SECOND EDITION

Super Practice Book 4

Super
PRACTICE
PRACTICE

Garan Holcombe
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Map of the book
Unit Grammar/Language Reading/Writing Listening/Speaking
Present simple questions A poem Adventures
Past simple questions
(pages 4–11)

Must / Mustn’t A postcard Exhibits

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Direct and indirect objects
(pages 12–19)

Connectors A story Places

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Could / Couldn’t
(pages 20–27)

Past continuous An email Emergency,

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Past continuous questions emergency!
(pages 28–35)

at / in / on A newspaper article Tickets, please!

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Past continuous and past simple
(pages 36–43)

Used to A description Officers and criminals

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Had to
(pages 44–51)

Comparatives and superlatives A description of an The Terrible Omnix

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It looks like … animal
(pages 52–59)

Possessive pronouns An advertisement Music

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who / which / where
(pages 60–67)

Will A diary entry Astronauts

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Adverbs
(pages 68–75)

a bottle / can / loaf / packet / piece of … A letter A camping trip

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How much / How many?
(pages 76–83)

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 Present simple questions

Does Polly like

going to the cinema?

Yes, she does.

She goes every week!

Language focus

Use simple present questions to ask people about habits and routines.
Yes/No questions are formed with be or do:
Are you from Izmir? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
Are we / they from Istanbul? Yes, we / they are. No, we / they aren’t.
Is he / she from Bursa? Yes, he / she is. No, he / she isn’t.
Do you / we / they like playing the guitar? Yes, I / we / they do. No, I / we / they don’t.
Does he / she love watching films? Yes, he / she does. No, he / she doesn’t.
‘Wh’ questions are formed by putting where, what, why, etc., before be or do:
What is your favourite type of music?

1 Complete the questions with either do / does or the correct form of be.

6.35 p.m.

Hi, Liam
We’re doing a project in school about people’s lives. I’ve got some
questions for you. Please send me your answers soon!
a $N you do any sports?
b ਡ you often tired after school?
c What ਡ you like doing at the weekend?
d Where ਡ your mother from?
Love, Zoe

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2 Match the questions from Activity 1 with the answers below.

7.05 p.m.

Hi, Zoe
Thanks for your questions! Here are my answers.
1 Yes, I am. I often feel very sleepy in the evening. A
2 Lots of things! I go running with my brother. I watch films. Oh, I draw too.
I love drawing. ਡ
3 China. I always speak Mandarin with her. I love it! ਡ
4 Yes, I do. I swim three times a week and I play basketball on Sunday mornings. ਡ
Good luck with your project!
Love, Liam

3 Complete the dialogue with the words from the box.

does what don’t who live Yes

Mehmet (1) 7G@S does your brother do, Nick?

Nick He’s a journalist.
Mehmet Really? Is it an exciting job?
Nick I (2) ਡ know. I think he likes it.
Mehmet (3) ਡ does he work for?
Nick He writes for the El País newspaper. In Spain.
Mehmet What (4) ਡ he write about?
Nick He interviews famous people – actors, singers.
Mehmet Does he (5) ਡ in Madrid?
Nick (6) ਡ , he does. In a place called La Latina.

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 Past simple questions

Did you have a good time at the

party, Petra? Was the food good?

Language focus

Use past simple questions to ask what people did at a specific time in the past.
Yes/No questions are formed with was / were or did:
Were you at the park yesterday? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.
Was he / she in the cinema? Yes, he / she was. No, he / she wasn’t.
The question form with did is the same for every person, i.e. I, he, she, they:
Did you / he / she / we / they go surfing?
‘Wh’ questions are formed by putting Where, What, Why, etc., before was / were and did:
Where were you on Saturday? Where did you go on holiday?

1 Complete the questions and answers about a holiday in Italy.

1
7DQD you happy on holiday? Yes, we VDQD
2
ਡ your brother with you? No, he ਡ . He had to work.

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ਡ you go to Venice? No, we ਡ . We went to Rome.

4
ਡ your parents like Italy? Yes, they ਡ .
They want to go back next year!

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ਡ the people friendly? Yes, they ਡ .
They taught me some Italian.

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2 Are the questions correct or incorrect? Correct the questions you think are incorrect.

1 What do you do yesterday?

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2 Were you at school yesterday?
ਡ ਡ
3 Do you go to the beach last summer?
ਡ ਡ
4 Was you tired this morning?
ਡ ਡ
5 What was the last film you saw?
ਡ ਡ
6 Do you did your homework last night?
ਡ ਡ

3 Answer the questions from Activity 2.

1 ਡ
ਡ
2 ਡ
ਡ
3 ਡ
ਡ
4 ਡ
ਡ
5 ਡ
ਡ
6 ਡ
ਡ

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 Reading: a poem
1 Read the poem, then put questions a–f in the correct order.

Do you like your school, your house, your life?

Do you eat your food with a fork and knife?
Do you have adventures big and small?
Do you think of yesterday at all?
When you were young
What did you do?
Did you go on dodgems bright and new?
Were rollercoasters white and blue?
On roundabouts, without a care,
Did the boys and girls have golden hair?
Are you different now
You know much more?
Or are you as you were before?
The past simple is present now,
The moments come and go, and how!
We go on asking questions, yes,
But what’s the last one?
Can you guess?

a When you were young, what did you do?

b Are you different now?
c Were rollercoasters white and blue?
d Do you like your school, your house, your life? 1
e What’s the last one?
f Do you have adventures big and small?
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 Writing
1 Match the words with the definitions.
1 rhythm a This is writing with short sentences (called lines)
2 rhyme and using words that often rhyme.
3 verse b This is someone who writes poems.
c This is when the ends of two words have the same
4 poet
sound, e.g. cat / hat, blue / do, door / floor.
5 poem d This is how the words sound together.
e This is a group of lines that forms part of a poem.
‘The Questioner’ has three of these.
Help w i t h Writ ing
Poems are not easy to write in another language. Think of words that
rhyme, e.g. fat, hat, cat, mat. Then try writing a simple poem with a simple
rhythm, e.g. My dog is fat, he wears a hat, he hates the cat, she chews his mat.

2 Complete the poem with the words from the box.

me Jo floors low

‘Where is the gold, the gold?’ said Lee.

‘What gold? What gold?’ said Tom to (1) LD .
I did not know, so turned to go,
And talked to Sue and Mark and (2) ਡ .
We looked at maps, for clues and doors,
And holes in walls and wooden (3) ਡ .
We looked up high, we looked down (4) ਡ ,
Until it was our time to go.

3 Now write another verse for the poem. Follow the rhythm of the verses.
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
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Listening: adventures
1 01 Listen and tick or cross .

Daisy Mike

Activities
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2 02 Listen to Jacob talk about his adventure. Circle the correct answers.
1 Which mountain did Jacob climb? 4 What did Jacob think of the climb?
a Cave Mountain. a It was fun, but it was dangerous too.
b Castle Mountain. b It was dangerous and it wasn’t fun.
2 How did he get to the mountain? 5 How long did Jacob walk for?
a By train. a Two hours.
b By car. b Four hours.
3 Who did he go with? 6 Which mountain does Jacob want to
a His parents and his brother. climb next?
b His parents. a Diamond Mountain.

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b Treasure Mountain.
 Speaking
1 Look and write. Then play the You can … too game.

What’s Number 2?
Go on a big wheel. You can go on a roller coaster, too!

1 2 3

dQHUD gਡ on a rਡ a bਡ
d ਡ ਡ bਡ ਡ
4 5 6

f ਡ ak ਡ c ਡ am ਡ w ਡ on the
b ਡ
2 Work with a friend. Talk about the things to do in Activity 1.

Do you like going on a big wheel?

No, I don’t. I’m scared of it! What about you?

I love going on a big wheel. It’s exciting!

3 With your friend, imagine you went on an adventure yesterday. What did you do?
Think of four activities. Then talk about your adventure.

Yesterday, Tom and I went on an adventure. We went to a castle at the top of a

mountain. We rode our bikes to get to the mountain, and we climbed the mountain
to get to the castle. We looked for treasure in the castle and we found a statue!

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 1 Must / Mustn’t

You mustn’t take

photographs of the paintings
and you must turn off your
mobile phones.

Language focus

Use must to talk about what it is necessary to do, e.g.

I must buy my mother a birthday card. Use mustn’t to
tell someone not to do something, e.g. You mustn’t play
the drums so loudly.
We do not add an -s to the third person with must. We say
He must do his homework not He musts do his homework.

1 Read what Maria says, then circle the correct verbs to complete the sentences.
‘Mum and Dad say I don’t do enough to help them with the chores. I’m going to
show them how much I can do. To help me, I’ve got a list of things I must and
mustn’t do. I’m going to put it on my wall in my room …’
1 I must / mustn’t tidy my room at least once a month.
2 I must / mustn’t leave my clothes on the floor.
3 I must / mustn’t wash the dishes at weekends.
4 I must / mustn’t help Dad in the garden on Sunday afternoons.
5 I must / mustn’t help Mum wash her car once a month.
6 I must / mustn’t put dirty plates on the floor.

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2 Complete the story with the verbs from the box.

clean wear be learn toast use

The Never-ending Orders of

Old King Marvin
Old King Marvin lived in a huge castle near Learnum Wood. His favourite
thing was telling people what to do. ‘You mustn’t (1) VD@Q your
crown in the garden,’ he said every morning to Good Queen Tess. ‘It might fall off.’
A handsome young knight called Gordon the Magnificent lived in the castle too. ‘You must
(2) ਡ your shield and helmet,’ Old King Marvin said to Gordon. ‘And you must
(3) ਡ how to use your sword. But you mustn’t (4) ਡ it inside the castle.’
One morning, Old King Marvin went to the kitchen. ‘I would like to make breakfast this
morning,’ he said to the cook. ‘Is that all right?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ said the cook. Ten minutes later,
Good Queen Tess heard a loud voice in the kitchen. ‘I’m very sorry, sir, but you must
(5) ਡ the bread for thirty-three seconds longer. You must (6) ਡ careful with
bread. It’s easy to get it wrong.’ Good Queen Tess smiled to herself, happy to hear someone
telling her husband what to do for a change.

3 Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences using must and mustn’t.

THE
TheNEWBURY
Newbury PARK
Park Rules
RULES

ਡ ਡ ਡ

1 You LTRSM’ SਡBKHLA 2 You ਡ 3 You ਡ

the trees. your rubbish in the bin. on the flowers.
ਡ ਡ ਡ

4 You ਡ 5 You ਡ 6 You ਡ

your dog on a lead. in the lake. the ducks.

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 Direct and indirect objects
Juanita, give him
the ball, please.

Language focus

Use direct and indirect objects to talk about things or people affected
by the action of the verb.
Subject Verb Indirect object Direct object
Jeremy gave David the book.
I made my sister a sandwich.
Don’t show me the answer.
The direct object is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb.
It answers the question what, e.g. What did Jeremy give to David?
The indirect object is also the person or thing affected by the action of the
verb; it answers the question who, e.g. Who did Jeremy give the book to?
We sometimes put the indirect object at the end of the sentence, where it
usually follows the prepositions to and for.
Jeremy gave the book to David. Don’t show the answer to me.
I made a sandwich for my sister.

1 Replace the underlined words with object pronouns.

1 My brother and I gave a necklace to Mel. -XਡAQNSGDQਡ@MCਡ)ਡF@UDਡHSਡSNਡGDQਡ
2 She gave the book to Stan and Toni. ਡ
3 They gave the book to Tim. ਡ
4 He gave the book to his mother. ਡ
5 She gave the book to my father. ਡ
6 He gave the book to my brother and me. ਡ
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2 Rewrite the sentences with the words in the correct order.
1 Show / the bracelet, / me / please / . 3GNVਡLDਡSGDਡAQ@BDKDS ਡOKD@RDਡ
2 Don’t / the story / to / tell / Juan / . ਡ
3 You must / the dress / buy / Gabriella / for / . ਡ
4 I gave / the belt / Wang Li / to / . ਡ
5 I bought / Sheila / for / a hat / . ਡ
6 Sarah / me / gave / the necklace / . ਡ

3 Complete the story with the pronouns it, her, them, us and me.

and the

‘Give (1) SGDL to (2) ਡ , please,’

said Mr James.
‘But the sweets are Sandra’s, Mr James,’ said Sonny.
‘Yes, I know the sweets are Sandra’s, but don’t give
(3) ਡ back to (4) ਡ . It’s not
break time. You know the rule.’
‘Yes, Mr James, I know (5) ਡ ; you remind
(6) ਡ all every day – we mustn’t eat
sweets in class.’
‘Anything,’ said Mr James. ‘You mustn’t eat anything in
class. Come on, then. Sandra can have
(7) ਡ back at break time.’
I gave Mr James the bag of sweets and sat in my chair.
Five minutes later, I looked up from my Maths book.
‘Mr James!’ I said. ‘You’re eating (8) ਡ .
But you said …’
‘Yes, I know I did, Sonny,’ said Mr James, smiling, ‘but they really are very nice sweets.’
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Reading: a postcard
1 Read the postcard, then answer the questions.

