English practice book 4

Unit rT You can make words from the letters in other words.. @ Add letters to these words to make longer words... The letters ey at the end of some words make the sound ee... Use thes

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Macmillan

English

Practice Book

Mary Bowen Louis Fidge Liz Hocking

Unit ay

@ Read Language Book 4, pages 8-9 again

@ Put the sentences in order

The Wind says he can make trees fall over and clouds move

The Wind and the Sun are arguing

The Sun shines and the Man takes off his coat

The Cloud sees the Man walking in the valley

The Wind says he is stronger than the Sun

The Sun says he can make the grass burn and the water dry up

The Wind blows but the Man holds on to his coat

The Sun says he is stronger than the Wind

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You can make words from the

letters in other words

@ Add letters to these words to make longer words

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Remember! A noun is a naming word

A proper noun starts with a capital letter

An adjective is a describing word

@ Underline the nouns Circle the proper nouns

5 coat 6 Friday 7 Professor 8 hat

@ Sort out these colour adjectives

lder red 2egnre

5lowely

© Write an adjective to describe each of these

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@ Complete the sentences

Choose from these verbs © 60 get catch blow

Use the past tense

@ Correct the sentences Use did not

1 gore The boy saw a plane

2 HIE} The girl heard a cat

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3 way The tree fell down

4 ic Mum made a cake

ey Write Tom’s questions

1 Anna bought some new shoes

° Look at the pictures

Answer the questions

1 Did Joe go to the window or the door?

2 Did he look at the sky or along the road? What did he see?

3 Did the car come closer in a cloud of smoke or a cloud of dust?

4 Did the car stop outside the supermarket or Joe’s building?

5 Did aman or a woman get out?

6 What did she have? Who was it?

Remember! The letters ey at the end

of some words make the sound ee

This is what happens in the next scene

The Man with the heavy coat and the Woman

with the hat have a conversation

* The Man tells the Woman: * The Woman tells the Man:

He was walking in the valley She was walking in the valley The wind blew very hard The wind blew

He held on to his coat The sun shone

The sun shone

He got very hot

He took off his coat

ab What do you think happened next?

Did the wind blow the Woman’s hat off?

Did the sun make the Woman take her hat off?

Write your answer here

©} Write the scene in your own words

Unit

@ Read Language Book 4, pages 16-17 again

#3 Match the beginning of each sentence with the correct

ending

1 Mountains take millions a fire, smoke and lava

of years

2 Volcanoes can grow b deep inside the Earth

3 Long ago there were c to grow big

4 They poured out d it is called lava

5 Volcanoes start to grow e ina few weeks

when

f there is a deep crack

in the earth

6 Magma moves up from

7 Magma pours out g thousands of

1 hot, liquid rock inside the Earth

2 a‘sleeping’ volcano is this

3 the hole in the top of a volcano

4 hot, liquid rock flowing out of a volcano

Remember! ‘Singular’ means ‘one’

‘Plural’ means ‘more than one’

Many nouns make their plural by adding s or es

What was happening?

Use these verbs:

1 The monkeys were eating bananas

Qe Make questions using these words

1 lion roar Was the lion roaring?

& Answer the questions Use not

1 Was the lion roaring? The lion was not roaring

2 Was the boy riding an elephant?

3 Were the monkeys eating apples?

4 Was the girl feeding the camel?

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© Look at the picture

Answer the questions

What was the weather like?

Was the wind blowing the trees?

Were people walking slowly or hurrying along the street?

What were some of them carrying?

Were a woman and a girl standing in the rain or under a tree?

What were they waiting for?

Was a boy standing under the tree or was he jumping in the

puddles? Did he like the rain?

@ Write about the picture

How high is Mount Etna?

When did Mount Etna

first erupt?

What is the name of the

nearby town?

How many times have

lava and ash covered the

nearby town?

How high is Mount Vesuvius?

When did Mount Vesuvius

erupt?

Which towns did Mount

Vesuvius cover in lava

and ash?

Who wrote about Mount

Vesuvius?

