GRAMMAR

UNIT 1
> CONSOLIDATION
1. Complete the table.
Possesive adjectives
I

my

you
he
she
we
they
2. Look at the information in the table and
write sentences about this boy.
name

Colin

age

14

nationality

Irish

tall?

no

eyes

green

favourite foods

pasta and chicken

1 His names Colin.

2 Hes ______________________________
3 __________________________________
4 __________________________________
5 __________________________________
6 __________________________________
3. Now write similar sentences about yourself.
1 My names____________________________
2 _____________________________________
3 _____________________________________
4 _____________________________________
5 _____________________________________
6 _____________________________________

7 _____________________________________
4. Write a/an before the object.
1 _______a_______ blackboard
2 _______________ eraser
3 _______________ pencil
4 _______________ desk
5 _______________ umbrella
6 _______________ envelope
7 _______________ apple
8 _______________ bag
9 _______________ exercise book
10 ______________ dictionary
5. Complete with in, on or at.
1 _______on______ Wednesday
2 _______________ night
3 _______________ ten oclock
4 _______________ August
5 _______________ winter
6 _______________ the morning
7 _______________ Saturday
8 _______________ the evening
9 _______________ midday
10 ______________ February

> EXTENSION
6. Write the questions for the sentences in
exercise 2.
1 Whats his name?
2 _____________________________________
3 _____________________________________
4 _____________________________________
5 _____________________________________
6 _____________________________________

7. What are the questions for these answers?

Use the question words in the box.
when

what

what time

where

who

how old

1 Who is he?
Hes my friend, Tony.
2 ___________________________________
Shes my sister, Sophie.
3 ___________________________________
Yes, she is English.
4 ___________________________________
Im from Newcastle.
5 ___________________________________
My favourite sports are skiing and
tennis.
6 ___________________________________
Theyre fine.
7 ___________________________________
Her names Gillian.
8 ___________________________________
Theyre from Austria.
9 ___________________________________
Im OK. Thanks.
10 ___________________________________
Her favourite actor is Brad Pitt.
11 ___________________________________
Dinner is at 7.30.
12 ___________________________________
Yes, hes very tall.
13 ___________________________________
Were from Nigeria.
14 ___________________________________
No, hes not a singer.
15 ___________________________________
The party is tomorrow.

8. Complete the text with a, an or nothing.

I like my bedroom. Ive got lots of things in
it. Theres 1 __a__ table and 2 _________
chairs, and on the table Ive got 3 _________
computer. Theres 4 _________ TV too, but I
havent got 5 _________ DVD player. There
are 6 _________ books and
7
_________ magazines. In one theres
8
_________ article about Brad Pitt. Hes
9
_________ actor. Ive got 10 _________
poster of him on my wall.
9. Complete with the correct preposition.
1 On school days I get up 1 _________
seven oclock 2 _________ the morning
and I go to bed 3 _________ ten oclock
4
_________ night.
1
2
_________ the winter I get up
2
________ nine oclock 3 _________
Saturdays to play football. 4 _________
the afternoon I visit my grandmother
5
_________ four oclock.

UNIT 2
> CONSOLIDATION
1. Look at this example:
Affirmative - Youve got a bike.
Negative - You havent got a bike.
Question - Have you got a bike?
Now write the missing sentences.
1 Affirmative - Shes got a computer.
Negative - ________________________
Question - ________________________
2

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Theres a mirror __above__ the fireplace.

Theres a ball __________ the table.
There are pictures __________ the walls.
There are papers __________ the
wastepaper bin.
There is an armchair __________ the fire.
There are some books ________ the chair.
Theres a dog __________ the sofa.
There is a chair __________ the desk.

3. Write sentences using the words given.

1 no - water - bottle
There isnt any water in the bottle.

Affirmative - ______________________
Negative - They havent got a video.
Question - ________________________

2 money - bank

Affirmative - ______________________
Negative - ________________________
Question - Has he got a radio?

4 no - a shop - village

2. Look at the picture and complete the

sentences with the correct preposition from
the box.
aboveinnearnexttoonunder

3 trees - forest

5 no - people - shop
6 a church - next to - park

> EXTENSION
4. Look at the pictures and write sentences
about the people.

5. Now write questions and short answers

about the pictures on the previous page.
1 Vicente - walkman?
Has Vicente got a walkman? No, he
hasnt.
2 Almudena mobile phone?

Ral

Luca

3 Marta walkman?
4 Ral and Marta bikes?
5 Ral mobile phone?

Marta

Almudena
6 Alberto and Almudena CD players?
7 Vicente and Luca bikes?

Vicente

Alberto

1 Ral walkman
Ral hasnt got a walkman. Hes got a
CD player.
2 Luca - CD player
3 Marta and Almudena CD players
4 Vicente and Luca bikes
5 Vicente - walkman
6 Alberto and Almudena bikes
7 Alberto mobile phone
8 Ral and Vicente mobile phones

6. Complete the sentences with the correct

form of there is, there isnt, there are or there
arent.
1 Is there a supermarket near Johns house?
2 __________ a photo of the king in the
newspaper.
3 __________ any cinemas near the
school?
4 __________ a train from the airport to
the city.
5 __________ any museums in your town?
6 __________ any restaurants in this
village?
7 __________ any chairs in the classroom.
The classroom is empty.
8 __________ a bakery near my house.
I buy my bread in the supermarket.

9 __________ any students in the

classroom.

UNIT 3
> EXTENSION
> CONSOLIDATION
1. Write complete sentences. Use the correct
form of the present simple (affirmative or
negative)
1 He/not/play/tennis
He doesnt play tennis.

3. Write sentences about the animal in the

picture based on the words given.

2 They/not/listen to/pop music

3 She/eat/apples
4 We/not/like/French
5 Tom/watch/a lot of films

1 sit down/often
A camel often sits down.
2 drink water/not often

6 Lisa and Ann/live/London

3 eat sand/never
7 The dog/run/park
4 carry people/sometimes
8 My sister/not/help/at home
5 live in the desert/always
2. Write sentences using words from the box.
alwaysoftenneversometimesusually
1 bears fish
Bears often eat fish.
2 polar bears white
3 penguins fly
4 sharks attack people
5 pandas bamboo

6 be brown/usually

UNIT 4

6 Do not give food to the animals in the

zoo. (give)

> CONSOLIDATION
7 Walk in the corridors. (run)
1. Correct these sentences.
1 I can to swim.
I can swim.
2 She no can cook.
3 Were can play chess.
4 Cats can no fly.
5 They dont can drive.
6 He cans ride a bike.

3. Complete the sentences with do or does.

1 Do tortoises eat lettuce?
2 _______ an elephant live for 200 years?
3 _______ parrots talk?
4 _______ kangaroos live in Spain?
5 _______ a zebra have orange stripes?
6 _______ dolphins communicate?
7 _______ a crocodile eat meat?
8 _______ sharks live in rivers?
9 _______ pandas eat potatoes?
10 _______ you like animals?

7 She can speak German?

8 Can you to help me?
9 Can she to come to the party?

2. Write the rules with must or mustnt and

the verbs given.
1 Price: 10 (pay)
You must pay 10.
2 No walking on the grass. (walk)
3 Washing hands: Obligatory. (wash)
4 Be quiet during the exam. (talk)
5 Use a pen. (write)

4. Write short answers for the questions in

exercise 3.
1 Yes, they do.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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> EXTENSION
5. Write sentences about abilities based on
the pictures and the verb given.

7 talk
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6. Look at these sports rules and write
sentences.
1 football use your hands
You mustnt use your hands.
2 tennis kick the ball
3 sailing have a boat
4 basketball run with the ball

7. Write questions about the animals for the

answers given.
1 fly
A bird can fly but a dog cant.
2

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swim
___________________________________
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walk
___________________________________
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jump
___________________________________
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cook
___________________________________
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drive
___________________________________
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1 Does a deer run a lot?

Yes. It runs a lot.
2 ___________________________________
Yes. Some live in trees.
3 ___________________________________
No. It doesnt eat meat.

4 ___________________________________
They live in Australia.
5 ___________________________________
Yes, they often climb trees.
6 ___________________________________
It eats fish.
7 ___________________________________
Yes, they sing.
8 ___________________________________
It sleeps underground.

