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Contents

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1 All about Me
2 My Dream Rööni
3 Crazy Cranford
4 Pirates|
5 Holiday Posteard
-Á Day in my Life
7 Poems for Fun
8 Hobbies
9 Make a Mask

present tense: be, have dot
hase got, there is Lard, prepositions Be
present continuous tense
‘present Gontinuous tense
adventure’ verbs:
present continuous tense
mansion

10. What's for Sale?
11 Tom and the Dinosaur
12 Kidnapped

‘present simple tense: question fornis:

18 Firet
14 Ghost Castle

present simple tense for routing

present simple tense’

“present simp

Imperati
sequencers (first, then, net, ete.)
past simple tense

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15 Dracula at the Dentist

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rune

ibrevnted sentences

16 Dolphin Reseue

ast sitple tenia!

17 George's Diary

ast simple tense
Prepositions
‘past simple tense

18 Camping in the Forest
19 A Strange Dream
20 Sa
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Animals
21

Party Time

22 The Creature

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feelings

Word order within a sentence

‘using punctuation

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‘everyday activities

tHeme-related vocabulary
leisureacivities

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model making:

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plotrelated vocabulary
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going to for plans:

ast simple tense

finding rhymes:

‘ising topielsentences (key sentences in @ paragraph)
recognising sequencers

making questions:

otdting ïdeis within 2 paragraph

.isitg eØlililetions to lengdion sentences:

finan safety inthe home
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conrectiniga first drat

plot-related vocabulary

word ofer within a longer sentence

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‘camping and outdoor leisure activities
Gaming Aled *adventurer Veiis:
using adjectives:

recognising topic sentences

ordering ideas within a paragraph

present simple tense:

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conjunctions to join sentences

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identifying topies for new paragraphs:

using adjectives
recognising (opie sentences
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Comprehension

2 This is the order for sentences.

Hi! Tm Amy, Find me and my friend:
picture 1. I'm on my bicycle.
Ive got short, blond hair and glasses, My best friend is Laura. She's
got curly, black hair. Jessica is my cousin, She's very pretty, and

she’s got a pony-tail. The girl with long, straight hair is from my

school. Her name is Lisa. The serious boy with glasses is my
neighbour.

(Hle's/She's got
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b) Deseribe your family.

Match the opposites.

©) blond
d) pretty/handsorne
e) straight

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curly

D

short
dark
plain/ugly

You are writing to a friend. Draw a

thin

Prepare for writing

1 Punctuate the questions and sentences using ,?. and

capital letters.
a) Ay has gotshort, blond hale,
b)

lisa is the girl with long straight hair

d)

is your brother handsome

©) has laura got black hair

apony-tail / has got / My cousin /

3 Have you got any photos of family/friends to show the class?
a) Describe your best friend. (He's/She’s
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Vocabulary

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b) has got/ Laura/ curly hair/.
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b) What's her brother's hobby? Describe him.
©) Describe her father and mother.

b) tall —

a) has got /Amy / short hair /.

4) has got/My neighbour/ glasses /.

a) What has Amy got in her room?

a) fat

Put these words in order to make sentences in your notebook.

¢) is/tall and dark / My brother/

Look at pictures 2 and 3.

3

Subject | Verb | End of sentence
Amy
short hair

writing

your description next to the picture.

picture of yourself. Write


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My Dream Room

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Vocabulary

2. Now look at room 2. Punctuate the sentences. Use full

Look at the pictures. Write these words in the boxes.
bed mirror wardrobe computer food machine cushion
robot video drums
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stops (.) and capital letters.

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photos of pop stars on the walls there is a guitar in the room the
mitror is beside the wardrobe.

Comprehension

3 Now draw your dream room. (Perhaps it is the room one of

Look at room 1.

a) This room has got a small bed. YES/@O)

b) There isa TV in the room, YES/NO

¢) There is a cushion on the bed, YES/NO.
d) There are two chairs in the room. YES/NO
e) There's a computer under the window. YES/NO

your favourite
‘There is

1 Read about room 1. The prepositions are wrong! Underline
them. Then choose the correct word from the box.
in(x2)

beside

‘This is a bedroom from the y

under

on

2010. There's a large bed ingn the

room. There's a homework help machine in the bed, The video is on
the TV. The TY is over the food machine and the wardrobe. There'sa
computer under the table. This room has got a robot cleaner! It’s
under the wardrobe,

/ There are

/T’s got

writing

Now write about your room and win this compet

Prepare for writing

between

pop stars or actors sleeps in!) Colour the picture.

