Ace - Tema 1 a 3

Activity Book Helen Casey Starter Unit

New l e r m Unitl

Delighlful drama Unit 2

G l o b a l geography Unit 3

Lively lileralure Unit 4

H u m a n hislory Unit 5

S m a r l citizenship Unit 6

S p e c i a l sport Unit 7

D a r i n g design Unit 8

Inieresling I C T

2 4 14 24 34 44

Tracy Traynor

Tamzin Thompson

Unit 9

S p e c t a c u l a r science Revisión story 1

A Irip lo the I h e a l r e

94

Revisión story 2

School trip lo Ihe zoo

96

Revisión story 3

T h e science f a i r

98

Festival 1

Thoughlful T h a n k s g i v i n g 1 0 0 Festival 2

Creative Chrislmas Festival 3

54

Wonderful World Poelry D a y

64

Bilingualdictionary G r a m m a r reference

74

84

Fluency cards

O X F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS

101

Activity Book Helen Casey

2

Unitl

Delightful d r a m a

4 14 24 34

54 64

Unit 8

Interesting I C T

96

T h e science f a i r

98

Thoughtful T h a n k s g i v i n g

100

Creative Christmas

101

Festival 3

Unit 7

D a r i n g design

School trip to the zoo

Festival 2 44

Unit 6

S p e c i a l sport

94

Festival 1

Unit 5

Smart citizenship

A trip to the theatre

Revisión story 3

Unit 4

H u m a n hislory

84

Revisión story 2

Unit 3

L i v e l y literafure

S p e c t a c u l a r science Revisión story 1

Unit 2

Global geography

Tamzin Thompson

Unit 9

Starter Unit

New i e r m

Tracy Traynor

74

Wonderful World Poetry D a y

102

Bilingual dictionary

103

G r a m m a r reference

108

Fluency cards

115

je*5 I r r e g u l a r

t r e f e s

c e

¿4

verbs c

Past s i m p l e

Past participle

Left

Left

lie

la y

lain

begun

Lose

Lost

lost

broke

broken

make

made

made

bring

brought

brought

meet

met

met

build

built

built

pay

paid

paid

burn

burnt

burnt

put

put

put

buy

bought

bought

read

read

read

catch

caught

caught

ride

rodé

ridden

choose

chose

chosen

ring

rang

rung

come

carne

come

run

ran

run

cost

cost

cost

say

said

said

cut

cut

cut

see

saw

seen

do

did

done

sell

sold

sold

dream

dreamt

dreamt

send

sent

sent

drink

drank

drunk

show

showed

shown

drive

drove

driven

sing

sang

sung

eat

ate

eaten

sink

sank

sunk

faLL

fell

fallen

sit

sat

sat

feed

fed

fed

sleep

slept

slept

feel

feLt

felt

smell

smelt

smelt

find

found

found

speak

spoke

spoken

fly

fLew

flown

spend

spent

spend

get

got

got

steal

stole

stolen

give

gave

given

stick

stuck

stuck

go

went

gone/been

swim

swam

swum

grow

grew

grown

take

took

taken

have

had

had

teach

taught

taught

|

hear

heard

heard

telL

told

told

|

hide

hid

hidden

think

thought

thought

I

hit

hit

hit

throw

threw

thrown

1

hold

held

held

understand

understood

understood

i

hurt

hurt

hurt

w a k e up

w o k e up

w o k e n up

keep

kept

kept

wear

wore

wore

know

knew

known

win

won

won

Learn

Learnt

Learnt

write

wrote

written

Base f o r m

Past s i m p l e

Past participle

be

was/were

been

Base form Leave

become

became

become

begin

began

break

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Lesson 1 1

Complete. practice

W^Ve

ter-m

coach

textbook

test

study

subject

at >cV\oo\\V\t 5i^v-ii^A-er Uoliday$ f o r t^€ ¿^^t^^^ (1)

exam

je/vrrv

e

homework

tk«t tc.ll5 f $ wU^t we'll do every d^y. We

U¿we fou don't lifce circuses, l'm sure NJOU'II enjo^ Gino's. It's the best so go and see it. You can frf tickets for five pounds. It'U be on eveq Vcnight for another tvio vieafcs.

5 Read the review a g a i n . Find and correct nine spelling mistakes. aecb — a e e

6 Write a review of a performance you have seen. H

^ ^ f f í m s h e f l ^ Check the spelling in your review. Have you used any homophones? Are they correct?