UNIT 5
> CONSOLIDATION
1. Complete the text with some or a.
In the fridge weve got 1 some milk and
2
________ bottle of water. Weve got
3
________ apples, 4 ________ packet of
biscuits and 5 ________ orange juice.
In the freezer weve got 6 ________ soup
and 7 ________ ice-cream. Weve got
8
________ packet of peas and 9 ________
ice.
2. Complete the sentences about the pictures.

3. Write questions in the present continuous

using these words.
1 man/run
Is the man running?
2 girl/eat/banana
3 dogs/sleep
4 boy/wear/T-shirt
5 woman/read
6 cat/drink
7 men/wear/hats
8 birds/fly

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

The man is running.

The woman _________________________
The birds ___________________________
The cat ____________________________
They ______________________________
The woman _________________________
The man ___________________________
The girl ____________________________
The frogs ___________________________

> EXTENSION

5. Look at the pictures and write sentences

starting with there.

4. Write short answers for the questions in

exercise 3 based on the pictures.

1
2
3
4
5
6

Yes, he is.
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Theres a fish in the fish tank.

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UNIT 6
> CONSOLIDATION
1. Complete the text with the verbs given in
the past.
When I 1 was (be) seven I 2 __________
(live) in Rome with my family. We
3
___________ (be) very happy there
because we all 4 ___________ (like) the
city. Two years later we 5 ___________
(move) to Lisbon because my dad
6
___________ (change) jobs and that
7
___________ (be) good too. Then last
year my parents 8 ___________ (decide) to
come back to London because they
9
___________ (want) me to go to an
English school, but I 10 ___________
(prefer) living in Italy and Portugal. The
weather 11 ___________ (be) much better!
2. Match the infinitive on the left with the
past form on the right.
1 begin
ate
2 can
came
3 come
went
4 do
met
5 drink
began
6 eat
spoke
7 get
took
8 go
did
9 have
made
10 make
flew
11 see
drank
12 take
had
13 fly
got
14 meet
saw
15 speak
could

3. Write the negative form of the verbs in

exercise 1.
1 wasnt
7 __________
2 __________ 8 __________
3 __________ 9 __________
4 __________ 10 __________
5 __________ 11 __________
6 __________
> EXTENSION
4. The past forms of these verbs are wrong.
Correct them.
verb
past?
correct form
gave
1 give
gived
2 win
wan
_______________
3 know
knaw
_______________
4 say
sayed
_______________
5 sleep
sleeped _______________
6 leave
leaved _______________
5. Write a sentence about each picture using
the verbs from exercise 4 in the past.

1
2
3
4
5

The boy gave the girl a present.

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UNIT 7
> CONSOLIDATION
1. Look at exercise 1 in Unit 6 and use the
words to write questions.
1 how old/he?
How old was he?
2 where/live?

TV.
6 A: I went shopping yesterday.
B: Did you buy ___________?
7 Come here. I want to show you _______
8 Shes not normally so late. _________ is
wrong.
3. Look at the picture and complete the
sentences.

3 they/happy/Rome?
4 like/city?
5 where/move/two years/later?
6 why/move?
7 Lisbon/good?
8 what/parents/decide?

2. Fill in the gaps with something or

anything.
1 A: I feel like doing something tonight.
Lets go to the cinema.
B: Im too tired; I dont want to do
__________. I want to stay at home.
2 They are very lazy they never do
___________.
3 Please bring ________ to eat and drink
on the school trip.
4 Have you got _________ to drink? Im
very thirsty.
5 He doesnt like watching ________ on

1 There were two birds in the tree.

2 __________ __________ a dog running.
3 __________ __________ any children
in the garden? No, __________
__________
4 __________ __________ a table? Yes,
__________ __________
5 On the table __________ __________
two bottles.
6 __________ __________ some water in
the bottles.

> EXTENSION
4. Write questions for these answers.
1 Did you like the concert?
Yes, I liked the concert.
2 ___________________________________
He wanted an ice-cream.
3 ___________________________________
They played at four oclock.
4 ___________________________________
Yes, they were Italian.
5 ___________________________________
I travelled by train.

UNIT 8
> CONSOLIDATION
1. Write complete sentences about these
future plans using the present continuous.
1 she/go/beach/Saturday
Shes going to the beach on Saturday.
2 we/watch/film/tonight
3 they/play/football/tomorrow

_________________ (play) tennis. The

match 6 ________________________
(start) at 10.00. I 7 ___________________
____ (have) lunch at home and then I
8
______________________ (go) shopping
in the afternoon. In the evening we 9 _____
_________________ (have) a party. On
Sunday I 10 ______________________
(rest) and I 11 ______________________
(do) my homework - write about my
weekend!
5

4 I/meet/friends/later
> EXTENSION
5 Billy/have/barbecue/Sunday
6 Andy/not come/party/weekend
7 we/not leave/today
8 you/go/holiday/summer?
9 he/fly/to England?

2. Complete the text with plans or intentions

using the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
Ive got a lot of things planned for this
weekend. On Friday night 1 Im going to
see (see) a film with some friends. We
2
______________________ (watch)
Planet of the Apes. Then my best friend
3
______________________ (stay) the
night at my house. We 4 _______________
_______ (get up) early on Saturday and we

3. Write questions for these answers.

1 What are you going to eat?
Im going to eat spaghetti.
2 Who
Hes going to see his grandmother.
3 ___________________________________
Theyre going to live in Italy.
4 ___________________________________
Shes going to travel by bus.
5 ___________________________________
Yes, were going to play tennis.
6 ___________________________________
No, hes not going to watch the film.
7 ___________________________________
Im going to visit my friends.

VOCABULARY
ACTIVITIES IN TOWN

______
ADJECTIVES FOR DESCRIBING
PEOPLE

1. Match the two parts of the phrases.

1 go to the
a clothes
2 listen to
b DVD/video
3 try on
c pizza
4 buy
d haircut
5 have a
e cinema
6 eat some
f food
7 get
g friends
8 go
h CDs
9 meet some
i shopping
10 rent a
j money

1. Match to form adjectives.

1 ha
a nd
2 beauti
b in
3 th
c ous
4 sa
d nny
5 seri
e ful
6 un
f ppy
7 qui
g d
8 u
h friendly
9 ki
i et
10 fu
j gly

2. Read the sentences and match them with

an activity in exercise 1.
a Were going to see a horror film. 1
b I like the green top and the blue one.
Which one shall I choose? ______
c Im really hungry. Lets go to the
bakers.______
d My favourite band is Destinys Child.
______
e I need to go to the bank before we go
shopping. ______
f Im going to order pepperoni and
cheese. ______
g Were going to see Tom and Lisa and I
think Pete will come too. ______
h My hair is really long. It needs cutting.
______
i Were going to get a comedy film from
the shop. ______
j Im going to buy a new pair of jeans.

2. Now complete the sentences about yourself

using the words above.
Im happy but Im not serious.
1 Im ________________ but Im not

happy
______________
______________
______________
______________
______________
______________
______________
______________
______________

2 Im ________________ and Im
3 Im not ________________ and Im not

3. Write the opposite of the adjectives.

1 happy
sad
2 friendly
_______________
3 ugly
_______________
4 noisy
_______________
5 mean
_______________
6 fat
_______________
7 young
_______________
8 short
_______________
9 unkind
_______________

10 funny

_______________

ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PARTS

3. Draw a picture of these parts of animals.

Fish

1. Complete the words to form names of

animals.
1 tortoise
2 t___r
3 c_______e
4 m____y
5 e______t
6 l__n
7 e___e
8 p_____n

1
2
3
4
5

2. What are the names of these animals?

scales
a tail
claws
a beak
a trunk

6
7
8
9
10

fur
a horn
wings
feathers
tongue

AT HOME
1. Match the objects in the box with the
pictures below.

1
2
3
4

dog
______________
______________
______________

5
6
7
8

bed

chair

cooker

fridge

table

telephone

toilet

sofa

1. _____________

2. _____________

3. _____________

4. _____________

_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________

2. In what rooms in a house do you find the

objects from exercise 1? Choose from the box.
bathroom bedroom
livingroom kitchen

5. _____________

7. _____________

6. _____________

8. _____________

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

diningroom

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3. Match the parts of the words to form

rooms and parts of the house.
1 arm
a ic
armchair
2 kit
b wer
__________
3 bed
c chair
__________
4 sta
d ge
__________
5 ro
e chen
__________
6 sho
f om
__________
7 att
g irs
__________
8 gara
h room
__________
4. Order the letters to find the names of
objects in a bedroom.
1 deb
bed
2 btale
t_______________
3 trosep
p_______________
4 mpal
l_______________
5 caihr
c_______________
6 bewdrora
w_______________
7 abuporcd
c_______________

CLOTHES

2. Find six more words related to clothes in

the word search.

