According to the schedule, the Smooth Express bus leaves Chanthaburi at (1)

. Since it is not the peak hour, we won’t be

stuck in the jam.

Pakorn: OK. What if we feel hungry during our journey?

Dad:

They will be serving (2)

. So, we don’t have

to worry about food and drinks.

Pakorn: But Dad, the fare of Harmony Express bus is (3) Furthermore, we will be getting a free (4)

. which

is a good gift as we will have good use for it.

Dad:

That’s true but the journey will take (5)

.

I would rather spend the time touring Bangkok than spend more hours Pakorn: You are right, Dad.

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taking the longer journey. It’s better for us to take the Smooth Express bus.

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

Write a story based on the given pictures. You may use the words given to help you. Write your story in the space provided.

One morning, James woke up from his sleep and realised something was wrong. He

woke up – mother – pain – headache – sore throat – fever His mother became worried and quickly told him to

worried – get up – change – rushed – clinic – doctor – examined The doctor prescribed some medicine for James’ condition. His mother

prescribed – medicine – home – rest – porridge – better – love h!

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

Study Nina’s diary entry below. Answer the questions that follow in the space provided.

MY DIARY SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2022 MORNING

EVENING

• Breakfast

• Walked around Century Park

• Started the trip

• Fresh air

AFTERNOON • China Street • Ate noodle soup and dumplings • Bought lanterns and ate mooncakes

• Jogged • Had a picnic NIGHT • MBO Cinema • Watched ‘Dragon 2’ • Ate popcorn and drank coke

(i) Based on the diary entry, list three places mentioned. (a) (b) (c) (ii) Let’s say you are Nina. Based on the diary entry, write a postcard to your friend, there with your family.

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telling him/her about three places you liked the most and the activities you did

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

Dear

, How are you? I would like to tell you about my family trip to three

places on Sunday, 25 September 2022. The first place we went to was

The next place we visited was

The last place we went to was

I hope to hear from you soon.

Your friend,

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Reading & Writing Practice 4

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Must-Know Wo No.

Words

Parts of Speech

Meaning

ache

Noun, verb

อาการปวด; เจ็บปวด

2.

careless

Adjective

ไม่ระมัดระวัง, สะเพร่า

3.

choose

Verb

เลือก

4.

clothes

Noun

เสื้อผ้า

5.

dentist

Noun

ทันตแพทย์ (หมอฟัน)

6.

expensive

Adjective

แพง

7.

feed

Verb

ให้อาหาร, เลี้ยง

8.

healthy

Adjective

เป็นประโยชน์ต่อร่างกาย, มีสุขภาพดี

9.

jungle

Noun

ป่า, ป่าทึบ

10.

laboratory (lab)

Noun

ห้องปฏิบัติการ, ห้องทดลอง

11.

lemonade

Noun

น้�ำ มะนาว

12.

lettuce

Noun

ผักกาดหอม

13.

medicine

Noun

ยา, แพทยศาสตร์

14.

pass

Verb

ผ่าน, เดินผ่าน

15.

porridge

Noun

ข้าวต้ม

16.

quick

Adjective

รวดเร็ว, ว่องไว

17.

snack

Noun

อาหารว่าง

18.

sore

Adjective

เจ็บปวด

19.

spend

Verb

ใช้จ่าย, ใช้เวลา

20.

underline

Verb

ขีดเส้นใต้

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1.

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The practices are divided into 3 main parts for convenient use.

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Reading comprehension Writing Grammar

They are useful as reinforcement and enrichment materials suitable for students in Prathomsuksa 1 to 6.

Assessments are provided to assess students’ overall achievement.

Special features are included to enable students to achieve their learning goals.

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