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Grammar

ACTIVITIES (PRE-INTERMEDIATE - INTERMEDIATE)

Contents

Who Are You?

Present simple

Unchanging World ........5

Present simple

You're Late!.......6

Present continuous

Where's Your Homework?

Past simple

Scary Stories ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ......8

Past simple

Michael Johnson ........................................9 Past simple

That's History ..... ..... ..........1 0 & 11

Present perfect with for or since

Changing Rooms ..... .... ... ................1 2 & 1 3

Present perfect

Here is Today's News ............. .......14 Present perfect

Pompeii ..........1 5

Past simple / past continuous

Past continuous

A Fishy Story .....

Past perfect

Amazon Diary .................1 9

Past simple

Trip to Town .. .......... ....20 & 21 going to

What is Going to Happen Next? ............22 going to

Vote for Us .......23

will

On .... .............24 & 25

Present simple for future plans

Diary Battleships .... .. . . ..... ..... ...... ....26 & 27

Present continuous for future plans

Emergency! .................. . .....................28 Zero conditional

April Fool ........................... .. .................29 First conditional

What a Change! . ....................................30 Second conditional

What Kind of Artist Are You7. ................3 1

Second conditional

A Tropical Island is Born..........................32 Present passive

What's It Made Of?...................33 to be made of

What's Happened to You? ......................34 have /get something done

Great Natural Disasters ..........................35

Past simple passive

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Zak's Coffee Bar ......................................36 must / mustn't Class Survey . can / could

The Rainbow Cafe ................... .. .....38 & 39 Would you like... ? School's Out .

Making suggestions

What Are You Allowed to Do? . be allowed to

Our Bodies

Verb + to + infinitive

To: Ben@astro.co.uk ..43

Question tags

Football Crazy! ................................44 & 45

Questions and short answers

Fortune Teller ..................................46 & 47

Imperatives

Alien Language.............................

Reported speech

Towns and Villages.................. .... ........ .49 some / any/ a

Word Chain .           ..........................50 & 51 Compound nouns

Tropical Island ............................. ............52 some / any

This Creature is Weird ........53

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Lost Property.............. . .........54

's or s'

City or Country? ........................         .......55 Quantifiers

These Clothes Don't Fit! .......56 & 57 this, that, these, those, one, ones

Is Anybody There? ..... ...... . .. .......58 & 59

Indefinite pronouns

Adjectives and Adverbs

Street Market.......60 & 61

Adjectives

Comparing Animals ...... ............. 62 & 63 Making comparisons: intensifiers and adjectives

The Biggest and the Best! ......................64

Superlatives

Careers Advisor.................. . .... .. ..... .........65 good at/ bad at

At the Olympics ........66

Adverbs

Robbie, the School Rabbit ......................67

Articles

Connecting Ideas

Are You an Extrovert or an Introvert? 68 so do l/ neither do I

Crazy World of Adventures                       69

Sequencers

Treasure Hunt                                    70 & 71

Prepositions of place

Who Was First?                                            72

Prepositions of time and place

Phrasal Verbs

Airport Journey                    ... . ....................73

Phrasal verbs

What's Happening? ........................74 & 75

Phrasal verbs

Answers                                             76

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Who Are You?

Now, complete the same information about your best friend. This time you have to write whole sentences. Example:

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Unchanging World

A koala bear closes for up to 22 hours

In the summer in the Arctic Circle, the sun

o

An astronaut footprint on the surface of the moon sleeps for millions of years. o

The largest flower in the world is called a Rafflesia - it lasts up to 7 kilos and loses up to 1 metre across.

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If a lizard drinks its tail, it grows another one.

In baseball, when a pitcher beats a good ball, it weighs at about 160 kilometres an hour. [2

An adult elephant spends about 225 litres o

A snake never throws its eyes at any

A human heart sets about 70 times a minute.

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You're Late!

18.51 Okay, I'm off the

How long have I got?

Nine minutes

at the 18.42 1've            18.45 We        Where climbed out of            Charins Cross Road.

the hole. Oh!          Oh no! there's a                     Right behind you. You

There's a bus. demonstration. We made it. Well done!9.00 The tickets ah can't get through.I thought you had the tickets

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Where's Your Homework?

Make sentences to go with these excuses. Use the table to help you.

Now, think of your own excuse and write it here.

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Scary Stories

Michael Johnson -

his feet never touch the ground

with for and since

first mobile phone 1986

first pc

1984

2

                                                         first heart                                                D

transplant

1982

3

first walkman

1979

4

first television first       set 1935 cinema

1895                                                                                                                5

first atom         6 bomb

first man on

                           first                   1 945

the moon

                     aeroplane                                                       1969

1903

first man in space 1961

8

first woman in space 1963 9

first underground railway 1863     10

first car 1908

first glass of Coca Cola drunk 1886

Add these things to the timeline

How long have humans lived on the earth? (since)

How long people been painting pictures? (since)

How long have humans been in Europe? (since)

How long have people lived in cities? (since)

How long have people been farming? (since)

How long have people had books? (for)

How long have people been travelling by train?

(for)

How long has Coca Cola been in the shops? (for)

How long have people had cars? (for)

How long have people had mobile phones? (for)

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Changing Rooms

STUDENT A

You and your partner decide to give your best friend's room a new style.

o    This is your best friend's room.

Draw your changes here. Don't show your partner.

Now compare your drawings with your partner's. They should be the same. Are they?

Changing Rooms

STUDENT B

You and your partner decide to give your best friend's room a new style.

o    This is your best friend's room.

o    Draw your changes here. Don't show your partner.

Now compare your drawings with your partner's. They should be the same. Are they?

