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A photocopiable resource book for busy teachers Timesaver Games contains dozens of time-saving and motivating activities for immediate use in the classroom. Timesaver Games enables you to help your students consolidate newly acquired language whilst having fun with puzzles.

All the activities in Timesaver Games have been tried, tested and enjoyed by students and teachers alike. They are suitable for use in all teaching situations — including mixed ability classes - or they can be given as homework tasks.

Bringing variety to the classroom!

Timesaver Games has a rich variety of activity types, including: personality quizzes, cultural games, wordsearches, theme-based board games, pronunciation games, logic puzzles, crosswords and memory games.

Timesaver Games is part of the Classroom Timesavers series

Classroom Timesavers is a series of supplementary photocopiable materials for teachers of lower and upper secondary school students aged 11 years and upwards. The Timesavers series provides teachers with refreshing and motivating photocopiable resource material.

If you have enjoyed Timesaver Games, you'll love using Festivals and Special Days in Britain and New Classroom Timesavers.

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Easy to use! The highly accessible and flexible contents list means you can select the activities you want to use: by level by language point by lexical area by activity type by theme

A full answer key is included in the teaching notes for complete ease of use.

S C H O LA S T I C

                                                             activity should take.                                

Occasionally you will have to photocopy several pages for one activity, for example pages 3 and 5, and pages 33 - 36. Choose which language points, topics or vocabulary you want your pupils to practise, and you will find puzzles, quizzes or personality tests which will test their skill and improve their English at the same time.

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If this book is a success with your class, you may also like to try its companion title: Festivals and Special Days in Britain which looks at British customs, traditions and celebrations through photocopiable games and puzzles.

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Are you an only child?

How many brothers have you got?

How many sisters have you got?

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What's its name?

How old is it?

What does it like to eat?

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The Mystery Picture

Colour the weather words BROWN.

Colour the months of the year WHITE.

Colour the seasons BLACK.

Then turn the page like this:

Write here

The mystery picture is a

The Pyramid Joke

Robert the Robot

Play this game and make

a robot like Robert,

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Twelve is for the body.

Six is for the head. You throw a twelve and you draw the body. You throw a six and you draw the head.

You must have the body and head first before you try to add arms and legs.

The winner is the person with a complete robot.

What Is It?

 Use a pencil and fill the squares

two - red six - blue fourteen - green

How fast can a cheetah run?

Colour the numbers from seven to ten.

Colour the numbers from twelve to twenty-three.

Colour the numbers from twenty-five to thirty-one.

Colour all the numbers over thirty-three.

Now add all the other numbers together. Write:

A cheetah can run at km per hour.

14-8-12 14-13-12-1-7-9-13-12 10-7

5-12-14-15-12-12-11 14-8-12

                    14-13-12-12-7                                          and draw an arrow on the picture.

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How many sentences can you make?

 Weekend Plans

Divide each of these numbers by 2

54, 34, 74, 88, 88, 44, 58, 1 50

Mary is taller than Sue. Sue is next to Emily. Emily is older than David but not as old as Mary. Joe is between Mary and David. Molly is in front of Emily. Cathy is behind Felix and next to Robert. Cathy is the oldest. David is the youngest.

                Now colour them.  

Joe's wearing a red jumper and blue trousers.

Mary's wearing a green jumper and black trousers.

Sue's wearing orange trousers and a yellow shirt.

Robert's wearing a brown jacket, a white shirt and green trousers.

                                Emily's wearing a white T-shirt and purple shorts.          

David's wearing a blue T-shirt and brown trousers. Felix is black and white. Molly's grey.

Now draw Luke's family tree and put the right words in the spaces. mother father brother sister grandmother grandfather grandfather: Joe

Memory games

Dan's School Bag

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             This is Dan's school bag. Look at it for two minutes.

Then ask your teacher to give you the questions page. See if you can remember what's in the bag.

Memory games / describing others / logic puzzles

Dan's School Bag: Questions

Can you remember what is in Dan's bag? In Dan's school bag there islare:

two pensfour pens6 pens two pencilsfour pencils6 pencils

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a Gameboya Walkmana CD player thea Boyzone CDa Boyzone cassettea tie

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She is from

 is her favourite sport.

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Name the Animals

Name the animals and do the puzzle.

There is a message for a special day in the year. Which day, and what is the date?

The Polar Bear Puzzle

What can the polar bear smell? What is under the ice? How much do you know about polar bears? Write the answers in the grid. The anagrams help you.

1      The mother polar bear makes a hole under the ice for her - (siabbe)

2      Polar bears have - under their feet (riha)

3      A baby polar bear is - when it is born

            (nibld)                                                                                                                                                   .all///////

4      A baby polar bear hasn't got - hair on its body when it is born (yan)

5      A polar bear can - at a speed of 1 Okm an hour (msiw)

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The answer is in the shaded part of the grid.

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The Ostrich Puzzle

Animal Lovers Quiz

Where's Ben? Read about the dogs and find him,

Write the names by the dogs, What's Ben doing? Write the answer.

Holly doesn't like playing with the cat.

Max likes water.

                Lucy likes playing the guitar.         

Bruno, Jess and Oscar like playing with the Christmas tree angels.

Ellie likes eating bananas.

Lucky and Sophia like playing with the ball. Barny, Bonny and Benjy like eating pizza.

Rescue the Animal Lover

There are some people who get themselves into trouble by helping animals.

