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Contents Unit Language Focus Functions Page Hello, I m... 1 Hello, I m Omar. Introducing yourself 1 I ve got a sister called Fadia. Talking about your family I live with my mother and my father. I live in Damascus. 2 My favourite lesson What lessons have we got today? Talking about school subjects 4 Today, we ve got Maths and English. Asking for and giving information My favourite lesson is English. Our school 3 This is the laboratory. Describing location 7 This is where we have Science. Talking about rooms in a school Where s the classroom? Counting It s on the left, next to the laboratory. How many desks are there? 4 What do you like doing? What do you like doing? Asking and answering questions 10 I like playing tennis. Expressing likes and dislikes I don t like watching football. I don t mind listening to music. 1 Revision of previous vocabulary and structures Asking for and giving information 13 5 Describing location Revision 1 6 Sports competition Can he play tennis? Expressing ability 15 Yes, he can. / No, he can t. Counting from 20 30; 40; 50 In my class, twenty pupils can run fast. Asking for and giving information In a race 7 I m tired and thirsty. Asking questions 18 I m hungry when it s lunchtime. Describing people My uncle is very fast. Expressing ability Describing feelings 8 Where do you want to go? Go on holiday 9 10 Revision 2 11 What we take on a holiday 12 What are you doing? I d like to go to the mountains. Expressing preferences 21 Do you prefer the mountains or the beach? Asking questions I prefer the beach. We always take a map. Talking about holidays 24 I often take a camera. Expressing preferences We sometimes go by plane. Expressing frequency We never go by train. Revision of previous vocabulary and structures Asking for and giving information 27 Expressing preferences Expressing frequency Can you take the suitcase, please? Making polite requests 29 Can you put your shorts in the wardrobe, please? Yes, of course. What are you doing? Describing actions 32 I m helping Mum. Asking questions Is Dad swimming? No, he s not.
Contents Unit Language Focus Functions Page The weather 13 14 I think it s a bird. 15 Revision 3 What s the weather like in winter? Describing the weather 35 It s often cold and rainy. Talking about seasons I like summer because it is sunny. Expressing likes and dislikes I think it s a bird. Expressing opinion 38 I don t think it can fly. Expressing possibility Perhaps it s tired. Describing pictures Revision of previous vocabulary and structures Describing pictures 41 Describing actions Describing the weather Your family 16 My father is a pilot. Describing daily activities 43 He usually flies planes. Describing actions Today, he s playing tennis in the park. Talking about jobs 17 Animals around the world 18 How much are they? In a restaurant The museum 19 20 Revision 4 21 22 The history of Palmyra 23 When I was young,... Yesterday 24 25 Revision 5 How long are great white sharks? Talking about animals 46 They re usually four metres long. Describing pictures They live in warm water near Africa. Counting I d like four cakes, please. Describing location 49 How much are they? Going shopping Where s the chemist s? Expressing prices It s opposite the market. What would you like? Ordering a meal in a restaurant 52 I d like fish and vegetables, please. Making requests Can I have chicken and rice, please? Revision of previous vocabulary and structures Describing actions 55 Describing daily activities Describing pictures What was the museum like? Describing objects 57 It was very interesting. Talking about people The statues were very old. Talking about the past There was a big market. Talking about the past 60 There were many shops. Describing a town Today there is a nice café. She could talk when she was two. Expressing ability in the past 63 I couldn t play the piano. Describing pictures When you were six, could you swim? Asking for and giving information Yes, I could. / No, I couldn t. I helped my aunt in the kitchen. Talking about the past 66 Yesterday, Laila visited her grandmother. Describing activities in the past Revision of previous vocabulary and structures Asking and answering questions 69 Talking about the past