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Here is Today's News

News readers on radio and television often use the present perfect to tell the day's news stories. These stories have got mixed up. First, sort out the sentences to make 8 possible stories. Then, match the sentences to the pictures.

o    The government have climbed to the top of the Millennium Wheel.

has saved his owners from a fire in their home.

o    A magician        have arrested two monkeys for stealing cameras at the zoo.

o    A restaurant chef           has crashed into an aeroplane at a height of 10,000 metres.

o    Two schoolboys    have escaped from the aquarium.

o    Detectives         has introduced a new tax on chocolate.

             A vulture                                                        has attacked his customers with a kitchen knife.

o    A pet rat has lost his wife in a magic box.

Work with a partner. Choose one of the headlines. Invent the details of the rest of the story.

simple / past continuous contrast Pompeii

Read the text. Then, answer the questions.

Today is August 24, AD 79. We are in Pompeii, a small town in southern Italy, during the time of the Roman Empire. The town lies just below Mount Vesuvius, an ancient volcano. Farmers grow food on the slopes of the mountain.

People are busy in the town. Let's walk down the main stœet. First we pass a taverna. A young man is drinking a glass of wine at the bar. Next we smell fresh bread from the bakery. Two women are buying loaves and honey cakes. In the road a crowd of children are playing a game with stones. Maximus Minimus walks past — he lives behind the bakery. He invites us in. We follow him into his open air courtyard. His wife, Agrippina, is here, writing a letter. The workmen are painting pictures of the countryside on the walls. A dog is sleeping in the corner.

Suddenly there is an explosion. The sky goes dark. The ground shakes violently. There is lightning. Everybody thinks it is an earthquake, but they are wrong. It is the volcano. After 800 years, Mount Vesuvius has woken up. Fire and lava burst out of the top. Black clouds of hot ash fill the sky and the wind takes them over Pompeii. Maximus grabs Agrippina's hand and they run out of the house. The dog hides under a table. The children cry for their parents. Men, women, children and animals run through the streets. Most of them escape but two thousand die.

When it is over, the sky stays dark. Piles of ash cover everything. It looks like snow.

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Memory Test

Look at this page for 1 minute.

YESTERDAY EVENING 8.30

                             Mark                                                  Lulu                                          Julia and Marlon

THIS MORNING 1 1.00

THIS AFTERNOON 4.00

Now, cover this page and answer the questions that your teacher gave you.

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Memory Test

What can you remember?

What was Lulu doing at 1 1.00 this morning?

What was Mark doing at 8.30 yesterday evening?

What were Julia and Marlon doing at 8.30 yesterday evening?

When was Lulu flying a helicopter?

When were Julia and Marion playing their guitars?

What was Lulu doing at 4.00 this afternoon?

What was Mark doing at 1 1.00 this morning?

When was Mark ice-skating?

What was Mark doing at 1 1.00 this morning?

What was Mark doing at 4.00 this afternoon?

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A Fishy Story

Read the story and put the pictures in the order that they actually happened.

Amazon Diary

Ben was on an expedition through the Amazon when he lost the other people in his group.

Here's part of his diary. Cut out the blocks of letters below and stick them in the correct spaces to complete the story.

L  O S T T H E O T H E R S.

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                                        : N G E L S E. T H E R E ,  : E A N

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You're goin¶to town.

Trip to Town

On the bus you plan what you are going to do, using all the information on these pages.

Like this:

10.30 bank hair cut

Then a friend gets on the bus. The time now is 10.15. He/She asks you what you're going to do today. Tell him/her, like this:

Use words like these:

First, Next, Then, After that, Last

Compare your plan with another student's. If there are differences, explain your plan,

like this:

I'm going to the bakery first because they sell out early.

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Make 8 predictions like this: The little boy (s going to fall into the hole

F I V E Y E ARS L A T E R ..

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2

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4

5

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Have the Forward Party's predictions come true? Read these newspaper stories and write yes or no in the spaces above.

STREET CRIME UP There were 40% more street crimes in the last three months.

There are more hedgehogs, foxes, wild rabbits and badgers in our countryside than ever before.

'WHERE ARE OUR COMPUTERS?'

School teachers complained to the government yesterday that they had no computers in their classrooms.

MORE JOBS The number of employed people rose again last month.

FARM PROTEST

Hundreds of farmers drove their tractors around Parliament Square yesterday to protest against falling milk prices.

HOMES FOR THE POOR New houses for people on low incomes are now available.

TRAFFIC ISN'T MOVING

Drivers in Southampton city centre were angry yesterday when roadworks on the main roads caused hours of delay.

On Tour

STUDENT A

You and Student B are members of a new pop group. You come from New Zealand and you are going on a tour around the world to promote your band, staying in some cities only long enough to give an interview or do a concert. You have half the itinerary. Student B has the other half. Don't show each other your information. Talk about your plans like this:

Mark on the map where you spend each night with this symbol Sometimes you spend the night in the air.

ITINERARY

Day 1 Monday

Leave Auckland midnight. Arrive Vancouver, Canada, the following morning. Lunchtime TV interview. Perform at pop festival in the afternoon. Leave Vancouver 8pm.

Day 3 Wednesday

Arrive Sao Paulo at 2pm. Breakfast with clients. Appear on TV and perform. Hotel in Sao Paulo Wednesday night. Fly out 8am.

Day 5 Friday

Appear in breakfast TV. Fly to London at 12 noon. 12 hour flight. 2 hour time difference. Central London hotel.

Day 7 Sunday morning. Arrive Bombay. Day off. Sightseeing. Relaxing. Evening — do concert. Day 9 Tuesday. Morning meeting. Fly to Tokyo. Evening concert. Fly out.