Dea r Eve,

Yesterda y we went to the fantastic

re!
Chocolate Museum. You must go the
tory of
A gui de told us all about the his Eve Bla ckburn
film
chocolate and we watched a short
thought
about how to ma ke chocolate. Da d 23 January Street
liant
the film was great. They had a bril
rs, too –
collection of old chocolate wra ppe Belfast
Grandma rea lly like d that.
ate to Northern Ireland
They also gave us some free chocol
take home. It was delicious! BT9 5AB
I hope you are well.

Love
Li Yan

1 Where did Li Yan and her family go?

4GDXਡVDMSਡSNਡSGDਡ#GNBNK@SDਡ-TRDTL
2 What did the guide tell them about?
ਡ
3 Who thought the film was very good?
ਡ
4 Who liked the collection of old chocolate wrappers?
ਡ
5 What did they get to take home?
ਡ
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Writing
1 Complete the descriptions of the museums with must or mustn’t.

The Sword Museum

The Royal Museum
You (3) ਡ
You (1) LTRS visit us at the Sword The Royal Museum tells
come to the Football Museum! Find out about the story of Europe’s kings
Museum! All fans of the the history of the sword. and queens. You
beautiful game See swords of all sizes, (5) ਡ ask
(2) ਡ miss from the very, very small your History teacher to
it. See the shirt Pelé wore to the very, very big. bring you here. Learn all
in the 1970 World Cup But remember – you about the kings of Spain
final. Watch a film about (4) ਡ and Harald Fairhair, the
how football began. touch the swords! first king of Norway.

Help w i t h Writ ing

We usually write postcards to describe our experiences to friends and family. We often
use adjectives such as brilliant, great and fantastic to talk about what we did.

2 Imagine you went to one of the museums in Activity 1. Write a postcard to

tell a friend about it. Use Li Yan’s postcard on the Reading page to help you.

ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
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 Listening: exhibits
1 03 Listen. Are sentences 1–6 true or false?

1 You must show your ticket to the

woman at the door. S
2 You can touch some of the shields. ਡ
3 You mustn’t take photos of the
shields. ਡ
4 You must carry your bag inside
the museum. ਡ
5 You can see some shields of famous
kings. ਡ
6 You must leave at five o’clock. ਡ

2 04 Listen to Kasim’s story. Complete each sentence with one word.

1 Kasim and his class visited
the Knight -TRDTL yesterday.
2 Kasim’s friend William took
a ਡ from a shelf and
put it on.
3 At the museum, you mustn’t touch the
helmets, shields or ਡ .
4 The woman wasn’t happy with Mr Martin
because he ਡ in
the museum.
5 After the problems, the children didn’t
touch things, run or ਡ .
6 William doesn’t want to be a
ਡ in the school play.
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Speaking
1 Look and write. Then play the A knight uses this to fight with. It’s a sword!
description game.

1 2 3

BQNVM ਡ ਡ
4 5 6

ਡ ਡ ਡ
Help w i t h Sp e ak ing
Some words have silent letters. The words sword and knight have silent
letters: you don’t pronounce the w in sword and the k and gh in knight.

2 Work with a friend. Read and talk about the museum rules.

Remember …
1 You must show your ticket at the door. 4 You mustn’t use your mobile phone.
2 You must put your bag in a locker. 5 You mustn’t run or shout.
3 You mustn’t take photos of the exhibits.

3 With your friend, write three ‘dream rules’ for the museum in Activity 2.
Then talk about your rules.
You must touch the crowns
Dream rules for the Museum of Queens and Kings and bracelets. You can put
them on and have fun! You
You must ਡ . mustn’t forget to wear your
You can ਡ . favourite queen or king
costume from our special box.
You ਡ .

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 2 Connectors We stayed in a lovely
village and we went
swimming every day.
Lola didn’t swim because
the water was really cold!

Language focus

And, but, so and because are connectors. Use them to

join two parts of a sentence.
Use and and but to connect two ideas. Use but when
the second idea is different to the first. Use a comma before but.
We had picnics in the fields and we walked through the forest.
I liked having picnics, but I didn’t like walking through the forest
Use because and so to talk about the reasons for an action.
Use a comma before so.
I was tired, so I went home. I went home because I was tired.

1 Circle the correct connectors to complete the sentences.

1 We went to the village ਡ we climbed the mountain.
a so b and c but
2 We walked by the river, ਡ we didn’t swim in it.
a but b because c and
3 We wanted to go on the river, ਡ we took a boat to the island.
a but b and c so
4 We went back to the village early ਡ Mum was sleepy.
a because b and c so

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 2 Complete the poem with and, so, but or because.

It w s be utiful d y,
(1) 3N we ll went to pl y.
We l ughed (2) we joked quite lot.
We s t in the sh de
Of towering tree
(3) we were hungry nd hot.
After s ndwiches, chocol te,
B n n s nd more,
We were sleepy, (4) then Ricky s id,
‘I don’t know bout you,
My two f vourite friends,
(5) I think I’m re dy for bed.’

3 Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

My Weekend
On Friday, I did my homework and (1) G@CਡLXਡCHMMDQ . I didn’t go to the cinema
because (2) ਡ . On Saturday morning, I was really hungry,
so (3) ਡ . On Saturday afternoon, I went to Dominic’s birthday party,
but (4) ਡ . On Sunday morning, it was sunny, so (5) ਡ .
I usually go to my grandparents’ house on Sunday afternoons, but last Sunday
(6) ਡ because ਡ . On Sunday evening, I watched
TV and (7) ਡ . I went to bed early because (8) ਡ .

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 Could / Couldn’t
What could you
do when you were
young, Grandma?

Oh, I could do lots of things, my

dear. I could walk for hours, but not
get tired. I could run, I could swim
and I could go ice skating. And
these days, I can do jigsaw puzzles.
There – that’s the final piece!

Language focus

Use could / couldn’t to talk about abilities you had or didn’t

have in the past.
When she was a girl, she couldn’t swim, but she could ride a bike.
Yes/No questions are formed in the following way:
Could you / he / she / we / they make pancakes?
Yes, I / he / she / we / they could.
No, I / he / she / we / they couldn’t.

1 Answer the questions with Yes, I could or No, I couldn’t.

1 Could you walk when you were six months old? .N ਡ)ਡBNTKCM’ S
2 Could you speak when you were one year old? ਡ
3 Could you run when you were three years old? ਡ
4 Could you catch a ball when you were four years old? ਡ
5 Could you read when you were five years old? ਡ
6 Could you write when you were seven years old? ਡ
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2 Complete the questions with the verbs from the box.

speak play climb run ski ride

www.theoldpeopleswebsite.co.uk

The Old People’s Website

When you were a young man …

1 … could you QTM fast?
2 … could you ਡ mountains?
3 … could you ਡ any other languages?
4 … could you ਡ the guitar?
5 … could you ਡ a motorbike?
6 … could you ਡ or snowboard?

3 Match the questions in Activity 2 with the answers.

a No, I couldn’t, but my brother could. He was a member of a club.
He went up Everest once! 
b Yes, I could. I didn’t like driving cars, but I loved my second-hand
Harley-Davidson! ਡ
c No, I couldn’t. I didn’t go on winter holidays. They were too expensive! ਡ
d No, I couldn’t. I could play the violin, but I didn’t learn to play anything else. ਡ
e Yes, I could. I lived in Buenos Aires for five years when I was in my twenties,
so my Spanish was very good. ਡ
f Yes, I could. I loved doing that. I used to run by the river near my
house every morning. ਡ

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 Reading: a story
1 Read the story. Then complete the summary with the words from the box.

The Strange Tale of

It was the mayor who saw it first. ‘Another beautiful morning,’

he said to himself as he opened his curtains. ‘Wait a moment.
Jim Garry’s Mountain is …’
It was all the villagers could talk about. ‘How can we climb it now?’
they asked. Everyone was very worried, so they met in the Town Hall
that evening to discuss the problem. ‘Thank you all for coming,’
said the mayor. ‘Now as you know, Jim Garry’s mountain is …’
‘It’s not just Jim Garry’s Mountain,’ said a voice.
An old man near the door stood up. His long hair and beard
were grey.
‘Excuse me,’ said the mayor, ‘this meeting is for the people of the
village only.’
‘Don’t you want to know what’s happening? Why there is no water in the river and no grass
in the fields?’
‘What are you talking about? We are here to talk about where our mountain went.’
‘Everything is going because you don’t look after it. You must care for the world around you, Mayor.
That is all I want to say. Good evening to you.’
The villagers were more interested in who the man was than what he had to say. Nobody noticed
that the forests, fields, lakes and islands were not there any more. The only thing left in the village
was the Town Hall and the people in it.

mountain Town Hall mayor people village rivers

One morning, the mayor of the (1) UHKK@FD finds that the (2) ਡ
is not there. The (3) ਡ of the village are very worried. They have a
meeting in the (4) ਡ . At the meeting, an old man that nobody knows says
why everything is going from the village – the trees, the (5) ਡ , the lakes.
The (6) ਡ is not very happy with the old man. The old man leaves and the
people talk about him. They do not notice what is happening around them.

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Writing
1 Match the story types with the definitions.
1 comedy a a story about something that happened in the past
2 history b a story about things that aren’t real or things that
3 fantasy can’t happen, e.g. a story in which people can fly
4 romance c a story that makes you laugh
5 science fiction d a story about technology, the future and space
e a story about people who fall in love

Help w i t h Writ ing

Try to make your readers interested in your story. One way to do this is to give them
a question they want to find the answer to. For example, the opening sentence of
‘The Strange Tale of Jim Garry’s Mountain’ is ‘It was the mayor who saw it first.’
The writer doesn’t tell us what ‘it’ is, so we want to read on to find out.

2 You are going to write a short story about something strange that happens in a
village. You must write it in the past simple. Before you write your story, plan it
by making notes about the following:
• The type of story (e.g. science fiction, fantasy).
• The characters.
• The plot.

3 Now write your short story. Use ‘The Strange Tale of Jim Garry’s Mountain’ and
your notes from Activity 2 to help you.

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Listening: places
1 05 Listen and put Ana’s story in order.
ਡ They walked on a long path through a forest.
ਡ Ana took lots of photos.
ਡ It started to rain.
1 Last weekend, Ana went to the countryside
with her parents.
ਡ Ana and her parents had a picnic.
ਡ They climbed up a mountain.
ਡ Ana and her parents had cake in a café.

2 06 What could Leo do when he was six? Listen and tick or cross .

1 2 3 4

ਡ ਡ ਡ ਡ

5 6 7 8

ਡ ਡ ਡ ਡ

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 2
Speaking
1 Look at these places and imagine you went there. Play the guessing game.

I was in town. I wanted to look at comics, so …

You went to a bookshop! I was
outdoors. I wanted to swim, so …
You went to a lake!

1 2 3

bookshop lake café

4 5 6

cinema mountain forest

2 Look at Activity 1 and choose a place that you went to. Write answers.
Then practise.
1 Where did you go? 4 Why did you go there?
ਡ ਡ
2 Who did you go with? 5 What did you do and see?
ਡ ਡ
3 How did you get there?
ਡ

3 Talk about your place.

Last weekend, I went to a lake with my family. We got there by train.

We went there because we love being in the countryside. We walked around
the lake and then we swam in it. We saw some big fish and beautiful birds!

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 3 Past continuous

It was 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Burak was climbing a tree.
Our ball was stuck in one of the
branches. Burak got the ball,
but he fell and broke his arm.

Language focus

Use the past continuous to talk about events that were

happening at a particular moment in the past, e.g.
Onur was climbing a mountain.
Form the past continuous with was / were + verb + ing:
I / he / she was watching a TV programme about firefighters.
We / you / they were playing football in the garden.

1 Circle the correct verb forms to complete the text.

On Saturday afternoon, everyone (1) was / were doing something. My brother Pablo
(2) was / were reading about the Great Fire of London. My parents (3) was / were
cleaning the kitchen. My sister Lucia (4) was / were playing a computer game called
Emergency! My cousins Maria and Gonzalo (5) was / were painting. I (6) was / were
doing something too. Can you guess what it was? Yes, that’s right! I (7) was / were
watching what everyone else was doing!

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2 Match 1–6 with a–f.