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Review

The school

1 Look and complete the s u m m a r y

newsletter

of events. U

Bongo's escape •h\c]^s carayes cnteers escapes

4 Read and circle.

l a rehearsal

chapes foLtbvvs

Once a year, Ciass 6A (1)(jdoes)/ Is doing

a piay. This year, we (2) do^^re^doiy) one called Escape! Ned Uves on a beautifol island, but he (3/waats)/ is wanting to be rescued. Every day he (4)íooks)/ is looking out to

sea, but no one comes. Trien he jinds Walu in a cave and they become foiends. Today, we (5) rehearse /(Se~réhearsi¡^h the end of the play. Ned and Walu (6) Jish K s r e ^ s h i ^ ) They see a pirate 1 Bnngo 2 Rilhj

evc^co/jaeo

Qf^O^S

3 Bongo

to get their hidden gold.

the footprints.

(8)^Come>/ Be coming to the performance

_ in a bush.

4 Billy 5 Billy

ship. The pirates (7) come /C^_comÍRg)

through the Je rice.

and (9)

P " j musician

] comedian p f ) pirate

J \

s

J

1 When Ned jmds Walu, he's :-•> happy ... 2 When they see the pirates, they're

actor

scared ... ^ E )

magidan

a dark cave ... ['VJ

3 Find, circle and correct the mistake.

4 Escape!.is

j-}^

a good piay ...

1 'Don'tíshoub- I can't hear you.'

\ The tickets are selling

2 'We need to be quiet,' she shouted.

^ a that they hide in a cave. b that the children are very excited. t c that they don't see the pirates' gold d that there aren't many lejt. * e that he laughs and shouts.

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1

3 He muttered because she was so Junny. 4 They were so scared that they cheered.

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^^[Fiiríisiíefl^ Write a list of three thíngs you want to do better in the next unit.

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Presentation a n d S e l f - e v a l u a t i o n

1 Look a t t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n p l a n in A c t i v i t y 3. R e a d a n d w r i t e t h e q u e s t i o n s . How did he/she get f a m o u s ? W h a t ' s he/she like?

H o w do you w a t c h his/her performance?

What%4tfs/hefjoW

W h a t does he/she do now?

2 Listen a n d circle t h e correct a n s w e r s in t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n p l a n . © 23 3 P l a n y o u r p r e s e n t a t i o n . Use t h e q u e s t i o n s in A c t i v i t y 1. E l Give your presentation to t h e class.

1

He used to perform in the street / t h e a t r e . His tricks

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V

w e r e difficult / s i m p l e , but so clever! He became

He's an American acrobat /

f a m o u s because of his TV / t h e a t r e shows.

(^mag¡cían;and stunt m a n . A stunt m a n is a person w h o does dangerous / safe a n d boring / crazy things.

Now he does crazy / card tricks, such as spending nearly 6 4 hours in w a t e r / ice. He has to train and be c a r e f u l / scared.

I have / haven't seen him Uve. T v e got DVDs. I'd Like to see his s h o w s .

He's caring and generous / cruel. He visits children in school / h o s p i t a l every year. He reads stories / does tricks.

4 Look b a c k a t t h e u n i t . R e a d a n d t i c k / . C o m p l e t e .

D i a r y o f a n Ace s t u d e n t

Self-evaluation

Date

I can r e m e m b e r t h e d r a m a t i c verbs from

I can describe things using so a n d such

Lesson 1.

w i t h that.

I can use t h e present s i m p l e a n d present

(^)

continuous.

I know about street performance from

f ~ J I can read a n d write a play s u m m a r y .

around t h e w o r l d .

I can remember the performers a n d skills f r o m Lesson 5.

I can t a l k about my skills a n d abilities.

(~)

l e a n w r i t e a review of a performance.

(^)

I can t a l k about m y favourite performer.

I've w o r k e d quite hard / r e a l l y hard / e x t r e m e l y hard in this unit. M y favourite lesson w a s

because

2 T h e y / a v o i d e d / ( g o ) / t h r o u g h the tunnel

.

3 She / offered / (buy) / a n ¡ce cream 4 He / w a s pretending / (do) / his h o m e w o r k 5 Can gou /\mag\ne

/ (mowe) / a whole

6 He / enjogs / (look) / atthe

.

house7

sea

3 Look, read a n d write sentences. Use the infinitive \N\th to or the -ing

form

1 suggest/gocanoeing H e OÁjüO^e^leÁ 2 offer / p l a y t a ble t e n n i s

3 prom\se / do her

homework

4 agree / m a k e a cake

4

Regular revi

Complete.