Sone         him looked rescued liked teachers Grogs un

gottte            the og     because I.oaited         rescued climbed

Look at the two pictures of the pet shop and write down the 10 differences,

In Great Britain dogs and cats are the most popular pets.

What do you think is the third most popular pet?

Write the first letter of the names of each of these things and you can name the pet.

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AMAZING ADJECTIVES

You need these adjectives for the game on page 36.

         beautiful                                quiet                                    little

funny

                                                           cute                                   stupid

          naughty                                gentle                                  angry

Adjectives

AMAZING ADJECTIVES

You need these adjectives for the game on page 36.

                               clever                                                                                happy

                                  fat                                       ugly                                   musical

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                                hairy                                  athletic                                  proud

                                loyal                                    cruel                                     slow

                                noisy                              frightening                               wild

                      TIMESAVER GAMES Personality • Quizzes

Favourite Animals

Look at the animals on page 33.

              What is your favourite animal? Choose one animal,          

Write:

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                    Why?            

I like it because it's (choose three words from pages 34 and 35)

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s        and (2) and     (3)

              Now choose your 2nd favourite animal.      

                   Write:               

Why?

I like it because it's (choose three more words from pages 34 and 35)

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and         (2) and      (3)

Now choose your 3rd favourite animal,

Write:

My 3rd favourite animal is alan

I like it because it's (choose three more words from pages 34 and 35)

                                                                                                                                                                            (1)

and         (2) and      (3)

Now ask your teacher for the analysis of your choices.

Cit) (D) Adjective Maze

The answer is always in the next square.

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Can you find all the missing things? Take the letters from the squares marked X. You can find the thing which you need to help you get to school on time.

ACROSS

1      You can sleep in it (3)

2      You can wear it on your head (3)

4 You can drive to town in it (3)

6 You can fly to America in it (9) 8 You can cut things with it (5) 11 You can talk to your friends in other towns with it (9)

14    You can send a letter with this (5)

15    You can open a door with this (3)

DOWN

1 You can cross the river with this (4)

1 You can drink this in England (3) 5 You can read it (4)

7 You can take photos with it (6)

9 You can wear them on your feet (5) 10 You can buy things with it (5)

12 You can see in the dark with it (4) 13 You can go for a walk in it (4)

The mystery thing is a

Look at the map of Scotland,  then answer the questions.

8 It's a city in the west of Scotland.

                                      It's perfect!                                  It's too old!

                                      It's too wide!                              It's too small!

The Birthday Present

Toby is going shopping because it's his mother's birthday, What is he buying for her? Use the letters in the squares with the little birthday cake candles to make the word. They are not in the right order.

ACROSS  tn the sandwich bar you can buy things to take ...... or eat there (4)

3 You can buy a pair of and a scarf for the winter (6)

5           "Have you got any trainers in size     DOWN

6? I'm sorry, we've only got them in size 5." (2)

6           "Do you have any Japanese food?" what would you like?" (3)

7           "I'd like some to eat with my strawberries, please." (5)

9                  "Can I help you?" "Yes, please like to buy some sunglasses." (2)

10            If you want to buy some sports clothes  to the sports   department on the ground floor (2)

13 Always remember to say "please" and you" (5)

15      (See 8 Down) (2)

16      "Do you like the blue hat?"

 "No, doesn't suit me." (2) 18 "Have you got any of these T-shirts in blue green please?" (2)

19    (See 1 1 Down)

20    "I'd like some blue jeans

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"Have you got .. .... medium T-shirts please?" (3)

He/she serves you in a shop (9) Do you like to .... .. shopping at the weekend? (2)

"I'd like .. .... trainers please." (4) "Have you got any bananas please?"

I'm sorry, we haven't." (2) "I'd like some potatoes because I'm going to            supper.

(and 1 5 Across) When you want the assistant to help you, you say this (6, 2) (and 1 9 Across) "I'd like to these trainers, please" (3,2) you got any red hats, please?" (4) 'I'mwe haven't got any trainers in your size." (5)

"You can buy a baseball cap ...... the sports department." (2)

Do you have a hard life?

Do this simple test to find out how hard (or easy!) your life is at home.

Part One A: Never

                                     B: Rarely                                                                  How often do you have to... How often do you have to...

                 C: Sometimes

D: Quite frequently

               E: Very often

                   F: Always/Every day

How often do you have to...            How often do you have to... How often do you have to... How often do you have to...

(iii)     do the ironing?

(iv)      make your bed?

(v)        clean your bedroom? (vi) lay the table?

How often do you have to... How often do you have to... (vii) do the housework? (viii) do the cooking?

(ix) do the shopping?

Do you have Write TRUE or FALSE

after each sentence, then look at the a hard life? key at the bottom of the page to work

  FALSE = 0 for all questions                              

1     True = 5           5 True-4       9 True = 5

2     True = 410

3     True = 1           7 True — 5   1 1 True = 1

When you know your grand total, ask your 4 True = 312 True -4 teacher for the analysis of your hard life.

Welcome to Sillyville

Look at this picture of Sillyville and choose the right text for each speech bubble.

The Invitation Maz

Can you find the two paths through the maze? Andy speaks first. Follow Andy's path in red and Lydia's path in blue.

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Now add up the numbers on Andy's path to find out the height (in metres) of Nelson's Column (in Trafalgar Square) and add up the numbers on Lydia's path to find out the date of the Battle of Trafalgar.

                    Nelson's Column is                                              metres high.