1. Write the words next to the pictures.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

T-Shirt
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belt
s__________________________________
s__________________________________
s__________________________________
t__________________________________
t__________________________________
t__________________________________

3. Match the parts of the words to form

clothes or parts of clothes. Then draw
pictures in the boxes.
1 sh
a ots
2 z
b ton
3 tra
c ksuit
4 bo
d ss
5 trac
e ket
6 but
f irt
7 dre
g ip
8 jac
h iners
1

COUNTRIES AND CONTINENTS

1. Find the names of the continents.
S O U H T A E I
F O S I
I

A S I

M E M N

E R U O F

A U O C E N I

U R A I

C G P T A A O P T O M C
A S I

A H M M H P P E A

C A T I
I

N A A M U E I

E G U E O F E A

F S T R P H J
A C I

X N I

C C R C T I

S R T U E

M M Q I

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

R C

D A F E C O

A N T A R C T I

C A C A

Asia
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2. Rearrange the letters to make the name of

a country.
Germany
1 megryan
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

ziblar
comocor
nipas
nibiart
daurcoe
xicome
putlargo
aliasurat
recnaf

2
3
4
5

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W T H K M M A R S C N

R R G J

3. Group the countries from exercise 2 into

continents.
1 Europe: Germany,___________________

________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________

DAYS AND MONTHS

1. Fill in the letters to make the days of the
week.
1 S_______
2 _ _ _ N _ _ _ A_
3 _R_D__
4 _O___Y
5 _U_____
6 __U_____
7 S_____
2. Write the name of the month.
1 After February: March
2 Before June: May
3 After October: __________
4 Between July and September:
__________
5 Before February: __________
6 After August: __________
7 Between March and May: __________
8 Before July: __________
9 After November: __________
10 Between January and March:
__________
11 Before August: __________
12 After September: __________

EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES AND ADVERBS

OF FREQUENCY
1. Match the phrases below to the pictures.

2. Order the letters to form adverbs of

frequency.
1 notef
often
2 ervne
________________
3 lwsyaa
________________
4 toimesems ________________
5 alusuly
________________
3. How often do you do the things in exercise
1? Write a sentence.
1 I always have lunch.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

have lunch
listen to music
meet your friends after school
go to the cinema
clean your teeth
do sport
watch TV
have a shower
read a book
get up late

f
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____

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FAMILY
1. Take a letter from each box to write the
names of nine family members.

2. Find seven more family members in the

word search and complete the words. Look
up the meaning in a dictionary.
G R A N D D A U G H T E R
R H W J

M
A

S
R

S
A

D
O

G
I

G
O

C
O

A J

N E P

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

W W G K C M

D P E

P W Q W N H K F U F

O I

1
2
3
4

U F V L S

L E

N F P
N

H E

N T I

S O C I
S

H X L

H Y

U U T

T I

B N O

R O E E T

L E

A Z X C V B N A

M I

H U S

aunt
g _ _ _d _ _ _ _ h _ _ r
g__n___n
h_s___d

B A N D Q

5
6
7
8

n____w
n___e
u___e
w_f_

FOOD
1. Choose a word from the box for each
description.
sandwich orange tomato water cake
icecream milk
sugar
hamburger

mother
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carrot

1 A fruit with the same name as its colour.

orange
2 Its cold and sweet. _________
3 Something made with two pieces of
bread. _________
4 A drink with no colour. _________
5 An American food. _________
6 Its white and sweet. _________
7 A drink that comes from cows. _______
8 You put candles on it on your birthday.
_________
9 A red fruit. _________

10 An orange vegetable. _________

3. Write the names of the household chores

under each picture.

HELPING AT HOME
1. Rearrange the letters to form verbs for
household chores.
1 kema
make
2 vorohe
________________
3 nior
________________
4 yitd
________________
5 kate tuo
________________
6 od
________________
7 shaw
________________
8 lya
________________
9 deef
________________
2. Now use the verbs from exercise 1 to
complete the household chores. (Use some
verbs more than once.)
1 make
breakfast
2 __________ the car
3 __________ my room
4 __________ the floor
5 __________ the washing-up
6 __________ a shirt
7 __________ the table
8 __________ the dinner
9 __________ the rubbish
10 __________ my bed
11 __________ the dog

1
2
3
4
5
6

hoover the house

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MOUNTAINS,RIVERSANDDESERTS

OBJECTS

1. Fill in the vowels (a, e, i, o, u) to complete

the words.
1 the M i s s i s s i p p i
2 the K _ l _ h _ r _
3 the _ l p s
4 the S _ h _ r _
5 the H _ m _ l _ y _ s
6 the R _ c k _ _ s
7 the N _ l _
8 the _ m _ z _ n
9 the G _ b _
10 the _ n d _ s

1. Join the two parts of the words. Then

write the word below the correct picture.
bo
azine
_______________
pen
bile
_______________
ta
ke
_______________
CD
ok
_______________
vi
ter
_______________
ra
deo
video
pos
puter
_______________
mag
cil
_______________
com
ler
_______________
bi
ble
_______________
ru
dio
_______________
mo
player
_______________

2. Use the place names from exercise 1 to

give two examples for each word.
1 river___________________
2 mountain________________
3 desert__________________
3. Match the places from exercise 1 with the
continents.
1 Africa
__________________
2 Europe
__________________
3 North America __________________
4 Asia
__________________
5 South America __________________

1. video

2. _____________

3. _____________

4. _____________

5. _____________

6. _____________

PLACESINTOWN

7. _____________

8. _____________

9. _____________

10. ____________

11. ____________

12. ____________

ORDINAL NUMBERS WITH DATES

1. Write the following dates.
1 1/7 the first of July
2 3/6 ____________________
3 4/2 ____________________
4 9/10 ___________________
5 5/3 ____________________
6 2/5 ____________________

1. Match the first part of each word with the

second and the third.
1 di
em
ket
2 sp
n
ice
3 sup
pa
o
4 ba
f
k
5 car
sc

6 ch
off
centre
7 post
ermar
ists
8 ca
orts
rk
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

disco
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2. Match the sentences with the places in

exercise 1.
1 You buy medicine here.
2 You can do all your food shopping here.
3 You keep your money here.
4 You pay by the hour here.
5 You do different sports here.
6 You go dancing here.

7 You have something to eat here.

2. Which school subjects are these sentences
about? Choose from the box.

8 You can buy stamps here.

SCHOOL SUBJECTS
1. Find ten more school subjects in the word
puzzle and write them below.
T H Y H P A R G O E G
U E I

W V E M A I

S X C H E M I
I

O A

T R Y

F E H X G H U T B R

C F R E

N C H G O I

G E A J

L O R T

G O T

M A T H S P L M Y L S
U C U W N H O O S O I
S C I
I

S Y H P I

G G H

G E D A F E W V Y E

C Y H P

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

A R G O E G N

physics
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geography

science

French

English

art

history

maths

music

1
2
3
4
5
6

Paint a picture. art

5 8 = 40 __________________________
Bonjour! _________________________
Rome is the capital of Italy. ____________
Water = H2O ________________________
1492: Columbus discovers America.
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7 Play the piano. ______________________
8 The negative of do is dont. __________

TIME

TRANSPORT

1. Complete the sentences by making words

from the letters in brackets.
1 He gets up (segt pu) at 7.30.
2 She has a __________ (wesohr) at 7.45.
3 They have ____________ (ksftarbea) at
8.10.
4 She has ____________ (clhnu) at 1.20.
5 I go ____________ (meho) at 4.55.
6 They ___________ (layp) tennis at 5.40.
7 We ____________ (cathw) TV at 6.15.
8 He goes to __________ (dbe) at 10.50.

1. Find eleven more forms of transport in the

word search.

2. Write the times from exercise 1.

1 7.30 = half past seven
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

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3. Write sentences about yourself and the

activities in exercise 1. Include the time you
do each thing.
1 I get up at a quarter past seven.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

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T F

SR

KZ

AM B

T A

EF

W V

BU

OI

AR

W K

RE

DO

M N

MV

WAYS OF TRAVELLING
1. Match the nouns with the way of
travelling.
1 boat
a ride
2 plane
b cycle
3 bicycle
c sail
4 underground
d drive
5 car
e fly
2. Complete with the correct preposition.
1 I travelled to Hong Kong ____ plane.
2 Clive went to the post box ____ foot.
3 Sharon goes to school ____ bus.
4 Tricia went to the Greek Islands ____
boat.