Verb p a t 1 JiLly

cucJceÁ

BetUj

te- rnj&et

2 Mrs Bean

_N\\llg

3 WilUam_

Billy _

4 Mr Bean _

his friend

1

her.

her h o m e w o r k . Bongo. to a

partg.

invited . . . , 0 , h e l p e di... . . . to osked^rrtoi t o l d . . . to

^ - [ f í n í s h é d ^ Choose four verbs and write sentences. Use verbs in the infinitive with fj -ing form. U imagine promise enjoy agree pretend suggest

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A n ftce s l u d e n l s t u d " *

Reading and Writing

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* make

1 Read. Look and write how the things made t h e m f e e l

+ adjective (

1 It m o c t e t f W

Friday, 25th August 9.30 am: This is my last day in Japan with my family so it's the lastday of my Japan blog.The long flight here made us really tired, but it's been worth it!

2 They

1.15 pm: We're having lunch in a café.This morning we visited a monkey park in the mountains.The monkeys made me nervous! One of them stole my dad's hat, which made him angry!

3 It

9.45 pm: We're sitting in a traffic jam on the motorway. It's going to make us late for our plañe! This afternoon we saw Mount Fuji and lots of beautiful temples. And we went shopping in Tokyo, which made my mum very happy. Japan is a fantastic place. I can't wait to tell my friends about my holiday!

4 It

CD'l

2 Listen and match.

30

1 ALL the people m a k e

a Casey's dad nervous.

2 The paintings made

b you very sick.

3 Looking a t t h e f o o d made

c Tokyo very noisy.

4 Fugu can make

d Casey f e e l hungry.

5 Eating fugu m a d e

e Casey keen on J a p a n e s e art.

3 Remember or imagine a holiday. Write a t r a v e l blog

L e a r n i n g lo l e a r n Learning

words

in grammar

families

We can categorize words in g r a m m a r families: nouns, verbs or adjectives. Find these words on Class Book page 19. Write t h e m in three lists: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives. journey rides

nervous

huge

ill

tour pays

H crazy blog

travelling

hungry

luggage

r a i l w a y station

jj^ffinisKSJffi Write sentences about how these things make you feel: big cities, shopping, museums, monkeys, fugu. H

Wrifing tip Lisíingand learning words in grammar families makesiteasier remember them. j to tore

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Vocabulary and DVD song

Complete the song. Listen and check. (§) boarding

hand Luggage

seat belt T v e got m y

ticket

(1)

check-in security

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BILINGUALDICTIONARY^page 104

queue

gate

luggage

passport

take-off I've m a d e it through (6)

a n d m y (2)

M y reservation's here.

I'm w a i t i n g a t the (7)

T v e packed up a 11 m y (3) _

I w i s h t h e y w o u l d start (8)

And I can't w a i t to l e a v e !

I hope m y flight's not l a t e !

On holiday,

on holiday,

I'mflylng

offon

On holiday,

on holiday,

it's the best time ofthe

Here I a m a t (4)

holiday!

.

year!

On holiday,

on

holiday...

I'm fastening m y (9) My

(10)

is s t o w e d .

T v e joined t h e shortest (5)

The pilot's ready for (11)

But it's making m e impatient

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

Because I can't w a i t to go!

On holiday,

On holiday,

on

on

holiday...

holiday...

2 Listen and number in order. Ptó 34

3 Read and circle. Write the matching word security

take-off

gate

check-ir

1 S h o w your passport a n d ticket a n d leave y o u K l u g g a g e ) / ticket. 2 Toin t h e queue / gate. Have your seat belt / hand luggage checked. 3 S h o w your passport a n d ticket a n d board / take off the p l a ñ e . 4 Put a w a y your seat belt / hand luggage a n d f a s t e n your seat belt / hand luggage. 4 I m a g i n e you're the boy in Activity 2. Write about w h a t you did at the airport. H

Fi^jQ/t, I w n i to- cAeclo-i/rv. I oA¿yu>ecL rrt/ty na^n>cvnX- ... 18

^ [ f í n i s h é d ? Write a List of transport jobs, e.g. pilot, bus driver...