                      The Battle of Trafalgar was in the year

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Clothes Rhymes

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Do you know how to say the names of all these clothes (on the left of the page)?

Look at the things on the right and find the words to rhyme with each of the clothes, for example, tie and sky.

Picture Crossword

Look at the pictures and write the words in the crossword grid

Clothes in Space

To play this game you need:

 two, three or four players                  dice          

Down Under

'Down under' is the English nickname for Australia,

'false' and join the dots to complete the map of Australia. If your map looks like the correct shape, use an atlas to find out where these cities are:

Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney,           

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1. Wilma's father is called Willie the Wizard.

2, Wilma's grandmother (Vanessa the Vampire) is married to Victor the Vampire.

3, Godfrey the Ghost and his wife

Gertrude are Willie's grandparents.

4, Wendy the Witch is Wilma's mother.

5.     Walter the Wizard is Willie's brother.

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7, Victor the Vampire is Vanessa's husband.

8.   Victor and Vanessa's daughter is called Victoria the Vampire. She is Walter and Willie's sister.

9.   Gordon the Ghost is Gordon's son.

10, Gary the Ghost is Gordon's brother.

11. Graham the Ghost is Gordon and Gary's father.

12. Gordon, Gary and their sister

Griselda are Wilma's three cousins.

   Here are some jokes. The 'punch line' is the part of the joke which   makes you laugh, Can you find the correct punch lines for these jokes?

1, What has ten legs, three heads and two tails?           

2, What kind of dog has no tail?

3. Which question always gets the answer 'yes'?

     4, Man:           Doctor, I think I need glasses.        

    5. When can you say 'l is       and not 'l

6, How many seconds are there in one year?

     8, Man:           Doctor, I've got a problem.

I'm seeing two of everything.

          Doctor:      Lie on the sofa.

9, What's black and white, black and white, black and white

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You need a dice and some counters. Throw a six to start. On a 'What time is it?' square,

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if you get the time on the clock wrong, miss a turn. Good luck!

The Canada Quiz

Answer these questions about Canada and some famous Canadians and find the name of another famous Canadian female singer.

1 . Canada has two official 4. The Inuit people live in the north languages. What are they? of Canada.

French and English s The words kayak, igloo and anorak are (b) Spanish and English all Inuit words. What are the Inuit

(c) French and Spanish                                   people often called?

(a) Eskimos

2. What is the capital of Canada?         (b) Indians

(a)      Ottawa (c) Aztecs

(b)     Quebec City

(c)      Toronto

3. What is the national symbol of

Canada?

English-speaking world

5. In many areas Canadians use special snow vehicles.

What are they called?

(a) snowrides

Do You Watch

Too Much Television?

1 . Do you watch television every day?

2.          Do you watch television more than three hours a day?

3.          Do you watch television before breakfast?

4.          Have you got a television in your bedroom?

5.          Do you like watching television better than reading books?                 yes

6.         

7.          Do you have most of your meals in front of the television?

8.          Do you like watching television better than going for walks?        yes

9.          If the phone rings when you are watching television, do you answer it?

10.     Do you ever watch the same video more than three times?        yes

Now ask your teacher for the analysis,               

NatureWatch

Must / mustn't

Are You a Fish?

Most people love water (swimming, sailing, water sports) or just playing. But water is dangerous too and you must always be careful. Here are nine questions about water safety. Choose the answers and take the big letters under each one and write them at the bottom of this page. They make a new question and you can answer it.

Be careful! It's dangerous to swim. IDAY?

The question is:

My answer is:

The date is 980. The place is Britain. The Vikings are here. Put the right word in each gap to make sentences.

Find 5 things beginning with C

                                                3                         4                         5

Find 5 things beginning with B

                                                            3                               4                               5

Now cover the picture and see if you can remember it.

Put a mirror in front of the text below to see the questions,

Weather

What's the Weather

What's the weather like in July?            What's the weather like in October?

It's

What's the weather like in March?       How do you feel in December?

    I feel

Look at these faces. How does he feel? Choose the right word.

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half past seven            five o'clock   five to nine  five to one

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                      quarter past nine          five to seven           five to twelve        five past six

E five to six five to nine five past seven five to nine five to one quarter past nine

Are you good at recognising different

                                                                               YES            kinds of trees?             NO

Do you enjoy      'q spending the           Are you good at evening with            riding a bike friends more than   without holding a visit to a disco or  on to the         NO a club?           handlebars?

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Do you want Are you to live in the good at country? YES saving money?

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Are you good at         "You are never more than fiveyou taking risks? going to pass your           minutes to do

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Do you stop trying morning? to work hard?

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Sports Wordsearch

Write the names of the sports under the pictures.

Then find the sports in the wordsearch box,

Describing others / sport

The Ice Skating Puzzle

Tara Lipinski was a world champion ice-skater when she was only fifteen years old. She was famous because she was good at doing triple jumps (three big jumps one after the other) in her skating routines. Triple jumps are very difficult. How many did she do in each dance when she skated in international competitions?

Do the puzzle and find out.

Match the halves of the sentences on the left to the halves on the right, then join the two numbers in the little box. Then you can see how many triple jumps Tara usually did.

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Snowboarding or Skiing?

Are you a snowboarder or a skier?

at                    Which is the best winter sport for you? Do this test to find out. Choose (a) or (b).