Unit 1 Hello, I m... 1 N Listen and read 1
Unit 1 Study Box grandfather grandmother father mother brother sister 2 Ask and answer Latakia Aleppo Homs Al Hasakah Ar Raqqah Dayr az Zawr Damascus Sweida 2
Unit 1 3 Read and match Dear John, 1 2 Hello! I live in Damascus. I live with my mother and my father. I ve got a brother. He s called Khaled. He s 12 years old. My grandfather and grandmother live in Homs. Here is a photograph of my family! Write soon, Hani 4 Talk about you 5 N Sing 3
Unit 2 My favourite lesson 1 N Listen and read 4
Unit 2 Study Box Maths English Religion Art Science Music 2 Ask and answer 1 food? 2 drink? 3 hobby? 4 colour? 5
Unit 2 3 Ask and answer Wednesday Science Religion Arabic Thursday Art English Maths 4 Talk about you 6
Unit 3 Our school 1 N Listen and read 7
Unit 3 Study Box on the left on the right next to 2 Ask and answer 8
Unit 3 3 Ask and answer 4 Talk about your classroom 9
Unit 4 What do you like doing? 1 N Listen and read 10
Unit 4 I like listening to music Study Box I don t mind playing computer games I don t like playing football 2 Look, ask and answer watch play listen 3 Talk about your class 11
Unit 4 4 Project Do you like Me playing tennis playing football playing computer games playing the guitar watching videos watching television listening to the radio listening to music 5 N Listen and order 12
Unit 5 Revision 1 1 N Listen and read 13
2 Ask and answer Unit 5 Revision 1 3 N Sing 14
Unit 6 Sports competition 1 N Listen and read 15
Unit 6 Study Box football basketball tennis swimming volleyball 2 Ask and answer 16
Unit 6 3 Project Name: Name: Can you run fast? Can you play tennis? Can you play football? Can you play basketball? Can you swim? Can you ride a bike? Can you fly a kite? 4 Talk about your class 17
Unit 7 In a race 1 N Listen and read 18
Unit 7 Study Box fast slow tired thirsty young strong hungry sad 2 N Listen and match a b c d e f 19
Unit 7 3 Read, ask and answer 1 tired 2 happy 3 sad 4 hungry 5 thirsty 4 N Sing 20
Unit 8 Where do you want to go? 1 N Listen and read 21
Unit 8 2 Ask and answer Study Box Do you prefer the mountains or the beach? 1 the mountains or the beach? 2 your favourite restaurant or the beach? 3 the park or your favourite restaurant? 3 Ask and answer 22
Unit 8 4 Look and say 1 Start 2 3 You d like to go to the mountains. 4 You d like to go home. 5 6 7 10 9 You d like to go to the swimming pool. 8 You d like to watch the sports competition on TV. You d like to go to the beach. 11 16 15 You re hungry. Finish 12 13 You d like to go to the shops. 14 You re tired. 23
Unit 9 Go on holiday 1 N Listen and read 24
Unit 9 Study Box a map a camera sunglasses a CD a football a book a game 2 Ask and answer 25
Unit 9 3 Look and say 1 school on Mondays 2 on holiday by car 3 help my mum to cook 4 use a computer at school 4 N Sing 26
Unit 10 Revision 2 1 N Listen and read 27
2 Ask and answer 1 Unit 10 Revision 2 2 3 3 Talk about you I always I usually I often I sometimes I never 28
Unit 11 What we take on a holiday 1 N Listen and read 29
Unit 11 Study Box shirt T-shirt skirt shorts dress trousers 2 Ask and answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 30
Unit 11 3 Ask and answer A A B A B B 4 N Sing 31
Unit 12 What are you doing? 1 N Listen and read 32
Unit 12 do doing Study Box take taking play playing run running swim swimming 2 Look and say 1 2 3 Ask and answer 1 2 3 4 33
Unit 12 4 Ask and answer 5 N Sing 34
Unit 13 The weather 1 N Listen and read In spring, it's often windy. It's sometimes sunny. It isn't usually cold. In winter, it s often cold. It s sometimes rainy and snowy. 35
Unit 13 Study Box The four seasons: winter spring autumn summer 2 Ask and answer 36
Unit 13 3 Ask and answer 4 Project Make a poster. 37
Unit 14 I think it s a bird. 1 N Listen and read 38
Unit 14 Study Box January February March April May June July August September October November December 2 Ask and answer 1 2 3 4 5 39
Unit 14 3 N Listen and match a b c 4 Look and say Perhaps I think I don t think 40