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G r a m m a r a n d Cross-curricular

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1

1 Read and write PP (present perfect) or PS (past simple). GRAMMAR

page 109

1 Mr Murphy has never used t h e t u n n e l before.

PP

4 His train Left a t 8.30 a m .

2 He's heard t h a t it's very f a s t .

5 He's j u s t arrived in Paris.

3 He caught t h e t r a i n ¡n London.

6 I t w a s a very quick j o u r n e y .

2 Find, circle and correct the mistake. 1 T h e emergency s e r v i c e s ^ e r ^ j u s t organized a safety test in t h e C h a n n e l T u n n e l .

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2 T h e y pretended t h a t there has been a fire in t h e t u n n e l . 3 Thetunnel hasopenedin1994. 4 T h e emergency services has done this test every year. 3 Write sentences w i t h the present perfect or past simple. 1 Someone / (suggest) / building a t u n n e l / in 1802 Scvraeo-rie 2 I t / (take) / six years / to build / the C h a n n e l T u n n e l

3 The t u n n e l / ( m a k e ) / t r a v e l l i n g between F r a n c e a n d E n g l a n d / quicker

4 The t u n n e l / (be) / very p o p u l a r / w i t h drivers

4 Read t h e notes and write sentences. Use the present perfect or past simple.

----Tapan: SeiKan Tunnel .——

viorK / etart / iT?i tafce / n ^ears to build open / \

IFSnisKeuy a

plañe t i c k e t t h e n f i n d you cant fly because

itV too foggy.

the paragraphs in the text. a gives a decisión and expresses an opinión b gives e x a m p l e s o f a d v a n t a g e s c s a y s w h a t t h e essay is about

On the other

han¿,

planes getyou -

to go very (4)

}

people in countñes

on the other s"ide a f the WoA¿.

FAost

i m p a r t a n f l y , planes make i t p w i b l e to help people in -

because they can f l y to

that cars can't

disadvantages

Want

Also you can viyit

(5)

d gives e x a m p l e s of

where you

places

reach.

I think We nee¿ planes¡ \>utwe shoulA try notto

fly

too o f f e n .

5

Read the essay a g a i n . Find and write nine words with the /ai/ sound. y

i_e

igh

UÁÁ, ú

8

6 Write an essay about the a d v a n t a g e s and disadvantages of cycling. H

M^ifínfeBeá^

Check the spelling in your essay. Are there any words with the /ai/ sound?

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Review

Theschool

1 Complete the crossword. 1 I knew there were roadworks because I saw a 2 There was a long ... at alrport security.

4 Write a n s w e r s t o the questions in Activity 3.

3 We caught the train jrom the ... station. 4 You gasten your seat belt for ... and landlng.

1

5 You show your ticket when you're ... the plañe.

2

6 The ... sails Jrom Bilbao at 12 o'clock. 7 Too Jast! The ... is 50 kilometres per hour. 8 The ship arrives at the ... tomorrow morning.

I'i^e

3

4 5 Find, circle and correct the six mistakes.

1 2

^asfchar's trip report

3 4

-

5

M>( famity wanted to go on a trip. M>( mum euggested (ícn^iPortugal, but we have gone

6 7

there last ^ear. í>o we agreed to fty to (Sterman^.

8

FVfing mafces nervous xxv\. I offered singing her a nice song e>o that ene didn't thinfc about

2 Listen to t h e plans for a trip. Write T(True) o r f ( F a l s e ) . © 4 o 1 They're going to go on the motorway. 2 They've done this journey befo re. 3 Dad suggests having breakfast when they arrive at the alrport. 4 Milly has jwgotten her passport.

the taKe-off. £ut xw\g made her feel

o o

worse than ftyng! We enjo^ed to visit 6ierman^

o o

netf ^ear.

veq much though. 1 suggested to go to Itakj

6 Write sentences about w h a t makes you bored, scared, angry a n d excited.

3 Complete with Ola or Have. 1

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newsletter

Ha/i>e you ever climbed a tall bridge?

2

you travel by train last week?

3

you ever been on a Jerry?

4

you enjoy your last holiday?

^ ^ i M n i s B e f l ^ Write a List of three things you want to do better in the next unit.