1 I was a chasing the cat round the garden. That’s her favourite
2 My brother was thing to do.
3 My grandparents b at home watching a TV programme about the
were emergency services. Grandma said it was very interesting.
4 My sisters were in c making a web page on the internet. She’s very good
with technology.
5 My dog was
d the kitchen, making their favourite type of pizza: bananas
6 Sarah, my best
and onion. Ugh!
friend, was
e sleeping. He’s always tired. He works really hard in school.
f doing my Science homework. I didn’t enjoy doing it
because it was really hard!

3 Correct the verbs in sentences 1–5. Make past continuous sentences.

1 The firefighters were climb the ladder.
4GDਡEHQDEHFGSDQRਡVDQDਡBKHLAHMFਡSGDਡK@CCDQ
2 The police officers were ran very quickly.
ਡ
3 Sara was make a sandwich.
ਡ
4 The paramedic were working very hard.
ਡ
5 My friends was watching a film about a flood.
ਡ
4 Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
1 On Saturday morning, I ਡ .
2 On Saturday afternoon, my parents ਡ .
3 On Saturday evening, my family ਡ .
4 On Sunday morning, I ਡ .
5 On Sunday afternoon, my friends and I ਡ .
6 On Sunday evening, I ਡ .

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 Past continuous questions
He was cleaning the car. It was so dirty!
What was Dad
doing this morning?

Language focus

Use past continuous questions to ask someone what

they were doing at a particular moment in the past, e.g.
I rang you at six. You didn’t answer. Were you washing up?
Yes/No questions are formed with was / were + verb + ing, e.g.
Were we / they sleeping last night? Yes, we / they were. No, we / they weren’t.
Was he / she doing his homework? Yes, he / she was. No, he / she wasn’t.
‘Wh’ questions are formed by putting where, what, why, etc., before was / were +
verb + ing, e.g.
What book were you reading? I was reading one about history.
Where were your friends going? They were going to the park to play tennis.

1 Rewrite the questions with the words in the correct order.

1 you / were / what / yesterday / doing / ? 7G@SਡVDQDਡXNTਡCNHMFਡXDRSDQC@X
2 you / were / sleeping / ? ਡ
3 what / friend / doing / was / your / ? ਡ
4 was / book / she / reading / a / ? ਡ
5 going / you / were / where / ? ਡ
6 at / brother / three / doing / your / was /
what / o’clock / ? ਡ
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2 Complete the questions with was / were and the verbs from the box in the
correct form. Then write the answers.

play drink read run sit clean eat

1 7@R the man in the blue T-shirt BKD@MHMF the window? 9DR ਡGDਡV@R
2 ਡ the man in a red T-shirt ਡ a pizza? ਡ
3 ਡ the two women ਡ water? ਡ
4 ਡ the woman in the red dress ਡ down? ਡ
5 ਡ the police officer ਡ after a man? ਡ
6 ਡ the man with glasses ਡ a book? ਡ

3 Complete the questions.

1 What / you / do / four o’clock / afternoon / Monday?
7G@SਡVDQDਡXNTਡCNHMFਡ@SਡENTQਡN’BKNBJਡHMਡSGDਡ@ESDQMNNMਡNMਡ-NMC@Xਡ
2 What / you / do / six o’clock / morning / Wednesday?
ਡ
3 What / you / do / five o’clock / afternoon / Friday?
ਡ
4 What / you / do / nine o’clock / evening / Saturday?
ਡ
5 What / you / do / six o’clock / morning / Sunday?
ਡ

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Reading: an email
1 Read the email, then answer the questions.

To [email protected]

Subject The Great Flood Of Calle Dos Santos

Hi, Granny
I’ve got some news – we had an accident today.
Don’t worry, everyone is all right. Mum is going to call you later.
It happened yesterday afternoon. We were in Calle Dos Santos, on our way to the cinema.
Suddenly, we noticed that there was water ahead of us on the road. It was coming into the
car! It all happened so quickly. One minute we were driving along, and then … ‘Everyone
out!’ said Dad. We got out, but Dad caught his leg on the door. We called the emergency
services. The police were the first to arrive. The firefighters came next because there were
lots of cars that were stuck. They had to pull them out. Then the paramedics came. ‘You must
keep your leg still,’ said one of them to Dad. His leg was really hurting him, but it wasn’t
broken. The paramedics gave us special emergency blankets to keep warm. I really liked
wearing mine and asked if I could take it home.
I’ve got to go now, Granny. Dad can’t walk very well at the moment, so he wants me to go
to the kitchen and make him a cup of tea.
Email soon with all your news!
Love,
Valentina

1 When did the accident happen? )SਡG@OODMDCਡXDRSDQC@Xਡ@ESDQMNNM

2 Where were Valentina and her parents going? ਡ
3 What happened? ਡ
4 What did Valentina’s dad hurt? ਡ
5 Who arrived after the police officers? ਡ
6 What did they give Valentina’s family? ਡ

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Writing
1 Write the phrases from the box in the correct part of the table.

Bye for now Hi ਡ Dear ਡ

Email me soon Best wishes How are you?
Hello ਡ Is everything OK? How are things?

Starting an email

Asking how someone is

Finishing an email

Help w i t h Writ ing

When you tell someone your news in an email, give them
the important information, but do not write too much.

2 You are going to write an email to Valentina telling her all about a fire in a
local café. Before you write, make notes about the following:
• When and where the fire started.
• What you were doing when it started.
• What the firefighters said and did.

To [email protected] Subject The fire in the café

Hello, Valentina
Thanks for your email! ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
Send me another email soon!
Love,
ਡ

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Listening: emergency, emergency!
1 07 Listen to Jack’s story and write t (true) or f (false).
1 Jack, Lea and John went to a park
last Sunday. S
2 They climbed the tallest tree in the park. ਡ
3 The children got to the top of the tree,
and it wasn’t raining. ਡ
4 There was a storm and a flood, so the
children couldn’t climb down the tree. ਡ
5 Jack phoned his parents and the
emergency services. ਡ
6 A firefighter helped the children to come
down from the tree. ਡ

2 08 Listen to the conversations. Circle the correct answers.

1 What was Theo doing yesterday at three o’clock?
a He was reading a book. b He was watching a film.
2 Was Amy watching TV yesterday at four o’clock?
a Yes, she was. b No, she wasn’t.
3 How was Jamie yesterday?
a He wasn’t feeling well. b He was feeling OK.
4 Who forgot to do the homework?
a Eva. b Harry.
5 What was Freddie doing before twelve o’clock yesterday?
a He was sleeping. b He was having breakfast.
6 Where was it raining this morning?
a In the village near the beach. b At the beach.

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Speaking
1 Work with a friend. Look at the pictures and tell the story. Use the words,
and the past simple and past continuous.

Yesterday, it was a warm day. The sun was shining and …

1 2

warm day / sun shine / children do some work fire alarm ring / fire

3 4

children and teacher go to playground / firefighters arrive / everything OK

room at the top on fire

2 Choose one of the photos. Imagine you work for the emergency services.
How did you help the animal? Write answers. Then practise.
1 What’s your job?
ਡ
2 What happened?
ਡ
3 What was the animal doing?
ਡ
4 How did you help the animal?
ਡ

3 Tell your story from Activity 2. I’m a police officer. Last Monday, it rained all day
and there was a flood. I was driving my police car
and saw a dog on a roof. The dog was …

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 4 at / in / on When does the next
train to Bilbao leave?

It goes at half past twelve.

Language focus

At, in and on are prepositions. Use them to talk about days, dates, times of the
day, periods of time or when things take place, e.g.
I was born at nine o’clock in the morning in December.
Use at with a point of time and the word night.
We’re going to the cinema at six o’clock.
My brother can’t sleep at night.
Use in with months of the year, seasons, years,
and the phrases the morning and the afternoon.
My sister’s birthday is in summer, in July.
I was born in 2011.
What did you do in the afternoon?
Use on with days of the week and with morning, afternoon, evening and night
when you put the day before those words.
We’ve got a History test on Wednesday.
What time does the bus leave on Saturday morning?

1 Complete the sentences with in, on or at.

1 Is your birthday HM June?
2 That film you want to see starts ਡ six o’clock.
3 We’re all going to the beach ਡ Saturday.
4 We went to my cousins’ house ਡ Sunday afternoon.
5 What time do you go to bed ਡ night?
6 The train leaves at four o’clock ਡ the afternoon.
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2 Correct the sentences.
1 My birthday is on October.
-XਡAHQSGC@XਡHRਡHMਡ/BSNADQ
2 The film starts in seven o’clock.
ਡ
3 We went swimming in the sea on the morning.
ਡ
4 My uncle and aunt came to our house for dinner at Sunday.
ਡ
5 Did you see Sean at Tuesday?
ਡ
6 We’re going to the park in Saturday afternoon.
ਡ

3 Match 1–10 with a–j.

1 Did your sister move to a in summer. Our favourite spot is next to

Barcelona in the river.
2 The dog next door to us b on Saturday. It’s going to be hot!
always barks c 2012 or 2013?
3 What did you do d at 4.00 or does it go at 4.15?
4 I’d like to go to the beach e the afternoon when I come home
5 Is your birthday in from school.
6 Does the bus leave f November or December? Mine is
7 I usually go to bed in January.
8 My friends and I love to g at 9.30 in the week. I need lots of sleep!
have picnics h at exactly one o’clock in the afternoon.
9 My grandparents always i in the morning? Did you go swimming?
have lunch j at night. Sometimes, I can’t sleep.
10 I do my homework in It’s very noisy!

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 Past continuous and past simple
We were playing tennis
when it started to rain.

Language focus

Use past continuous and past simple together

to talk about one action interrupting another
in the past.
When you describe two actions using these
tenses, you can order the sentence in two ways.
You can put the past continuous action first followed by the past simple:
I was doing my homework when my computer broke.
You can also put the past simple first followed by the past continuous. When you
write the sentence in this way, use a comma.
When my computer broke, I was doing my homework.

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs from the box.
Use either the past continuous or past simple.

meet play wait do fall begin

1I V@RਡV@HSHMF for the train when I saw my friend.

2 When my brother came home, I ਡ my homework.
3 We were playing football when it ਡ to snow.
4 Mum was living in Ankara when she ਡ Dad.
5 My brother ਡ basketball when he broke his leg.
6 My sister was doing her Geography homework when she ਡ asleep.

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2 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 When I bumped / was bumping into the tree, I was running after the football.
2 I watched / was watching TV when you called me.
3 When we were seeing / saw Miss Gunn, the History teacher, we were waiting
for a train.
4 We were sunbathing / sunbathed when it started to rain. We ran into a café
nearby to stay dry!
5 My dad was walking down the street when he was finding / found the bag.
6 My brother was making a salad for lunch when he cut / was cutting his finger.

3 Write the underlined verbs in the story in the past simple or past continuous.

I (1) am walking through the park

on my way home from town when
I (2) see a large bear standing in
front of me. It (3) is playing the violin.
‘Good afternoon,’ (4) says the bear.
‘Oh,’ I (5) say, ‘good afternoon.’
I (6) am thinking of starting to run
when the bear (7) says, ‘I’m not a real
bear, you know. This is just a special
suit. I’m playing at a children’s party
later.’ The bear (8) wants to do a bit of
practice before the show. I (9) listen for
a while. She (10) isn’t bad, for a bear.

1 V@RਡV@KJHMF 6 ਡ
2 ਡ 7 ਡ
3 ਡ 8 ਡ
4 ਡ 9 ਡ
5 ਡ 10 ਡ

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Reading: a newspaper article
1 Read the newspaper article, then answer the questions.

The Globe 5th March

Dog Rolls Down Escalator

There was great excitement at when I heard the announcer
King’s Cross railway station make his announcement:
this morning when a small ‘The train now arriving at
dog rolled all the way down Platform 4 is the 9.52 to
an escalator. Cuddles, a Glasgow.’ ‘Quick!’ I said to
three-year-old Yorkshire terrier Cuddles. ‘That’s our train!’
belonging to Mrs Cynthia I ran forward, slipped on a
Bolton, 48, of Newcastle, bit of paper on the floor and
wasn’t hurt, but his owner dropped the dog. Cuddles
was shocked. rolled all the way down
the escalator, landing in ‘What happened was
Mrs Bolton said, ‘We bought
a rucksack at the bottom. just amazing! We put our
our tickets at the ticket office
Before I knew what was suitcases down and stopped
and then walked to the
happening, I saw a man where we were. We wanted
escalator. Cuddles and I
pick up the rucksack – to see what was going on.’
were standing at the top of it
with Cuddles inside – and
Mrs Bolton didn’t think twice.
walk onto the train. ‘Stop!’
She ran down the escalator
I shouted. ‘That man’s got
as fast she could, jumped
my Cuddles!’
onto the train, found the
Other passengers were passenger and managed to
also surprised. ‘We were get her dog back. Cuddles
walking up the stairs,’ was fine and the pair made
said John Maloney. their journey home.