Unit 15 Revision 3 1 N Listen and read Hello Laila and Omar. I m on holiday next to a lake. I ve got my sun cream. But it s cloudy today! I don t think it s usually cloudy here in spring. It s usually hot and sunny. I m writing in my bedroom. Mum s cooking in the kitchen. Dad s reading a book. What are you doing? What s the weather like? From Maya. 41
2 Look and say Unit 15 Revision 3 1 I think it s winter. Perhaps it s December. They are going to school. It s rainy and cold. 1 2 3 4 3 Project Write a postcard to Maya. Where are you? What are you doing? What s your mother doing? What s your father doing? What s the weather like? 42
Unit 16 Your family 1 Listen and read 43
Unit 16 Study Box doctor pilot teacher cook footballer journalist 2 Ask and answer 1 2 3 44
Unit 16 3 Talk about your family 4 Talk about you 5 N Sing 45
Unit 17 Animals around the world 1 N Listen and read 46
Unit 17 5O 7O 6O Study Box fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety a hundred two hundred 8O 9O 1OO 2OO 2 Ask and answer person crocodile tortoise elephant camel donkey rhino 47
Unit 17 3 Read, ask and answer name: crocodile size: 6 metres long where it lives: Africa how long it can live: 100 years eats: animals, fish, birds name: elephant size: 3 metres tall where it lives: Africa how long it can live: 70 years eats: grass, leaves name: camel size: 2 metres tall where it lives: Asia how long it can live: 50 years eats: grass, plants 4 Project Write about an animal. Where does it live? How long is it? How tall is it? What does it eat and drink? name: tortoise size: 1 metre long where it lives: America and Africa how long it can live: 200 years eats: grass, leaves 48
Unit 18 How much are they? 1 N Listen and read 49
Unit 18 Study Box I d like a kilo of oranges, please. How much are they? 2 Ask and answer 50
Unit 18 3 N Listen and match chemist s bank market a b c 4 Ask and answer 51
Unit 19 In a restaurant 1 N Listen and read 52
Unit 19 Study Box What would you like? I d like fish and vegetables, please. 2 N Listen and match a b c d e 53
Unit 19 3 Ask and answer Chicken Vegetables Ice cream Meat Rice Cake Fish 4 N Sing 54
Unit 20 Revision 4 1 N Listen and read Dear Omar and Laila. I d like to write to you about my home. My father is a journalist. Today he is writing about a school here in Aleppo. He s talking to my teacher! My home is next to the bank. It s opposite the restaurant. We sometimes eat in the restaurant. I always have meat and rice! Write soon, Samer. 55
2 Ask and answer Unit 20 Revision 4 1 2 3 3 Project 56
Unit 21 The museum 1 Listen and read 57
Unit 21 Study Box The museum was interesting. The statues were very old. The coins were beautiful. 2 Listen and match 2 interesting quiet old beautiful 3 4 5 58 small lovely small big interesting long
Unit 21 3 Read and match Look at the photograph. This is my grandmother. She was ten years old. She was small. Her hair was long. She was in a museum. 1 2 4 Look and say 59
Unit 22 The history of Palmyra 1 Listen and read 60
Unit 22 Study Box There is a nice hotel. There was a big market. 2 N Listen and match 1 2 61
Unit 22 3 Talk about the town 62
Unit 23 When I was young,... 1 N Listen and read 63
Unit 23 When I was young, I could play football. Study Box I can t play football now! 2 Look and say 64
Unit 23 3 Project When you were six, could you Yes, I could. No, I couldn t. send an email? speak English? swim? play football? play a computer game? 4 Talk about your class 65
Unit 24 Yesterday 1 N Listen and read 66
Unit 24 Study Box watch watched play played like liked 2 Look and say 3 Look and say 67
Unit 24 4 Talk about you 5 N Sing 68
Unit 25 Revision 3 1 N Listen and read 69
2 Read and answer 1 Who showed Hani the school? 2 At the race, they watched... 3 Who helped an old man in his house? 4 Laila and Maya learned about... 5 At the National Museum, there were... 3 4 Unit 25 Revision 5 1 2 5 3 Project Can you talk about your family? 70 say what you like doing? say what you can do? say the months of the year? talk about animals? buy food in the shops? ask for food in a restaurant say when you were born?