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Presentation and Self-evaluation

1 Look at the presentation plan in Activity 3. Read and write the questions. I How do you feel? Where do you go? How do you t r a v e l ? Viherráeryott-go* W h a t ' s t h e j o u r n e y like? CD1

2 Listen and circle the correct answers in the presentation plan. ® 41 3 Plan your presentation. Use the questions in Activity 1. H Give your presentation to the class.

I love getting ready to go! I a l w a y s f e e l happy / nervous and excited. We a l w a y s leave very e a r l y to avoid roadworks / traffic jams.

1

W^ie/rv

do*

tjXMi/ ?

W e g o o n holiday in{JuU})/ August.

We t r a v e l by c a r / t r a i n . We a l w a y s

We go at t h e end / beginning of

have lots of luggage! We go on

the summer holidays.

the railway / motorway.

We go to the seaside every year. I can't

T h e j o u r n e y is long! I t ' s f o u r hours on the

imagine going / to go a n y w h e r e else.

motorway / canal. Sometimes there's a traffic

We stay in a cottage by t h e beach. I love

j a m or roadworks / road signs. I don't like t h e

swimming / surfing in t h e s e a !

m o t o r w a y . It's fun / boring.

4 Look back at the unit. Read and tick / . Complete. Diary of a n Ace student

Self-evctlucxtiott

Date

I can remember the t r a v e l and transport words from Lesson 1. (~)

I can use different verb patterns.

r~]

I can read a n d write a t r a v e l blog.

I can practise buying a train ticket. (~)

around t h e w o r l d . r~)

t y p e of transport.

f r o m Lesson 5. c

a

n

u

s

e

t h e present perfect and past

I can w r i t e an essay about the a d v a n t a g e s and disadvantages of a

I can remember the air t r a v e l words *

I k n o w about special transport f r o m

(^)

I can t a l k about a f a m i l y h o l i d a y .

simple. I've worked quite hard / really hard / extremely hard in this unit M y favourite lesson w a s

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Vocabulary

1 Write the characters.

BILINGUALDICTIONARY-» page 104

8 2 Complete. 1 An QACÁútcjnL

helps someone to do their job.

2 A

goes w i t h y o u on a j o u r n e y or a n adventure.

3 A

solves crimes and mysteries.

4 A

is a very big and t a l l m a n or w o m a n .

5 A

sees something happen, for e x a m p l e a crime or a n accident.

6 A

or

7 A

is a cLever person w h o everyone listens to.

is a person w h o does brave things and saves people

is someone w h o fights you or doesn't like y o u .

8 Your

3 Listen and write H (Heroine), E (Enemy) or C (Companion). ® 04

2

1 brave

(R)

2 loyal

4 evil

Q

5 wise

Q

3 hard-working 6 helpful

f~} Q

4 Think of different characters from a book or f i l m . Write sentences. 8

Ha/viAj, Poíte/i/ lo

QJ

lie/bo-. Rc^rv a/nxl He/OrnÁo-rte a/ie. lúe co-m|xaTÚo^n/o.

Tlbexp fuo/v>e ma/rvtj/ cuia>e/rUl/U/aeo to-c^elÁea.

HCLOA^

lo i»€/ity 4^iaA^£> ...

Write a list of adjectives to describe your favourite hero or heroine (from a book or film) and a list of adjectives to describe his/her enemy. H

Lesson 2

Story

Plot, c h a r a c t e r s a n d setting 1 Remember the story. Number in order. a The t a l l m a n confessed e v e r y t h i n g .

(

b Peterson s a w a robbery.

e A t a l l m a n asked t h e butcher about t h e goose.

)

f H o l m e s found t h e m a n w h o lost his h a t .

(~T)

c Holmes forgave t h e thief. d Peterson found a j e w e l in t h e goose. [

(~)

g Peterson brought a hat a n d a goose to H o l m e s .

(""j

]

h H o l m e s found the butcher w h o sold t h e goose.

(~)

2 Read and circle. 1 Peterson is H o l m e s ' . . .

a assistant. ( j ^ f r i e n d T )

c companion.

2 Henry Baker w a s t h e . . . of a crime.

a witness

b thief

c victim

3 Holmes gave the j e w e l b a c k t o its ... a owner.

b companion.

c thief.

4 The t a l l m a n w a s t h e . . .

b thief.

c victim.

a witness.