READING AND WRITING

TRULY INTERNATIONAL!
1. Read the two texts and choose a title for each from these four.
a A European Boy
c A Spanish Boy
b A French Girl
d An International Girl
1 ______________________________________
My names Mayra and Im Brazilian, or maybe
Italian. Im not sure. Its because my mother is
Brazilian and my father is Italian. When people
ask Where are you from? I sometimes say Im
from Brazil, sometimes Im from Italy and
sometimes I dont know! The problem is that I
live in Brazil for most of the year but in the
summer Im in Italy with my uncle, aunt and
cousins. Theyre from Rome.
2. Now decide which maps go with which
text.

2 ______________________________________
Im Jacques and Im French, but my grandfather
is Spanish. My complete name is Jacques Garcia.
Im from Paris but Im in Spain for the holidays.
My brother lives in Madrid, and my sister in
Barcelona but they are both French, like me. I
speak Spanish very well and sometimes I pretend
I am from Spain!

3. Read the texts again and answer the

questions.
Text 1
1 Where is Mayras mother from?
Shes from Brazil.
2 Where is Mayras father from?

3 Is Mayras uncle Brazilian?

3

1
2
3
4

Map 1 text 2
Map 2 __________________
Map 3 __________________
Map 4 __________________

4 Who is from Rome?

Text 2
5 What is Jacques complete name?
6 Are his brother and sister Spanish?
7 Who is Spanish in Jacques family?

8 Is Jacques in Spain for the holidays?

> Write
4. Invent a new identity. Imagine your father
is from one country and your mother from
another. Write about yourself. Think about
these things:
Where are you during the year and in
the holidays?
What languages do you speak?
Where is your family aunts, uncles,
cousins, grandparents?

THE PRICE OF FAME

time. __________

1. Read the article and decide which picture

is best.
Abbie Hook is a young and successful pop star.
Everybody likes her songs. Shes got money,
shes got a fast car, shes got a big house at the
beach and shes famous. But is she happy?
This is what Abbie says: Many people think
that if youve got everything you want, you are
happy, but this is not always true.
Her brother, Ben, is her manager. Abbie is only
nineteen and she hasnt got much experience.
Shes fortunate because she does a job that she
really likes, but the problem shes got is that she
doesnt want to be famous.
Abbie continues: When I go shopping,
reporters ask me about the things I buy. When
Im in the street Im never alone. People expect
me to be a pop star 24 hours a day. I know Im
very lucky, but sometimes I just want to be a
normal person, doing normal things.
2. Read the article again and decide if these
sentences are true or false.
1 Abbies got two cars. False
2 Her house is in the mountains.
__________
3 Ben is Abbies brother. __________
4 Abbie is a teenager. __________
5 Shes got a lot of experience.
__________
6 She likes being famous. __________
7 She hasnt got any problems.
__________
8 She doesnt want to be a pop star all the

> Write
3. Imagine you are a rich and famous person.
Write about your life. Think about these
things:
Who are you? pop star? actor/actress?
athlete? etc.
What things have you got? - cars? boats?
big house? etc.
What are the good and bad points about
your life?
AN IDEAL SCHOOL DAY
1. Read the text and find
a four school subjects

art, ___________________________
b four verbs for daily routines
get up, ________________________
c five times of day
11.00, _________________________
Parents are not very happy about a
revolutionary project in Newcastle in the
north of England, but the local kids love it.
This is the idea: secondary school, for children
from 11 to 18, doesnt start until eleven oclock,
which means the children dont get up at a
normal time like half past seven. They get up at
ten oclock! The first class of the day is always
a subject in which you dont write much, like
art or music, because most people dont like
writing when they first get to school. Then the
children have subjects like maths or French
before they have lunch at twenty to three.

5 What time do they have lunch?

6 How old is Darrel?
7 What does Darrel do before he goes to
bed?
8 Does his mother like the plan?

>Write
3. What is your ideal school day? Include at
least five school subjects and choose the
times. Write about 60 words.
I get up at half past nine and I watch TV
for half an hour. School starts at
___________________________________

Darrel, who is 13, says: I think the idea is

great! I dont go to bed until two oclock in the
morning, so I can watch all the late films on
television!

___________________________________

His mother, Laura, doesnt agree. I think its a

terrible idea, she says.

___________________________________

2. Read the article again and answer these

questions.
1 Where is the project?
In Newcastle.

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2 What do the children think about it?

AN UNUSUAL JOB

3 What happens at ten oclock?

1. Read the text and decide if Tom:

a likes his job
b loves his job
c hates his job

4 What is the first class if it isnt art?

doesnt like his job

7 What do the animals do at the lake?

Tom NBoto works in one of the many national

parks in Kenya. Tom tells us about what he
does at the start of his working day.

8 What does Tom feel when he sees the

animals?

Interviewer: Tom, what time do you start

work?
Tom: Well, I start work very early. At half past
five in the morning.
Interviewer: That is early. Why dont you start
later?
Tom: Because our main job is to look after the
animals, and many of them get up when the sun
comes up, so we do too.
Interviewer: Do you have a problem with
getting up so early?
Tom: No, not at all. Its great to see all the
animals coming to drink at the lake. Its a
beautiful sight. I never get tired of it. Im very
happy every day when I see them all.
2. Read the text again and answer the
questions.
1 What country does Tom live in?
He lives in Kenya.
2 Where does Tom work?

>Write
3. Imagine you are the writer of the article.
Continue the interview with Tom and write
more questions and answers. Think about
some of these things:
what hours Tom works, who Tom works
with
what animals he sees, how he looks after
them
what the animals eat, what they do,
where they sleep
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3 What time does Tom start work?

___________________________________
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4 What is the main part of Toms job?

5 When do many of the animals get up?
6 Does Tom have a problem with getting
up early?

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UNIFORMS
1. Read the texts below and match each one
with a person from the box.

pupil

nurse

doctor policeman

motorcycle rider

chef

footballer

1 Im wearing leather trousers and a leather

jacket and big boots. Im wearing thick
gloves and a crash helmet too. When its
hot I dont wear the leather trousers or
jacket, but I always wear the helmet and
the gloves. Im a motorcycle rider.
2 Im wearing a grey skirt, a white blouse and
a green sweater with the school badge on it. I
dont like wearing a uniform. I want to wear
jeans and a T-shirt. Im a ____________
3 Im wearing normal clothes, but Im also
wearing a white apron to protect my
clothes from the food. Im also wearing a
tall white hat. Im a ______________
4 Im wearing dark blue trousers and a white
shirt with a black tie. Im also wearing a
dark blue jacket and a black hat with a
badge on it and black shoes. Im not
carrying a gun, but some of my colleagues
do. It helps when we meet a dangerous
criminal. Im a ______________
2. Read the texts again and decide if these
sentences are true or false.
Text 1
1 He always wears his leather jacket.
False
2 He wears his gloves in hot weather.
__________

Text 2
3 Her skirt and blouse are the same colour.
__________

4 She wants to wear informal clothes.

__________
Text 3
5 His normal clothes are white.
__________.
6 Hes wearing the apron because hes
cold. __________
Text 4
7 All his clothes, except his shirt, are the
same colour. __________
8 Hes not carrying a gun. __________

> Write
3. Think of two people in the class or in your
family. Describe exactly what they are
wearing today.
1 ___________________________________
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2 ___________________________________
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OUR PARK

1. Read the text and write the names of the

four activities you can do in the areas on the
map.

questions.
1 Where can you play football?
In the sports area.
2 Can you play football in other areas?
3 What must you do when you finish your
picnic?
4 What must you do when you go
canoeing?
5 Whats the weather like when there are
lots of people in the park?

a picnic
b _____________

c _____________
d _____________

I often go to the park with my friends to play

sports or have a picnic. Its a good park and you
can do lots of things. There are areas for
different activities. For example, you can play
football in the sports area, but you mustnt play
in the other areas. You can take your food into
the picnic area, but you must put the rubbish in
the bin when you finish. There is a lake where
you can go canoeing, but you must be careful.
When the weather is sunny and warm we spend
all day in the park at the weekends and there are
lots of people doing different things, but when
its cold or raining nobody goes, except to the
tennis courts, which are inside. I dont go often
because I cant play tennis, but sometimes I
watch my friends play.
I like our park very much and Im lucky
because I live very near it.
2. Now read the text again and answer these

