basic grammar exercises

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 name’s Colin.

2 He’s ______________________________

3 __________________________________

4 __________________________________

5 __________________________________

6 __________________________________

3. Now write similar sentences about yourself.

1 My name’s__________________________

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 o’clock

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 What’s 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?

He’s my friend, Tony.

2 _________________________________

She’s my sister, Sophie.

3 _________________________________

Yes, she is English.

4 _________________________________

I’m from Newcastle.

5 _________________________________

My favourite sports are skiing and

tennis.

6 _________________________________

They’re fine.

7 _________________________________

Her name’s Gillian.

8 _________________________________

They’re from Austria.

9 _________________________________

I’m OK. Thanks.

10 _________________________________

Her favourite actor is Brad Pitt.

11 _________________________________

Dinner is at 7.30.

12 _________________________________

Yes, he’s very tall.

13 _________________________________

We’re from Nigeria.

14 _________________________________

No, he’s not a singer.

15 _________________________________

The party is tomorrow.

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

I like my bedroom. I’ve got lots of things in

it. There’s 1 __a__ table and 2 _________

chairs, and on the table I’ve got 3 _________

computer. There’s 4 _________ TV too, but I

haven’t got 5 _________ DVD player. There

are 6 _________ books and7 _________ magazines. In one there’s8 _________ article about Brad Pitt. He’s9 _________ actor. I’ve got 10 _________

poster of him on my wall.

9. Complete with the correct preposition.

1 On school days I get up 1 _________

seven o’clock 2 _________ the morning

and I go to bed 3 _________ ten o’clock 4 _________ night.

2 1 _________ the winter I get up2 ________ nine o’clock 3 _________

Saturdays to play football. 4 _________

the afternoon I visit my grandmother5 _________ four o’clock.

UNIT 2

> CONSOLIDATION

1. Look at this example:

Affirmative - You’ve got a bike.

Negative - You haven’t got a bike.

Question - Have you got a bike?

Now write the missing sentences.

1 Affirmative - She’s got a computer.

Negative - ________________________

Question - ________________________

2 Affirmative - ______________________

Negative - They haven’t got a video.

Question - ________________________

3 Affirmative - ______________________

Negative - ________________________

Question - Has he got a radio?

2. Look at the picture and complete the

sentences with the correct preposition from

the box.

above in near next to on under

1 There’s a mirror __above__ the fireplace.

2 There’s a ball __________ the table.

3 There are pictures __________ the walls.

4 There are papers __________ the

wastepaper bin.

5 There is an armchair __________ the fire.

6 There are some books ________ the chair.

7 There’s a dog __________ the sofa.

8 There is a chair __________ the desk.

3. Write sentences using the words given.

1 no - water - bottle

There isn’t any water in the bottle.

2 money - bank

3 trees - forest

4 no - a shop - village

5 no - people - shop

6 a church - next to - park

> EXTENSION

4. Look at the pictures and write sentences

about the people.

Raúl Lucía

Marta Almudena

Vicente Alberto

1 Raúl – walkman

Raúl hasn’t got a walkman. He’s got a

CD player.

2 Lucía - CD player

3 Marta and Almudena – CD players

4 Vicente and Lucía – bikes

5 Vicente - walkman

6 Alberto and Almudena – bikes

7 Alberto – mobile phone

8 Raúl and Vicente – mobile phones

5. Now write questions and short answers

about the pictures on the previous page.

1 Vicente - walkman?

Has Vicente got a walkman? No, he

hasn’t.

2 Almudena – mobile phone?

3 Marta – walkman?

4 Raúl and Marta – bikes?

5 Raúl – mobile phone?

6 Alberto and Almudena – CD players?

7 Vicente and Lucía – bikes?

6. Complete the sentences with the correct

form of there is, there isn’t, there are or there

aren’t.