7, When it's snowing

                             (a) like to try new thingsyou get wet when you sit

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               (b) hate to try new things                                    on the chair-lift

S(b) you don't notice the snow

2.       You think sport is  if you are having fun ir  serious exercise

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(a) is annoying when you are out in the

3.       When there is snow on thesnow mountains you think (b) is part of a winter holiday

 (a) it's boring when your friends  are not there

Sport

The Ice Hockey Puzzle

Skate along with the ice hockey player and try to score a goal,

In each answer you have to change two letters in the previous answer,

Players are often - because ice hockey is a violent game

2. Ice hockey players have to work very-

3, Ice hockey players wear helmets to protect their heads. Helmets are hard -

4.       The Maple Leafs are the Canadian team with the most -

5.       The puck is sometimes difficult to see because it move so -

6.       The Maple Leafs are the most popular team in Canada but they are not the - players

7, Eric Lindros is a famous ice hockey player; his nickname is 'The - One'

8, The Maple Leafs don't win many games. In other words, they don't many other teams

9, Ice hockey players play between

                                82 and 102 games each -                                                               3

10. There are between 1 1 and

                                 18 players in a -                                                                                 5

11. Wayne Gretsky is an ice hockey legend. He has more records - any other Player

12. - a player starts a fight, he has to stay off the ice for five minutes

13, Top sports stars like Wayne Gretsky and

Eric Lindros train every day of the -

14. Ice hockey players have to - harder than footballers   12

15. You wear a thick - inside your skating boot     14

16. In ice hockey the 'ball' is called a -          15

17. You - the puck along with an ice  16 hockey stick and try to score a goal        17

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Help Leonardo reach the Oscar by choosing the correct word in the maze to fill in the gaps.

Leonardo DiCaprio was born on the

1 Ith of in 1974 in Los Angeles.

He grew up in a poor area of the city but his family him and helped him in everything he wanted to do. His mother him in a car for two hours to get to a

of money from acting, he boughtdad a car.

Leo says: "l have experienced lots of changes but I always be there for my parents.

to be the perfect child."        

Leonardo won an Oscar for Best

Supporting Actor in the film What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Find out who the main actor was in that film from the letters next to the words which you chose in the maze.

good school every day.                              His name is

Comparatives/superlatives

The

Facts Quiz

Ask your friends; look in the encyclopaedia - or just guess!

than the Atlantic Ocean.

1 . Canada is smaller than the

USA. YES C]               NOD

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4. The Empire State Building in New York is higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

7. Clint Eastwood is older than Jack Nicholson.

YES

10. Jane Austen wrote more books than Charles Dickens.

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 The Party

What is everyone saying?

Find the correct words for each person.

(a) I'm sorry!

(b)  Are you taller than

(c)  Excuse me.

(d) 

 (e) This is too heavy for you.

(f)   It doesn't matter.

(g) Can I help        you?

(h) Can you help me please?

Big Cats

How much do you know about big cats? Put these words into the text:

Lions live in families. The males are than the females and they have hair on their heads. This hair is called a mane. Most lions live in southern Africa, but there are some in India. Lions sleep for about 1 8 hours a day.

Tigers live in forests in Asia, Sumatra and Java. Some tigers are b than lions. Tigers are rare in the wild because people hunt

The Lion King

         Kylie and Ben have been to see The Lion King at the theatre in London.

Add the correct question tags to their conversation. There is a number by each empty space and there is also a number by each tag. Join the two matching numbers on the grid below and you can find out what to say when you meet a lion!

 grandma and I was terrified of  Scar, (3)

Ben:             I don't really remember.

                    You weren't that young, (10)

Kylie: I was seven. You tried to frighten me, too, (1 7)

Ben: Only once or twice. You were too  clever, (14)

Kylie: I suppose so. I'm trying to18 didn't you?4 did they? remember the differences  between the film and the stage 15 weren't you? 19 wasn't he? version. They didn't leave any of 26 wasn't it? 23 didn't it?

 the characters out of the stage 28 weren't they? 26 isn't there?  version, (23)

                                                                     5 mustn't they?           8 won't we?

                                                                   21 wasn't l?                   9

Kylie: No, I don't think so. Timon was inwere you? the film (1)

Kylie: Yes. What did you think of the music? It sounded incredible, (24)

 My Ideal Job

Count your symbols, How many have you got?

Now ask your teacher to tell you about your ideal job.

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The Pocahontas Story

Do you know the true story of Pocahontas?

Read her story and write the missing verbs in the boxes in the puzzle to find the name of the place where Pocahontas lived. (It's called Virginia now.)

                                                                                              Pocahontas (4) w                     born in

America in 1595. Her father's name was Powhatan. He was an Indian chief and he ruled a group of Algonquin tribes. In about 1607 the English (5) c to the place where Pocahontas

They (l l ) b a town called Jamestown. Powhatan a white Englishman.

His name was John Smith. The Indians

                                                                                               (12) w                       to kill him but

Pocahontas saved him. She

her head on top of his head. The Indians couldn't kill John Smith without killing

Pocahontas. She was about twelve years old when she did this. Perhaps she (4)w            in love with him. John Smith went back to England without her. Later, in 161 3, the white people

                          Pocahontas away from her family to live with them. She (7) I                     English

and became a Christian. She had a new name:

Rebecca. She married a man called John Rolfe. fn

Virginia in 1635. Perhaps you can find some of

Pocahontas' family in Virginia now.                                                12

The Native American Quiz

Pocahontas was a Native American.

The Plains Indians spoke different languages and had different customs but they all had a similar way of life. Read these facts about the Plains Indians and decide which are true and which are false. The letters will spell the Sioux Indian word for "cloudy waters'! It's also the name of a place.