6 What sport can you play when its raining?

7 Why can you play it?
8 Why is the boy lucky?

> Write
3. Write about a park you know (or invent
one). Think about these things:
what you do there
what you must and mustnt do
the different things you can do,
depending on the weather
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WHICH ACTIVITY?
1. Read the plans and choose a place from
the box.
school

beach

football match

cinema

shopping

disco

Im going to look in the newspaper and

decide what I want to see. Then Im
going to go and buy the tickets for me
and my friend. Im going to buy some
popcorn and then were going to go in.
Were going to give the tickets to the
man at the door and hes going to show
us to our seats.
Were going to go to the
______________

Shes going to make a list of the things

that she wants and shes going to take a
bag to put all the things in. Shes going
to take a bus into the centre of the town
and when she finds the things that she
wants shes going to pay for them.
Shes going to go ______________

Theyre going to wear a special shirt

and a scarf and when they arrive
theyre going to see lots of people with
the same shirt. Theyre going to enter
the stadium and find their seats and
when it starts theyre going to sing and
shout.
Theyre going to watch a
______________

2. Read the texts again. Are these sentences

true or false?
Text 1
1 Hes going to look in a magazine. False
2 Theyre going to eat popcorn. ________
Text 2
3 Shes going to write down the things she
wants. __________
4 Shes going to drive into the town.
__________
Text 3
5 Theyre going to wear special clothes.
__________
6 Theyre going to stand up to watch.
__________
> Write
3. Imagine that tomorrow you are planning
to do one of the other things in exercise 1
(beach, school, disco). Write your plans.
Think about these things:
what youre going to wear
what youre going to take
how youre going to go
what youre going to do when youre
there
(school) Im going to get up early and Im
going to put on my uniform
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I WANT TO BE FAMOUS!
1. Read the article and decide which sentence best describes Nigel.
1 Nigel was a good singer and a good actor.
3 Nigel was a bad singer and a good actor.
2 Nigel was a good singer and a bad actor.
4 Nigel was a bad singer and a bad actor.
Nigel Hack always wanted to be famous. When he was about six he watched all the big stars on TV. He
wanted to be on TV too and he asked his parents lots of questions about how to be a singer or an actor.
When he was twelve he decided that he was a very bad singer and that acting was his future. He studied
hard at school and passed all his exams.
When he was sixteen, a theatre school in London accepted him and he moved to the big city. His family
was from the north of England, near Manchester, but his aunt and uncle lived in London, so he stayed
with them. After two years of studying acting and dramatic arts he decided that he was also a very bad
actor and that he didnt want to be famous.
Now he works in a travel agents and hes very happy.
2. Read the article again and answer these
questions.
1 How old was Nigel when he watched the
big stars on TV?
About six.
2 Who did he ask questions?
3 What did he decide when he was
twelve?
4 Did he study hard at school?
5 What did he do when he was sixteen?
6 Who did he stay with in London?
7 How long did he study acting?
8 What does he do now?

> Write
3. Write about a famous actor or actress that
you like. Think about these things:
where and when he/she was born
famous TV programmes or films that
he/she has appeared in
when he/she appeared in them
why you like him/her
One of my favourite actors is Antonio
Banderas. He was born in Mlaga in
1958 and
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THE BEST TITLE
1. Read the story and decide which is the
best title.
a The Man from the South
b The Lucky Stranger
c The Man Who Said Nothing
The man came to the small town from the south.
Nobody knew his name and nobody said
anything to him. He ate in the restaurant and
then he slept in the local hotel that night. In the
morning he went into the lottery office and
bought one single lottery ticket. He only took a
few seconds to choose the number 38161.
He drank a coffee in the caf and then he went
to the park and he waited. He had a small radio
and he listened to it for more than three hours.
Then the lottery results came on. Many people
heard him when he shouted Yes! He got up
from the park bench and went to the lottery
office again. He collected his winnings and left
town by bus. Nobody saw him again but the
hotel manager knew the answer to the mans
fortune. When he was at the hotel he stayed in
room 38161.
2. Read the story again and decide if these
sentences are true or false.
1 The man had friends in the town. False
2 People didnt say anything to him.
__________

3 He had dinner in a restaurant.

__________
4 He bought some lottery tickets.
__________
5 He drank water at the caf. __________
6 He heard about his lottery win in the
park. __________
7 The hotel manager didnt know how he
won. __________
8 His room number helped him win.
__________

> Write
3. Write a short story about some good or
bad luck you had. (You can invent it.) Think
about these things:
When did it happen?
Where were you?
Who were you with?
What happened exactly?
Why were you lucky or unlucky?
When I was nine years old I had a lucky
experience. I opened an old box and inside
there was some money
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PENGUIN READERS FACTSHEET

>Backgroundandthemes
ISLAND FOR SALE BY ANNE COLLINS
Teachers Notes
>Summary
Island for Sale is a story with a happy ending. It
is about a young Scotsman called Duncan
McTavish, who lives alone in a big castle on a
small island in Scotland with his dog, Jock. He
likes living there. He takes walks, swims and
goes fishing in his boat.
His castle is very cold and dark, and it needs
a lot of electricity. One day, he receives a letter
from the electricity company. He owes them
5,000. He doesnt have that much money.
He has to sell the castle. He asks a man in
London, Mr Moneybags, to find a buyer. Mr
Moneybags finds Leaping Larry. He is a rock
star. He has a girlfriend, Roxanne. They come
and look at the castle.
Roxanne doesnt like the castle. It is cold,
dark and boring. When they go in Duncans
boat, she falls into the water. They dont want
to buy the castle. There are no more customers.
Mr Moneybags doesnt want to sell it anymore.
Duncan is unhappy. Then he meets Jean. She
is a painter. They fall in love and get married.
Jean has an idea. Tourists can come and stay at
the castle. In this way they earn money, they are
able to keep the castle and live on the island,
after all.

Where people live: Places where there are jobs

are often not beautiful and quiet. There is
usually little work in beautiful places.
Money: It is often said that money cannot make
one happy. Duncan needs money to pay for his
electricity. If he loses his home, he will be very
unhappy.
Lifestyles: Duncan lives simply. Leaping Larry,
Roxanne and Mr Moneybags live very
differently.
Scotland: The country has its own money,
government and traditions. It is very popular
with tourists.

>Extrawords
There are twenty extra words, in addition to the
300 headwords, used in each Penguin Readers
Level 1 title. The extra words used are:
bath
company
fish
island
married
rabbit
scream

call
dog
helicopter
jump
mouse
rockstar
sell

castle
electric(ity)
honey
leap
paint
sale

>Communicativeactivities
The following teacher-led activities cover the
same sections of text as the exercises at the

back of the Reader.

>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
1 Students work in pairs. Ask students to look
at the book cover picture. Ask them to do the
following activities.
a Describe the picture.
b Would you like to live on this island? Say
why/why not.
c What kind of person would like to live
there, do you think? Describe this person.
2 Students work in pairs. Ask them to say what
they know about Scotland. Write all the
information in note form on the board.
Students can then write the information up
as complete sentences.
3 Students work in pairs. Ask them to answer
this question:
What clothes do Scottish people sometimes
wear?
Ask students to look through the pictures in
order to find the answer. Use the pictures to
teach these words: kilt (the skirt that Scottish
men wear); tartan (adjective, the checked
pattern that the kilts have in the pictures.);
Scottish (adjective, e.g. Hes Scottish, Scottish
island); Scot (e.g. Hes a Scot).

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
1 Students work in groups. They must imagine
that they are working either for a company
which a) buys and sells houses or b) sells
holidays. They make a poster with a picture,

which they draw or take from a magazine,

and add some words. Afterwards they can
vote for the best poster.
2 Students prepare a play using part of the
story (see scenes ad below). They work on
one scene each and then take turns to act it
out. They decide on the characters, the script
and how they are going to act out the scene.
After a few weeks, they can take turns acting
out their scenes to one another and then put
the whole play together.
a It is cold in the castle. Duncan talks to his
dog. What can he do? He looks at a
newspaper. It gives him an idea. He rings Mr
Moneybags. They talk on the phone. Then
Mr Moneybags rings back. Duncan is pleased
someone is coming to look at his castle, but
he is sad that he is going to sell it. (Three
actors, including Jock.)
b Duncan goes to the helicopter. He meets
Larry and Roxanne. He takes them round the
castle (Here is the bathroom. Here is the
bedroom. etc). He is talking very proudly
and happily. They are very rude. (Three
actors.)
c Duncan, Larry and Roxanne are in the
boat. Jock and Bolo jump out when they see
a rabbit. What happens next? (Five actors.)
d Final scene. Duncan meets Jean. They
become friends and get married. They make
money from tourists and have a family.
(Many actors.)