1 Is there a supermarket near John’s 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

> CONSOLIDATION

1. Write complete sentences. Use the correct

form of the present simple (affirmative or

negative)

1 He/not/play/tennis

He doesn’t play tennis.

2 They/not/listen to/pop music

3 She/eat/apples

4 We/not/like/French

5 Tom/watch/a lot of films

6 Lisa and Ann/live/London

7 The dog/run/park

8 My sister/not/help/at home

2. Write sentences using words from the box.

always often never sometimes usually

1 bears – fish

Bears often eat fish.

2 polar bears – white

3 penguins – fly

4 sharks – attack people

5 pandas – bamboo

> EXTENSION

3. Write sentences about the animal in the

picture based on the words given.

1 sit down/often

A camel often sits down.

2 drink water/not often

3 eat sand/never

4 carry people/sometimes

5 live in the desert/always

6 be brown/usually

UNIT 4

> CONSOLIDATION

1. Correct these sentences.

1 I can to swim.

I can swim.

2 She no can cook.

3 We’re can play chess.

4 Cats can no fly.

5 They don’t can drive.

6 He cans ride a bike.

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 mustn’t 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)

6 Do not give food to the animals in the

zoo. (give)

7 Walk in the corridors. (run)

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?

4. Write short answers for the questions in

exercise 3.

1 Yes, they do.

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

7 _________________________________

8 _________________________________

9 _________________________________

10 _________________________________

> EXTENSION

5. Write sentences about abilities based on

the pictures and the verb given.

1 fly

A bird can fly but a dog can’t.

_________________________________

2 swim

_________________________________

_________________________________

3 walk

_________________________________

_________________________________

4 jump

_________________________________

_________________________________

5 cook

_________________________________

_________________________________

6 drive

_________________________________

_________________________________

7 talk

_________________________________

_________________________________

6. Look at these sports rules and write

sentences.

1 football – use your hands

You mustn’t 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 Does a deer run a lot?

Yes. It runs a lot.

2 _________________________________

Yes. Some live in trees.

3 _________________________________

No. It doesn’t 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 we’ve got 1 some milk and2 ________ bottle of water. We’ve got3 ________ apples, 4 ________ packet of

biscuits and 5 ________ orange juice.

In the freezer we’ve got 6 ________ soup

and 7 ________ ice-cream. We’ve got8 ________ packet of peas and 9 ________

ice.

2. Complete the sentences about the pictures.

1 The man is running.

2 The woman _______________________

3 The birds _________________________

4 The cat ___________________________

5 They _____________________________

6 The woman _______________________

7 The man __________________________

8 The girl __________________________

9 The frogs _________________________

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

> EXTENSION

4. Write short answers for the questions in

exercise 3 based on the pictures.

1 Yes, he is.

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

5. Look at the pictures and write sentences

starting with there.

1 There’s a fish in the fish tank.

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

7 _________________________________

8 _________________________________

9 _________________________________

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

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 wasn’t 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

1 give gived gave

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 The boy gave the girl a present.

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

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?

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.

Let’s go to the cinema.

B: I’m too tired; I don’t 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? I’m

very thirsty.

5 He doesn’t like watching ________ on

TV.

6 A: I went shopping yesterday.

B: Did you buy ___________?

7 Come here. I want to show you _______

8 She’s not normally so late. _________ is

wrong.

3. Look at the picture and complete the

sentences.

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 o’clock.

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

She’s going to the beach on Saturday.

2 we/watch/film/tonight

3 they/play/football/tomorrow

4 I/meet/friends/later

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.

I’ve got a lot of things planned for this

weekend. On Friday night 1 I’m going to

see (see) a film with some friends. We2 ______________________ (watch)

Planet of the Apes. Then my best friend3 ______________________ (stay) the

night at my house. We 4 _______________

_______ (get up) early on Saturday and we

5 _________________ (play) tennis. The

match 6 ________________________

(start) at 10.00. I 7 ___________________

____ (have) lunch at home and then I8 ______________________ (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!

> EXTENSION

3. Write questions for these answers.

1 What are you going to eat?

I’m going to eat spaghetti.