1.               Plains Indian men didn't have much hair on their faces or bodies. If they did, they removed it.

TRUE M         FALSE

2.               In tribes that didn't move around too much, men often looked after the children.

TRUE FALSE

3.               Boys played a game that later became ice hockey.

TRUE FALSE

4.              

TRUE FALSE C

5.               Plains Indians never played gambling games and believed that gambling games were bad for the spirit.

TRUE FALSE

6.               The parents of a baby chose its name six months after it was born.

TRUE FALSE

7.               Eagle feathers were very valuable to the Plains Indians.

TRUE O           

8.               The women put up and took down the tipis (tents).

TRUE               

9.               The Plains Indians had very clean white teeth because of their healthy, sugar-free diet.

TRUE FALSE N

                          Describing others                                                                  write

The Boyzone Puzzle

7 Shane's twin sisters belong to another famous pop group called

14 Shane has got a tattoo of a           on his shoulder.

38 There are                  boys in the group.

1       They come from

2       Their names are

11 Ronan's nickname is (just like the cartoon character).

9 Shane's hero is in his own family. His hero is

3 Keith has got                     called Hugh.

22 Ronan likes eating

5 Stephen and Ronan have got the same star sign:

17 They've all got blue

8 Keith is a

18 Ronan's favourite sports are 15 They've got thirteen brothers and eight between them.

39 Ronan is the                     member of the group.

33        Keith was studying to be an before he joined Boyzone.

34        If Mikey was on a desert island, he'd like to have

7

11

21

C

25 Tintin.

30 sisters.

14 Dublin.

21 B*witched.

17 father.

19 horse.

16 Shane, Ronan, Keith, Mikey, Stephen 28 his dad.

11 St Patrick's Day 2 a rabbit 13 youngest.

8 five.

35 his guitar, some sun-tan cream and a bottle of milk.

3 Pisces.

33 eyes.

9 architect.

15 golf and horse-riding. 1 pasta.

23        14      19

             34       35

25                   22

Going to future / personality quizzes

a

al

Oh no!

What a terrible storm! Have you got a tent?

sun-tan cream on the seat.

athletic friend is going to run around the island. Are you going too?

How about Boat Number 1 ?

It's got a guidebook, a camera and a notebook in it.

..&'Ö.COME To

\SLAND

3

2

What a bout Boat Number 2?

Look! There's a sun hat and some

Going to future / personality quizzes

Welcome to this beautiful tropical island. It's the perfect place for a holiday. First go down to the beach (at the bottom of the page) and find a boat,

Yes

No

Are you going to give this poor old       Yes

woman any money? Are you

No going to ask the tourist guide about the history of the

What a    Yes         island? surprise!

You find a picnic.

Are you going to eat it?

No

Your friend says: "Look at that rubbish! Let's stop and clear it up!" Do you agree?

Yes         No It's Island

Disco Night. Are you going?

Yes

No

No

Oh no!

You're lost!

Have you got your guidebook?

You find a beautiful statue in the ruins. Are you going to keep it?

You're lucky!

An archaeologist is

                                              Yes                                                    working on the ruins.

Are you

Are you going to

goihg to       spend one of your visit the two weeks' holiday ruins?

                  No                                                                                                                              with him?

Why don't you try Boat Number 3?

It comes with a free tent, food and a knife.

PAGE 3     Who are the monsters from

the House of Horror?

NB. You also need to photocopy page 5 (My page) if you are using this page. After the cutting and folding, as instructed, page 3 is then

stuck on top of page 5 and the various windows and doors can be opened to solve the puzzle.

PAGE 4     How many cats can you find?

There are 42 cats.

PAGE 5       (See note for page 3)

PAGE 6       Numbers and colours           

PAGE 7 The mystery ship The Mary Rose. This Tudor ship is now in a museum in Portsmouth.

PAGE 8 The mystery picture To see the picture, turn the page so the words are upside down when all the sections have been coloured. It's a robin. PAGE 9 The pyramid joke

Why was the Egyptian boy looking so sad?

This is not a colouring exercise.

It's a train.

PAGE 12 Chase the cheetah A cheetah can run at 97 km/h. Make a word five + crash = a fish Great Britain + queen = green egg + night = eight cow + umbrella = a comb garden + page = a garage

PAGE 13 Find the treasure

The treasure is under the boat between the trees.

PAGE 14 The colour circle Red, pink, black, white, orange, blue, brown, grey, cream, green, yellow, purple.

Grey is darker than white but lighter than black.

Pink is lighter than red but darker than white. Orange is lighter than brown but it's darker than yellow. Cream is darker than white but lighter than yellow. You mix blue and yellow to make green. You mix yellow and red to make orange.

You mix red and white to make pink. PAGE 15 Find the dogs

PAGE 16 Make a sentence

Here are just a few of the possible sentences you can make: The dogs are between the shirt and the elephant. I can see a hat. Here we are. Be careful! Find that shirt. I can wear thesejeans. His shirt is on that chair. How many dogs are behind the chair? An elephant is behind you. Don't look under the hat. She can see her dogs, etc.

PAGE 17 Weekend plans

Let's go swimming. 2. How about going cycling?

3. What about going shopping? 4. Why don't we watch a video? 5. Let's play football. 6. Why don't we go to the park?

PAGE 18 Families

A = Joe, B = Mary, C = David, D = Robert, E = Cathy, F = Sue, G = Felix, H = Emily, I = Molly.

