discover english starter workbook

Discover English provides a solid grammar and lexical syllabus with the perfect mix of variety and challenge to motivate young learners. The course uses simple tried and tested principles to address the needs of a modern student. The learners are encouraged to explore foreign countries and learn about different cultures. They are also involved and motivated by unusual tasks, such as designing computer games, breaking codes or learning more about themselves – all this and more, as their English improves The Central European edition is based on a thorough research that has been conducted among local teachers and students in selected regions.

} What’s Your Name?

œ® Order the dialogue Đ Say the letters Put them in the correct

group

[Ta Jenny My name's Jenny

[|b Matt Nice to meet you, Jenny

c Jenny Hello

L]a Jenny Nice to meet you too

L] e Matt Hi! I'm Matt What's your name?

Đ Circle the odd letter out Complete the

sentence with the circled letters

Alex What's your name?

Đ® Write the missing letters Match the words Write the word and add the sticker

with the numbers

Seay Ss

—en

oe

& Write the next number

1 four, three, two, one

5.1W0;fout.sik—— — Colours

3 one, three, five, — _ eo Match the word halves

4 nine, eight, seven, es a

5 six, four, two, _ !

6 zero, one, two, |

eo Complete the colour sums

1 red + yellow = orange

2 red+white =

3 yellow + blue =

4 blue+red=

Colour the numbers and find the objects

Then answer the questions

four = blue nine = orange

five = black ten =green

1 What's blue and orange? The pencil

2 What's brown and yellow?

3 What's green?

4 What's red and black?

5 What's pink and purple?

questions and ans

Numbers 11—20

Đ Circle the odd word out

seven twenty fourteen red blue green twelve black eleven red brown box apple book purple pink yellow dog white your hi hello bye

Talking about age

© Complete the dialogue Use these words

Make the last sentence true for you

1 What's your name? a It's cool!

2 What's your phone number? \ b 264381

3 How old are you? c Nice to meet

you too

4 This is a magic mirror d My name's Oscar

5 Nice to meet you b Imten

P

to be

> ¥ Complete the sentences

Use these words

He + She We It They

= apesophiie and Matt

My mum and dad _ Mike and Helen

They _ with my granny

e& ¥rvy Circle the correct word

Hil Ws She am Becky | 2am ⁄ are happy today It am / is my birthday “We ⁄ | am with

my brother and sisters Joshua is my brother

He / She is thirteen Lily, Grace and Saskia

®are / they my sisters They / She are fifteen, eighteen and twenty We 8is / are a big family!

1 Hello My name’s Lily

2 | with my sister, Becky

3 She ten today

4 Saskia here, and Grace too

( smile €eet Comeandhelp Watch out )

1 Look at the dog Cool! D

Fantastic Film Families

Places

» Complete the words Match them with the

Dixon's family photos

Complete the sentences about the

Dixon family Use at or at the and the words

in Exercise 1 Add the sticker to picture b

1 Dad and Henry are at the park |

Đ Write four true sentences about you and

your family Use at or at the

My sister is at school

1 | ‘mnot at the beach and | ‘m not happy Cara

2 She _ with Granny and she _ at school

3 They at work and they with Henry

4 He with Dad and he at the park

Go ¥¥ Write the sentences Do not use contractions

1 You aren't Henry

You are not Henry

2 Henry isn't nineteen

e vvvy Read Henry's sentences about his

family photos Complete them with the correct

form of to be, affirmative or negative —_—ể

Sophie isnt at the parl

} dai ans ZS ae ae isn’t at school Alex isn’t :

2 Inthis picture, my granny _ with wie ane PERE TRE

my granddad.She_ —— — with my sister, pos Moe = Hele eal

Lauren They at the beach sa = wo

3 | _at school in this picture ca uc

5 MysisterCara_ —— — Inthis picture

She at the park She

happy!

© ¥ Look at the questions in Exercise 3

Tick the true answers

la E Yes, you are b No, you aren't

2a ie Yes, | am b l1 No, I'm not

3a LÌ Yes, he is b LÌ No, he isn’t

4 a| |Yestheyare b L_] No, they aren't

5 al_] Yes, you are b[ ] No, you aren't

> wvvy Write Mr Big's questions Then write

3 I⁄adog?

4 the magic mirror / here?

5 Jo-Jo and Oscar / at home?

eo yevrvy Write questions for these answers oa Complete the letters Use these words

1 Are they at the park? Add the sticker of Jo-Jo's photo

No, they aren't They're at home

are Hi you How I'm granny cool

Yes, he is Oscar's ten and Jo-Jo's eleven

Asking how you feel

& Order the sentences

Hello Jo-Jo,

| > happy now, and my p

is happy too Your photo is gr

The red bag from you and Granddad is

fantastic The octopus card is cool too

Thank you!

Are you at home today? Are you hungry?

We're at home and my birthday cake is here

It’s a big, blue shark It’s great!

: The ee ao isat school TT = 1 Hi :

4 The cake is green r The _sfrom you and

> Complete the sentence with the magic word

and add the sticker

Đ ¥ Circle the correct word

My home is in Killarney, (a)/ an town in Ireland

Killarney is on a / an lake

Ireland is a / an island

It isn't a / an hot country

Today I'm at a / an fantastic beach

My things are in a / an orange bag

A/ An octopus is in the sea

who? / where? > yrvyvy Write the questions and answer

= w Complete the questions Use who or them

ene i 1 who / your teacher?