2 Who

He’s going to see his grandmother.

3 _________________________________

They’re going to live in Italy.

4 _________________________________

She’s going to travel by bus.

5 _________________________________

Yes, we’re going to play tennis.

6 _________________________________

No, he’s not going to watch the film.

7 _________________________________

I’m going to visit my friends.

VOCABULARY

ACTIVITIES IN TOWN

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

2. Read the sentences and match them with

an activity in exercise 1.

a ‘We’re going to see a horror film.’ 1

b ‘I like the green top and the blue one.

Which one shall I choose?’ ______

c ‘I’m really hungry. Let’s go to the

baker’s.’______

d ‘My favourite band is Destiny’s Child.’

______

e ‘I need to go to the bank before we go

shopping.’ ______

f ‘I’m going to order pepperoni and

cheese.’ ______

g ‘We’re going to see Tom and Lisa and I

think Pete will come too.’ ______

h ‘My hair is really long. It needs cutting.’

______

i ‘We’re going to get a comedy film from

the shop.’ ______

j ‘I’m going to buy a new pair of jeans.’

______

ADJECTIVES FOR DESCRIBING

PEOPLE

1. Match to form adjectives.

1 ha a nd happy

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. Now complete the sentences about yourself

using the words above.

I’m happy but I’m not serious.

1 I’m ________________ but I’m not

2 I’m ________________ and I’m

3 I’m not ________________ and I’m 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

1. Complete the words to form names of

animals.

1 t o r t o i s e

2 t _ _ _ r

3 c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e

4 m _ _ _ _ y

5 e _ _ _ _ _ _ t

6 l _ _ n

7 e _ _ _ e

8 p _ _ _ _ _ n

2. What are the names of these animals?

1 dog 5 ______________

2 ______________ 6 ______________

3 ______________ 7 ______________

4 ______________ 8 ______________

3. Draw a picture of these parts of animals.

Fish

1 scales 6 fur

2 a tail 7 a horn

3 claws 8 wings

4 a beak 9 feathers

5 a trunk 10 tongue

AT HOME

1. Match the objects in the box with the

pictures below.

bed chair cooker fridge

table telephone toilet sofa

1. _____________ 2. _____________

3. _____________ 4. _____________

5. _____________ 6. _____________

7. _____________ 8. _____________

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

objects from exercise 1? Choose from the box.

bathroom bedroom dining room

living room kitchen

1 _________________________________

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

7 _________________________________

8 _________________________________

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

1. Write the words next to the pictures.

1 T-Shirt

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

7 _________________________________

8 _________________________________

9 _________________________________

10 _________________________________

2. Find six more words related to clothes in

the word search.

T D L S A T I

R L S K I R T

O F E S A A L

U R I B N I A

S H I R T N S

E E G O A E F

R L P S U R S

S T R O H S H

1 belt

2 s_________________________________

3 s_________________________________

4 s_________________________________

5 t_________________________________

6 t_________________________________

7 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 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

COUNTRIES AND CONTINENTS

1. Find the names of the continents.

S O U H T A E I M E M N

F O S I A S I E R U O F

I 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 N A A M U E I I

I W T H K M M A R S C N

R R G J E G U E O F E A

F S T R P H J S R T U E

A C I X N I M M Q I R C

C C R C T I D A F E C O

A N T A R C T I C A C A

1 Asia

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

7 _________________________________

2. Rearrange the letters to make the name of

a country.

1 megryan Germany

2 ziblar ________________________

3 comocor ________________________

4 nipas ________________________

5 nibiart ________________________

6 daurcoe ________________________

7 xicome ________________________

8 putlargo ________________________

9 aliasurat ________________________

10 recnaf ________________________

3. Group the countries from exercise 2 into

continents.