4 Talk about your room.

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room is not very tidy . fhere are clothes on the floor it’s got

Write about your dream bedroom.

Win a fantastic prize!
1st prize Music
Centre


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Crazy Cranford


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Vocabulary

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1 Do you remember the order for sentences?

You can see these things in the picture.
Make words from the letters.

Subject | Verb
People | are buying

a) LLABRUME — You carry this in the rain.
b) VEETPAMN

You walk along this in the town.

c) SPTOXBO

—_You post your letters here,

d) RAPNSEWPE

This gives you thenews,

e) YCBICEL

You can ride this.

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Prepare for writing

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Comprehension

What's happening in Crazy Cranford today?
a) The pig on top of the postbox is green. YES@)
b) The man with the umbrella is wearing
a lady's hat. YES/NO.
©) There is a cow at the bus stop, YES/NO.
d) The van has got four wheels. YES/NO

©) The woman is wearing her coat the wrong way. YES/NO

Now talk about the other crazy things in Cranford.

End of sentence
fish in the shoe shop.

Put these words in order to make sentences in your notebook.
a) shoe shop/ People /in the / fish /are buying /,
b) issitting/A pig /on the postbox/,
©) Acow/at the bus stop / is waiting /.
4) backwards /The boys / their bicycles
/ are riding /.
&) The cat /to the shops /is going /.

2 Punctuate
this passage using

5? and capital letters,

Aueres a cow standing at the bus stop its wearing shoes theres a
plane going along the pavement there are people buying fish in the
shoe shop the pig is reading a newspaper its wearing glasses.
BD Writing
You are a newspaper reporter and you are writing a report on

the village of Cranford. Write 10 sentences about what is
happening in the village at the moment.


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Pirates!


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Vocabulary

2 Make sentences.
a) The pirates

Find these verbs in the puzzle.

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hide
rescue

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is kissing the boy.

are stealing the treasure.

is rescuing
the girl.

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picture 2:

Comprehension

b) Where are the pirates in picture 2? What are they doing?
©) What is the boy doing behind the door?
4) Whatis the boy doing in pieture 3?

¢) What are the soldier and the pirate chief doing in picture 4?
1) What is the princess doing in picture 5?

Prepare for writing

1 In your notebook make sentences using the present
continuous tense. Then put the correct letters in the bubbles.
a) Help! Help! Where /you / take me?

b)

â)
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e)

Â) The soldier

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Compare the picture below with picture 2. Can you find eight
differences? Write them in two columns.

a) What are the pirates doing in picture 12

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b) The boy

watching the pirates.

Help! Help! Where
Ha! Ha! I/enjoy
/ this!
Hey! Why
/ you two
/ fight?
What/ happen/ here?
Right! We /take
/ you to prison!

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The parrot is sitting
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this picture:

The parrot is flying
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Vocabulary

2 Write Holly's postcard again with the correct words.

‘| What are the people doing? Put these words in the
correct boxes.
fishing paddling
playing volleyball
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rowing windsurfing reading sunbathing
playing football making sandeastles

the boy burying in the sand?
©) What is the boy buying?
) What are the people in the sea doing?
©) Where are the children paddling?

volleyball.

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Holly and her family are on holiday. The weather is wonderful. Her


Her little brother
and sister...

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Hope LJ, R, welt

‘© Prepare for writing
1 What's happening now? Fill the blanks with the missing
verbs.
motheris sitting in a chair and she

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shining and VOX am AO ing my brothers.
Please

the lady under the umbrella doing?

people

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a great

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Comprehension

children .

Dear Sam,

3 Look at this name and address.
Dear Sue,

her book.

. sandcastles. Two

Sue Cox
1, Ship Sb
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mat the edge of the sea and some
seen» Other children .

D Writing

Now imagine you are at the seaside. In your notebook
draw/write a postcard to your friend. Remember to write the
address on the right.