Students Activities
>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
Look at the front cover of the book. What do
you see? Where is this picture? Read the title
and suggest what the story is about. Talk to
other students.

e Jock _________ swim.

3. Match to make meaningful sentences.
A
B
a Duncan
i lives in London.
b Jock
ii is a Scot.
c Mr Moneybags iii is a Scottish dog.
d Leaping Larry
iv has a girlfriend
from California.

>Activitieswhilereadingthebook
1. Answer the questions. The answers are in
the pictures.
a Page 1, Find three animals. What are
they?
b Page 2, Count the number of heads.
c Page 3, What is the mans name?
d Page 4, What is the name of the dog in
the ladys arms?
e Page 5, What is Jock looking at?
f Page 6, What does Jock find under the
bed?
g Page 10, What does Roxanne hit Larry
with?
h Page 11, Who falls into the water?
i Page 14, What do you think Jean is
saying?
j Page 15, How do you know that the
castle is warm now?
2. Put the word can or wants into the
sentences.
a Duncan _________ 5,000.
b He _________ do only one thing: sell
the castle.
c Who _________ to buy my castle?
d Duncan ______ to go fishing every day.

4. True or false?
a Duncan lives in a very old castle in
Ireland.
b Duncan is an old man.
c He needs a lot of electricity for his
castle.
d Mr Moneybags lives in London.
e Mr Moneybags finds someone to look at
the house quickly.
f Leaping Larry calls his girlfriend,
Honey.
g Bobo likes a hot bath.
5. Choose the odd one out from each
sentence.
a Which animal is not in the story?
Mouse, rabbit, parrot, deer, dog.
b Duncan is happy on his island. Which
activity does he not do? Walk, swim,
fish, paint.
c Who is not a visitor to the island?
Painter, rock star, dentist, teacher.
d What is not in the castle? Pictures,
rooms, tables, chairs, TV.
e Who is not in the story? Postman, rock
star, teacher, painter, doctor.

6. Find five sentences each to make

descriptions of Roxanne, Duncan and Larry.
a They have yellow hair.
b They dont wear trousers.
c They have a dog with long hair.
d They like the country.
e Sometimes they wear sunglasses.
f They live in California.
g They dont like the castle.
h They have orange hair.
i They want to buy the castle.
j They like walking, swimming and
fishing.
k They have a white dog.
l They have black hair.
m They wear sunglasses all the time.
n They are famous.
o They fall down because it is dark in the
castle.

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
1.

2.

3.

You are Jock. You like Duncan very much.

He takes you out for walks and you can
swim and catch mice all day. But you
would like a dog friend. Write the story of
what happens when Bobo arrives.
You are Roxanne. You live in California.
You are staying in the castle. You are so
unhappy. You ring a friend at home and tell
her how bad it is on the island. Use a
cassette recorder.
You are a visitor to the island. You like
painting. Write a postcard to a friend about
your holiday.

THE MISSING COINS BY JOHN SCOTT

Teachers Notes
>Summary
The Missing Coins is a mystery story. Pete and
Carla are students visiting the city of Bath in
England. While they are walking around
looking at the shops and buildings they hear
music in a quiet street. A man plays a flute. He
is standing next to the window of a shop which
sells coins and stamps. They go into the shop
and have a look. Pete wants some stamps, but
they are expensive and the female shop
assistant is unfriendly. Pete and Carla then go to
a caf for a drink.
To their surprise, the coin shop owner comes
to find them there. He says that some of his
coins are missing. He thinks Pete and Carla
have stolen them. A policeman proves that they
have not taken them.
Later, Carla hears the music again. She
realises how the coins were stolen: The girl in
the shop is friends with the flute player. She
drops the coins into the flute players hat
through the open window. Carla explains this to
the policeman.
The shop owner is so pleased with Carla and
Pete that he gives Pete the stamps that he wants.

>Backgroundandthemes
Mystery: The story has a mystery, which the
students can try and work out by looking at the
picture on page 2.

Tourists: Crime is often found in big cities,

where tourists and other visitors stay for a short
time.
Feelings: Before the mystery starts, Carla feels
that there is something wrong about the shop
when they go in.

>Communicativeactivities
The following teacher-led activities cover the
same sections of text as the exercises at the
back of the Reader.

>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
1a What do students like to do when they visit
a city for the first time?
b Which are the students favourite cities?
Why?
c Ask students, in groups, to think of a city
they know and tell the class about what is
good to see there.
2 Do one of the following activities, a) or b),
with the students.
a Divide the class into two groups, A and B.
Group A chooses a picture but doesnt tell
B which it is. They describe it. B decides
which page it is. Then B chooses another
picture and describes it to A, who then
says which it is.
b Divide the class into two groups, A and B.
Group A choose a picture. B must find out
which picture it is by asking Group A
questions. Examples of questions are: Is

there a car in the picture? How many

people are in the picture?

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
1 Students should choose to be either the
policeman or the man with the flute and tell
the story from their point of view.

>Extrawords
There are twenty extra words, in addition to the
300 headwords used in each Penguin Readers
Level 1 title. The extra words used in this title
are:
abbey
collect
minute
outside
shopkeeper
steal
tune

city
flute
missing
pocket
speak
surprised
valuable

coin
last
next
pretty
stamp
tourist

Students Activities

>Activitieswhilereadingthebook

>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook

1. Find these things in the pictures. Write

down the page number(s) where you see
them.

1. Match the words in list A with the

meanings in list B.
A
a valuable
b pretty
c last
d minutes
e surprised
f collect
g missing
h tourist
i tune
j steal
k outside
l next
m city
B
I a visitor who is on holiday
II a song or piece of music
III there are sixty in an hour
IV the opposite of first
V good to look at
VI not in the place where you think it will
be
VII costs a lot of money
VIII immediately after
IX to take something from a shop and not
pay for it
X not inside
XI get things and bring them together
XII when something happens that is
different, it makes you feel this way
XIII a large town

abbey
coin

flute
shopkeeper

hat
pocket

2. Answer the following questions.

Pages 1-4
a What is the name of the city in England
in the story?
b Who wears a green sweatshirt?
c What is the first question Carla asks?
d Where do they go after they see the man
and his flute?
e What does the shop sell?
f Which does Pete like in the shop, the
coins or the stamps?
Pages 5-9
g How old are the coins in the shop?
h Why does the shopkeeper leave Pete and
Carla alone?
i Pete likes some stamps. Where are they
from?
j Do Pete and Carla sit outside or inside
the caf?
k Why does the shopkeeper come to find
Pete and Carla?
l Who says Whats wrong?
m A student is working in the shop. What
is the name of the student?
Pages 10-15
n Where does the shopkeeper look for the
coins?

o At first, where does the policeman think

the coins are?
p Why does the music tell Carla what
happened?
q Who do Carla, Pete and the policeman
look for?
r Where are the missing coins?
s How does the shopkeeper thank Pete?
3. Choose Which? Who? Where? When?
Why? for these answers and make questions.
e.g. Peter wants the stamps from South
America.
Which stamps does Peter want? Or Who
wants the stamps from South America?
a Peter and Carla go into the shop. (who
or where)
b The missing coins are in the hat. (where)
c The shopkeeper is angry. (who)
d A police car came after some time.
(when)
4. Choose the correct word.
a Old coins are very valuable/surprised.
b Bath is an old stamp/city.
c The missing coins are in his pocket/
flute.
d It is raining inside/outside.
e The policeman looks for the coins in her
pockets/shoe.
5. Put the sentences in the right order to
describe how the stolen coins get out of the
shop.
I She drops the coins into the hat.
II She puts the valuable coins in her

pocket.
III She opens the window.
IV He plays his flute next to the shop
window.
V He stands next to the shop.

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
1.

In pairs, imagine you are in a shop. One of

you is a shopkeeper. Your stamps are
valuable. When people touch them, they
make them dirty. They sometimes steal
them. But you want to sell them and make
some money. Your partner is a student.
She/he has no money, but he/she wants to
look at the stamps, because they are pretty.
What do you say to each other? Use pages
4-5 to help you.

2.