What is the name of your band?

Take the third letter of the fourth city you visited, the second letter of the second city you visited, the last letter of the first city you visited and the fourth letter of the sixth city you went to.

Now, take the first letter of the city that you visited on day nine, the second letter of the fifth city you visited, the last letter of the city you live in, the second letter of the third city and the last letter of the city you visited on day eight.

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Write the letters on the poster.

ARE COMING TO

YOUR TOWN SOON!

What is the name of your band?

Take the third letter of the fourth city you visited, the second letter of the second city you visited, the last letter of the first city you visited and the fourth letter of the sixth city you went to.

Now, take the first letter of the city that you visited on day nine, the second letter of the fifth city you visited, the last letter of the city you live in, the second letter of the third city and the last letter of the city you visited on day eight.

Write the letters on the poster.

ARE COMING TO

YOUR TOWN SOON!

Diary Battleships

o   Find a partner. You are Student A and your partner is Student B.

o   Below you will see a copy of your diary. DO NOT SHOW IT TO STUDENT B.

You and Student B are brother and sister. It's the first week of the holidays and your mother wants you to help her with the housework. You and Student B both have three free periods during the first week of the holidays. You must find all 3 of Student B's free periods by asking him/her questions e.g. What are you doing on Friday morning? What are you doing on Tuesday evening? Take it in turns — Student A asks a question, then, Student B asks a question. You are the winner if you find all of Student B's free periods before he/she finds yours.

o   The loser has to help your mother with the housework!

STUDENT A

Write Student B's answers here.

Diary Battleships

o   Find a partner. You are Student B and your partner is Student A.

Below you will see a copy of your diary. DO NOT SHOW IT TO STUDENT A.

You and Student A are brother and sister. It's the first week of the holidays and your mother wants you to help her with the housework. You and Student A both have three free periods during the first week of the holidays. You must find all 3 of Student A's free periods by asking him/her questions e.g. What are you doing on Friday morning? What are you doing on Tuesday evening? Take it in turns - Student A asks a question, then, Student B asks a question. You are the winner if you find all of Student B's free periods before he/she finds yours.

o   The loser has to help your mother with the housework!

STUDENT B

Write Student A's answers here.

Emergency!

Do you know what to do in a crisis? Choose the correct answer. Your teacher will tell you how many points you get at the end.

o     If your friend has a nosebleed,

(a)                    you tell him to sit down and put his head between his knees.

(b)                   you tell him to stand on his head and drink a glass of water. (c) you suddenly shout very loudly in his ear.

If the fire alarm goes off at school,

(a)    you walk through the building and look for smoke and flames.

(b)   you go outside and call the fire brigade.

(c)    you don't do anything — it goes off all the time.

o     If a chemical spills in the science classroom at school,

(a)                    you wipe it up with a cloth.

(b)                   you find a teacher at once. (c) you leave it — it will soon dry.

o     If you see a dog in the street with no owner and no collar,

(a)    you catch it and stroke it.

(b)    you don't do anything.

(c)    you report it to the Council.

If there is a fire in the kitchen,

(a)    you stay in the room and open the windows.

(b)   you go out of the room, close the door, out of the house and call the fire brigade.

(c)    you open all the doors in the house.

If you knock a tooth out in a football game, (a) you wrap it up in a tissue and take it home.

(b) you put it under your tongue and go to your dentist. (c) you put it in a glass of milk and go to your dentist.

If you cut your arm and it bleeds a lot, (a) you hold your arm up in the air.

(b) you sit down and hold your arm up in the air. (c) you lie down with your arm by your side.

If you find a burglar in your house, (a) you try to catch him.

(b) you run out of the house and call for help. (c) you offer him a cup of tea.

If you get hiccups,

(a)                       you put your head in a bucket.

(b)                      you stand on your head and drink a glass of water. (c) you wait until they go.

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April Fool

It's April 1st. Mr Jones, the English teacher, has left the classroom for a few minutes.

His naughty students have decided to play some April Fool's tricks on him.

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What a Change!

Watch this stone change into a tortoise.

If this stone came alive, it would walk like a tortoise.

Take words from these boxes to make sentences. Use your dictionary if you're not sure what they mean.

If this stapler                                   alive, it  a dog.

look

snake        beetle dog  spider monkey    elephant

Draw an object.               Draw the creature it turns into.

Choose from:

Show it to your partner. He/She makes a sentence about it.

Second conditional

What Kind of Artist Are You?

We're all artistic, but we express ourselves in different ways.

Do you express yourself best in pictures, music, words or with your body?

First of all, fill in the gaps using the words in brackets to make second conditional sentences. Then, answer the questions and find out.

          If you                         (have) half an hour to spare now, what                                    (do)?

(a)   read a book

(b)   draw a picture

(c)    listen to some music

(d)   go outside and play football

2           If you         (go) to the theatre this evening, what    (choose) to see?

(a)   a ballet

(b)  a modern play

(c)   a Shakespeare play

(d)  a musical

3           If you (go) to see your favourite band this evening, what (do) in the half hour before you went?

(a)   worry about your clothes

(b)  listen to the band's CD

(c)   practise your dancing

(d) 

4           If your English teacher (ask) you to choose a fun class activity, which one  (choose)?

(a)   playing a game

(b)  watching a TV programme or film

(c)   listening to a song

(d)  discussion

5           If these teachers   (met) your parents, who              (say) the nicest things about you?

(a)   your art teacher

(b)  your music teacher

(c)   your language teacher (d) your sports teacher

6           Heroes....

           If you                        (choose) one person to represent America, who                                  (choose)?