@ Match the questions about Etna with their answers

Where is Mount Etna? The nearby town

is called Catania

Mount Etna first

erupted in 476 BC Mount Etna is in Sicily

Lava and ash have covered the nearby

town twice

Mount Etna is 3263

metres high

@ Match the questions about Vesuvius with their answers

1 Where is Mount Vesuvius? Mount Vesuvius

erupted in AD 79 Pliny wrote about

Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius

covered Pompeii and

Herculaneum in lava and ash

Mount Vesuvius is

in Italy

Mount Vesuvius is

1220 metres high

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t €} Write about the volcanoes

we 1 Write about Mount Etna

Polly answered the door for the first time She saw c

a her sister b adog c awolf

He had come to

a eat Polly b cook for Polly c¢ bring Polly some toffee Polly made

a apie b achocolate cake c toffee

The wolf had

a one piece b two pieces c three pieces

Polly answered the door for the second time

She made

a apie b achocolate cake c toffee

The wolf had

a two slices b four slices c six slices

Polly answered the door for the third time She made

a apie b achocolate cake c toffee

The wolf burned

a his hand b his nose c his mouth

Remember! Homophones are words which

sound the same but are spelled differently

@ Write the homophones The clues will help you

Word Clue Homophone

1 know the opposite of yes

2 too a number

3 write the opposite of left

4 sea you do this with your eyes

5 so you do this with a needle

6 knew the opposite of old

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Remember! In direct speech we write the exact 8B

words someone said We put speech marks ‘ ’ at aN

the beginning and at the end of the spoken words đã € “ BS tờ

@ Write what they said Use speech marks LY \ ie

You've had six slices

Do you want to eat me now?

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@ Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

Use the verbs in the box see ring sore find

1 v2

QE sử YO oy < ”

While she was eo the dishes,

While they were playing football,

3 R: we

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while he was working in the garden

while they were swimming

@ Complete the sentences with the verbs

Be careful! Put each verb into the correct past tense

1 (climb, break) While he the tree, a branch

Look at the pictures

Answer the questions

What happened while Kati was washing clothes in the river?

Was she happy or sad?

What was there in the river? What did the fish see? What did it do?

What happened the next day while Hans was fishing in the river?

Where did he take the fish?

What did Kati do with the fish?

What did they find while they were eating the fish?

Was Kati happy or sad?

@ Write the story Give it a title

a|c|aln|ld|ll|leldl|rl|y Two of the words go

n[|t|s|ulull|lh|lp|lale from top to bottom

@ Answer the questions

1 What did Polly bake?

3 What did Polly say to the wolf?

4 What did the wolf eat?

5 Polly asked the wolf:

6 What dài Mã; wolf ợ

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© What happened when the wolf came to see Polly again?

25 Write what they said Use speech marks

hy Answer the questions

1 How many starters are on the menu?

2 How many main courses are on the menu?

3 Which vegetables can you have with your main course?

4 How many desserts are on the menu?

8 Read Language Book 4, pages 32-33 again

© Answer «he questions

1 How much butter do you need for the recipe?

2 How much cheese do you need for the recipe?

3 Which thr2e things do you do with the potatoes?

4 Which two things do you sprinkle on the potatoes?

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We can group words together if they all link

up to the same subject

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A proper noun starts with a capital letter

@ This is your restaurant Think of a name for it

Write the name in the space

The names of places like restaurants are proper nouns The words in a book title usually start with capital letters

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@ Write these book titles

Put capital letters in the correct places

@ Complete the sentences

using the words in the box

1 Mum went to the market some fruit

2 She bought some fruit a fruit salad

3 She bought some cream on the fruit salad

4 Tom went to the sports club basketball

5 Lucy went to France French

6 The family had a lovely meal Harry’s birthday

@ Answer the questions ee

©} Look and read

Sami and Darius were fishermen One day while they were fishing, there was aterrible storm and their boat sank They swam to a nearby island

This is what happened next

We can build a house Let’s shelter from the sun

© Answer the questions

1 Why did Sami and Darius cut down trees?

2 Why did Sami climb a palm tree?

3 Where did they sit during the day? Why?

4 What did they light at night? Why?

5 In the morning, what did the sailors on a passing ship see?

6 Where did they row? Why?

© Write the story

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áp Match the words and the pictures Write the words

| S2ie Ww Ẩ

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@ Choose the correct word Write the word