1 How old is Mrs Bolton? 

2 What platform did the announcer talk about? ਡ
3 What was Mrs Bolton doing when she heard the announcement? ਡ
ਡ
4 What did Mrs Bolton slip on? ਡ
5 What did Cuddles fall into? ਡ
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Writing
1 Complete the table with the information from the box.

‘It was terrible. They walked on without paying for a ticket.’

‘Everyone must pay to use the service. The rules are for everyone.’
Two boys got onto a train without a ticket.
The transport police asked the boys to get off the train.
On Platform 3 at Liverpool Street Station in London.

What happened

Where it happened
What people said

What happened in the end

Help w i t h Writ ing

Newspaper articles often include things that people said about the story.
Reporters add these to make their articles more interesting for the reader.

2 Imagine you write for a newspaper. Write an article about what happened at
Liverpool Street Station. Use the information in Activity 1 and the newspaper
article about Cuddles to help you. Include:
• A title for the article.
• The names of the two boys.
• Where they wanted to go.
• The names of the other people in Activity 1.

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Listening: tickets, please!
1 09 Listen to the conversation. Answer the questions.
1 Where does Samuel want to go?
(DਡV@MSRਡSNਡFNਡSNਡ#@LAQHCFD
2 How many tickets does Samuel buy?
ਡ
3 What is Samuel’s mum doing?
ਡ
4 How much does Samuel pay for the tickets?
ਡ
5 Which platform does the train leave from?
ਡ
6 When does the next train leave?
ਡ

2 10 Listen to Diana’s story. Complete the sentences.

1 Every year, Diana and her dad watch
a theatre play in ,NMCNM .
2 Last Saturday morning, Diana and her dad
were at the ਡ ਡ .
3 Diana’s dad bought a ਡ of
ਡ and some apple juice there.
4 When the train arrived at ਡ 1,
Diana’s dad was feeling worried.
5 Diana’s dad couldn’t find the ਡ
for the theatre.
6 When Diana and her dad got to the theatre, lots of people were waiting
in front of the ਡ ਡ .
7 The man at the desk gave the ਡ to Diana’s dad.
8 Diana and her dad walked up the ਡ to get to their seats. They loved
the play.

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 4
Speaking
1 Look at the departures It leaves from Platform 1. When does it leave?
board. Play the guessing
game.
It leaves at half past eleven. It’s the train to Cardiff!

Departures
City Platform Time
Oxford 3 11:00
Cambridge 5 11:00
Cardiff 1 11:30
Glasgow 4 11:30
Manchester 4 12:15
London 5 12:15
Liverpool 3 1:45
Leeds 1 1:45

2 Draw a departures board with four cities from your country. Talk about your board.

The train to Córdoba leaves from

Platform 3. It leaves at quarter past two.

Help w i t h Sp e ak ing
When you buy things, don’t forget to
say please and thank you to the shop
assistant. It is good to be polite!

3 Work with a friend. Use each other’s departures boards. Buy tickets.

Hello. Can I have a ticket to Córdoba, please? Yes, of course. Single or return?

Single. How much is that? That’s twelve euros, please. Here you are.

Thanks. Here’s your ticket. Thank you very much.

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 5 Used to

When you were a

little baby, you used
to cry all the time!
Language focus

Use used to to talk about things you did routinely

in the past or the way things were in the past, e.g.
My grandmother used to be a teacher. She used to
teach Spanish.
When we use used to, we are saying that things
are different now:
My sister used to play the piano. (She doesn’t play it now.)
My brother used to draw cartoons. (He doesn’t draw them now.)

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box.

be have live play work make

www.thewebsite.com

The other day, I was thinking about how things change. For example, I used to
(1) G@UD blonde hair when I was younger. It’s dark now. My friends and I used to
(2) ਡ football every Saturday morning, but these days we never do that.
I used to (3) ਡ with my parents and brother in a small flat in the centre of our
city, but now we live in a big house with a garden in a village outside the city. Dad used to
(4) ਡ for a newspaper, but now he works for a website. Mum used to
(5) ਡ a children’s television programme called Milkshake, but now she
writes stories. Grandad used to (6) ਡ a police officer, but now he is retired.
Nothing stays the same. It can be sad sometimes, but it keeps things interesting!

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2 Are the sentences correct or incorrect? Correct the sentences you think
are incorrect.
1 David use to carry a walkie-talkie.
)MBNQQDBS $@UHCਡTRDCਡSNਡB@QQXਡ@ਡV@KJHD S@KJHD
2 Tina used to interview suspects.
ਡ ਡ
3 Brian used to work in a police station.
ਡ ਡ
4 Jerry used to wearing a uniform.
ਡ ਡ
5 Chris using to catch criminals.
ਡ ਡ
6 Jonathan used drive a fast car.
ਡ ਡ

3 Write sentences with used to. Then write what the person does or has now.

1 CerenTRDCਡSNਡOK@XਡA@RJDSA@KKਡ 2 Sandro ਡ
.NVਡRGDਡOK@XRਡSDMMHR ਡ

3 Elena ਡ 4 Sam ਡ
ਡ ਡ

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 Had to
I’m so tired! I had to study all day
for my big English exam tomorrow.

Language focus

Use had to to talk about something that someone

told you to do, e.g. Dad had to paint the fence at the
weekend. Mum told him it was looking a bit dirty.

1 Rewrite the sentences with the words in the correct order.

1 rooms / tidy / we/ to / had / our 7DਡG@CਡSNਡSHCXਡNTQਡQNNLRਡ
2 had / homework / to / his / Dom / do ਡ
3 to / wash / dishes / had / the / Marlene / up ਡ
4 had / clean / to / the / Sofia / windows ਡ
5 Neil / sweep / floor / had / the / to ਡ
6 walk / dog / had / Ada / to / the ਡ
7 cook / had/ Pablo / to / meal / the / evening ਡ
8 early / bed / had / Zehra / to / to / go ਡ
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2 Circle the correct verb forms to complete the text.

My brother went to a police academy last year. Things weren’t easy there! Lessons
used to (1) start / starting at 6.00. They had to (2) wore / wear a uniform. They had to
(3) go / goes running every day. They had to (4) spent / spend two hours every evening
doing homework. They had to (5) did / do tests about how to be a police officer every
Monday morning. Oh, and they had to (6) attend / attending on Saturday mornings too!
He enjoyed it, but he’s happy he doesn’t have to go there now.

3 Look at the pictures. Then write sentences using 1

had to and the verbs from the box.

cook dinner do the shopping

study for an exam take wash up
clean the bathroom 2

1 Mick G@CਡSNਡCNਡSGDਡRGNOOHMF
for his grandma.
3
2 Marco ਡ
for his family.

3 Mia ਡ 4
at the weekend.

4 Pedro ਡ
after dinner. 5

5 Stephanie ਡ
before she could watch TV.
6 SCHOOL

6 Katya ਡ
her little sister to school.

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Reading: a description
1 Read the blog post, then complete the sentences.

Lou’s blog about school

9th March

Describing Detectives
We had a really interesting class this morning.
We talked about detectives. Detectives are a special
type of police officer. Their job is to investigate
serious crimes like murder. ‘My sister used to be a
detective,’ said Mr Garcia. ‘Wow!’ I said. ‘Did she
enjoy the job?’ ‘Yes, she did,’ said Mr Garcia, ‘but
it wasn’t easy.’ Then he told us all about his sister’s job. She used to work at
night and used to work long hours. She had to look for clues. She had to interview
suspects. She had to work really hard to solve the murders.

Later, Mr Garcia asked us to describe a detective. But he didn’t want us to describe

a real detective – we had to invent one. We had to give our detective a name and
describe his or her daily life. I called my detective Inspector Bach. This was my
description of him: Inspector Bach didn’t have any hair, but he had a beard and
moustache. There was a scar on the end of his nose. He liked to touch the scar.
Inspector Bach used to work on solving murders. He used to solve his crimes in an
unusual way: by listening to music. ‘I always get my best ideas then,’
he said. Inspector Bach used to work on his own. ‘I like to be quiet,’
he said. ‘It helps me think.’ (10 comments)

1 Mr Garcia’s sister used to be a CDSDBSHUD .

2 Mr Garcia’s sister ਡ for clues.
3 Mr Garcia asked Lou’s class to invent their own ਡ .
4 Lou called his detective ਡ .
5 Lou’s detective ਡ his crimes by listening to music.

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Writing
1 Describe members of your family. Use the words from the box.

beard moustache blonde fair dark curly straight long short

1 ਡ
2 ਡ
3 ਡ
4 ਡ
5 ਡ

Help w i t h Writ ing

When you write a description of someone, you want the reader to imagine
what they look like. You can do this by using interesting details. For example,
Lou tells us that Inspector Bach had a scar on the end of his nose.

2 Invent your own detective. Write a description of him or her.

Use Lou’s description of Inspector Bach to help you. Include:
• Your detective’s name.
• A description of his or her hair, eyes, height, etc.
• The things your detective used to do and had to do.

My detective: 6th January

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Listening: officers and criminals
1 11 Listen and write t (true) or f (false).
1 Kelly and her mum had to buy a present for Kelly’s dad. Sਡ
2 Kelly’s dad used to be a journalist, but he isn’t now. ਡ
3 Kelly was with her mum in a new pen shop called Write Now. ਡ
4 There was a clothes shop where the pen shop is now. ਡ
5 A woman was stealing some notebooks in the pen shop. ਡ
6 The woman was blonde and there was a scar on her cheek. ਡ
7 Kelly’s mum phoned the police. ਡ
8 The police couldn’t catch the woman. ਡ

2 12 Listen to Max talk about his aunt. Put the sentences in order.
ਡ Max’s aunt worked as a police
officer for ten years.
1 Max’s Aunt Vicky was a police officer
before she was a photographer.
ਡ She had to be careful and she used
to work all night.
ਡ Auntie Vicky hasn’t got straight
dark hair now.
ਡ She had to wear a uniform and she
used to carry a walkie-talkie.
ਡ Max’s aunt chased and
caught criminals.

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Speaking
1 Work with a friend. Read the news report. Then choose your questions
and ask and answer.

www.dailynews.nex Search GO!

Robbery at Bank
There was a robbery at the North Bank. It was on Saturday
afternoon at 3 p.m. The robber stole thousands of pounds
and some important documents. The police are looking for
a young man. He is about 30 years old. He has got short
dark hair, a beard and a moustache. The man has got blue
eyes and there is a scar above his right eye. Please call the
Central Police Station with any information.

Student A Student B
Where and when was the robbery? What did the robber steal?
How old is the robber? Can you describe the robber?
What has the robber got above one of his eyes? Who should you give any information to?

2 With your friend, look at the suspects for Can you describe George Nash?
the bank robbery. Can you describe them?
He’s got short dark hair …
a b

George Nash Liam Walton Jordan Thomas

3 Talk to your friend. Which of the suspects

I think … robbed the bank because he …
robbed the bank? Why do you think this?

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 6 Comparatives and superlatives

The Tyrannosaurus rex is one

of the most well known of the
dinosaurs, but it was not the
biggest. The titanosaurs were
much bigger.

Language focus

Use comparatives to compare two people, places or things, e.g. Josep is faster
than Marco.
There are some rules to learn:
Add -er to the end of adjectives with one syllable, e.g. slower.
Put more before adjectives of two or more syllables, e.g. more difficult.
There are some irregular forms, e.g. better, worse.
Use superlatives to say one thing or person in a group has the most of a
particular quality, e.g. Josep is the fastest runner I know.
Add -est to the end of adjectives with one syllable, e.g. slowest.
Put the most before adjectives of two or more syllables, e.g. the most difficult.
There are some irregular forms, e.g. the best, the worst.