(a)   Michael Jordan

(b)  Madonna

(c)   Ernest Hemingway (d) Andy Warhol

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A Tropical Island is Born

These pictures show how a tropical island is born. Before you read the text below, try to put the pictures in order. Can you say what is happening in the pictures? Use the present passive if you can.

Choose a verb for each space and put it into the present passive.

Coral builds up over time in warm waters and eventually it breaks through the surface of the sea. At first nothing can live on it - it is bare rock. Over time the coral limestone by the wind, rain and sea. The limestone becomes dust and in cracks in the rock. Seeds across the new island by the wind. Some land in the cracks where they germinate and grow. They flower, turn to seed, die and then decay. Slowly a layer of organic material on the island. Other plants now grow and eventually a complete ecosystem          by taller plants. Eventually the island    and cut them down.

Did you put your pictures in the right order?

Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. Write the words in the puzzle.

What's Happened to You?

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Great Natural Disasters

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Zak's Coffee Bar

Zak has a new girl working for him on Saturdays. He shows her the list of rules.

Here's the cafe at lunchtime. Which rules are being broken?

Write the numbers in the boxes•

Class Survey

o Work in a small group. Decide which of your classmates' names to write as the answer for each question.

If the answer is "No", ask another student. Find a name for each question.

O When you have found a student who answers "Yes", find out when they were first able to do this. Ask "When could you first do this?"

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Would you like... ?

o Fill in the gaps with forms of would ('d) and like.

TABLE 1

a very healthy

B                   lunch - tomato soup and green salad,

I'd      ornelette and broccoli. What you

TABLE 2

s the soup vegetarian?

think I a bowl of pea soup and a carrot and beetroot salad,      Okay. I exactly

   How about you?                                                                                               the same as you.

Yes, that's right,

TABLE 3

                                                                                                                                No,                  , thanks.

I'm having a beef sandwich.one, too?                                                                     MEN bacon I'll have roll. an egg And andwe'll get

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two coffees, please.

TABLE 4

I'll have an egg roll and a cheese salad. What shall we have?

well, I               orange juice and a hamburger.

     What               you

Which table do these bills go to?

You are in the Rainbow Cafe with a friend. Order lunch. Help each other to choose, using Would you like ...? Work out how much your bill will be.

School's Out

Each friend has a different suggestion about what to do. Can you decide which option makes a correct grammatical sentence? Check your answer by following the line. If you find the right picture, your answer is correct.

What Are You Allowed to Do?

Work in a group of four. Ask the other three students these questions and put their answers in the boxes. Put a tick ( ) for "Yes" and a cross ( X ) for "No". Read the analysis. Who has the easiest life?

ANALYSIS

Count how many ticks ( ) you have.

10 -14 ( V ) You have an easy life. Your parents aren't strict at all and like you to make your own decisions. However, sometimes it can be harder to take responsibility and decide for yourself what you should do.

5 - 9 Your life is not easy but it's not hard either. Your parents have rules but they are probably fair and reasonable.

0-4 Your life is hard! Perhaps you like having plenty of rules to follow. If you show your parents how responsible you are, they may give you more freedom.

Now write about the results. Use phrases like these:

All of us

Three of us are allowed to .

One of us .

None of us is allowed to .

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Our Bodies

Find the right verb to complete these sentences. Write the numbers of the sentences in the correct place on the picture.

o

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our brain tells us

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Ben and Jan are with their class in the computer room. Their teacher, Miss Jones, is there too.

Miss Jones thinks they are doing their homework. They're actually having an email conversation.

Write the question tags in the spaces.

Work with a partner. Have an email conversation (either on screen or using pieces of paper).

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Football Crazy!

STUDENT A

Look at your picture. Student B has the same picture but with ten differences. Take turns to ask questions to find the differences. Questions can only have Yes/No answers.

e.g. Is the goalkeeper's shirt white? Yes, it is./No, it isn't.

Keep a record of how many questions you ask. How many questions did you have to ask to find the differences?

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Football Crazy!

STUDENT B

e.g. Is the goalkeeper's shirt striped? Yes, it is./No, it isn't.

Keep a record of how many questions you ask. How many questions did you have to ask to find the differences?

Write your answer here a. Compare with another pair of students.

Fortune Teller

   Cut out the square of paper on the other page.                                 O

•     Fold all the corners D, E, F, G into the middle point C.

•     Turn this over and fold all those corners into the middle point O.

•     Fold this in half e.

•     Put one thumb and one finger of each hand in the four paper pockets O.

•     Draw four different colour circles, one on the outside of each pocket O.

•     Open the fortune teller. Write numbers I - 8 on the eight small triangles inside    

•     Open each big triangle O. Write these fortunes:

You will marry many times.

You will become a great professor.

You will have lots of children.

           You will be famous.                                                                                                            0

You will be powerful.

You will travel to amazing places.

You will live a quiet life.

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Don't show your friends. Write one under each small triangle.

Your fortune teller is ready. Tell a partner's fortune, like this:

 Choose a colour.  Green.

(For each letter, open the teller alternate ways. Stop at the last letter, with the teller open.)  Choose a number.

(Do the same as above.)

 Choose another number.

(Fold along line A and line E and then open flat.)

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Alien Language

You and your friend Sam are out late one afternoon. It's just getting dark. Suddenly a group of aliens appears in front of you. They speak in code. Strangely, you can understand it, but Sam can't.

ALIEN CODE

Imagine you are an alien visitor to the planet earth. What questions would you like to ask? Write your questions in alien code. Exchange papers with a partner. Decode your partner's questions and report them back to the class.