1 Picture Dictionary School subjects Maths English Unit 1 Science 1 Listen and read Art Music At school laboratory playground library classroom 71
Picture Dictionary Sports and activities listen to music take photographs play computer games play basketball watch a football match play volleyball Jobs doctor pilot teacher footballer journalist cook 72
Picture Dictionary Seasons, months and weather November December September October Autumn Winter January r February r August rainy July Summer June May Spring April March windy hot cold cloudy sunny snowy 73
Picture Dictionary In the town restaurant theatre swimming pool bank hospital baker s market post office museum chemist s 74
The Three Billy Goats Gruff ELT Abridgement by Damien Tunnacliffe and Phoenix Publishing Services 75
There were once three billy goats: Baby Billy Goat, Little Billy Goat and Big Billy Goat. In winter they lived in a warm barn and ate dry hay all day long. There was no fresh grass. Little Billy Goat looked out of the window. Spring will come soon, he said. I want to eat fresh grass. 76
Spring came and soon it was warm. The grass started to grow green and fresh. The farmer came and opened the door. You can go out now, he said to them. They ran up the mountain path. Up, up they ran to the meadows. There the grass was sweet. Baby Billy Goat ran quickly. I ll be at the meadows first, he thought. I always like to be first. Soon he came to an old bridge. He stopped. He looked at the bridge and the meadow on the other side. Mmm, he thought. Fresh, green grass. I m very hungry. I ll run across the bridge and go into the meadow. 77
But an ugly troll lived under the bridge. This is my bridge, he said to himself. Nobody can cross this bridge or I will eat them for my dinner! The farmers were afraid and never crossed the bridge. But Baby Billy Goat didn t remember the troll. He started to walk across the bridge. His only thought was the fresh, green grass. Suddenly the troll jumped up! Who s crossing my bridge? he cried in an ugly voice. Baby Billy Goat was very frightened. I I I want to... to... to eat the sweet grass in the meadow, he said very quietly. I m going to eat you, you silly little goat, roared the troll. Oh no! Pl pl please don t eat me. I m only a very little baby goat. Wait a few minutes and my brother, Little Billy Goat, will come... He ll be nicer to eat than me! 78
The troll stopped. Perhaps he s right, he thought. All right, he said to Baby Billy Goat. You can go. I ll wait for your bigger brother. Baby Billy Goat ran across the bridge into the meadow. The grass was very sweet. Soon after, Little Billy Goat came to the bridge. He saw the fresh, green grass on the other side. I m so hungry, he thought. And he began to cross the bridge. 79
The troll jumped up again. He was angry now and hungry. Who s crossing my bridge? he roared. Little Billy Goat looked up. He was very frightened. I want to eat the sweet grass in the meadow, he said. Ha! You re not going to eat the grass in the meadow. I m going to eat you! Oh, please don t eat me. You see I m really thin after the winter in the barn. But my big brother... he s really big and he will be much nicer to eat. 80
The troll thought again. Perhaps you re right, he said. I ll wait for your big brother. Then I ll have a really big meal! I m so hungry! Little Billy Goat ran away quickly. He was very happy. A few seconds later, Big Billy Goat came to the bridge. He was very strong and he had two huge horns on his head. He remembered the troll but he was not afraid. He began to cross the bridge. 81
... he charged. His huge horns hit the troll. Thwack! Aaagh! cried the troll. The huge horns lifted the troll up, up in the air... Up jumped the troll again. This time he was very angry and hungry. He forgot to say Who s crossing my bridge? His eyes were angry and he showed his huge teeth. He ran at Big Billy Goat. I m going to eat you. I m going to eat you, he roared. No, you re not going to eat me, Big Billy Goat said. I m not afraid of you. I m strong. You ll see. He put his head down and he showed his huge horns and... 82
Up, up in the air went the troll and over the side of the bridge. Down, down he came with a huge splosh! into the water. The river carried him away and they never saw him again. Big Billy Goat went across the bridge. Nice grass, huh? he said to his two brothers. They didn t answer. Their mouths were full of sweet grass. And they all just ate and ate and ate. 83
Exercises True or False? 1. There were three goats. 2. Little Billy Goat was black. 3. Big Billy Goat ran quickly. 4. The goats were hungry. 5. A troll lived on the bridge. 6. The troll ate Baby Billy Goat. 7. Big Billy Goat was stronger than the troll. 8. The troll ran away. Comprehension questions 1. Why didn't the troll eat Baby Billy Goat or Little Billy Goat? 2. Do you think that the goats were clever? 3. Who is your favourite character, and why? Match goat troll bridge grass meadow horns 84