1 Europe: Germany,_________________

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

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.

1 have lunch f

2 listen to music _____

3 meet your friends after school _____

4 go to the cinema _____

5 clean your teeth _____

6 do sport _____

7 watch TV _____

8 have a shower _____

9 read a book _____

10 get up late _____

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 _________________________________

FAMILY

1. Take a letter from each box to write the

names of nine family members.

M F B S S D G G C

A R R R A O I O O

S T U T N O A U A

N S N H H T T G T

H I E H D E E D

M R E R F R N T

A O R E

T T R

H H

E E

R R

1 mother

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

7 _________________________________

8 _________________________________

9 _________________________________

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 H X L Y U F V L S

A J N E P H E W W G K C M

N T I L E I H Y T I B N O

D P E P W Q W N H K F U F

S O C I F U U T R O E E T

O I E L E A Z X C V B N A

N F P M I H U S B A N D Q

1 a u n t 5 n _ _ _ _ w

2 g _ _ _d _ _ _ _ h _ _ r 6 n _ _ _ e

3 g _ _ n _ _ _ n 7 u _ _ _ e

4 h _ s _ _ _ d 8 w _ f _

FOOD

1. Choose a word from the box for each

description.

sandwich orange tomato water cake

ice-cream milk sugar carrot hamburger

1 A fruit with the same name as its colour.

orange

2 It’s cold and sweet. _________

3 Something made with two pieces of

bread. _________

4 A drink with no colour. _________

5 An American food. _________

6 It’s 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. _________

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

3. Write the names of the household chores

under each picture.

1 hoover the house

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

MOUNTAINS, RIVERS AND DESERTS

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

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 __________________

OBJECTS

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 _______________

1. video 2. _____________

3. _____________ 4. _____________

5. _____________ 6. _____________

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 ____________________

PLACES IN TOWN

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 é

6 ch off centre

7 post ermar ist’s

8 ca orts rk

1 disco

2 _________________________________

3 _________________________________

4 _________________________________

5 _________________________________

6 _________________________________

7 _________________________________

8 _________________________________

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.

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 O A

S X C H E M I S T R Y

I F E H X G H U T B R

C F R E N C H G O I O

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 S Y H P I G G H

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2. Which school subjects are these sentences

about? Choose from the box.

geography science French English

art history maths music

1 Paint a picture. art

2 5 × 8 = 40 _________________________

3 “Bonjour!” ________________________

4 Rome is the capital of Italy. ___________

5 Water = H2O ______________________

6 1492: Columbus discovers America.

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7 Play the piano. _____________________

8 The negative of ‘do’ is ‘don’t’. ________

TIME

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.

2. Write the times from exercise 1.

1 7.30 = half past seven

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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.

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TRANSPORT

1. Find eleven more forms of transport in the

word search.

T F E R R Y C U U

S R A S D F O H N

K Z A X C V A N D

A M B I C Y C L E

T A X I N G H L R

E F D W V C I X G

B U S Z A A P O R

O I U Y R L T R O

A R E O E W K Q U

R E N A L P G F N

D O M N B V C X D

MV C X C A R X Z

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

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My name’s Mayra and I’m Brazilian, or maybe

Italian. I’m not sure. It’s because my mother is

Brazilian and my father is Italian. When people

ask “Where are you from?” I sometimes say “I’m

from Brazil,” sometimes “I’m from Italy” and

sometimes “I don’t know!” The problem is that I

live in Brazil for most of the year but in the

summer I’m in Italy with my uncle, aunt and

cousins. They’re from Rome.

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I’m Jacques and I’m French, but my grandfather

is Spanish. My complete name is Jacques Garcia.

I’m from Paris but I’m 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!

2. Now decide which maps go with which text.

1 Map 1 text 2

2 Map 2 __________________

3 Map 3 __________________

4 Map 4 __________________

3. Read the texts again and answer the

questions.