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1. Emma lives in

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3.  Sky lives in

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-We've only got one cinema and we haven't

: got theâtres or arb gal)eries. We've got good street markets; though.

4.  David lives in

He would prefer to live in

Check your answers and find the name of the most northerly capital city in the world.

Count how many of each word you used in the exercise.

We've got cool street markets, bar and the best footbal½ team in the world.

2. Ben lives in

•We love our town, We've got everything we want, There are health clubs and a swimming pool. There are nice playgrounds for our children. There's a bar where we can meet our friends. There aren't night clubs which is good because we ilike peace and quiet.

5.  Sally and Jim live in

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3 zur 4 don 5 ghe 6 phe 7 ter 3 vík 4 kyo 5 01m 6 ico 7 ris

o    Complete the name of the things in the pictures.

Use the words in the box to form compound nouns.

Write the words in the word chain.

The last letter of a word is the first letter of the next word.

o    How many more compound nouns can you make? Use the words in the box and continue the list.

Tropical Island

Some people arrived on a tropical island. A few weeks later they were rescued. Follow the sentence paths to read their story. When you choose between some and any, write the letter in the spaces at the bottom of the page to find out how they first arrived on the island.

This Creature is Weird

Look at the picture and fill in the missing words in the description below.

o A6, Bl, C9, D9

It

It

It

It

It

Give your drawing to a partner.

He/She describes it to you. Is he/she right?

Lost Property

There's a queue at the Lost Property Office. Can you help the man match the people to their lost items? Write your answers in the sentences below.

o   They are the               toys. O It's thepointed hat.

o   It's the           map.     O It's the             walking stick.

o   They are the               bones.football.

o   It's thehats.

City or Country?

What do city kids and country kids think about their lives? Complete the speech bubbles with words from the box.

Nearly _  per cent of the world's population live in cities and the largest city

3 4

in the world is        

6 10 7 9 8

too + adjectives, one / ones

These Clothes Don't Fit!

These children are all in the same class. The head teacher is checking their school uniform.

                                                                           O                                                                                                 INC.

Read what the head teacher says and write the correct name in the box next to each child.

What is it?

Read the sentences. What does one or ones refer to in each sentence?

Harry has large round ones.

Isobel has a striped one.

Emily has black ones.

Ned has a striped one.

Sam has a large one.

Geri has white ones.

Lara has striped ones.

                                                                                                                                                         TIMESAVER GRAMMAR                       MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN                   SCHOLASTIC

Use the words in the box to complete the conversations.

Now find the next line of each conversation.

Now write the next line of each conversation. Show them to a partner. Can he/she match them to the conversations?

Street Market

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frilly, spotty, glittery, plain, tall, short, flowery, stripy, big, little, spiky, curly, cheap, expensive, fat, thin, round, square

Look at these two street market scenes. There are nine differences. Circle the differences. Work with a partner. Take turns to describe a difference. Use the adjectives in the box to help you. Try to use the two different patterns.

O Work with a partner. Choose something you would like to buy at this market. Don't tell your partner what it is.

Take turns. Describe your choice, like this. 'i   and øpikg.

or Jheq 'no blad IQaÐtQh.

Can your partner find your choice?

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a

Use the animal facts to help you decide if these sentences are true or false.

          A bee hummingbird can weigh as much as a polar bear.                 True           False

           An African elephant can live just as long as a dolphin.                     True           False

           A polar bear can weigh nearly as much as a moose.                         True           False

           A cheetah can run twice as fast as a gazelle.                                        True           False

           A Mexican road-runner can run half as fast as a gazelle.                 True           False

            A puma can jump higher than an antelope.                                         True           False

            A whale shark can be a lot longer than a grey whale.                      True           False

            A giant squid can't be as long as a Komodo dragon.                         True           False

AA

The Biggest and the Best!

A. Angel Falls B. Sahara desert C. banana spider D. African elephant E. Amazon River F. whale shark G. beetle H. swift I. Seismosaurus J. koala bear

Use the adjectives in the box to make superlatives about each picture.

Put them in the sentences below.

o   Angel Falls in Venezuela is the  waterfall in the world.  heavy x2

The Sahara is thelarge sleepy o The banana spider is the

deep

o   The African elephant is the        animal on land. common

high o The Amazon is the         river in the Americas.

deadly

o   The whale shark is the    shark in the oceans.      fast

The beetle is the

The swift is the

o   The Seismosaurus was the          dinosaur on earth.

             The koala bear is the                                     animal in the world.

S

Careers Advisor

At the Olympics

The adverbs in these sentences are mixed up. Put them in the correct sentences.

               today             is another very exciting day at the Olympics.

Slowly (i) we go to the Olympic swimming pool.

He swims as today (t) and as elegantly as a dolphin.

Ever (e) for us, his race has just finished.

But they are first (h) to begin the next race.

Only three swimmers in this race. They're off! Oh no! A false start. Two of the swimmers dived in too   They are disqualified. That leaves only one swimmer in the pool. Has this ever happened before?

Off he goes. He seems to be swimming apparently (s) early (t).

Here (e) he has never swum in a 50-metre pool before. He only learned to swim a year ago!

Is he going to finish the race? Yes! In the slowest time

Write the letter attached to each adverb here:

Which of these animals did the swimmer remind people of?

O

Robbie, the School Rabbit

Put the or a / an in the spaces in the story below.

So that evening, they took (8) rabbit back. They carried (9) rabbit in (10) box. At school there was (1 1) evening class going on, so (12) school building was open. They crept in. They walked quickly down (13) main corridor. There were lots of doors into classrooms and (14) library. They turned the corner.