Synopsis 1

Read and complete. One Christmas Eve in London, H o l m e s ' friend Peterson w i t n e s s e d a (1) . . . . T h e victim dropped a goose a n d a ( 2 ) s o Peterson t o o k t h e m to Holmes. Holmes kept t h e hat a n d told Peterson to (3)... t h e goose. Peterson found a blue j e w e l (4)... t h e goose. Holmes found t h e (5)... w h o lost t h e hat, but t h e m a n didn't k n o w about the (6).... The butcher w h o sold t h e goose didn't know about the j e w e l either, but a t a l l m a n w a s asking the butcher about t h e (7).... Holmes t a l k e d to the t a l l m a n a n d the t a l l m a n confessed (8).... He stole t h e j e w e l a n d hid it in a goose. Holmes gave the j e w e l b a c k t o its o w n e r and he forgave the (9)....

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

4 Complete the review. A review of (1) This is (2)

It's set (3) . The m a i n characters are called (4)

The story starts w h e n (5)

I thought this story w a s (6) (7) Rating: I give this story

stars.

^^[FinJsBefl^ What happened when Holmes gave the jewel backto its owner? Draw and write the next part of the detective story. |B)

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Grammar

Look, read and circle.

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no 1 And /(^hen)the t e a c h e r w a s putting up a poster, WilLiQm(grr¡veay was arriving. 2 At ten o'clock y e s t e r d a y , BiLLy read / ( w a ^ ^ ^ ^ q ) p book w h i l e J i l l y writing / ( w a s writinq)on the board. 3 While / ( W h e i i B e t t y and MiLLy were using, (useá)the computer, WiLLiam arrived.

2 Look at the picture in Activity 1. Complete with and, while and the past simple or past continuous. 1 W h i l e t h e children w e r e having a literature lesson, it

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2 At ten o'clock, the t e a c h e r w a s putting up posters 3

(start) to rain.

f \ > W l f l , T i l l y w a s w r i t i n g on t h e board.

Billy w a s reading a book, W i l l i a m arrived.

4 W i l l i a m w a s s m i l i n g and he \ h \ r v b V ^ ^ \) a n u m b r e l l a . 3 Look and m a k e sentences w i t h and, when or while a n d the past simple or past continuous. 1 Mr M u r p h y / sit / under a tree / he / read a book

Ma Mu/iriA^ u3-a¿) CMÍAITU^/ umÁeru cu tase amÁ /

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2 Mr M u r p h y / read / his friends / play f o o t b a l l

3 Mr Murphy's friends / p l a y f o o t b a l l / his dog /(stealjtheir b a l l -( 4 Look at the picture in Activity 3. Write sentences. Use used to. 1

Ma- MuAft/futp uaect to- nj^ecba-

lots of books long hair a dog

own

^^-ffínisKéíi? Write about what you and your family were doing at five different times yesterday, e.g. At ten o'clock, my dad was deán ing the car... ¡0

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Reading and Writing

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1 Read a n d choose a, b or c. Then circle the adverbs

* adjectives a n d adverbs

of degree in the essay. Dr Watson bj Sophie Hughes Dr Tohn H. Watson ¡6 í>herlo6fc Holmes (1) ....

veq careful and (4) ... lite Holmes. £ut he is quite

Watson and Holmes are(vérJ¡)goodfriends,but the^

¡ntelligent and he sometimes tries to solve ¿rimes

have complete!^ different 6hara6ters.

on his ovin. He is fairly sociable and he ¡s etfremety honest.

Watson is really patient and hard-worttng and he often helps Holmes to (2) ... ¿rimes and m^steries.

Watson sometimes gets a bit anno^ed with Holmes

He is a veq brave man, and he sometimes saves

because Holmes is a little (5) ... to worfc with, but the^

Holmes from (3) ... situations.

never stop being (6) .... Watson is absolutelj lo>pl to Holmes and he is an etfremefy helpful assistant.

Watson is not a great dete¿tive because he is not

1 a detective (b a s s i s t a n t ) c w i t n e s s

4 a LogicaL

b honest

c sociable

2 a solve

b find

c steal

5 a easy

b lovely

c difficult

3 a safe

b funny

c dangerous

6 a enemies

b friends

c victims

2 Read the text again a n d circle. 1 W a t s o n is a little /(faírl^/ extremely intelligent. 2 Holmes is a bit / quite / very difficult to w o r k w i t h . 3 W a t s o n is a little / quite / really sociable. 4 Holmes is a bit /fairly / extremely c a r e f u l . 5 W a t s o n is a little / quite / completely l o y a l to H o l m e s . 6 W a t s o n is a bit /fairly / a b s o l u t e l y honest. 3 Write a n essay about your favourite fictional character.

