Writing: Describing a friend
Term 3 All about my friend
Term 3 All about my friend
Term 3 List poems
Term 3 List poems
1 Read the questions and look at the pictures.
Who wrote the answers  Tim, Tom or Tilly?
Yes. Lots!
Tom
1 Have you got any pets? 
No.
2 Can you juggle? 
No. They're horrible!
3 Do you like bananas?

2 Finish the questions. Use the words in the box.
run fast TV programme brothers sport dance tomatoes
sisters food sausages biscuits colour cousins
Have you Can you ... What s your Do you like ...
got any ... favourite ...
pets juggle food lettuce
? ? ? ?
3 Write eight questions to ask your partner.
Then ask and answer, and write the answers.
1 Have you got any ?
.
2 Can you ?
.
3 What s your favourite ?
.
4 Do you like ?
.
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Writing: Describing a friend
4 Read.
Tip!
We can join short sentences together with and or but. Look:
Tip
Tilly s got three sisters. She hasn t got any brothers.
Tilly s got three sisters but she hasn t got any brothers.
She can sing. She can dance.
She can sing and she can dance. OR She can sing and dance.
5 Join these sentences together with and or but.
1 Tim s favourite sport is tennis. His favourite tennis player is Nadal.
2 He s got a dog. He hasn t got a cat.
3 Tilly likes chocolate cake. She likes pasta.
4 She can ride a bike. She can t juggle.
6 Write about your partner.
1 Read your partner s answers to the questions in Activity 3.
2 Write a paragraph about your partner.
Helen s got two pets. She s got a dog and a goldfish ...
7 Review your writing.
1 Read this piece of writing. Does it use
ben s got two brothers
and and but correctly?
and one sister. He likes
2 Every sentence needs a capital letter at
the beginning. There are two missing
chicken but he doesn t
capital letters here. Can you find
like tomatoes. his
them? Circle them.
3 Now read your paragraph.
favourite colour is red.
" Does it use and and but correctly?
" Has every sentence got a capital letter
at the beginning?
8 Now copy your paragraph neatly onto a piece of paper.
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