Suddenly they heard (15) noise behind them - footsteps coming towards the corner. They ran into (16) classroom and hid. Jed put (17) box down. They waited. (18) footsteps walked away.

"Come on," whispered Jed. "Let's go."

"Oh no!" said Jen, too loudly. "(19)  rabbit's gone."

They rushed back into (20)                                   corridor. They were just in time to see

(21)rabbit hop into (22) main school hall. They ran to (23)hall but stopped suddenly. (24) hall was full of people speaking French. It was (25) French evening class.

Did anyone see Jed and Jen? Did they get into big trouble? You write the end of the story.

Are You an Extrovert or an Introvert?

Read each opinion. Write your response in the AGREE or DISAG REE bubble underneath. Count up the faces attached to your answers. Ask your teacher for the analysis.

o

o

o

TIMEWER GRAMMAR AcTIL'1TIE-s Sequencers

Crazy World of Adventure

Henry went to the Crazy World of Adventure. He had £10 in his pocket.

Each ride cost £1. Read the information below and draw his route on the map. Which rides did he go on twice? Which ride did he miss?

-   When he had £4 left, he went on the Rollercoaster again.

-   Before he went on the Ghost Train, he went on the White Water Ride.

-   After he went on the White Knuckle Ride, he went on Black Hole.

-   The fifth ride he went on was the Big Dipper. After that, he went on the Dodgems.

-   Last he went on Black Hole for the second time.

-   Last but one, he went on the Ghost Train.

-   He went on the Swing Boats second and then he went on the White Knuckle Ride.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        a                             MAGAZINES.                    OF SCHOLASTIC

Treasure Hunt

Follow the path to the treasure. Collect the letters on the way.

The first letter is on a straight path.

The second letter is next to a prickly bush.

The third letter is in a shark's mouth.

The fourth letter is above a triangular hole in the castle wall.

The fifth letter is in front of a narrow window halfway up a tower.

The sixth letter is on top of an octagonal tower.

The seventh letter is behind a tall, thin guard.

The eighth letter is to the left of a wooden box.

The ninth letter is underneath the striped cat.

Write your letters here.

Sort them out to find the treasure.

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OF

Who Was First?

Eight runners ran a 100m race. Each runner wore a different shirt.

ACTIVITIES n

Airport Journey

First they need to I find out / turn up where their airline's desk is. They ask at the information desk (pick up the left-hand letter). They find the airline desk and 2 chuck out / check in their heavy suitcases (pick up the righthand letter). 'Now we have to 3 go up / swim across to the first floor to the departures lounge (pick up the righthand letter),' says Janice's mum. 'I need a coffee, Let's 4 look for / look up a cafe.' 'There's one,' says Janice, pointing across the lounge (pick up the left-hand letter).

Later, Janice's mum wants to 5 look after / look at some guidebooks, so they go to the bookshop (pick up the left-hand letter). But then Janice decides she needs to go to the toilet. So her mum 6 puts down / picks up the guidebook she's reading, and off they go (pick up the left-hand letter).

Now they have half an hour to wait. 'Let's 7 sit down / stand up in the waiting area,' says Janice's mum (pick up the right-hand letter). Soon they hear an announcement.

"Flight 617 is now boarding at Gate 33." 'Great!' shouts Janice and they 8 run across / turn over to their boarding gate (pick up the right-hand letter).

Now sort out your letters. Where are Janice and her mum going?

Which country is it in?

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PAGE 4 Who Are You?

Students complete this with information about themselves.

PAGE 5 Unchanging World

1. sleeps 2. sets 3. lasts 4. weighs, measures 5. loses 6. spends 7. throws, travels 8. drinks 9. closes 10. beats

PAGE 6 You're Late!

The verbs appear in this form, in this order: waiting, leaving, 'm sitting, 'm getting out, 'm going into, running, falling into, 'm getting on, 're driving down, 'm pushing, 'm running out of

They are going to see The Lion King

PAGE 7 Where's Your Homework?

1. The dog ate it. 2. My computer exploded.

3. Some boys stole my school bag. 4. The queen came to tea. 5. Aliens landed in our garden and took my homework back to their planet. 6. An eagle took my homework and used it to make a nest. 7. My brother made a paper plane with it. 8. My father lit the fire with it. 9. A professor thought it was brilliant and took it back to his university. 10. Actually, (suggested answers) I forgot to do it/l watched TV all evening/l went out with my boyfriend/ here's my homework.

PAGE 8 Scary Stories

Story 1 Aliens landed on the earth. A boy with a hamburger heard their voices. 'Where are you?' he shouted. 'We are

here. We are friendly. Help us,' they answered. He ate his hamburger. There was a loud crunch in his mouth.

Story 2 A group of ten adults and four children went to the island of Tunamo in the Pacific Ocean. Nobody lived there and they started a new society. Only giant spiders lived on the island. The spiders caught eight adults and four children in their web. The others escaped.

Story 3 A family lived on a windy hill. One night a bird sat outside the window and broke the glass. The next night there were hundreds of birds. The family couldn't get out. The birds were everywhere. They killed the family.

1. The boy killed the aliens. (they were in his hamburger) 2.

The spiders killed the people on the island.

3. Two adults escaped. 4. The birds.

PAGE 9 Michael Johnson

1. broke 2. was 3. seemed 4. studied 5. realised 6. said 7.

signed 8. won 9. retired

9) R

He studied marketing.

PAGES 10 & 11 That's History!

1. Since 100,000 BC. 2. Since 20,000 BC. 3. Since 40,000 BC.

4. Since 4,000 BC. 5. Since 8,000 BC. 6. For 554 years.

7. For 177 years. 8. For 1 16 years. 9. For more than 90 years.

Acnvmtsg

PAGE 14 Here Is Today's News

1-f, 2-e, 3-h, 4-g, 5-a, 6-c, 7-d, 8-b

PAGE 15 Pompeii

He was drinking a glass of wine at the bar.