L e a r n i n g to l e a n * Using word

families

Complete. Noun

Adverb

Adjective

care

careful

1

patience

2

patiently

3

energetic

energetically

honesty

4

honestly

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Writing tip You can put words into families to helpyou find their meanings and learn new words.

¡Fiñishéd? Look at the essay you wrote in Activity 3. Circle the adjectives, then write the matching nouns and adverbs. You can use your dictionary to help you. S

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Vocabulary and DVD song

1 Complete the song. Listen a n d check. (§) os

BILINGUAL D I C T I O N A R Y p a g e 104

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cLues

spelLs UFOs

shieLd creatures a l i e n d i a m o n d necklace disguise spaceship t i m e m a c h i n e

I need a book, a book to take me

Tve got a magic cloakand a (5)

away...

and I can do magic (6)

I found a book about a detective - and now I'm

I I I meet a famous wizard and find golden treasure

trying to solve a crime!

as w e l l .

Someone's stolen a (1)

I found a book about an (7)

and now they're in (2)

now I've got a (8)

So F U use my magnifying glass and í l l follow a l l the

(3)

an

I'm travelling to the future and seeing things no on

,

else has seen!

T U interview the witnesses - and 1*11 figure out the

n i visit strange new planets, I ' l l ñy with

truth.

(9)

I found a book about a hero - and now I'm in a

I ' l l bring back an amazing (10)

magic wood! I'm meeting amazing (4)

and facts that no one knows.

-

I need a book, a book to take me

some are dangerous and some are good.

away...

2 Read and complete. enemies

heroine

spells

magic c l o a k

hero

creatures

fa-ntas-y

A Year and a Day by Anna Kelly

A Year and a Day \s a (1) the (2)

Ja/riixxfrtp

story by A n n a Kelly. T h e main characters are

and (3)

, a brother and sister called D o m

and Mira.Their father ¡s the king. He's a wise character, but he has many evil (4)

Mira and D o m have to go away for a year and a day to be safe.

Mira can do (5)

and D o m has got a (6)

journey, they meet many strange (7)

and one b e c o m e s their c o m p a n i o n and friend.

It's a great story for anyone w h o likes adventure and magic!

3 Look and write a story s u m m a r y of the book. Use the words and imagine the story. from the future t i m e m a c h i n e scientist assistant a l i e n disguise science fiction funny

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that makes him fly. On their

ll^[F8nf$fie¿$ Write a summary of the last story you read.

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1 The Harry Potter books nave been popular a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d for/(s¡ñce)Tune 1997. 2 The Percy f a m i l y have lived in A l n w i c k Castle for / since over 7 0 0 years. 3 Students have studied a t Christ Church college in Oxford for / since 1546. 4 People have visited t h e cloisters a t GLoucester C a t h e d r a l for / since over 6 0 0 years. 5 Trains have crossed t h e G l e n f i n n a n Viaduct for / since over a century. 6 J . K. Rowling has w r i t t e n seven Harry Potter books for / since 1995. 2 Complete with the present perfect w i t h / o r or since (1-6). Invent t w o more sentences (7-8). 1 Harry Potter

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2 I

(be) m y hero

Iwaseight.

(use) m y Harry Potter school bag every d a y t w o years. (not w a t c h ) t h e first Harry Potter f i l m

2001.

4 Myfriends

( w a n t ) to visit t h e Harry Potter t h e m e p a r k _

_ years.

5 M y brother

. (not pía y) a Harry Potter computer g a m e

last month.

3 My b r o t h e r a n d l

6 I

(have) this Harry Potter poster on m y w a l l

three years.

7 8 3 Read the notes a n d write sentences. Use the present perfect w i t h / o r or since.

3

Daniel Radcliffe 1

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4 Match the descriptions w i t h the paragraphs in the text. a the end of t h e story

(3)

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p\r\v\G\d c\rovr\€ r ^ k l ^ c - e . H e t U o v g k t " i t

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6 Write a short detective story. H iFfiiísheá^ Check the spelling in your detective story. Are there any words with the Ai:/ sound? 1

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1

Review

The school newsletter

CompLete. C l a s s 6 A r e a d s ... Aceman

to theRescue

3

is about a (1)

h¿£¿.D¿ca\\ed

Flre p rae tice

A c e m a n w h o has super powers. A c e m a n works as a (2)

Read a n d circle.