1 Write the comparatives and the superlatives.

1 big AHFFDQ SGDਡAHFFDRS
2 strong ਡ ਡ
3 heavy ਡ ਡ
4 friendly ਡ ਡ
5 dangerous ਡ ਡ
6 beautiful ਡ ਡ
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2 Rewrite the sentences with the words in the correct order.
1 lions / are / smaller / domestic / than / much / cats / .
$NLDRSHBਡB@SRਡ@QDਡLTBGਡRL@KKDQਡSG@MਡKHNMR
2 in / biggest / world / some / the / are / animals / elephants / the / of / .
ਡ
3 interesting / beasts / are / than / real / more / mythical / animals / .
ਡ
4 are / dangerous/ the / Africa / mosquitos / animals / in / most / ?
ਡ
5 fastest / cheetah / animal / the / the / land / is / .
ਡ
6 necks / kangaroos / than / giraffes / longer / have / .
ਡ

3 Complete the text with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives.

My parents gave me a great present for my birthday – The Dictionary

of Mythical Beasts. It is the (1) LNRSਡHMSDQDRSHMF (interesting)
book I know. It taught me about unicorns, Pegasus and the Sphinx.
I read it every morning before breakfast and every night before
I fall asleep. One evening, after dinner, I couldn’t find it anywhere.
‘Oh no!’ I said. ‘This is (2) ਡ (bad) day of my
life! Where is my book, Fred? Help me!’ But my brother was too
busy playing The Phoenix Rises, his new video game. ‘This is much
(3) ਡ (exciting) than your old book,’ he said.
‘No, it’s not,’ I said. ‘My book teaches me things. Your game is just for
fun.’ ‘But when I play this,’ said Fred, ‘I learn how to see things that
move quickly. I see them (4) ਡ (good) than I did
before. This morning, for example, I saw Roger running really fast into
the garden.’ Roger is our dog. ‘He had something in his mouth. It looked
(5) ਡ (heavy) than his toy bones. I took it from him
before up he could chew it. Have a look over there.’ I found my book
in Roger’s basket. On its cover were marks from Roger’s teeth, but
it was OK. ‘Thanks, Fred,’ I said. ‘You’re (6) ਡ
(good) brother in the world! Can you show me how to play
The Phoenix Rises?’
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 It looks like …
It looks like a really big ape!

Language focus

Use it looks like to talk about the appearance of

someone or something, e.g. Unicorns look like horses.
The phrase is used to ask about someone or
something’s appearance.
What does your brother look like? He’s tall and has got short black hair.
Note that looks like is not used in the reply.
It’s also used to compare appearances.
Who does your sister look like? She looks like my mum.
Look at that cloud! It looks like a face.

1 Correct the sentences.

1 Who are your brother look like?
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2 Who do you looking like?
ਡ
3 Does a centaur looks like a man?
ਡ
4 What do mermaids look liking?
ਡ
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2 Match the answers with the questions in Activity 1.
a Well, I’ve got short black hair and brown eyes. I look like my dad. ਡ
b He looks a little bit like my mum. They’ve both got long noses. 1
c Yes and no. They’ve got the head and body of a man but the legs of a horse. ਡ
d They look like women, but with fish tails instead of legs. ਡ

3 Complete the description with the words from the box.

like it looks does look

The Dictionary of

L is for the Loch Ness Monster

What do mythical creatures (1) KNNJ like? Well, they are all different.
It depends on the imagination of their creators. The Loch Ness Monster is the
most famous mythical beast of the United Kingdom. People come from all over
the world, hoping to see this creature swimming about in a large lake in the
Highlands of Scotland.

What (2) ਡ it look like? Nobody knows, of course, but some people
who believe it exists say that it (3) ਡ like a dinosaur while others
say (4) ਡ looks like a dragon. It’s got a long neck and a small head.
Have a look at the picture. What do you think it looks (5) ਡ ?

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Reading: a description of an animal
1 Read about the babirusa, then complete descriptions a–e with words
from the box.

The Babirusa
The babirusa is not the most famous animal
in the world, but it is certainly one of the
most interesting. The word ‘babirusa’ itself
is Malay and means ‘pig-deer’, although
the animals look more like pigs than deer.
These wild pigs live in the forests of Indonesia
and are endangered – there are fewer than
10,000 of them left.

There are four species of babirusa. The most

well known of the species are brown or grey
in colour and have tails up to 32 centimetres
in length. They eat fruit, grasses and leaves
as well as other small animals. The males are
larger than the females. Like elephants and
walruses, these animals have large teeth that
come out of their mouths. But babirusas are
unusual. The upper tusks of the males come
out of their snouts, not their mouths. They
look like horns.

deer tusks walrus forest snout

a A set of large pointed teeth, like those of an elephant. STRJR

b An animal that moves fast. The males have horns called antlers. ਡ
c A large area of land covered with trees. ਡ
d The nose of an animal, especially that of a pig. ਡ
e An animal that lives in and around the sea at the North Pole. It has thick skin
and two long tusks. ਡ
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Writing
1 Complete the table with the information from the box.

The rainforests of Madagascar Aye-aye

Is nocturnal, so sleeps in the day
Insects and fruit Spends its life in trees
Has got big eyes and ears and a tail longer than its body
Doesn’t look like a primate but is related to apes, chimps and humans

Name

Where it lives

What it looks like

How it lives

What it eats

2 Write about the aye-aye. Use the information in the table in Activity 1 and the
description of the babirusa to help you.

Help w i t h Writ ing

A short description of an animal should give as much information
as possible in a few words. Try to answer possible questions in
your description, e.g. How big is it? How long does it live?

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Listening: the Terrible Omnix
1 13 Listen and number the pictures in the correct order.

a b c

ਡ ਡ 1

d e f

ਡ ਡ

2 14 Listen to the conversation. Circle the correct words.

1 Edward / Laura is reading The Terrible Omnix.
2 The Trussock and the Munkle / Arkle look
like crocodiles.
3 The smallest beast in the forest looks like
a monkey / dragon.
4 The Galloping Runnyback is Edward’s / Laura’s
favourite beast.
5 The Ginocat is more beautiful / uglier that
the Galloping Runnyback.
6 The Gagger is faster / slower than the Ginocat.
7 The Gagger looks like a stegosaurus / T-Rex.

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Speaking
1 Look at the advertisement. Write answers. Then practise.

A new
for Maya’s forest!
The author of The Terrible Omnix, Susie
Lewis, is looking for a new beast for
Maya’s adventures. Can you think of one?
Answer the questions and send your ideas to
[email protected].
Good luck!

1 What’s your beast’s name?

ਡ
2 Where in the forest does the beast live?
ਡ
3 What does the beast look like?
ਡ
4 What can it do?
ਡ
5 Who are the beast’s friends?
ਡ

2 Work with a friend. Talk about your beast. Ask and answer the
questions in Activity 1.

What’s your beast’s name?

It’s called the Giant Flapalot.
What’s your beast’s name?
It’s called the Birdix.

3 Work with another friend. Tell them about your friend’s beast from Activity 2.

Luke’s beast is called the Birdix. It lives in the biggest tree in the forest. It looks like a bird,
but it has got four wings. It can fly very fast. Its friends are the Munkle and the Ginocat.

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 7 Possessive pronouns

That’s not ours. It’s theirs.

Language focus

Use possessive pronouns to talk about things that

belong to you, e.g. Is this Jon’s case? No, it’s mine.
Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
my your mine yours
his her his hers
our their ours theirs

1 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 Is this Leo’s coat?
Yes, it’s hers / his .
2 Look! These are his / our scooters!
Yes! That’s mine and that’s yours, Antonio!
3 Is that her violin?
No, it’s not. Hers / Mine is over there.
4 These aren’t my pencils. Are they yours / hers?
No, they’re not mine.
5 Are you sure this violin is Tom and Deb’s?
Yes, it’s theirs / ours. I saw them with it earlier.
6 Is that the guitar you parents got you for your birthday?
No, it isn’t. Mine / Yours is at home.
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2 Rewrite the sentences with possessive pronouns.
1 It’s my tractor. )S’RਡLHMD
2 Is that your car? ਡ
3 That’s his book. ਡ
4 It’s her keyboard. ਡ
5 These are our instruments. ਡ
6 Are these their bags? ਡ

3 Replace the underlined words with possessive pronouns.

It was my saxophone, not Toni’s. ‘This is (1) my saxophone,’ Toni said.

‘It’s not (2) her saxophone,’ I said to my friend. ‘It’s (3) my saxophone.’
Toni had her own saxophone. ‘That’s (4) your saxophone,’ I said. ‘But
I don’t like that one,’ she said. This happened all the time. Toni always
wanted what other people had. ‘Harry brought his keyboard to school
today,’ she told me once. ‘He wanted to practise at lunchtime. I told him it
wasn’t (5) his keyboard.’ ‘Whose did you say it was?’ I asked, knowing what
the answer was going to be. ‘(6) My keyboard!’
One morning, at breakfast, I decided to let Toni know what she was
like. She sat down at the table with some toast. ‘Thanks for the toast,’
I said. ‘It’s not (7) your toast,’ she said. ‘Yes, it is,’ I said. ‘It’s (8) my toast.’
I did this every day for a week. She wasn’t very happy with me, but I
didn’t stop saying that all the toast she made was (9) my toast. ‘OK, OK,’
she said a week later. ‘It’s (10) your toast and my toast.’

1 LHMD 6 ਡ
2 ਡ 7 ਡ
3 ਡ 8 ਡ
4 ਡ 9 ਡ
5 ਡ 10 ਡ
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 who / which / where
This is the house
where Callum lives.

Language focus

Who, which and where are relative pronouns. Use these words to give
more information about a person, thing or place.
Anya’s the girl who lives in my street.
The book which I got for my birthday is called How To Play The Guitar.
The town where Omer lives has got a great new cinema.

1 Circle the correct relative pronouns to complete the sentences.

1 The theatre ਡ we played our first concert is the oldest in our town.
a who b which c where
2 The biscuits ਡ my brother and sister made are delicious.
a who b which c where
3 The girl ਡ joined our class last week is from Bodrum.
a who b which c where
4 The video game ਡ I bought at the weekend is brilliant.
a who b which c where
5 The town ਡ my grandparents live is high in the mountains.
a who b which c where
6 The boy ਡ lives next door to us plays the harp really well.
a who b which c where

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2 Tick the correct sentences.
1 a Yesterday I bought a keyboard which is from the US. ਡ
b Yesterday I bought a keyboard who is from the US. ਡ
2 a Look, there’s the girl where lives next door to my grandparents! ਡ
b Look, there’s the girl who lives next door to my grandparents! ਡ
3 a The car which my brother drives is black. ਡ
b The car who my brother drives is black. ਡ
4 a Martina is the girl who comes from the north of Spain. ਡ
b Martina is the girl where comes from the north of Spain. ਡ
5 a The park which we play tennis is near my house. ਡ
b The park where we play tennis is near my house. ਡ
6 a The instrument who Furkan plays is the piano. ਡ
b The instrument which Furkan plays is the piano. ਡ

3 Complete the information about the festival with who, which or where.

m e r F e s t
S um Summer Fest is for people (1) VGN love all types
of music. It’s the festival (2) ਡ everyone enjoys!

We’ve got jazz, pop, rock, classical and hip-hop. Oh, and
folk too! And we’ve got the perfect location. Hendrix Hall is
the place (3) ਡ the festival happens. It’s got
a lake, tree-lined walks and lots of picnic spots.

Tickets cost £60. For people (4) ਡ are

under 16, we’ve even got a special price: £45!

Mat and Jen are the people (5) ਡ organise

the festival. They know everything! If you want to ask them
a question, email them at [email protected].
But the only thing (6) ਡ you really need to
know is this: be ready to dance! See you there.

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Reading: an advertisement
1 Read the advertisement, then complete the sentences.

The perfect guitar for

Rock and Roll!

ster
Fretoca
ul
Des Pa
Des Paul designed The Fretocaster in 1956.
It’s the instrument of the guitar heroes who made
musical history.
Today, well-known guitarists such as Peter Brown, Derek
Cloptan and Johnny Book play this beautiful instrument.
And now it can be yours for a very special price!
For one week only you can buy your very own Des Paul
for £350! That’s 50% cheaper than normal! What are
you waiting for? Buy a Des Paul Fretocaster now!

Available in all good music shops or at

www.despaul.com.

Wow! Whose guitar is that?

It’s mine!

1 Des Paul created the guitar in  .

2 Many famous ਡ play the Des Paul.
3 It usually costs ਡ .
4 You can buy it for a special price: ਡ .
5 The special price is available for only ਡ .
6 You can buy the guitar online or in ਡ .
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Writing
1 Add more instruments to the instrument word families below.

String family FTHS@Q

Percussion family

Brass family

Help w i t h Writ ing

Adverts try to make readers feel something. When we are excited or happy,
advertisers think we are more likely to want to spend money. Look at the advert
for the guitar. The Des Paul is ‘beautiful’ and it’s ‘the instrument of guitar heroes’.
The advert uses these phrases to make people want to own one of the guitars.

2 Write an advertisement for a musical instrument. Use the advertisement

for the Fretocaster to help you write yours. Include:
• The name of the instrument.
• The people who play it.
• The places where you can buy it.
• The types of music which you can play with it.
• The price.

ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ

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Listening: music
1 15 Listen and tick the correct picture.
1 Which guitar is Henry’s?
a b c

ਡ ਡ ਡ
2 Which tambourine does Kate play?
a b c

ਡ ਡ ਡ
3 Which instrument is Lily going to play?
a b c

ਡ ਡ ਡ
4 Which keyboard is Tony’s?
a b c

ਡ ਡ ਡ
5 Which instrument does Ruby play?
a b c

ਡ ਡ ਡ

2 16 Listen and match.

a b c d e

1 Oliver 2 Ava 3 Tim 4 Amelia 5 Lucas

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Speaking
1 Look and write. Then play the description game. Use the words in the boxes.

