Unit 3: Fun in the Sun
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 9)
Mom: Dale, _________ ______ _____ _________?
Dale: I’m going ___ _____ __________. Tony and I are _________ _________ and surfing.
Mom: It is going to be ________ ______ ________. You should wear _______ __________ if you don’t want to _____
____________.
Dale: Yeah, I know. I ______ ______ some ____.
Mom: You ________ ______a hat too.
Dale: I ______ my hat ___, Mom.
Mom: Are you sure you _______ ____________ _____ _______? Did you ___________ ___ ______ your surfboard, swimming
__________, and __________?
Dale: Oops! I _______ ___ ______ my swimsuit. _________, Mom.
Mom: I ________ you are _________ ___ ____ now. Don’t be _____ _______, Dale.
Dale: OK. I’m going to ______ ________ __ Tony’s house, but I’ll ______ ______ ________ ________.
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 10)
1) ___ _________, Jimmy likes to ______ _________ ________ a big tree _____ ____ ________. He takes ____________
________ and ____________ to eat.
2) Max and his sister like to have ______ ________ ___ ____ ____________ in summer. They make water ________ and
________ water ______.
3) ___ _________ _______, Kelly likes to ________ ___________ with her little brother __ ____ _____________. She takes a
__________ and a ________ ________ _____.
4) Sophie ________ ___ ___ paddle boating with her dad __ _____ _______ ___ __________. She _______ _________ to bring
a _____ __________ and sunglasses.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 11)
Hello, I’m Peter. _________ I am going to _______ _________ my __________ season. Out of all the _________, I like summer
___ ________. I love it __________ of the sunny ___________ and fun things I can do. ________ ____ ________, I love to
_______ ____ _______ and ________ ______ with my friends ___ ____ ________. When it’s really hot, my ________ _______
my brother and me to the ________ __________ to _______ _________ movies. We ________ _____ popsicles when it is
________ _____ too. Summer is _________ _______ ___ so many fun things.
I. Read the passage and answer the questions.
A primary school, or an elementary school, is a school for children between the ages of about six and twelve. It
comes after preschool. When children finish learning at primary school, they go to secondary school.
In the United Kingdom, a primary school usually comprises a nursery and the first seven years of a child’s full-
time learning. In Australia and the United States, primary school begins with kindergarten. It lasts for six years,
usually until the fifth or sixth grade.
In Singapore, primary school refers to those students who are normally between the ages of 7 to 12. Primary
School is classified as Pl to P6 for Primary 1 to Primary 6 respectively. At the end of P6, students sit for a national
level Primary School Leaving Exam (PSLE) which is used for placement into Secondary School. Prior to Primary
School, pupils attend Kindergarten School for 2 years.
1. What is a primary school?
2. Does primary school come after preschool?
3. Where does a primary school comprises a nursery and the first seven years of a child’s full-time learning?
4. Where does primary school begin with kindergarten?
5. In Singapore, who does primary school refer to?
6. When do the students in Singapore sit for a national level Primary School Leaving Exam?
II. Fill in each blank with a word in the box.
classroom learning know again enjoyable subject
A lesson in school is a planned period of time for (1) _______ . It involves one or more students being taught by a
teacher. A lesson may be either one section of a textbook or a short period of time during which learners are taught
about a (2) _______ or taught how to perform an activity. Lessons are generally taught in a (3) _______ but may
instead take place in a situated learning environment.
Also, a lesson means a learner learning something he did not (4) _______ before. Such a lesson can be either
planned or accidental, (5) _______ or painful. The slang phrase “to teach someone a lesson”, means to punish or scold
a person for a mistake they have made to make sure that he does not make the same mistake (6) _______ .
III. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.
1. is/ school/ an/ place./ My/ interesting
2. Peter/ like/ computer science?/ Does
3. often/ Ms. Thy/ a/ pink dress./ wear/ doesn’t
4. do/ How/ you/ go/ school/ every day?/ to
5. good at/ I’m/ not/ usually/ playing sports.
6. you/ Do/ play/ with/ often/ football/ your friends?
7. every morning./I/ walk/ school/ my sister/ to/ with
8. friends/ they/ nice/I/ me/ and/ are/ have/ a lot of/ to
9. is/ big wardrobe/ my sister’s bedroom/ There/ a/ in
10. on/ not/ pillows/ There/ the bed/ the guest room/ in/ any/ are
11. the town/ are/ schools/ There/ in/ four
IV. Fill in each blank with a word in the box.
with bathrooms walls village because move
The place you live in is your home, whether it’s a house with four (1) _______ and a roof, a flat that’s part of a larger
building or a caravan on wheels that can (2) _______ around. The homes in your city, town or (3) _______ may look
different from yours - this could be because they were built at a different time, and from different materials.
Homes have changed over the centuries (4) _______ the way we live has changed during that time. For example,
we don’t all live in one room (5) _______ our horses and cows anymore like the way that the Iron Age Celts did, and
it’s more common to have (6) _______ inside our homes now instead of at the back of the garden like the Victorians in
Britain did in the 19th century.