Text 1

1 Where is Mayra’s mother from?

She’s from Brazil.

2 Where is Mayra’s father from?

3 Is Mayra’s uncle Brazilian?

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?

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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

1. Read the article and decide which picture

is best.

Abbie Hook is a young and successful pop star.

Everybody likes her songs. She’s got money,

she’s got a fast car, she’s got a big house at the

beach and she’s famous. But is she happy?

This is what Abbie says: ‘Many people think

that if you’ve 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 hasn’t got much

experience. She’s fortunate because she does a

job that she really likes, but the problem she’s

got is that she doesn’t want to be famous.’

Abbie continues: ‘When I go shopping,

reporters ask me about the things I buy. When

I’m in the street I’m never alone. People expect

me to be a pop star 24 hours a day. I know I’m

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 Abbie’s got two cars. False

2 Her house is in the mountains.

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3 Ben is Abbie’s brother. __________

4 Abbie is a teenager. __________

5 She’s got a lot of experience.

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6 She likes being famous. __________

7 She hasn’t got any problems.

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8 She doesn’t want to be a pop star all the

time. __________

> 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, doesn’t start until eleven

o’clock, which means the children don’t get up

at a normal time like half past seven. They get

up at ten o’clock! The first class of the day is

always a subject in which you don’t write

much, like art or music, because most people

don’t 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.

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

great! I don’t go to bed until two o’clock in the

morning, so I can watch all the late films on

television!’

His mother, Laura, doesn’t agree. ‘I think it’s a

terrible idea,’ she says.

2. Read the article again and answer these

questions.

1 Where is the project?

In Newcastle.

2 What do the children think about it?

3 What happens at ten o’clock?

4 What is the first class if it isn’t art?

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 …

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AN UNUSUAL JOB

1. Read the text and decide if Tom:

a likes his job

b loves his job

c hates his job

d doesn’t like his job

Tom N’Boto works in one of the many national

parks in Kenya. Tom tells us about what he

does at the start of his working day.

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 don’t 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. It’s great to see all the

animals coming to drink at the lake. It’s a

beautiful sight. I never get tired of it. I’m 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?

3 What time does Tom start work?

4 What is the main part of Tom’s job?

5 When do many of the animals get up?

6 Does Tom have a problem with getting

up early?

7 What do the animals do at the lake?

8 What does Tom feel when he sees the

animals?

> 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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UNIFORMS

1. Read the texts below and match each one

with a person from the box.

pupil nurse motorcycle rider chef

doctor policeman footballer

1 I’m wearing leather trousers and a leather

jacket and big boots. I’m wearing thick

gloves and a crash helmet too. When it’s

hot I don’t wear the leather trousers or

jacket, but I always wear the helmet and

the gloves. I’m a motorcycle rider.

2 I’m wearing a grey skirt, a white blouse and

a green sweater with the school badge on it. I

don’t like wearing a uniform. I want to wear

jeans and a T-shirt. I’m a ____________

3 I’m wearing normal clothes, but I’m also

wearing a white apron to protect my

clothes from the food. I’m also wearing a

tall white hat. I’m a ______________

4 I’m wearing dark blue trousers and a white

shirt with a black tie. I’m also wearing a

dark blue jacket and a black hat with a

badge on it and black shoes. I’m not

carrying a gun, but some of my colleagues

do. It helps when we meet a dangerous

criminal. I’m a ______________

2. Read the texts again and decide if these


Text 1

1 He always wears his leather jacket.

False

2 He wears his gloves in hot weather.

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Text 2

3 Her skirt and blouse are the same colour.

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4 She wants to wear informal clothes.

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Text 3

5 His normal clothes are white.

__________.

6 He’s wearing the apron because he’s

cold. __________

Text 4

7 All his clothes, except his shirt, are the

same colour. __________

8 He’s not carrying a gun. __________

> Write

3. Think of two people in the class or in your

family. Describe exactly what they are

wearing today.