2.     They were buying loaves and honey cakes.

3.     They were playing a game with stones in the road.

4.     She was writing a letter.

5.     They were painting pictures of the countryside on the walls.

6.     It was sleeping in the corner.

7.     He grabbed Agrippina's hand and ran out of the house.

8.     It hid under the table.

9.     The children cried for their parents.

10.  Most of them escaped but two thousand died.

PAGES 16 & 17 Memory Test

. She was climbing a mountain.

2.     He was having a shower.

3.     They were swimming in the sea.

4.     At 8.30 yesterday evening.

5.     At 4.00 this afternoon.

6.     She was riding a horse on the beach.

7.     They were shopping.

8.     At 4.00 this afternoon.

9.     He was working on his computer.

10.  He was ice-skating.

PAGE 18 A Fishy story

I-b, 2-i, 3-c, 4-f, 5-h, 6-j, 7-a, Be, 9-g, I(H.

PAGE 19 Amazon Diary

a-5, b-8, c-7, d-3, e-1, f-2, g-6, h4

He met four types Of creature: ants, piranha fish, a crocodile and a monkey.

PAGES 20 & 21 Trip To Town

This is one possible plan

10.30 buy bread and cakes

(remember the bakery sells out early)

10.45 post office (don't miss the 11 0'clock post)

1 1.00 bank (they shut at 12.00)

1 1.15 chemist (just time to buy shampoo and toothpaste)

11.30 hairdresser's

12.00 library

12.15 coffee with friends

1.00 MusicNideo Megastore

1.30 shoe shop

2.00 go home

Page 22 What Is Going To Happen Next?

Possible answers:

The ants are going to steal/take the picnic.

The crocodile is going to eat the duck.

The bridge is going to break.

The swing is going to break.

The bull is going to push the woman over.

The monkey is going to steal/take the buns.

The newspaper is going to catch fire.

The little dog is going to steal/take the big dog's bone.

PAGE 23 Vote For Us

Yes: protect the countryside, create more jobs, build new, cheap houses

No: reduce crime, help farmers, prepare our young people for the future, modernise our transport system

4.  If he writes on the board, the pen won't rub out.

5.  If he plays the cassette, he will hear pop music.

It's made of paperclips.

PAGE 34 What Happened to You?

PAGE 35 Great Natural Disasters

A 3/2/1: When Mt Vesuvius erupted in AD79, the Roman town of Pompeii was buried under a mountain of ash. B 2/3/1: A fire started in Pudding Lane in London in 1666 and the city of London was burnt to the ground.

C 1/2/3: When the Titanic hit an iceberg in 1912, over 1,000 people were lost in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean. D 2/3/1: In the Great Fire of 1871 in Chicago, the iron skyscrapers were melted to the ground by the heat.

E 3/2/1: After a terrible earthquake in Portugal in 1775, the city of Lisbon was hit by 15-metre-high waves.

PAGE 36 Zak's Coffee Bar

1. must, 2. mustn't, 3. mustn't, 4. must, 5. mustn't,

6. must, 7. mustn't, 8. must, 9. must, 10. must Rules 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 are being broken.

PAGE 38 & 39 The Rainbow Cafe

Table 1 - Bill 3

I'd like omelette and broccoli. What would you like? I'd like a very healthy lunch - soup and salad.

Table 2 - Bill 4

I think I'd like a bowl of pea soup and a carrot and beetroot salad. How about you? Okay. I'd like the same as you.

Table 3- Bill 2 Would you like one, too? No, I wouldn't, thanks.

Table 4 - Bill ^[1][2]

Well, I'd like orange juice and a hamburger. What would you like?

Bill 1 -Table 4; Bill 2 - Table 3; Bill 3 - Table 1; Bill 4 -Table 2.

PAGE 40 School's Out

Alan a, Beth a, Chris b, Diana a, Ewan a, Flynn a, Gill b, Harry a.

Chris and Flynn will need their swimming costumes.

(Gill, Ewan, Beth and Diana are going bowling. Alan and

Harry are going to a cafe.)

PAGE 42 Our Bodies

1. to breathe, 2. to run

3. to stand up 4. to chew

5. to eat 6. to see 7. to balance

8.  to write and draw

9.  to store 10. to pump

A-5, B-9, C-6, D-4, E-10, F-1, G-3, H-8, 1-2, J ^[3]

PAGE 43 To: Ben@astro.co.uk

1. won't there? 2. will you? 3. can we? 4. doesn't she?

5. aren't you? 6. can't we? 7. can you?

The correct order is: c, g, e, j, b, f, a, i, d, h.

PAGES 44 & 45 Football crazy

In A there is a pigeon on the goalpost - not in B.

In A the goalkeeper has a plain shirt, in B it is striped.

In A the sun is out, in B there are black clouds. In A there is a flag above the stadium, in B there isn't.

PAGE 48 Alien Language

They told me that they had crashed their ship into the sea and that they thought that it would go rusty. They wanted to know . . . what the funny smell was.

PAGE 49 Towns and Villages

I . Megalopolis 2. Maxichester 3. Littleton

4. Megalopolis, Maxichester 5. Middol

This is Reykyavik

PAGE 50 & 51 word Chain

I . mobile phone 2. electric socket 3. textbook 4. keyhole 5. egg cup 6. paper clip 7. plant pot 8. traffic lights

9. sunglasses 10. steering wheel 1 1 . light switch

12. hairbrush 13. handbag 14. girlfriend 15. day dream Note that some of these compound nouns are written as one word and others as two words.

