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16 Listen and write T (true) or F (false). 5

1 Sean works in Edinburgh.

2 James Craig was 22 years old when he

designed Princes Street.

3 In total, he designed four big streets in

Edinburgh.

4 The building of the New Town started

in 1967.

5 Princes Street is named after two sons

of a king.
Princes Street, Edinburgh

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 correct order. There are two pictures you don’t need to use.

a b c

d e f
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18 Listen and write Adam or Lucy. 5

1 did something different in the end.

2 didn’t find a present.

3 went to see friends in another city.

4 didn’t like the weather.

5 stayed inside with friends.

 From: gerrygranddad@[Link]

To: duncan384@[Link]

Dear Duncan,
Thank you for your lovely postcard. I really liked the picture on it, but your
granny didn’t. She doesn’t like monsters!
How funny! I visited Loch Ness when I was your age. I went with my dad
– your great-grandfather! We looked for Nessie, too. We went on a boat
around the lake with a fisherman, but nothing happened. We noticed
something moving in the water far away. We went closer, but there wasn’t
anything. We laughed – perhaps it was a big fish.
Yes, we had a great time at the weekend. We visited your mum and dad
on Sunday – they miss you a lot! We watched TV and had lunch in the
garden. We talked about you all the time.
See you next Friday!
Love,
Granddad Gerry

1 Duncan’s grandfather liked the postcard 4 Duncan and Granddad Gerry saw /
more / less than his grandmother. didn’t see Nessie.

2 Granddad Gerry visited Loch Ness with 5 At the weekend Granddad Gerry had
Duncan’s lunch with Duncan’s mum and dad /
grandfather / great-grandfather. Duncan.

3 Granddad Gerry also found / looked for

Nessie.
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5 Read and write T (True), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say). 6

LIFE IN ROMAN TIMES

In 117 AD, the Roman Empire was very Toys: Children in Roman times played
big and important and it covered lots with toys similar to the ones you
of different countries including have: balls, dolls, toy animals and
today’s board games. They also had
Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Turkey, small letters to practise their
Egypt and Croatia. Part of Britain was spelling.
also Roman and Scotland was, too, but Food: Romans liked eating
for a shorter time. The Romans were bread, vegetable soup, fish and
famous for building very good roads, meat like sausages. Poor people
bridges and dams*, for their laws and didn’t have meat very often
their language. But what was life really and they didn’t have a kitchen
like back then? Let’s have a look. in their house. They cooked
School: Not all the children had money their food at a bakery or had
to go to a school in the town or have a something to eat in the market.
teacher at home. Even fewer girls went Did you know that there was ice
to school; it was mostly boys who did. cream in those days?
In poor families, the children worked to *dam = a very strong wall that stops a river
help their parents.

1 Countries like Spain and Germany were Roman for a longer time than Britain.

2 The Romans were very good builders.

3 In Roman times, rich children went to school or had a teacher at home.

4 Roman toys are exactly the same as toys nowadays.

5 Poor people didn’t cook at home.

6 Only rich people had ice cream in the Roman times.

 or S (Stirling).

THREE GREAT PLACES IN SCOTLAND

Edinburgh: Come and visit this great but there are so many things you can do
city. There are many green parks to have here: go to the Botanic Gardens, visit
picnics in and a fantastic castle to visit. the museums and galleries. The first
Come in August for the International football museum in the world is here!
Festival of Music, Dance and Theatre. The Stirling: Stirling is a small Scottish town,
streets in the city centre are filled with but it’s got a lot of history. Visit the
performers, colours and music. Every day National Wallace Monument. Here you
for three weeks, there are shows and can see the sword that Wallace, the real
plays for everyone. Braveheart, used. On a sunny day, come to
Glasgow: Bigger than any other city in Blair Drummond Safari Park and see the
Scotland, this is the place to spend wild animal reserves and shows.
your holiday. Edinburgh is perhaps
prettier,

1 Simon: ‘I walked around the town a lot. I liked the park and especially the Sea Lion
show!’
2 Tracey: ‘I wanted to go to a smaller city, but my friends didn’t. I went to the sports
museum. That was great.’
3 Peter: ‘My family and I went there in August. The weather wasn’t very sunny, but my
children really enjoyed the wildlife.
4 Rachel and Fred: ‘We didn’t want to spend our holiday in a big city. We went there
because we wanted to see street performances.’
5 Joe: ‘I like quiet places so I never stay in my home city in August. This year, I went to
see a little bit of Scottish history.’
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7 What did Mario and Sylvia do in Edinburgh last summer? 8

Look at the example. Then write questions and answers
using did and the words in brackets.

1 Did they stay in a castle? (they / stay in a castle?) No, they didn’t.
2 (Sylvia / go shopping?)

3 (Mario / take photos in the castle?)

4 (they / visit the zoo?)

5 (they / see a koala?)

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8 What did they do? Look and complete the sentences using the verbs 6
in the boxes below in the past simple. Write two or three words in
each gap. There are three words you don’t need to use.

clean visit walk look after play read listen help watch

1 On Saturday, we 2 Yesterday, she 3 On Monday, they

and and and

. . .
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9 Read and write the correct words in the sentences. 6

Last weekend, I 1 to the beach with my

friends. We 2 a really nice time! It was
a beautiful, sunny day. The beach isn’t far away so we
3 there. We played football, but we
4 swim because the water was cold. We
helped a little boy. He was lost and we 5
his mum. She was very happy to see him! What did
you 6 last weekend?

1 a go b goes c went d didn’t go

2 a had b hadn’t c has d have

3 a didn’t walk b walked c don’t walk d walk

4 a not b don’t c doesn’t d didn’t

5 a see b looked for c watched d looked

6 a doing b do c did d does

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10 Look. What do you do every day? What don’t you do every day? 5
1 2 3 4 5

Score:
11 Look. What did you do at the weekend? What didn’t you do
at the weekend? 5

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