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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.

a picnic c _____________

b _____________ d _____________

I often go to the park with my friends to play

sports or have a picnic. It’s 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 mustn’t 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

it’s cold or raining nobody goes, except to the

tennis courts, which are inside. I don’t go often

because I can’t play tennis, but sometimes I

watch my friends play.

I like our park very much and I’m lucky

because I live very near it.

2. Now read the text again and answer these

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 What’s the weather like when there are

lots of people in the park?

6 What sport can you play when it’s 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 mustn’t 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

1 I’m going to look in the newspaper and

decide what I want to see. Then I’m

going to go and buy the tickets for me

and my friend. I’m going to buy some

popcorn and then we’re going to go in.

We’re going to give the tickets to the

man at the door and he’s going to show

us to our seats.

We’re going to go to the

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2 She’s going to make a list of the things

that she wants and she’s going to take a

bag to put all the things in. She’s going

to take a bus into the centre of the town

and when she finds the things that she

wants she’s going to pay for them.

She’s going to go ______________

3 They’re going to wear a special shirt

and a scarf and when they arrive

they’re going to see lots of people with

the same shirt. They’re going to enter

the stadium and find their seats and

when it starts they’re going to sing and

shout.

They’re going to watch a

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2. Read the texts again. Are these sentences

true or false?

Text 1

1 He’s going to look in a magazine. False

2 They’re going to eat popcorn. ________

Text 2

3 She’s going to write down the things she

wants. __________

4 She’s going to drive into the town.

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Text 3

5 They’re going to wear special clothes.

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6 They’re going to stand up to watch.

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> 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 you’re going to wear

• what you’re going to take

• how you’re going to go

• what you’re going to do when you’re

there

(school) I’m going to get up early and I’m

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 didn’t want to be famous.

Now he works in a travel agent’s and he’s 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 Málaga 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 café 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 man’s

fortune. When he was at the hotel he stayed in

room 38161.

2. Read the story again and decide if these


1 The man had friends in the town. False

2 People didn’t say anything to him.

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3 He had dinner in a restaurant.

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4 He bought some lottery tickets.

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5 He drank water at the café. __________

6 He heard about his lottery win in the

park. __________

7 The hotel manager didn’t know how he

won. __________

8 His room number helped him win.

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> 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

ISLAND FOR SALE BY ANNE COLLINS

Teacher’s 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 doesn’t 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 doesn’t like the castle. It is cold,

dark and boring. When they go in Duncan’s

boat, she falls into the water. They don’t want

to buy the castle. There are no more customers.

Mr Moneybags doesn’t 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.

> Background and themes

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.

> Extra words

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 call castle

company dog electric(ity)

fish helicopter honey

island jump leap

married mouse paint

rabbit rock star sale

scream sell

> Communicative activities

The following teacher-led activities cover the

same sections of text as the exercises at the

back of the Reader.

> Activities before reading the book

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. He’s Scottish, Scottish

island); Scot (e.g. He’s a Scot).

> Activities after reading the book

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 a–d 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.)

Student’s Activities


• 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.

> Activities while reading the book

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 man’s name?

d Page 4, What is the name of the dog in

the lady’s 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.

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.

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 don’t 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 don’t 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.


1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

Teacher’s 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 café 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 player’s 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.


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.




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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 doesn’t

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?


1 Students should choose to be either the

policeman or the man with the flute and tell

the story from their point of view.

> Extra words


300 headwords used in each Penguin Readers

Level 1 title. The extra words used in this title

are:

abbey city coin

collect flute last

minute missing next

outside pocket pretty

shopkeeper speak stamp

steal surprised tourist

tune valuable



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


1. Find these things in the pictures. Write

down the page number(s) where you see

them.

abbey flute hat

coin shopkeeper 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 café?

k Why does the shopkeeper come to find

Pete and Carla?

l Who says “What’s 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.