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A Day in my Life


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a)
b)
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d)
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Comprehension

2 Look again at the order of a sentence.

What time does Pluto get up?
How does he go to school?
What does he do from Yam to 2pm? What does he eat for lunch?
What does he do in the afternoon?
What does he do after dinner?
What do you think Pluto eats for breakfast?/does at the
weekend?/likes to watch on TV?
Vocabulary

Write the name next to the picture. Then match the verbs with

the pictures.

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a) board

b) play

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watch | TV

1

have | lunch | at home.

cat night.

3 A friend is describing a day in his life, from morning until
evening. This is a plan of his letter. Number the topics in the
right order.

LÌ xưng TT iter wien my tay
TT going to seat 9) early morning \_J afternoon
CA) secon

Write a letter to Pluto about what you do every day. Make a
plan of the topics before you begin.
Your address

1 Fill the blanks.

anake) it.

My favourite £004..... (be) moonburger and chips. My dad.
(work)
at the
space-station, My mum...

(have) ajob there too,
but only part-time,

| When

Put the words in order to make sentences in your notebook.
a) home/go/I/after schoo! /.
b) to the cinema /1 every week / go/
©) don't like /I/ science-fiction films /.
) my friends / every day /1/phone/,
e) in bed /every night / read / my book /T/

Prepare for writing

Ihave... (have) dinner at 6pm every day. Our robot

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©) have

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Subject | Verb | Object | Where

Dear Pluto,


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Poems for Fun
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My brother sits around all day
Beside the river Nile.
He loves to watch the fishes play;
He is a crocodile.
My sister has a lot of style,

She sings and plays the harp.
She has a lovely open smile, a
But oh! Her teeth are sharp! 1 Ầ
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Vocabulary

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Can you find these things in the picture?
sharp teeth

a)

b)
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1 Some poems don't rhyme. They can be just one sentence.
Look at these poems. They are shape poems. One poem is
about some stairs, so it goes down in the same shape as stairs.

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Comprehension

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Who likes to sit besie the River Nile?
What does he do there and why?
What does his sister play?
Describe his sister.

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writing

In some poems the last word in one sentence sounds the same

as the last word in another sentence. We say these words
rhyme. in this poem lines 2 and 4 rhyme. In your notebook
complete the poem with words from the box.

Now write a poem on this mountain shape.

1 Roses are ... £84,
2 Violets are .

And can you finish this love poem? (It isn’t very romantic!)
Lines 1 and 3, and lines 2 and 4 rhyme.
1 Hove your eyes, Hove your Sees...
please
2 Your nose is very
3 But, darling,

oad

can I ask you

110 go and WASH YOUR..........

feet
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sweet

knees

2. Now you think of a shape and write a shape poem. Try a
snake, for example, or a mouth.

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Vocabulary

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We divide a piece of writing into paragraphs. A paragraph
usually begins with a sentence which tells you the topic of the

1 Match the words with the picture.
a) totrain

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b) tosweat

6) to bow
d) to kneel

paragraph. It is called a topic sentence. Here are some topic

sentences.

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©
©
©
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I keep a judo diary.
We begin each class in the same way
‘There are a lot of competitions that we can enter.
My hobby és judo.
Many people start judo very young,

Choose the correct topic sentences for these paragraphs. Write
them in your notebook.

2

a) My.hobby.s judo I belong toa club and I train twice a week.I
‘wear a white suit and a belt. Lam quite good so T have a black
belt.
T write about the lessons and how I feel. I draw pictures,

©).

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Comprehension

a) Piet wre 1, What is Nicola's hobby?
b) Picture 2. What does Nicola do to keep fit? What does she wear?
¢) Picture 4. What do people do at the beginning of each evening at
the club?

d) Picture 5, How does Nicola help young people in the club?
e)

Picture 6. What does Nicola sometimes win at competitions?

. We stand in a line, opposite the teachers. Then we kneel

down and bow!
đ) ......... Every week [teach some of the young people. S
very good.
. When I win a cup, | am very happy. T want to win a lot of
e)

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writing

Now write one or two paragraphs about your favourite hobby

or sport. Begin each with a topic sentence. Then add more

sentences on that topic. Draw a picture, too.

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