The instrument which I play You play a percussion blow into hit shake pluck
is small. You hit it or shake it. instrument – the
tambourine!
string percussion wind

1 2 3

(@QO ਡ ਡ

4 5 6

ਡ ਡ ਡ
2 Draw a special musical instrument. Complete and practise.
This is called a ਡ .
It’s a (string / percussion / wind)
ਡ instrument.
It’s (big / small) ਡ and it
looks like ਡ .
To play it, you have to ਡ .

Help w i t h Sp e ak ing
When you describe an object, say the object’s name. Then you can talk about its
size, shape and colour. You can also tell people how it works and how to use it.

3 Talk about your musical instrument.

This is called a key guitar. It’s a string and a

percussion instrument. It’s big and it looks like a
box. To play it, you have to pluck the strings and
hit the keys.

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 8 Will
I’ll be an astronaut and visit Mars!

Language focus

Use will to make predictions about the future,

e.g. I think Patrick will be a football player.
Yes/No question form:
Will we live on the moon one day?
Yes, we will. / No, we won’t.
‘Wh’ question form:
What will the weather be like next week? I think it will be hot and sunny.
The contracted form of will is ’ll, e.g. I’ll, she’ll, we’ll.
Both will and going to can be used to make predictions. We usually use going to
when we are more certain that something is going to happen. For example,
looking up at a black cloud in the sky, we say, ‘It’s going to rain’, not ‘It will rain’.

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box.

have travel be live catch work

1 Will you B@SBG dangerous criminals when you’re a police officer, Jess?
2 When I grow up, I’ll ਡ in a hospital.
3 Will we all ਡ on the moon one day?
4 I think it will ਡ hot at the weekend.
5 When I grow up, my friends and I will ਡ around the world.
6 We’ll ਡ lots of fun at Elliot’s birthday party.

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2 Rewrite the sentences with the words in the correct order.
1 be / what / you / will 7G@SਡVHKKਡXNTਡAD ?
2 you / will / where / work ਡ ?
3 will / live / another country / in / you ਡ ?
4 you / of house / will / what type / in / live ਡ ?
5 meet / you / who / will ਡ ?
6 where / will / travel / you ਡ ?
7 learn / will / you / what / languages ਡ ?
8 will / you / what / do / your / free time / in ਡ ?

3 Answer the questions in Activity 2 so they are true for you.

My future
I was thinking about my future the other day. These are my predictions for my life …
1 ਡ
2 ਡ
3 ਡ
4 ਡ
5 ਡ
6 ਡ
7 ਡ

8 ਡ

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 Adverbs

It was the last day

of school before the
summer holidays.
The children walked
home, singing
songs loudly in the
afternoon sun.

Language focus

Use adverbs to say how someone does, did or will do

an action, e.g. The ambulance driver drove quickly.
We form many adverbs by adding -ly to an adjective:
quick – quickly bad – badly loud – loudly
If an adjective ends in y, we change the y to an i and add -ly:
angry – angrily happy – happily heavy – heavily
Some adverbs have an irregular form:
good – well hard – hard fast – fast

1 Write the adverbs.

1 quick PTHBJKX 4 careful ਡ
2 dangerous ਡ 5 bad ਡ
3 beautiful ਡ 6 heavy ਡ
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2 Complete the email with the adverb form of the words from the box.

good quiet loud happy slow quick

To [email protected] From [email protected]

Subject Our trip to the planetarium

Hi, Aunt Siobhan

The other night, my friends and I went with our parents to a special ‘Evening with
the Stars’ event at the planetarium in town. We met Neil Collins. He used to be an
astronaut! He gave us a tour, but he spoke so (1) PTHDSKX that we couldn’t
hear him very (2) ਡ . We wanted to say, ‘Please could you speak more
(3) ਡ , Mr Collins?’ but we were all very nervous because he was a
famous astronaut.

We saw lots of very interesting things. My favourite was a huge telescope. Mr Collins
let us move it around. We looked at one part of the night sky, then another. It was very
heavy, so we could only move it really (4) ਡ . It needed two of us to move
it! We were about to go when Mr Collins called us back. ‘Come (5) ਡ ,
everyone. Look, you can see Venus! It’s so clear we don’t even need the telescope!’
We all looked up (6) ਡ , so excited to be with this famous astronaut
who was telling us all about the planets. When I got home, I downloaded his special
space app!

Love, Liam

3 Complete the sentences with adverbs.

1 My grandad drove so RKNVKX that it took us a long time to get home.
2 My brother ran ਡ and won the race.
3 I walked ਡ downstairs because I didn’t want anyone to hear me.
4 Hold that vase ਡ , Tom! You don’t want to drop it.
5 My sister did ਡ in her English exam. She got 89%!
6 I played ਡ and lost the tennis match 6–2, 6–1.

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Reading: a diary entry
1 Read Jana’s diary and write t (true) or f (false). Correct the false sentences.

Wednesday 16th March

‘Please come,’ said Emre. ‘It will be
brilliant!’
‘But I don’t like films about space,’ I said.
‘Everyone is going. Come on, Jana. We’ll
have a good time.’
I really didn’t want to go the cinema this
afternoon. All my friends get so excited
about films with special effects, but
I find that sort of thing really boring.
then ride a comet across space to save
You know, astronauts on space stations,
Earth from some aliens. Really, really silly.
rockets whizzing through the sky, explosions,
But I loved it! Emre laughed at me after
UFOs. It’s not for me. I said to Emre,
the film because I was talking so much
‘It will be really boring.’
and so quickly. ‘And that bit with the two
‘Well,’ he said slowly, ‘maybe it will moons, and the scene when the astronaut
be boring, but there is only one way to went up in the rocket through the stars,
find out.’ and, and …!’
The film is called The Comet. It’s about an ‘You see?’ said Emre. ‘I knew you would
astronaut who has to fix her space station, have a good time!’

1 Emre didn’t want Jana to go to the cinema.

E (Dਡ@RJDCਡGDQਡSNਡFNਡSNਡSGDਡBHMDL@
2 Jana didn’t want to go to the cinema.
ਡ ਡ
3 Jana likes films about space.
ਡ ਡ
4 Jana thought the idea for the film was very interesting.
ਡ ਡ
5 Jana liked the film.
ਡ ਡ
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Writing
1 Complete the sentences from the diary with the words from the box.

everyone brilliant be ’ll come

1 Please BNLD .
2 It will be ਡ .
3 ਡ is going.
4 We ਡ have a good time.
5 It will ਡ really boring.

Help w i t h Writ ing

People often write diaries to record not only their feelings but also the
most interesting things that they do. This means that in the future, they
can look back at the past and remember some of their favourite times.

2 Write a diary entry for one day last week. Try to use will and adverbs.
Choose one of the following two events to write about:
• You went to the cinema with your friends. You watched a film about an astronaut.
You wanted to go but didn’t like the film.
• You went to the planetarium with your family. You learned about the planets.
You didn’t want to go, but you had a good time.

ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
ਡ ਡ
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Listening: astronauts
1 17 Listen to the astronaut’s story.
Complete the sentences.

1 Robert was on the Moon X27 LHRRHNM .

2 Rachel is the newest ਡ on Robert’s team.
3 The team’s ਡ wasn’t working and they couldn’t fix it.
4 The team couldn’t talk to the astronauts on the ਡ ਡ .
5 Robert listened ਡ to Rachel’s idea.
6 Rachel’s idea worked and the team came back home ਡ .

2 18 Listen to the interview. Answer the questions.

1 Why is Rachel famous now?
"DB@TRDਡRGDਡGDKODCਡSNਡEHWਡSGDਡ-NNMਡ8ਡQNBJDS
2 What will Rachel and her team do next?
ਡ
3 What does Rachel say about space missions?
ਡ
4 Where will Rachel go on her next mission?
ਡ
5 When will her next mission be?
ਡ
6 Who will go with Rachel on the mission?
ਡ
ਡ
ਡ

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Speaking
1 Read the predictions. Talk about them with a friend.
In the future …
Will people go on holiday to
1 people will go on holiday to the moon. the moon? What do you think?
2 we will travel on rockets.
3 there will be a telescope in every home. I don’t think they will. But I
4 some people will live on Mars. think we’ll travel on rockets.

5 astronauts will find life on another planet.

2 With your friend, imagine you are astronauts.

We need a telescope.
What do you need for your space mission? Why?
Use the ideas in the box and your ideas.

a telescope a walkie-talkie a football It will help us to look at stars and

spacesuits computer games comets. What about a walkie-talkie?

3 With your friend, plan your space mission. Where would you like to go?
Decide on three places.

Let’s go to the moon first.

Great idea! What about the International Space Station next?

4 Talk about your space mission.

Paula and I will go to the moon first. Next, we’ll …

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 9 a bottle / can / loaf /
packet / piece of …
OK, for our picnic, we
need two loaves of bread,
a bottle of water and a
big piece of cheese!

Language focus

Use a bottle / can / loaf / packet / piece of to talk about the quantity of
something or what something is contained in.
Use bottle of with water, orange juice, lemonade, milk.
Use can of with lemonade, tomatoes, pears, carrots.
Use loaf of with bread. The plural of loaf is loaves.
Use packet of with biscuits, crisps.
Use piece of with cheese, cake.

1 Correct the sentences.

1 Can we take a loaf of biscuits, please?
#@MਡVDਡS@JDਡ@ਡO@BJDSਡNEਡAHRBTHSR ਡOKD@RD
2 I’m going to buy a bottle of tomatoes from the shop.
ਡ
3 Who would like this last can of cheese?
ਡ
4 We need a bottle of crisps and some chocolate.
ਡ
5 I’d like two cans of bread, please.
ਡ
6 There was a new piece of milk in the fridge yesterday.
ਡ
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2 Complete the dialogue with the words from the box.

piece bottles packets bottle loaf pieces packet loaves

Marie We’ve got one (1) KN@E of bread. Is that enough?

Carl No, we need two (2) ਡ for the four of us.
Marie OK. What about something to drink?
Carl Well, Stefan’s got two (3) ਡ of water and I’ve got
a (4) ਡ of orange juice.
Marie Do we need anything else? A (5) ਡ of biscuits, maybe?
Carl No, Jeremy’s got that. You know his sweet tooth. He’s going to bring two
(6) ਡ of biscuits and a big (7) ਡ of cake
for everyone.
Marie Really? I think that’s everything, then. Oh, cheese?
Carl Got that. I cut three big (8) ਡ this morning and
put them in my bag.
Marie Great!

3 Use the notes below, and words for containers, to write a shopping list.
2 ×-bread 1 × biscuits 6 × crisps
3 × milk 2 × tomatoes 1 × carrots
2 × water 1 × pears

Shopping list
1 4VNਡKN@UDRਡNEਡAQD@C
2 ਡ
3 ਡ
4 ਡ
5 ਡ
6 ਡ
7 ਡ
8 ਡ

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 How much / How many?

How much milk

is there, Oscar?

Language focus

Use How much / How many? to ask about the quantity

of something, e.g. How much cheese do we need?
Use how much with uncountable nouns such as cheese,
milk, water, rice.
Use how many with countable nouns such as carrots, loaves, packets, pieces.
Note that when we use how many with an uncountable noun, we make only the
container plural, e.g. How many bottles of water? not How many bottles of waters?

1 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 How many / much eggs do you need for the omelette?
2 How many / much bars of chocolate are there in the cupboard?
3 How many / much pieces of cheese would you like?
4 How many / much bottles of milk are there in the fridge?
5 How many / much bread do you want?
6 How many / much water do you think we need?

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2 Match the questions in Activity 1 with the answers below.
a I can see only one. Mum finished the other bottle this morning. 
b Get me two small loaves, please. ਡ
c One big piece. ਡ
d I think six will be enough. ਡ
e Quite a lot. It’s going to be a hot day. ਡ
f There aren’t any. I think Dad ate them all! ਡ

3 Complete the questions about the picture with much or many.

Then answer them with There is / There are.

1 How L@MX cans of tomatoes are there? 4GDQDਡ@QDਡSVNਡB@MRਡNEਡSNL@SNDR

2 How ਡ packets of crisps are there? ਡ
3 How ਡ bread is there? ਡ
4 How ਡ chocolate is there? ਡ
5 How ਡ apples are there? ਡ
6 How ਡ cans of carrots are there? ਡ

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Reading: a letter
1 Read the letter, then order the information in sentences a–g.