Grandfather: Joe = Grandmother: Cathy

Father: Robert = Mother: Mary

Luke David Sue Emily

PAGE 20 Dan's school bag 6 pens, 2 pencils, a rubber, scissors, an apple, a banana, 4 school books, a Gameboy, a Walkman, a Boyzone CD, a trainer, 3 batteries, 12 sweets. The two other things are a CLICK magazine, a calculator.

Why not get your students to bring collections of objects in to class to play this game?

The Mouse Girls

Milly is Baby Mouse; Sue is Sporty Mouse,

Tracey is Scary Mouse and Jackie is Posh Mouse.

PAGE 21     School friends

Alice is ten years old. She is from the USA. Baseball is her favourite sport. Kate is fifteen years old. She is from Britain. Gymnastics is her favourite sport. Nick is fourteen years old. He is from Australia. Tennis is his favourite sport. Sam is twelve years old. He is from Canada.

Football is his favourite sport.

PAGE 22 Hobbies

The four things that do not belong to anyone are: football, bicycle, playing cards, fishing rod.

PAGE 23 Name the days                               

Down: Sunday, Saturday. Across: Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday.

Name the animals

Hippopotamus, zebra, bear, rabbit, monkey, duck, chicken, kangaroo, pig, snake, cat, parrot horse. The message is: Merry Christmas. The day is Christmas Day. It's on December 25th.

PAGE 24 Animal puzzle The correct choices will lead you through the letters: e-l-e-p-h-a-n-t-m-o-u-s-e.

1 . babies, 2. hair, 3. blind, 4. any, 5. swim, 6. liver, 7. eat, 8. live. The answer is: baby seal.

The ostrich puzzle    40 minutes.

PAGE 26 & 27

Once your students have made their choices, get them to write a short profile of their own personality based on the vocabulary on these pages.

PAGE 28 & 29       Animal lovers' quiz

1. a cheetah, 2. an anaconda, 3. a baby kangaroo,

4. a snail, 5. They are the same,

6. an ostrich, 7. a blue whale, 8. They move their ears to 'talk' to other tigers. 9. 30 minutes, 1 0. fish, penguins, 1 1. 121 litres, 1 2. hear better than it can see, 13. with its feet, 14. penguin, 1 5. tiger, 16. rhinoceros, 17. camel. The farm animals are: cow, pig, sheep, donkey.

PAGE 30 Find Ben

Ben likes playing with the string.

PAGE 31 Rescue the animal lover A young man climbed a tree to rescue a little cat. The cat climbed down but the man was too frightened to climb down. He waited in the tree for five hours until firemen rescued him.

PAGE 32 The pet shop

2. In picture A there are five fish. In picture B there are seven fish. 3. In picture B one fish is jumping out of the water. 4. In picture A the parrot is saying 'Goodbye'. In picture B it's saying 'Hello'. 5. In picture A the pet food is falling off the shelf. 6. In picture B the till is in front of the pet shop owner. 7. In picture A it's to the left of the owner. 8. In picture A the dog is eating. In picture B the dog is sleeping. 8. In picture A a child is holding a rabbit. In picture B two children are feeding the rabbit. 9. In picture A there is a mouse in the cage. In picture B the           cage is empty. 10. In picture A there is a bird on the owner's arm. In picture B there is a spider on the owner's arm.

The pictures at the bottom of the page show: grandmother, orange, leg, doctor, first prize, ice, snake, hill. The third most popular pet is, therefore, a goldfish.

PAGE 36 Favourite animals

Here is the analysis of the choices.

                 Step 1: Look at your first three words.               

This is how you want to be.

Step 2: Look at your second three words.

               This is how other people see you.          

Step 3: Look at your third three words.

This is how you really are.

As an extension exercise, you could photocopy the animals page or the adjectives pages twice and cut out each picture and stick them on card. In pairs, pupils play the memory game:

Pelmanism. This involves putting all the cards al     face down on the table. Pupils take turns to n,     turn over two cards. If the cards are identical, that pupil keeps the pair. If not, they are es        turned face down again and the second pupil has a turn. The winner is the pupil with the most pairs.   

PAGE 37 Adjective maze grey, blue, noisy, young, beautiful, green, heavy, square, white, sunny, purple, frightening, small, red, wooden, difficult, clever, interesting, im

Italian, fun, rich, silver, funny, English, fast. at

The shape should look something like a dog running from left to right.

PAGE 38 Things

Across: 1. bed, 2. hat, 3. car, 6. aeroplane,

8.      knife, 1 1 . telephone, 14. stamp, 1 5. key. Down: 1 . boat, 3. tea, 5. book, 7. camera,

9.      shoes, 10. money, 12. lamp, 13. park.

The mystery object is a clock.

PAGE 39 Scotland

1 . Aberdeen, 2. Loch Ness, 3. Ben Nevis,

4. Shetland, 5. Dundee, 6. Edinburgh,

7. England, 8. Glasgow.

PAGE 40 & 41        Supermarket maze     Sentences 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 are correct. Get your pupils to correct the mistakes in the other sentences. The answers are:

2. I want two bottles of Coke. 3. I asked her for

ACROSS: 1 away, 3 gloves, 5 no, 6 yes, 7 cream, 9 I'd, 10 go, 13 thank, 15 me, 16 it, 18 or, 19 on, 20 please. DOWN: 1 any, 2 assistant, 3 go, 4 some, 5 no, 7 cook, 8 excuse, 1 1 try, 12 have, 14 sorry, 16 in, 1 7 me. The birthday present is a necklace. PAGE 44 & 45  Do you have a hard life?