Write a letter to one of your friends telling

them about the city of Bath.

3.

Write five headlines for the newspaper, e.g.

Shopkeeper says, Students stole coins.

THE CROWN BY M. R. JAMES

>AboutM.R.James

Teachers Notes

M. R. James was born in 1862 in a small town

in Kent in the south of England. He loved old
books, history and language from an early age.
Later, he studied and taught these things at
Cambridge University. His ghost and horror
stories are famous because they are clever and
frightening. His great knowledge of history
gives his stories a lot of detail and the places
and characters seem very real. M. R. James died
in 1936.

>Summary
The Crown is a classic English ghost story. It is
April in Seaburgh a small English seaside
town. There is a magic crown under the ground
in this town. It is very important. The crown
protects England and William Agers protects
the crown.
Paxton is on holiday in Seaburgh. He learns
the story of the magic crown and he is very
interested. One night he looks for the crown on
a hill near the sea. He finds it and takes it. He
sees a shadow behind him and runs quickly
back to the hotel. Maybe the shadow is William
Agers. But Paxton knows that William Agers is
dead!
Now Paxton is afraid. He wants to take the
crown and put it back in the ground. But he
needs help. He meets two men at his hotel and
he asks them for help. Together, the three men
hide the crown in the ground again.
The next day Paxtons new friends follow
him to the beach. They see two peoples
footprints in the sand Paxtons footprints and
some strange, long footprints as well. The
friends are afraid. They follow the footprints
along the beach. At last they find Paxton. He is
lying on the sand and he is dead. The ghost of
William Agers protected the crown and it
protects the crown today too. The story ends
with a strong warning: Dont go to the small
town of Seaburgh.

>Backgroundandthemes
Ghosts and magic: Not everything around us
can be easily explained or controlled. We
should learn when to accept things that we
dont really understand.
Secrecy and mystery: There is a lot of
incomplete information in the story. We dont
know Paxtons full name. We never learn the
name of the storys narrator. We dont know
exactly how Paxton is killed... This makes the
story mysterious and exciting.
Respect and trust: Paxton asks two strangers
to trust and respect him but he is not willing
to respect the wishes of the people of Seaburgh.

>Communicativeactivities
The following teacher-led activities cover the
same sections of text as the exercises at the
back of the Reader.

Chapter 1

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook

>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook

Have a classroom discussion: Does the story

make you afraid? Why/why not? Do you
believe in ghosts? How do you feel about the
ending of the story?

Students read the Introduction on page iii.

They write a few sentences to answer the
questions in paragraph 3, (Where does the
shadow come from? What does it want from
Paxton? What is the crown, and why is it
important for England?). Encourage students
to imagine the story. Later, when students have
read the book, they can look back at these
answers and compare their expectations with
the real story.
>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
Students work in pairs. Ask them to think
about Paxtons story. Do they believe it?
Why/why not?
Chapters 2 and 3
>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
1 In pairs, students look at the pictures of
Paxton on pages 13 and 15. What is he
doing? Where is he? What time of day is it?
How does he feel?
2 In pairs, students look at the picture on page
25. Who are the people in the picture? What
are they saying? Students write the dialogue
of the two (standing) men. Some pairs read
their dialogue to the rest of the class.

>Extrawords
There are twenty extra words, in addition to the
300 headwords, used in each Penguin Readers
Level 1 title. The extra words used in this title
are:
afraid
church
far
ground
last
put
spade

beach
crown
footprints
help
magic
shadow
wind

believe
danger
gravestone
hill
protect
shout

Students Activities
>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
Look at the front cover of the book. What do
you see? Where is this picture? What is the
story about? Talk to other students.

>Activitieswhilereadingthebook
Chapter 1
1. Write the correct part of the verb to be in
the sentences below. Do not look at the book.
Please listen to my story. It started on a
dark, dark night in Seaburgh. Seaburgh
_______ a small English town near the sea.
The beach _______ good and long, but the
sea _______ usually very cold.
I _______ in Seaburgh with my friend,
Henry Long. We _______ in the hotel one
evening and suddenly, there _______ a
noise at the door. A young man came in.
What _______ wrong? I asked. _______
you OK?
No. I _______ afraid, he said, and he
started his story.
2. Answer the questions:
a Is Paxton ill? What is wrong with him?
b Is Paxton staying in the same hotel as
the two friends?
c Does Paxton believe the story of the
three crowns?
d Why isnt William Agers talking now?
e Who has the crown now?

Chapter 2
1. Eight of the words in the paragraph below
are not right. Correct them. Do not look at
the book.
I had a lot of answers. How old was the
crown? Was it light or happy? Paxton put
the crown black in the back bag. He went
to the floor, but then she stopped.
Wait! Go before me and cook in your
room, he said.
But why? Long said. Were the only
visitors in this hospital!
2. How does Paxton take the crown? Put
these sentences in the right order, from 1
to 7.
a Paxton took his spade to the hill and
looked for the crown.
b The Agerss book was open at William
Agerss name.
c Paxton ate some food and went back to
his room.
d Paxton took the crown from the ground.
e Paxton noticed a shadow in the trees for
the first time.
f Paxton put the crown in his bag.
g Paxton ran back to the hotel.
Chapter 3
1. Who says these sentences? Who are they
speaking to?
a Did you sleep well?
b I want to stay in the hotel this morning.
c He went to the beach. He wanted to see
you and Mr Long.
d Was it a person? Perhaps it was an
animal.

e I dont understand.
f Why were you on the beach? What did
you see?
2. Are the sentences right or wrong?
a The three men go for a walk in the
morning.
b Paxton is at the hotel at three oclock.
c Mr Long and his friend shout to Paxton
from the front of the hotel.
d William Agerss dead body is on the
beach.
e Paxtons dead body is on the beach.
f William Agers is dead. But he protected
the crown with magic.

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
1.

On Paxtons last day he writes some letters

in the morning. Who does he write to?
Think of three different people. Now,
choose one person and write Paxtons letter
to this person.

2.

Work in pairs.
Student A: You are a policeman in
Seaburgh. There is a dead man on the
beach. Listen to Henry Longs story and
ask him some more questions.
Student B: You are Henry Long. You find
a dead man on the beach. It is Paxton. Tell
your story to the policeman and answer his
questions.

3.

When are you afraid? Write a list of five

things. Then tell some other students about

your list. Do you have the same things on

your list?

THE CUP IN THE FOREST BY ANNE

COLLINS
Teachers Notes
>Summary
The Cup in the Forest is a fictional story about
two people who are on holiday in the
Norwegian countryside. One day they are
walking in the forest and the boy, Per, finds a
beautiful old cup under some rocks. There is
strange writing on the cup. Per and Nina take it
with them and drive to a small hotel. Per sees a
strange man, first in the forest and then in the
garden of the hotel. Nina cant see this man.
The next day they take the cup to a local
museum. When the curator hears where the cup
is from he is very worried and tells Per and
Nina to take the cup back immediately. It is a
Viking cup belonging to the grave of an old
Viking called Hakon. Per sees Hakon again in
the hotel caf and is very frightened but Nina
thinks he is silly. She thinks only about the
money she can make from the cup. When Per is
not looking, she takes the cup and drives away
very fast. She wants to sell it in Oslo, but when
she is driving through the forest she sees
Hakon. Nina is very afraid. She cannot see the
road and her car hits a tree and falls into the
river.
Per and the curator chase Nina but they are
too late she is dead. Later, Per sees Hakon. He
has the cup and is walking away, back to the
forest.

>Backgroundandthemes
Greed and selfishness: Nina thinks only about
the money she can make from selling the cup.
Nothing else is important to her, so she ignores
Pers fears. Greed can make people blind to
doing the right thing.
Ghosts and the supernatural: Hakon is a
Viking ghost. Do ghosts really exist or are they
only things to make stories with? Can we really
know for sure that they do or dont exist?
Fear and panic: Nina is terrified when she sees
Hakon. The road is very dark and there are no
people around. Because of her fear she is unable
to control the car. She is blinded by panic. How
can you manage fear? Is it possible?

>Communicativeactivities
The following teacher-led activities cover the
same sections of text as the exercises at the
back of the Reader.

>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
1 Ask your students to look at the cover of the
book. What can they say about the story?
Who is the man on the left? What do they
think about the cup how will it be
important in the story?
2 Students think about their holidays. What do
they enjoy doing? Where do they like to go?
Would they enjoy a holiday in the
countryside or do they prefer to go to the sea?