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

Teacher’s Notes

> 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 Paxton’s new friends follow

him to the beach. They see two people’s

footprints in the sand – Paxton’s 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: ‘Don’t go to the small

town of Seaburgh.’

> About M. R. James

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.


Ghosts and magic: Not everything around us

can be easily explained or controlled. We

should learn when to accept things that we

don’t really understand.

Secrecy and mystery: There is a lot of

incomplete information in the story. We don’t

know Paxton’s full name. We never learn the

name of the story’s narrator. We don’t 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.




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Chapter 1


• 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.


• Students work in pairs. Ask them to think

about Paxton’s story. Do they believe it?

Why/why not?

Chapters 2 and 3


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.


• 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?

> Extra words


300 headwords, used in each Penguin Readers

Level 1 title. The extra words used in this title

are:

afraid beach believe

church crown danger

far footprints gravestone

ground help hill

last magic protect

put shadow shout

spade wind



• 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.


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 isn’t 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. ‘We’re 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 Agers’s book was open at William

Agers’s 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 don’t 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 o’clock.

c Mr Long and his friend shout to Paxton

from the front of the hotel.

d William Agers’s dead body is on the

beach.

e Paxton’s dead body is on the beach.

f William Agers is dead. But he protected

the crown with magic.


1. On Paxton’s 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 Paxton’s

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 Long’s 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

Teacher’s 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 can’t 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 café 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.


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

Per’s 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 don’t 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?




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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?


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?

> Extra words

The extra words used in this title are

highlighted in question 1 at the back of the

Reader. They are:

afraid belong call

careful crazy cup

curator fast forest

ghost grave hole

leave museum over

scream sell stone

strange word



1. Look at the pink letters on the back cover

of the book. Who is the strange man? Why

is Per afraid? Why isn’t Nina afraid?


Pages 1–3

1. Write the correct word in the sentences

below:

forest strange stone

hole cup word

careful

a DANCE makes the _____ ‘dance’.

b Per says: ‘There’s 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 Nina’s 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 4–7

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 can’t see the strange man.

IV drive to a small town.

V are very friendly.

2. Answer the questions:

a Why does Nina say ‘Let’s 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 8–11


below:

curator belongs graves

afraid fast calls

a I don’t like big forests. I am _______ of

them.

b ‘Stop, Nina!’Per _______.

c Someone is driving the car very

_______.

d My father works in a museum. He is the

_______.

e There are some Viking _______ in the

forest.

f The cup _______ to Hakon.

2. Are the sentences below right or wrong?

a Hakon is an old Spanish name.

b The cup is from Hakon’s grave.

c Nina thinks Per is crazy.

d Nina takes the bag with the cup and

drives away.

e Money isn’t important to Nina.

f Nina is taking the cup to Osterly to sell

it.

Pages 12–15


below. You will need to use one word twice.

ghost leaves screams museum

a Nina’s 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

thing. What is it?

e What is in the river?

f Where is Hakon walking at the end of

the story?


1. 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.

2. 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

Teacher’s Notes

> Summary

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 he’s in love with her. He

follows her and is able to speak to her. Her

name is Maria.

He finds a camera on a café 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!


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?

Stealing: Jake feels so strongly about the girl

that he takes a camera from a tourist.




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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.


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?

> Extra words


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 band bench

camera carnival costume

drum feather float

map point procession

sergeant shout surprised

T-shirt tourist wave

wife



1. Look at the pictures. On which pages can

you find these things?

Balloons bus camera child’s 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?


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 policeman’s uniform is _____.

f When the policeman finds Jake with the

tourist’s camera, Jake’s 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?

g Who does Jake think of when he is in

trouble?

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 café.

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 Maria! You are late.

b Smile.

c It was quiet. The band started.

d 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 It is a musical instrument.

b To call someone with your hand.

c It guides you round a town.

d Something light which covers a bird’s

body.

e They have air in them.

f Special clothes.


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?

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