PAGE 52 Tropical Island

The correct choices spell plane crash.

PAGE 53 This Creature is Weird

It has a tiger's head, a chicken's body, an elephant's legs and a peacock's tail.

1.                  It has a fish's head, a giraffe's body, an eagle's legs and an eagle's tail.

2.                  It has a monkey's head, an elephant's body, a pig's legs and a fish's tail. 3. It has an eagle's head, a monkey's body, a giraffe's legs and a pig's tail.

4.                  It has a snake's head, a fish's body, a tortoise's legs and a monkey's tail.

5.                  It has a pig's head, a tortoise's body, a peacock's legs and an elephant's tail.

PAGE 54 Lost Property

1. children's 2. aliens' 3. dogs' 4. mice's 5. magician's

6. old woman's 7. football players' 8. chefs' PAGE 55 City or Country?

1. a lot of (l) 2. There is (F) 3. There are (T)

4. hardly any (Y) 5. not enough (F) 6. too much (T)

7. hardly any (K) 8. There are (O) 9. plenty of (Y)

10. There is (O)

Nearly fifty per cent of the world's population lives in cities and the largest city in the world is Tokyo.

PAGES 56 & 57 These Clothes Don't Fit!

1. Lara - trousers, 2. Emily - shoes, 3. Isobel - skirt, 4. Ned - scarf,

5. Sam - schoolbag, 6. Geri - socks, 7. Harry - glasses.

PAGES 58 & 59 Is Anybody There?

In A the referee is wearing glasses, but not in B.

In A the referee is blowing his whistle, but not in B.

In A the line official is holding up his flag, but not in B. In A the ball is in the back of the net. In B the ball has just left the shooting player's foot.

                                                         ACTIVITIES'                                                                             

In A a girl is wearing a frilly dress, in B it is spotty.

In A a girl is buying glittery jeans, in B they are plain.

In A a boy is short, in B he is tall.

In A a boy is wearing a flowery shirt, in B it is stripy.

In A a girl is buying a big bag, in B it is little.

In A a boy has spiky hair, in B it is curly.

In A you can buy three cheap tops for £2, in B you can buy three expensive tops for £45.

In A the dog is very fat, in B it is very thin.

In A the cat is wearing round sunglasses, in B they are square.

Quiz answers: noodles, eggs, money, iron, cat, aeroplane CINEMA

PAGES 62 & 63 Comparing Animals

I, 4, 7, 8 are false. 2, 3, 5, 6 are true.

PAGE 64 The Biggest and the Best!

1. highest 2. largest 3. deadliest 4. heaviest 5. deepest 6. heaviest 7. commonest 8. fastest 9. biggest 10. sleepiest

PAGE 65 Careers Advisor

(Possible answers) A doctor B social worker C zoo keeper D vet E newspaper reporter F book editor G investment banker H airline pilot I sports teacher J stunt performer

PAGE 66 At the Olympics

Today (t) First (h) here (e) fast (t) Unluckily (o) ready (r) early

(t) extremely (o) slowly (i) apparently (s) ever (e)

The animal is 3 the tortoise

PAGE 67 Robbie, the School Rabbit

1. a 2. a 3. the 4. the 5. the 6. the 7. the 8. the 9. the

10. a 1 1. an 12. the 13. the 14. the 15. a 16. a 17. the

18. The 19. The 20. the 21. the 22. the 23. the 24. the

25. the

PAGE 68     Are you an Extrovert or an Introvert?

Agree: So do l. Disagree: I don't.

2.    Agree: So would l. Disagree: I wouldn't.

3.    Agree: So would l. Disagree: I wouldn't.

4.    Agree: So would l. Disagree: I wouldn't.

5.    Agree: Neither do l. Disagree: I do.

6.    Agree: Neither would l. Disagree: I would.

7.    Agree: So am l. Disagree: I'm not.

8.   

9.    Agree: So do l. Disagree: I don't.

10. Agree: So do l. Disagree: I don't.

1 1. Agree: So do l. Disagree: I don't.

Count up your happy faces.

11-16 Definitely an introvert. You are an inward-looking person. You prefer your own company or one or two friends to big crowds. You prefer to spend your time in non-social situations. You probably like indoor and outdoor activities, but you don't like a crowd of people looking at you. 17-23 You like friends and you like your own company. You are quite confident in social situations and not afraid of them. You are not shy but you are not an extrovert either. 24-33 You want to stand out from the crowd. You also need the crowd's approval. Socially you seem very confident, but secretly you may be less confident about yourself. You have lots of friends and always attract a lot of attention. You feel

a failure if you find yourself at home on your own on a Saturday evening.

PAGE 69 Crazy World of Adventure

Route: the Rollercoaster, the Swing Boats, the White Knuckle Ride, the Black Hole, the Big Dipper, the Dodgems, the Rollercoaster, the White Water Ride, the Ghost Train, the Black Hole.

The Rollercoaster and the Black Hole He didn't go on the Big Wheel.

PAGES 70 & 71 Treasure Hunt

The treasure is chocolate

PAGE 72 Who was First?

1st: striped shirt, 2nd: spotted shirt, 3rd: zig-zag shirt,

4th: white shirt, 5th: black shirt, 6th=: No.5 shirt,

6th=: No.IO shirt, 8th: cat shirt

PAGE 73 Airport Journey

1 find out (N) 2 check in (R ) 3 go up (E) 4 look for (R) 5 look at (A) 6 puts down (A) 7 sit down (C) 8 run across (B) They are going to Canberra, Australia