Dear students,
As you know, next Friday is the camping trip to the Northern Mountains for three days of
walking and cooking outdoors. We’re all looking forward to it.
I am writing to you in order to give you some important information about the trip. We will set
off from the school car park at six o’clock on Friday morning, so please make sure you are at
the gates by at least 5.45. That is a very early start, I know – set your alarms!
It will take two hours to drive to the Northern Mountains. Please bring some music to listen to
on the journey, a book to read or a game of some type to play with your friends. You should
also bring a bottle of water and something to eat, perhaps a sandwich, a piece of fruit and a
packet of crisps.
As soon as we get to the campsite, we will put up our tents. The teachers are ready to help
students with this. After that, we plan to spend the afternoon outside. There are ropes to swing
on and a lake to dive into and swim in. Remember to bring your swimsuits! We are going to
organise boat trips throughout the weekend. Students can take turns to sail the small boats.
All students will have special duties over the weekend. Some will make breakfast, others will
collect wood. One group will make a big raft. The teachers will tell you on the first day who is in
which group.
One final thing. The question students usually ask before the trip is, ‘How many people will
sleep in each tent?’ I can answer
that question now. The tents are
very big and four students will sleep
in each one.
If you would like further information
about the trip, do not hesitate to call
me in my office between 10 a.m. and
2 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Yours sincerely,
Elanur Berker.

a how long the trip is ਡ

b where the students are going ਡ
c how many students in a tent ਡ
d things students need to bring ਡ
e when to call the office ਡ
f things students will do in the Northern Mountains ਡ
g when the trip starts 1
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Writing
1 Answer the questions about your country.
1 Where are the best places to go camping? ਡ
2 What can you do in those places? ਡ
3 When will the weather be best in those places? ਡ

Help w i t h Writ ing

When we write formal letters, we begin them with Dear …
When a writer wants to be very formal, he or she can
finish the letter with Yours sincerely.

2 Imagine you are the principal of a school. You are going to write a letter
telling students about a camping trip in your country. Plan the letter by
making notes. Include:
• When it is.
• Where it is.
• How long the trip is.
• Things students need to bring on the trip.
• Activities students will do on the trip.

3 Now write your letter. Use the letter on the Reading page and your notes from
Activity 2 to help you.

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Listening: a camping trip
1 19 What does Jake want to do at the campsite? Listen and tick or cross .

At the campsite, Jake wants to …

dive into the lake ਡ

make a fire ਡ
collect wood ਡ
sail a boat ਡ
make a raft ਡ
swing on a rope ਡ
wash and dry clothes ਡ
put up the tent. ਡ

2 20 Listen to Suzie and her dad. Circle the correct answers.

1 How much water have they got?
a Four bottles. b Five bottles.
2 How much bread have they got?
a Two loaves. b Three loaves.
3 How many cans of soup are there?
a Five. b Six.
4 Is there any rice in the box?
a Yes, there’s one packet. b No, there isn’t any.
5 What fruit does Suzie want?
a Bananas. b Apples.
6 How much chocolate do they take?
a Two small bars. b Two big bars.

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Speaking
1 Imagine you are going on a camping trip. What would
you like to take? Draw four things and say.

I’d like to take

my book, a bar
of chocolate …

2 Look and tick six things you need for your camping trip. Then ask
a friend and tick the things they need.

Do you need any pasta?

Yes, I do. What about you?

I don’t. But I need some bread.

Food and drink Me My friend

pasta
bread
water
milk
apples
soup
tomatoes
eggs

3 With your friend, look at your table in Activity 2. Ask and answer questions
with How much and How many.

How much pasta do you need?

I need two packets. How much bread do you need?
I need four loaves.

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 Audioscripts
Jess Was the climb fun? Girl Yes. Can I take my bag into
Welcome Unit page 10 Jacob Yes, it was fun! But it was dangerous, the museum?
01 too – it started to rain when we Security guard No, I’m sorry … You must
were at the top. We were wet! I was leave your bag in a locker.
Daisy Mike, do you like going on scared, but my dad helped me to You mustn’t carry bags
adventures? walk down. inside the museum.
Mike Yes, of course, Daisy! Adventures Jess Oh dear! So, how long did you Girl Fine. I’d like to see some
are exciting! walk for? very famous shields.
Jacob We walked for four hours! Two hours Are there any?
Daisy So, what do you like doing?
to go up and two hours to go down. Security guard Yes, of course! There are
Mike Well, I like walking in the mountains. I was tired at the end! a lot of very interesting
I always discover amazing places shields. Some famous kings
and animals in the mountains. Jess Sure, that’s a long walk!
used them in their fights!
Daisy Wow! Who do you go with? Jacob Yes! Now my parents want to
climb Treasure Mountain. Girl Great! Oh! One more
Mike I go with my cousins, every summer. question: what time does
They live near the mountains. Jess Treasure Mountain is fantastic! the museum close?
You can come next summer! Jacob Yes, I know. But I’d like to climb Security guard The museum closes at
Daisy Hmm, thanks, but I don’t really like Diamond Mountain. five o’clock. You’ve got lots
the mountains … I prefer the city – Jess Wow! I don’t know Diamond of time. Enjoy your visit!
I like riding the big roller coaster at Mountain, but I’d like to climb Girl Thanks!
the funfair! it with you!
Mike The big roller coaster? Really? I hate Jacob Of course! 04
going on that one. I’m scared of it!
But I love driving the dodgem cars.
Hi! I’m Kasim. Guess what? Our class went to
What about you? Unit 1 page 18 the Knight Museum yesterday. The museum
Daisy Me too! The dodgem cars are fun! was fantastic, but we had some problems
Mike And I also like looking for treasure. 03 at the beginning. First, we went to see the
My brother and I are good at finding helmets. There were some amazing helmets
treasure in different places. Security guard Hello! And welcome to on a shelf. I was with my friend William.
the Shield Museum. William took one of the helmets and put it
Daisy Hmm … I don’t like doing
Girl Thank you! on! When the woman from the museum saw
that. I never find any treasure!
William, she came and told him, ‘Take that
But I like exploring caves. Security guard OK. Before you go in, I must helmet off, please. You mustn’t touch the
What about you, Mike? tell you the rules at the helmets, shields or swords in this museum.’
Mike Of course! I love exploring caves. Last museum. When our teacher, Mr Martin, saw the
weekend, I found some bats in one! Girl OK. woman, he ran to talk to her. But the woman
Daisy What an adventure! Let’s plan an Security guard Right. First, you must show told him, ‘You mustn’t run in this museum!’
exploring trip! your ticket to the woman at She wasn’t happy! Well! The rest of our visit
Mike Yes! What about next weekend? the door. Have you got your was fine – we didn’t touch things, didn’t run
ticket? and didn’t shout. Then, on the bus back to
Daisy Great idea! school, William said, ‘Sorry, Mr Martin.
Girl Yes, I have. Look. I only wanted to be a knight.’ So Mr Martin
02 Security guard Good! Now, there are a lot told William, ‘You can be a knight in the
of very old shields in the school play.’ But William wasn’t happy –
Jess Hi, Jacob. How was your museum. Some are more he loves knights, but he doesn’t like acting!
climbing trip? than six hundred years old.
Jacob It was amazing, Jess! Girl Wow! That’s amazing!
Jess Did you go to Castle Mountain? Security guard You can look at the shields, Unit 2 page 26
but you mustn’t touch
Jacob No, we didn’t. We went to them. OK? 05
Cave Mountain.
Girl OK. No touching, then.
Jess Wow! Cave Mountain is far. How did But can I take photos of the Hi! You know, I had a really nice weekend
you get there? Did you go by train? shields? in the countryside. My parents and I went
Jacob No, we didn’t. My mum drove. to a forest near our house. We walked on a
Security guard Oh, I’m sorry but you can’t. long path through the forest. There were
I saw lots of beautiful trees and You mustn’t take photos of
flowers from the car and I took lots of some beautiful trees and autumn leaves!
the shields. But there are We walked near a village, but we didn’t
photos. lots of postcards in the shop stop there. When we came out of the forest,
Jess That’s nice! Were you with – you can buy the ones that we saw a big mountain in front of us.
your brother? show your favourite shields. We wanted to see the view from the top,
Jacob No, my brother didn’t come. Ah! And I see that you’re so we climbed up the mountain. The view
He had a football match. I went carrying a bag. was amazing! We could see everything: the
there with my mum and dad. fields, the forest and the village. I took lots of