Yesterday, w e h a d a j i r e practice at lunchtime.

for a newspaper, but w h e n

people are ¡n danger, he helps t h e m . Aceman's

W i l l i a m (1)(was having)/ h a d a guitar

(3)

lesson w h e n he (2) heard / w a s hearing the

is an evil man called D r W r o n g . He

wants to steal all the m o n e y in the city. DrWrong's (4)

a l a r m . M r Tidy (3) cleaned / w a s ele aniña,

, Mungo, helps D r W r o n g .

the Windows a n d Miss L o n d o n (4) read /

A c e m a n stops D r W r o n g a n d saves the city.

My favourite book is The Double Diamond. about a famous (5)

w a s readlng a newspaper. Milly a n d Jilly (5) p l a y e d / were playlng basketball a n d

It's a story

Betty (6) palnted / w a s palntlng a picture.

called

Sherman Colmes. He solves lots of crimes. O n e day, a

W h i l e M r M c M a s t e r (7) turrted off I

rich w o m a n called Lady Mulberry b e c o m e s the (6)

of a crime. A (7)

w a s turnirtg o j f f t h e a l a r m , everyone

steals

(8) w a l t e d / w a s waitirtg in the playground.

a huge diamond from Lady Mulberry's house, but a (8)

sees him and tells Colmes.

Colmes looks for clues and solves the mystery.

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CD2

Listen a n d t i c k / o r c r o s s X . ® i4

H o w w e l l do y o u k n o w M r M u r p h y ? 2

Look a n d c o m p l e t e .

1 M r Murphy has taught at A c e SchoolJor 10 years.

alien

magic cloak

dísgtrise

2 M r Murphy has lived in A c e t o n

spells

since he w a s born.

spaceship

3 M r Murphy hasn't travelled to the United States since 2 0 0 5 .

Ace ScKool play

4 M r Murphy a n d M r Tidy haven't

The school play w a s amazing this year!

been j r i e n d s jor

JilLy played a detective. S h e wore a jxinny (1)

¿XackuÁ^

(2)

art since he w a s a little boy.

a n d he h a d

6 M r Murphy's students have given

Milly

him the Favourite Teacher A w a r d .

p l a y e d a good w i t c h . S h e wore a

lots o^ magic (5)

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5 M r Murphy has loved English a n d

. Billy played a n

a big (3)

(4)

10 years.

5

a n d she did .

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Correct t h e f a l s e sentences in Activity 4. M

^ [ H m s R e i l Write a Ust of th ree things you want to do better in the next unit.

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Presentation and Self-evaluation

1 Look at the presentation plan in Activity 3. Read and write the headings. The setting

The characters

W h a t the characters are Like

2 Listen and n u m b e r t h e presentation plan in order.

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T-h-e-steñes

Favourite parts

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3 Plan your presentation. Use the headings in Activity 1. B Give your presentation to the class.

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I like a l l t h e gadgets: robots, UFOs

The plots are exciting, sometimes

and t i m e m a c h i n e s .

f u n n y . They're Like adventure stories in space. Characters go to dangerous places a n d have to escape, or meet t h e e n e m y and have to trick him.

A hero/heroine. Sometimes an a s s i s t a n t , for e x a m p l e a robot or a person.

M y favourite t y p e of book Science fiction

Friendly aliens, m e a n a l i e n s , an e n e m y .

stories

The m a i n characters are u s u a l l y brave and clever. Explore new

U s u a l l y set in space or the future

p l a n e t s , learn about t h e m .

4 Look back at the unit. Read and tick / . Complete. Diary of a n Ace s t u d e n t (^)

Self-evalucttion ¿@

Date

l e a n remember the words for characters

(^)

a n d since.

in different story t y p e s from Lesson 1. I can use t h e past s i m p l e a n d past

(^)

I can exchange information about books.

(^j

I k n o w about f a m o u s authors.

fictionalcharacter.

(^J

I can w r i t e a detective story.

I can remember the story words f r o m

(^)

I can t a l k about my favourite t y p e

continuous w i t h and, when a n d (~) (~)

I can use the present perfect w i t h / o r

while.

I can w r i t e an essay about m y favourite

of book.

Lesson 5.

T v e w o r k e d quite hard / really hard / extremely hard in this unit. M y favourite lesson w a s

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