Ifyou scored 10 - 40: You can get away with anything in your house! You don't know the meaning of the word 'hard'. Wake up! Ifyou scored 47 - 70: OK, so you have to do your fair share of work at home, but remember: a little discipline builds your character. Ifyou scored 71 - 100: Whew! You really do have a hard life! Remember, it's good character training. Have you ever thought about joining the army? Or how about just asking your Mum and Dad for a holiday? You deserve it!

Page 46 Welcome to Sillyville A - Be careful! B - Don't look! C- I never read books. D - Where's the bank please? E - I always do the crossword. F - I always help in the garden.

PAGE 47 The invitation maze

Andy: 9+ 5 + 8 + 3 + 5 + 3 +6+ 12+ 1 +4

(Nelson's Column is 56 metres high, including the statue of Lord Nelson himself). Lydia: 300 + 600 +

500 +75+ 150+75 +20+30+50+5=1805

(The Battle of Trafalgar was in the year 1 805.) It may be useful to bring a picture of Nelson's

Column into class when you do this game.

PAGE 48 & 49

What kind of pop star are you? A You are a quiet, private person. You don't like parties. You have four or five good friends. Friends come to you when they have a problem. Everyone loves you.

Pop stars: Celine Dion, Jim Corr, Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice), Ronan Keating

(Boyzone)

B You are a serious person and you like to work a lot. You like to win and you are sad when you lose. You like to be the boss. You are confident and popular. Pop stars: Cher, Mel B (Scary Spice), R. Kelly C You always get what you want. You say what you think. You like to be in a group and you are confident and popular. You make  people laugh. Behind all this you are a secret poet. Pop stars: Liam Gallagher (Oasis), Cerys (Catatonia), Britney Spears D You are funny. You amuse people. Sometimes you don't care about other people because you are thinking about yourself. Try to put your friends first. Pop stars: Madonna, Janet Jackson, Elton John E You like to be alone. People sometimes think you are difficult because of your moods. Sometimes you are angry and you want to be the boss but you are honest and fascinating. Pop stars: Michael Jackson, Robbie Williams,

Alanis Morissette PAGE 50 Clothes rhymes trousers - houses, coat - goat, tie - sky, frock lock, vest - nest, sweater - letter, jeans - beans, hat - cat, shoes - news; tights - kites, scarf - half, gloves - doves, sandals - candles, socks - fox, pants - ants, blouse - cows, shirt - dessert, mac - sack, jacket - racket. PAGE 51 Picture crossword (From the top left-hand corner, in a clockwise direction): mouth, jeans, leg, elephant, hair, skirt, knee, foot, hand, hat, head, arm, ears, shirt, nose, shoes, trampoline. And in the middle: eyes. PAGE 52 Clothes in space The clothes items are:

dungarees, scarf, jeans, trainers, cardigan, skirt, dress, sweater, tracksuit, coat, pyjamas, T-shirt, baseball cap. The mystery sentence is: On the planet Uranus winter lasts for forty-two years. PAGE 54 & 55 Down under

Your pupils will find it useful to have a map of Australia for reference to help them choose the correct answers. When they have finished the game, get them to write a short essay about Australia using the new information on this page.

4. true (1 7- 21); 5. true (13 -21); 6. false (1 1 - 1 5);

7. true (1 7 - 29); 8. true (5 - 9); 9. true (5 - 25); 10. true (7 - 29); l l . true (3 - 9); 12. true (l 1 3. true (19 - 31); 14. true (9 - 23).

PAGE 56 The Phantom family

Godfrey = Gertrude

Veronica

Wendy = Willie Walter Victoria = Graham

        Wilma                 Gary Gordon Griselda

PAGE 57 Punchiines

Get pupils to choose the funniest joke and the least funny joke. Can they tell a new joke in English?

PAGE 60 & 61       The Canada quiz

The mystery Canadian is Shania Twain. Once they have done the quiz, get them to do a short piece of writing based on what they have learned.

Page 62 Do you watch too much television? You have 7 or 8 'YES' answers: You watch too much television. You must try to do other things too. You have between 4 and 6 'YES' answers: You watch television but you enjoy other things too. You have less than 4 'YES' answers: You have many hobbies and watching television is not your favourite one.

PAGE 63 Can you speak 'Calculator'? The answers to the 4 calculator puzzles are: hello; hee ^l. hee!; Bill; holes. Page 64 Nature watch memory test 1 - eighteen; 2 - one (a cow); The bird, the insect and the reptile don't count. 3 - a bird; 4 - a tree; 5 - an apple; 6 - between the sea and a river; 7 the sun; 8 a fish; 9 - on the left; 10- at the bottom; 1 1 -on the right of the field; 12 - next to the bird.

Page 65     Are you a fish?

I                        A; 3 - RE      GOI;5 - NG O; NEX; 8 -T HOL;9- lDAY?

The question is therefore:

Where are you going on your next holiday?

PAGE 66 The history puzzle NB You need one or more mirrors in class for this activity. Pupils can also read the questions by turning the paper over and holding it up to the light.