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photos! We walked down the mountain and The firefighter told us, ‘Next time, check the Woman Ah, I see!
we were hungry, so we looked for a place weather before you climb a tree!’ Samuel How much is that?
to eat. We found a nice field and had our
Woman That’s £9, please.
picnic there. When we finished our picnic, it 08
started to rain! We ran to the village because Samuel £9. OK. Here you go.
the rain was heavy. In the village, we found Woman Thank you. Here are your tickets.
a lovely café and we had some cake there. 1 Mary What were you doing yesterday
at 3 o’clock, Theo? You need to go to Platform
It was a great way to end our adventure! number 2.
Theo I was watching a film called Fire!
It was fantastic. What about you, Samuel Thanks. Where’s Platform 2?
06
Mary? Woman Go up the escalator and over
Leo Milly, look at this photo of me Mary I was reading a book. the bridge. The platform is right
playing football. there.
2 Boy Amy, did you see the TV
Milly Oh! You’re a really good football programme about floods? It was Samuel Great. Oh! What time does the
player, Leo! How old were you in at 4 o’clock. next train leave?
the photo? Amy No, I didn’t. I was playing football! Woman Hmm … let me see. The next train
Leo I was six. Now I can play tennis, too. to Cambridge is … at 10. That’s
Boy You should watch it online. It was
But I couldn’t play tennis when I right, at 10 o’clock. You’ve got a
really interesting.
was six. big rucksack and a suitcase there.
Milly I see. What other sports could 3 Miss Parker You didn’t come to school Do you need help?
you do when you were six? yesterday, Jamie. Why?
Samuel I’m OK, thanks! My mum is
Leo Well, I could swim. I learned when Jamie I wasn’t feeling well, coming back from the café now.
I was five – with you! Miss Parker.
Milly That’s right! I enjoyed our swimming Miss Parker Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. 10
lessons. They were fun! Hey, could Are you OK now?
you play the guitar then? Jamie Yes, I am! Thanks! Every year, my dad and I go to the theatre
Leo No, I couldn’t. I started guitar 4 Harry Eva, what were you doing in London. That’s one of the best days of the
lessons when I was seven. And yesterday afternoon? Were you year. Last Saturday was ‘theatre day’ for me
I couldn’t ride a bike! I only learned playing on your new games and Dad. At nine in the morning, we were at
last summer! But I could ride a console? the station. We were very excited! We got our
scooter. I loved riding my scooter! tickets to go to London. Then Dad bought a
Milly Yes, I remember! And I was Eva No, I wasn’t, Harry! I was cup of tea and he bought me an apple juice.
very good at skipping, but you doing the homework about the Our train arrived at Platform 1, but Dad
couldn’t skip. emergency services. Remember? was worried. He was looking for our theatre
Leo True! I couldn’t skip when I was six, Harry Oh, no! I forgot to do the tickets and he couldn’t find them. We got
and I can’t skip now. It’s difficult! homework! on the train and found our seats. When the
Milly Haha! But you could fly a kite when 5 Girl Freddie, what time were you train left the station, Dad was looking really
you were six. And that’s not easy! having breakfast yesterday? worried. ‘I haven’t got our tickets!’ he said.
We got to London and walked to the theatre,
Leo That’s right. When I was six, I was Freddie At 12 o’clock. but we were feeling sad – we didn’t have
really good at flying kites. My dad Girl At 12 o’clock? That’s late! What tickets for the play! ‘Let’s buy new tickets,’
taught me! were you doing before? Dad said. At the theatre, lots of people were
Freddie I was sleeping! waiting in front of the ticket office. When it
was our turn, Dad said to the man at the desk,
Unit 3 page 34 6 Grandpa How was the beach this ‘I had two tickets for today, but I think I lost
morning, Rosie? them.’ ‘What’s your name, sir?’ said the man.
07 Rosie Oh, it wasn’t great, Grandpa. ‘Jonathan Gray,’ said Dad. Then the man said,
Grandpa Really? Why? ‘I’ve got your tickets here, Mr Gray. You asked
Hi! I’m going to tell you about last Sunday to pick them up at the theatre. Here you are.’
– my friends and I were in danger! It all Rosie Because it was raining.
That was a great surprise! Right then, Dad
happened in the park near home. I went We went to a village near
and I walked up the stairs to our seats. And we
there with my friends, Leah and John. the beach. And it wasn’t raining
really enjoyed the play!
The trees in that park are really tall, and the there!
tallest tree is next to a river. We climbed that
tree and … we got to the top! It was raining,
but we were having fun. Suddenly, the rain Unit 4 page 42 Unit 5 page 50
turned into a heavy storm. We looked down
at the river – there was a flood! There was 09 11
water everywhere! And there was a very
strong wind! We were trying to climb down, Boy So, what happened yesterday, Kelly?
Woman Good morning. How can I
but it was very difficult. We weren’t feeling help you? Kelly Well, my mum and I were looking
happy any more. Luckily, Leah had her for a birthday present for my dad.
phone and she called her parents. But she Samuel Hello. Can I have two single
We wanted to buy him a special pen
also called the emergency services. Some tickets to Cambridge, please?
and some nice notebooks. My dad’s
time later, our parents came, and a fire Woman Yes, of course. Did you say two a journalist. He writes his stories on
engine arrived too. A firefighter put a tall single tickets? the computer now, but he used to
ladder up against the tree. She climbed up Samuel Yes, that’s right. One ticket is for have lots of notebooks and he used
and helped us to come down from the tree. me and the other one is for my to collect different pens.
It was exciting, but we were scared, too. mum. She’s buying a cup of coffee
at the moment. She loves coffee!
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Boy Sounds nice! So, which shop did you Laura Like which dinosaur? Like a
go to? Unit 6 page 58 stegosaurus?
Kelly Oh, we were in a pen shop. It’s new 13 Edward No. The Gagger looks like a T-Rex.
and it’s called Write Now. It used to Laura Wow! It’s a great book, Edward.
be a clothes shop. It’s next to the OK, children. Let’s start the story. Once upon Can I read it when you finish it?
sports centre. a time, there was a terrible beast. It lived in Edward Of course!
Boy Oh! I think I know it. a cave, in a faraway forest. The beast had a
Kelly Well, when my mum and I were long black tail, and its tongue was yellow.
The people from the village near the forest
choosing a notebook, we saw a
woman. She looked strange. She was were very scared of that creature. They Unit 7 page 66
called it ‘the Terrible Omnix’ and said to
putting some pens in her bag! And
visitors, ‘You must not go into the forest.’ The 15
they were really expensive ones!
Terrible Omnix had big wings. Its neck was
Boy Oh dear! thick and long. And there were scales, lots of 1 Girl Is the purple guitar yours, Henry?
Kelly Yes! She was tall with long blonde hair scales, on the beast’s back. And on its head, Henry No, it isn’t. That’s Jake’s. And
and she had a scar on her cheek. there were three short horns. Some people Sam’s is the orange one.
Boy Wow! So what did you do? said that the Omnix looked like a dragon. Girl Is the black guitar yours, then?
They said that it was the biggest dragon in
Kelly My mum told the shop assistant. the forest. One day, a girl from the village Henry Yes, my guitar is the black one.
But at that moment, the woman went into the forest. Her name was Maya. 2 Boy Is this yellow tambourine yours,
wasn’t in the shop anymore. The shop Would you like to listen to her story? Well … Kate?
assistant phoned the police. They
came very quickly and asked us some Kate No, it isn’t. It’s Tom’s.
questions. 14 Boy Are you sure it’s his?
Boy Did they catch the woman? Kate Yes, I am. Tom plays his yellow
Laura Edward, can I see your book?
Kelly No, they didn’t. But I hope that tambourine every day.
they do! Edward Yes, here you are, Laura.
Boy OK. So is the brown tambourine
Boy Your dad has to write a story Laura The Terrible Omnix. It looks yours?
about that! interesting.
Kate No, mine is the white tambourine.
Edward It’s great! It’s about a girl called I don’t like brown!
12 Maya. She goes into a forest and
finds strange beasts and creatures 3 Man Lily, would you like to play
there. the trumpet?
Teacher OK, Max, it’s your turn. Tell us, what Lily Hmm … I’m not sure about the
would you like to do when you’re Laura Why is the book called The Terrible
Omnix? trumpet. Can I play the violin?
older?
Edward Well, the Omnix is the biggest and Man Hmm … I need someone for the
Max I’d like to be a police officer when drums. Do you like the drums?
I grow up. My Aunt Vicky is a most dangerous beast in the forest.
photographer now, but she used He looks like a dragon. But there Lily Yes, I do! OK, I can play the
to be a police officer, and I want to are other creatures, too. First, Maya drums.
be just like her. Auntie Vicky was a finds a small beast and she calls Man Great! Thanks, Lily.
police officer for ten years. She was it the Munkle. Then she meets two
4 Girl OK, here is my red keyboard.
in danger many times, so she had creatures that look like crocodiles,
Now, is the green keyboard
to be careful. And she used to work and she calls them the Trussock
yours, Tony?
all night! But my aunt liked doing and the Arkle. The Trussock and the
her job and helping people. Arkle are bigger than the Munkle. Tony No, it isn’t mine. The green
She had to wear a special navy The Munkle is the smallest beast keyboard is Carmen’s.
blue uniform and she had a cool in the forest, and it looks like a Girl OK. So this blue keyboard is …
walkie-talkie. I remember she used monkey.
Tony Mine!
to carry it everywhere! My aunt also Laura Wow! Can I look at these beasts?
Girl Oh! I like your blue keyboard,
used to drive a police car to chase I like their names – they’re funny!
Tony!
criminals. And she caught more Edward Yes, sure! Look, here they are.
than one! Look – this is a photo of 5 Ronnie Do you play a musical
They’re really cool, but my
Auntie Vicky as a police officer. She instrument, Ruby?
favourite beast is called the
looked very different! Her hair used Galloping Runnyback. Ruby Yes, I do. Guess!
to be dark and straight, you see?
Laura The Galloping Runnyback? What Ronnie Hmm … You play the guitar!
It’s blonde and curly now!
does that one look like? Can I see? Ruby No! I play the piano. What about
Teacher That’s great, Max. I didn’t know
Edward Sure! Here it is. It looks like a horse, you, Ronnie?
the story about your aunt. She
can teach you to be the best police you see? I think its wings are Ronnie I play the recorder. But I think the
officer in town! fantastic! The Galloping Runnyback piano is more exciting!
is the most beautiful creature in
the forest. It’s more beautiful than
the Ginocat. And it’s faster, too.
But the fastest beast is the Gagger.
The Gagger looks like a dinosaur!

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 16 18 Jake What are you thinking, Mum?
Mum You can wash and dry your clothes
1 Girl Look! That’s the school where Interviewer Hello, and welcome back at the campsite.
Oliver goes. to Earth, Rachel!
Jake Oh, Mum! No! I don’t want to wash
Boy Really? Rachel Thank you. or dry clothes!
Girl Yes. It’s a special music school. Interviewer You’re a very famous Mum Haha! No problem, Jake. You don’t
They learn to play different musical astronaut now. You helped have to do that. But you can help
instruments. to fix the Moon X27 rocket! to put up the tent.
Boy That’s great! Rachel Well, thanks! I had the idea, Jake That’s exciting, Mum! I’ll put up
2 Girl Is this the theatre where Ivy played but we all worked hard the tent with you and Dad.
in the orchestra? together to come back home!
Boy Yes, that’s right. It’s called Interviewer That’s amazing. So, what will 20
the Archway Theatre. you and your team do next?
3 Girl Where are you going, Tim? Rachel Well, I think we’ll look Dad Right, Suzie. Let’s pack the food
carefully at the Moon X27 and drink for our camping trip.
Tim I’m going to see Ava. rocket. We want to know why Suzie OK, Dad!
Girl Who’s Ava? the rocket stopped working.
All space missions have to Dad How many bottles of water have we
Tim Ava is the girl who sang at the party
be safe for astronauts. got? Can you look in the fridge?
last night. Do you remember?
Interviewer Sure. And will you go to the Suzie OK. We’ve got … two, three, four …
Girl Oh, yes! She’s a great singer!
moon again? five. Five bottles of water.
4 Boy OK, Amelia. Look – all these
Rachel Yes, I will. But I think my next Dad Great! Now, the bread is in that box.
instruments are ours.
mission will be on Mars. Are there two loaves?
Amelia Ours?
Interviewer Will you travel to Mars? Suzie Let me see … We’ve got three loaves
Boy Well, they are the school’s, but of bread, Dad. And there are some
we can play them. Rachel Yes, I think that will be next cans of soup. Let me count them.
year. The mission is called One, two … five, six – there are six
Amelia Any of them? I’d like to play Mars X14. I’ll go with some
the harp! cans of soup.
astronauts from the Moon
5 Girl Is that instrument yours, Lucas? X27 mission. Dad That’s good. Is there any rice in
the box?
Lucas No, it isn’t. That’s my sister’s. Interviewer That sounds exciting! Good
But look, the instrument which luck, and thank you for Suzie Oh, yes, Dad. Here it is. We’ve got
I play is over there. On the desk. talking to us, Rachel. one packet of rice.
Girl Wow! Do you play the Dad OK, that’s great.
keyboard? Suzie Dad, can we take some bananas?
Lucas Yes, I do! Do you want to try it? Unit 9 page 82 Dad Of course! Let’s take some bananas.
And we can buy some apples at the
19 campsite.
Unit 8 page 74 Jake We’re going to the campsite Suzie OK. And what about some
tomorrow, Mum! chocolate?
17 Dad Good idea. Let’s take two small bars
Mum I know! We’ll have a great time, Jake.
of chocolate – one bar for you and
I’m Robert, one of the astronauts on the Jake I want to dive into the lake and the other one for me, OK? There
Moon X27 mission. We are back on our planet swim to the other side. aren’t any big bars.
safely now, and it was all thanks to Rachel. Mum Great! I’ll dive into the lake with you.
Rachel is the newest astronaut on my team. Suzie Mmm! That’s nice, Dad!
And Moon X27 was her first mission. So, two Jake Nice! And can we make a fire?
weeks ago we were on the moon. Our rocket Mum Yes, we can collect wood and make
wasn’t working and we didn’t know how to a fire.
fix it. And our communications system was Jake That will be cool! Can we sail a boat,
working really badly, so we couldn’t talk too?
to the astronauts on the space station. We
needed help. And we needed it quickly! Then Mum Well, we can sail a boat, or we can
Rachel had an idea. She started to press make a raft.
some buttons and make some notes. After Jake Wow! OK, I don’t want to sail a boat.
some time, Rachel said, ‘I think the rocket will I want to make a raft!
work again.’ I listened carefully. Rachel said, Mum OK. Let’s make a raft! Look, Jake –
‘First, you press this. Then you move that it says here that you can swing on
very slowly. After that, you test this part of a rope at the campsite. Would you
the rocket. Finally, you turn this on. Now, the like to do that?
screen should go blue …’ And the screen went
blue! The rocket was working again and we Jake Hmm … No, thanks Mum. I don’t
could go home happily! like swinging on ropes.
Mum OK. Hmm …

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charlybutcher/iStock/Getty Images Plus; RMAX/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Westend61; Lorenzo Dominguez/
Moment; Lee Harris/EyeEm; U2: Imgorthand/E+; Mint Images/Mint Images RF; Stephen Dorey/The Image
Bank; GCShutter/E+; kali9/E+; Erika Fournier/EyeEm; Martin Ruegner/The Image Bank; U3: PaulJRobinson/
iStock/Getty Images Plus; Marizza/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Merethe Svarstad Eeg/EyeEm; hsvrs/iStock/Getty
Images Plus; Thinkstock/Stockbyte; ChrisCrafter/E+; U4: Madhourse/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Bim/iStock/
Getty Images Plus; Chris Mellor/Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images Plus; MonicaNinker/iStock/Getty Images
Plus; U5: aijohn784/iStock/Getty Images Plus; lillisphotography/E+; Oppenheim Bernhard/Stone/Getty Images
Plus; U6: Alphotographic/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Danita Delimont/Gallo Images/Getty Images Plus;
U7: C Squared Studios/Photodisc; Francesco Milanese/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Trodler/iStock/Getty Images
Plus; bevrnja/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Hogie/iStock/Getty Images Plus; mrdoggs/iStock/Getty Images Plus;
U8: Maike Hildebrandt/iStock/Getty Images Plus; KrisCole/iStock/Getty Images Plus; 1971yes/iStock/Getty
Images Plus; Nick White/DigitalVision; U9: miljko/E+; Jamie Grill/Photodisc; Anton Petrus/Moment.

The following image is sourced from another library.

U1: Andrey Kuzmin/Alamy Stock Photo.

Illustrations

A Corazon Abierto (Sylvie Poggio Artists); Clive Goodyer (Beehive Illustration); Anna Hancock (Beehive
Illustration); Marek Jagucki; Chris Lensch; Alex Patrick (Bright Group); Alan Rowe (Beehive Illustration);
David Sem; Dave Smith (Beehive Illustration).

Audio

Audio production by Hart McLeod.

Typeset

EMC Design Limited.

Cover design by We Are Bold.