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
1 Put students in pairs. Each pair chooses a
sentence from the story. One student from
each pair reads out the sentence that they
have chosen. The other pairs must say where
in the story the sentences come from, e.g. It
comes from the beginning/middle/the end.
They must also say what happens before this
sentence and what happens next.
2 Show students the pictures below and ask the
following questions:
Page 6: What is Per thinking? How is he
feeling? Why?
Page 9: What is Nina thinking? Why?
Page 11: How is Nina feeling? Why?
Page 13: What is Hakon thinking? Why?
Page 15: How is Hakon feeling? Why?

>Extrawords
The extra words used in this title are
highlighted in question 1 at the back of the
Reader. They are:
afraid
careful
curator
ghost
leave
scream
strange

belong
crazy
fast
grave
museum
sell
word

call
cup
forest
hole
over
stone

Students Activities
>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
1.

Look at the pink letters on the back cover

of the book. Who is the strange man? Why
is Per afraid? Why isnt Nina afraid?

>Activitieswhilereadingthebook
Pages 13
1. Write the correct word in the sentences
below:
forest
hole
careful

strange
cup

stone
word

a DANCE makes the _____ dance.

b Per says: Theres a hole under the
_____.
c We can drink water from a _____.
d There are many trees there. It is a very
big _____.
e Be _____!
f An animal lives in the _____ under the
tree.
g Per says: These are _____ stones.
2. Are the sentences below right or wrong?
a Per is Ninas girlfriend.
b Per and Nina stop the car and walk in the
forest.
c Per falls over a big stone.
d In the hole under the stones Per finds an
old can.
e There are strange pictures on the cup.

f Nina thinks the cup is beautiful and

expensive.
Pages 47
1. Match the sentence halves:
a Nina
b Per and Nina
c Per sees the strange man
d The museum curator
e The people in the small hotel
I in the hotel garden.
II is an old man.
III cant see the strange man.
IV drive to a small town.
V are very friendly.
2. Answer the questions:
a Why does Nina say Lets go now?
b What do Per and Nina find in the small
town?
c Who can they ask about the cup?
d How does Per see the hotel garden?
e In the morning, where do Per and Nina
go?
f What does the curator say about the cup?
Pages 811
1. Write the correct word in the sentences
below:
curator
afraid

belongs
fast

graves
calls

a I dont like big forests. I am _______ of

them.
b Stop, Nina!Per _______.
c Someone is driving the car very

_______.

thing. What is it?

e What is in the river?

d My father works in a museum. He is the

_______.
e There are some Viking _______ in the
forest.
f The cup _______ to Hakon.

f Where is Hakon walking at the end of

the story?

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
2. Are the sentences below right or wrong?
a Hakon is an old Spanish name.
b The cup is from Hakons grave.
c Nina thinks Per is crazy.
d Nina takes the bag with the cup and
drives away.
e Money isnt important to Nina.
f Nina is taking the cup to Osterly to sell
it.
Pages 1215
1. Write the correct word in the sentences
below. You will need to use one word twice.
ghost

leaves

screams

museum

a Ninas car _______ the road.

b Nina is very afraid. She _______ and
_______.
c Per sees the _______ of a dead Viking.
d Per runs to the _______ and finds the
old curator.
2. Answer the questions.
a The curator says there are strange stories
about what?
b Does Nina see anything when she is
driving?
c Who is standing in the road?
d Nina is afraid. She can only see one

1.

2.

Work with a partner. Look at the pictures

in the book. Tell your partner the story
again. Look at the pictures, not the words.
You tell one page of the story, your partner
tells the next page, then you again, etc.
Work with a partner. One of you is Per and
the other is Nina. Write a postcard to a
friend at home. Tell them about the cup
and Hakon. Tell them how you feel.

THE CARNIVAL BY ANNETTE KEEN

Stealing: Jake feels so strongly about the girl

that he takes a camera from a tourist.

Teachers Notes
>Summary

>Communicativeactivities

Jake is eighteen. It is his first time in London

and he goes to the Notting Hill carnival. He
sees a beautiful girl on the first float; she sees
him too. He thinks hes in love with her. He
follows her and is able to speak to her. Her
name is Maria.
He finds a camera on a caf table, and takes it
to get a photo of her. But he loses her float and
has to run off with the camera. The owner of
the camera and a policeman chase him. Jake
finds Maria, takes a photo and says sorry to the
owner for taking the camera. The policeman
takes Jake to the police station. He asks Jake
what he has in his pocket. Jake shows him the
photo of Maria.
There is a surprise. A policewoman walks in.
It is Maria!

The following teacher-led activities cover the

same sections of text as the exercises at the
back of the Reader.

>Backgroundandthemes
London: A good place to visit, both for the first
time, and many times! Notting Hill carnival is
very famous. It is the biggest carnival in
Europe.
Jobs: Difficulties of taking time off from a
working day. There are right and wrong ways of
having a holiday.
Love at first sight: Does this really happen?
How can you be sure that the other person feels
the same?

>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
1 Ask students to look at the cover. Ask them
to guess in which country the story takes
place.
2 Ask students to say what they think the word
carnival means, from looking at the cover.
3 Ask them to read the blurb on the back page.
Which person on the cover is Jake?
4 The cover gives an opportunity to revise the
vocabulary of colours. What is the colour of
each letter of the title? What words can you
give to colours you see in a carnival?
5 Write a list of places and events in London
(or your own capital) that you would like to
visit.

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
1 Students work in groups. What happens after
the end of the story? Does Maria get into
trouble? Does Jake see her again? Each
group should decide and write a short ending
of their own.
2 Students work in groups and discuss these
questions: What do people do in carnivals?
Do you like carnivals? Why/why not? Is
there a big carnival in your town/country?
Talk about it.
3 Where, early in the story, do you get an idea
that something is strange about Maria?

>Extrawords
There are twenty extra words, in addition to the
200 headwords, used in each Reader. The extra
words used in this title are highlighted in
question 1 at the back of the Reader. They are:
balloon
camera
drum
map
sergeant
Tshirt
wife

band
carnival
feather
point
shout
tourist

bench
costume
float
procession
surprised
wave

StudentsActivities

g Who does Jake think of when he is in

trouble?

>Activitiesbeforereadingthebook
1. Look at the pictures. On which pages can
you find these things?
Balloons bus camera childs buggy
lorry policeman policewoman
2. Why do you think there is a police station
in the final picture? What do you think is
happening to Jake?

>Activitieswhilereadingthebook
1. Add one colour word to complete the
sentences.
a The London bus is _____.
b Mel wears a _____ dress.
c Maria wears a _____ and _____
costume.
d The balloons are _____.
e The policemans uniform is _____.
f When the policeman finds Jake with the
tourists camera, Jakes face goes _____.
2. Answer the questions.
a Where does Jake live?
b How does he travel to the carnival?
c What is the first famous place he sees on
the bus?
d What do the people in the carnival
carry?
e Does Maria give Jake her phone
number?
f Whose camera does Jake take?

3. True or false?
a Jake is with his family in London.
b It is a hot afternoon.
c Jake goes on a bus.
d Mel understands what is happening to
Jake when he looks at Maria.
e People are drinking tea in a street caf.
f Jake stands on a table to take his photo.
g The tourists with the camera have a
daughter.
4. Which word is different?
Example: a) Notting Hill, Euston,
Manchester
Answer: Manchester
b costume, feathers, float
c listening to music, dancing, stealing
cameras
d drums, bands, T-shirt
e float, procession, bench
f policeman, sergeant, doctor
5. Choose the word to make the sentence. Put
the word in the right place.
quickly
suddenly
please
only
slowly
a
b
c
d

Maria! You are late.

Smile.
It was quiet. The band started.
Jake can see Maria.

e The procession moves down the road.

6. Match the word to its meaning.
balloons
drum
wave
costume
feather
map
a
b
c
d

It is a musical instrument.
To call someone with your hand.
It guides you round a town.
Something light which covers a birds
body.
e They have air in them.
f Special clothes.

>Activitiesafterreadingthebook
1.

Work in pairs. One of you is Jake and the

other is Maria. You have just met. What do
you say to each other? Or, describe Jake
and Maria, from the book. What do they
look like? What are they wearing? And so
on.

2. Read page 13 again. Now close the book.

a What does Jake have in his pocket?
b What do you have, either in your pocket
or in your bag?
3.

You are a tourist. Jake takes your camera.

How do you feel? What do you say to the
policeman?