1 A (car / star) has four wheels

2 We can see a (scar / star) in the sky

3 We keep jam in a (jar / car)

4 The man has a (car / scar) on his arm

© Write the ar words

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Harry is making strawberries with ice cream and chocolate sauce

@ These are the things he needs Label the pictures S

Unit

© Write the instructions for making strawberries with ice cream

and chocolate sauce

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Complete the sentences using

the verbs in the box

Use the past tense

1 My grandparents to stay last week

2 They me and Ben to the park

4 He over and his knee

5 When we home, Grandma

a chocolate cake

& Correct these sentences Use did not

3 : The wind blew the house down

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©} Complete the sentences with the verbs

Be careful! Put each verb into the correct past tense

© Answer the questions

1 Why did Lucy go to the market? 2S

She went to the market to buy some flowers,

2 Why did Meg and her mother go shopping?

3 Why did Henry climb the tree? AÀ

4 Why did Polly phone home? Hello, Dad!

5 Why did the boys stay at school? @®

@ Read Language Book 4, pages 42-43 again

@ Put the sentences in order

They rested at the top of the hill

They reached the big tar road

_ Naledi showed the letter to the driver

1._ Tiro and Naledi left the village

Naledi began to sing

The driver asked them where they were going

Tiro wished they had money for the train

The driver took them to Jo’burg

Tiro wanted to stop and eat

A lorry stopped

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Unit @

Remember! Adjectives tell us more about

nouns Adjectives describe nouns

@ Choose the best adjective to go with each noun

1 beautiful flower 2 pizza

OF aL TON ee Nouns can be singular or pura)

_ BB Verbs can be singular or plural

Singular Ying Nối _|Plural

@ Complete each sentence with is or are

1 The children very hungry

2 The driver in the lorry

3 Her legs tired

5 Their mother surprised

© Complete each sentence with He or They

1 drives a big lorry 2

3 drink some water &

5 sings as he walks 6

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sit on the grass

wants to stop ride in the lorry

@ Complete each sentence with should or should not

1 Lisa’s hair is a mess She brush it

2 Grandma is sleeping You make a noise

3 Tom looks very tired He go to bed late

4 We are in the library We talk quietly

5 The boys play football in the house

6 If you are thirsty, you drink some water

Write a sentence for each picture Use should or shouldn’t

The words in the boxes will help you

@ Look and read

There is a new boy at school The other children in the class are

giving him some advice

Arrive at school early

& $

Don't (Bessen) to (Bessen) late

Always wear 7 your uniform Lu

You should not

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This is Mr Brown the lorry driver

What do you think he is like?

@ Answer the questions

4 What colour are Mr Brown’s eyes?

5 What colour is Mr Brown's hair?

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eo Now write more about Mr Brown

1 What sort of person is he?

Unit q

@ Read Language Book 4, pages 50-51 again

@ Choose the correct answer

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44

Kim wrote a letter to

a Amy b Katy — ¢ her mother

The plane left at _ _

a 630am b800am c 10.30 am

Amy couldn't close her suitcase because

a itwasold b itwostoofull ¢ it was broken

Before they left, Dad

a made lists b drove the taxi © ¢ watered the plants

At the airport they waited for

a 20 minutes b twohours c five hours

On the plane, Kim

a had something to eat and drink b went to sleep ¢ read a book They were on the plane for

a 20 minutes b twohours c five hours

When they plane landed they were met by

Remember! When we compare two things,

we add er to the adjective

When we compare more than two things,

we add est to the adjective

Some adjectives do not follow the rules

@ Add er to the adjective to complete each sentence

1 This journey is (long) than the last one

2 Today is (warm) than yesterday

3 It is (cold) outside than inside

4 The grass here is (green) than over there

5 My brother is (young) than I am

eB Add est to the adjective to complete each sentence

1 There are three mountains This is the (high)

2 There are five dogs This is the (small)

3 I have two brothers I am the (tall)

I am the (old)

Sam is the (young)

9 Complete the chart