The horse is behind the tree. The dog is in the river. The baby is next to the fire. The cup is under the stool. The book is on the table. The money is in the bag. C = cup, chair, cloud, cat, cake; B = baby, book, boat, basket, bed. The answers to the mirror questions are: Three trees. Two dogs. Four birds. It's sunny. A cat. The children are eating. The women are cooking. The men are playing cards. PAGE 67 What's the weather like?

July: It's sunny. October: It's raining.  March: It's windy. December: I feel cold.  hungry, sad, happy, tired, thirsty.

PAGE 68           Secret message What is your favourite colour?

PAGE 69

If the pupils did the quiz and written personality profile on page 26, they can now add to it using this information. PAGE 70 Sports wordsearch

PAGE 71 The ice-skating puzzle

8-24,9- 17, IO- 16, I l - 20, 12 - 22. Tara Lipinski did seven triple jumps in competitions. PAGE 72 Snowboarding or skiing?

Analysis: 22 - 24 = You have snowboarding in  your blood! 19-21 = Yes, snowboarding is

PAGE 73 The ice hockey puzzle

2. hard, 3. hats, 4. fans, 5. fast, 6. best, 7. next,

8. beat, 9. year, 10. team, 1 1 . than, 12. when, 13. week, 14. work, 1 5. sock, 16. puck, 1 7. push.

PAGE 74 Leo's life

November, loved, drove, forty, been, hasn't, lots, his, will, want. The actor is Johnny Depp. PAGE 75 The facts quiz

3 No. 4 yes.                       5 No.

6 Yes. 7 Yes. 8 No. 9 Yes. 10 No. PAGE 76 & PAGE 77 Do you love school?

A You like your holidays but school is better! You're clever; the teachers like you; you have some good friends too. B You like school, but sometimes you are lazy, because you think your friends are more important than homework. C You're quiet and good and you try to do good work. But you like the holidays better than school. Don't worry! School is not so bad. D For you there are three important things in the school day: the break between the lessons, the lunch hour and the moment when the school bell tells you it's time to go home. E You don't like school - but there is some hope for you because you are doing this quiz - in English! Well done!

PAGE 78 The party

1 -C (Excuse me!) 2- B (Are you taller than me?) 3

- D (What a pity!) 4 - F (It doesn't matter.)

5 - A (I'm sorry.) 6- H (Can you help me, please?) 7 -G (Can I help you?) 8 - E (This is too heavy for you.) PAGE 79 Big cats bigger, longer, bigger, smaller, longer, rarest, fastest.

PAGE 80 The Lion King

23 -4; 1 - 19; 24- 23; 27 - 26; 9- 8.

The word is: Help.

PAGE 81 My ideal job

Mostly € = teacher Mostly = film star

Mostly O = farmer                 Mostly ¥ = business man

Mostly        = artist

better than skiing for you. 14- 18 = You are a skier, but think about snowboarding;

PAGE 82 The Pocahontas puzzle

1. became, 2. had, 3. lived, 4. was, 5. came,

6. put, 7. learned, 8. caught, 9. took, 10. died,

11. built, 12. wanted. Pocahontas lived in Chesapeake Bay.

PAGE 83 The Native American quiz The false facts are 5 and 6.    

The place is Minnesota

PAGE 84 Pancake day

The correct sequence goes from the top lefthand corner: 6, 8, 3, 10, 4, 17, 9, 5, 2.

PAGE 85 The Boyzone puzzle

PAGES 88 & 89           Fun in the sun 1 All-action tourist! you are fit and brave, but you need another holiday now! 2 You know what you want. Nothing is going to stop you! 3 Sun lover! For you, paradise is the beach, the sun and the sea but don't forget the sun-tan cream! 4 The typical British tourist! You have a red face and you wear silly clothes when you are on holiday. 5 The selfish tourist. You don't respect the countries you visit. 6 The normal tourist. 7 The serious tourist. Holidays are education for you. You love old buildings and museums. 8 The green tourist. You respect the environment.

Nature watch

                                                                                   Nature                                                            The ice skating puzzle                       71

                                                                                  Nature watch                                                 Introducing/describing yourself

                                                                                    Numbers                                                         What kind of pop star are you?         48

                                                                                                                                                            Snowboarding or skiing?                  72

Must/mustn't

                                                                                                                                                            Do you have a hard life?                   45

                                                                                                                                                              Are you a fish?                                      65

Making plans

                                                                                                                                                              The invitation maze                             47

Personality quizzes

Adopt an animal   26 Favourite animals    36 Do you have a hard life?

                                                                                                                                                              What kind of pop star are you?         48

Shopping

                                                                                                                                                             The birthday present                         43

Sometimes/often/never/always

Do you have a hard life?

Sport

                                                                                                                                                             The ice skating puzzle                       71

Verbs (present simple tense)

                                                                                                                                                                    PUPILS                  MORE THAN

THREE YEARS OF ENGLISH

Verbs (past tense)

                                                                                                                                                              Rescue the animal lover                     31

Describing others

The Boyzone puzzle English-speaking world

Down under. The Canada quiz.

Going to future

Fun in the sun...... .... . . Good at/bad at..

What's your game .

Humour

Punch lines... . ..

Personality quizzes What's your game?

Fun in the sun.

Question tags

The Lion King....

Verbs (past tense) Leo's life .

The Pocahontas puzzle

Keith Brumpton, Phill Burrows, Mark Burgess, Abigail Carney, Chris Cox, Keith Hodgson, Keith

Stuart Harrison, David Lock, David Parkins,

Andrew Warrington and Nick Abadzis

Photos by:

Australian Tourist Commission, Canadian Tourism

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