1 A Where is your mum? Who is your teacher?

B_ She's at work My teacher is

2A are we? 2 who / your friends?

B_ We're in the mountains

7A B I'm from Krakow in Poland are you from? Capital letters

© Complete the words with these letters Use a

Đ wv Order the questions Match them capital letter when necessary

1 Matt is? Ếrom3— ritain Today“— e is at

5_ choolwithS_— lex,7— ophie and8_— enny

ì _who ` The ° eacher, Mr Williams, is from '° ustralia

He's " reat

Who are Alex and Sophie?

Đ Write names to make true sentences

1 WIII Smith is a famous actor

Đ # Complete Use a possessive adjective Keep the same meaning

You are Alex and Sophie

I'm Jenny

You are Matt

She is Maria Sharapova

They are Vanessa and Ed

name is Maria Sharapova

names are Vanessa and Ed

name is Cristiano Ronaldo

names are Will and Jaden Smith

name is Chicago

Ethan Hi I'm Ethan What's 'your ane

Marilyn * name is Marilyn Moody

Ethan What's your job?

Marilyn ° ‘ma famous dancer

My brother Troy is a singer

Ethan Is“ famous too?

Marilyn Yes, ° songs are very famous

Ethan Where are® from?

Marilyn We're from Britain ” home is

in a town in Australia now ® name is Elliston

Ethan Is it anice town?

Marilyn ° 's great '° ‘re very

Be Complete the dialogues Use these words I'msorry Hereyetrare Smile }

Watch out Cool

oo

Oh no! Where's my pen? :

Here you are,

Amlinthephoto? = Yes, yOlate |

My dad's a football we :

1 a Look! A shark!

Oh no! = : Your school work isn't here Where ist, Max?

Its at home, Ms Jones - : :

Regular plural nouns

e ¥¥ Write the plurals

Đ #rYï# Write the plural sentences

1 The pyramid isn’t in Greece

The pyramids aren't in Greece

2 The dancer is fantastic

Asking for translations

© Complete the questions and answers

Read the text and complete labels 1—4

Add the sticker

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(2 point per word) |—710]

e Write countries in the puzzle Complete the @ Complete Use the correct form of the word

sentence with the magic word : in brackets

‘C|HI TL Ni 1 What is (be) your name?

2 Look-twored_ ——— (bus)!

Y 3 The _(beach) in Egypt are great

4 My brothers _(be) bored

a 5 | _(not be) from a big city

: 6 (be) you and your dad thirsty? -

c “7 No,we _ — (notbe) :

L 8 The four (country) in Britain are

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

NỊDL : sẽ

- Ø0 = = (sister) aie nice:

ễ _& Functions

Elizabeth II is queen in Britain and at e Math he questions wandeatues

: : = 1 What's your or |'m twelve

Grammar S : 2 What's Hola in English? b My name's Lucy

& Circle the correct word 3 How are you today? c ltsHello -

y —_ How do you spell Hello? d H-E-L-L-O

James Bond is (a) / an spy from Britain 5 Howold are you? e 622971

You / Your birthday cake is nice 6 What's your phone number? f Not great

Brazil is a / an hot country :

What are they / their names? =

My mum is at / at the work today

He ⁄ His is from China - Your total score 3

Where / Who is the River Nile? E

This isa / an apple

Where / Who is from a village? c3

Are your friends at / at the park? 30-4 `

Write words from Exercise 1 in the puzzle Answer the question

with the magic word

What's the favourite computer game in the world?

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4 91

5 47

6 100 1-13

8 62

e vey Find 1-6 in the picture and write e Find the things in the picture Write

1 (great) This CD player is great 1 ‘This car is two pounds fifty.’

2 (Qtange) =2-2 se so 2 ‘This CD player is sixty pounds.’

3 (@0G|) Sr ee 3 ‘That watch is eleven pounds ninety-nine.’

4 (Ge = ee ee 4 ‘This plane is one pound eighty.’

Be (Gieeh) == ee 5 ‘This watch is six pounds seventy-five.’

6 (fantastic)

Shopping

Look at the word spiral and write the

dialogue

A Excuse me, how

Đ Complete the dialogue What does Alex buy?

Add the sticker

Ì—————— that green thing?

_Woman This green kite?

_ Alex No, that green thing in the yellow shirt

Woman It's one pound thirty-nine

Alex One p

jou 7 Okay!

: Woman Here y

pm Look at the picture and :

complete the text with words at — a

from Exercise 1 See ee : ị

CazrCis°s_— — — _— and°u_ |, Car Dis?0._. .s® b= — and

&# Circle the adjectives and colours Write them

The things in my collection are small and white

They are beautiful, but one is long and ugly

‘They are from the beach, What are they?

© Complete the answer

with the magic word

Add the sticker

Possessive “s

> YY Circle the correct word

1 My friend / bike is yellow

2 That kite / kite's is from Russia

3 My dad / dad's camera is fantastic

4 Charlie / Charlie's favourite thing is his skateboard

5 Mygranny / granny's is fifty-three

6 Is your brother / brother's at school today?

Favourite colour | red blue green pink Favourite place the park the beach the mountains my home

1 Matt's favourite thing is his robot 4 — favourite thing is his guitar

2 favourite colour is blue 5 favourite place is the beach

3 favourite place is her home 6 favourite colour is green

© #ry#Y Look at the table again 10) #rWy#Y Write about you and your friends

Write questions for these answers or family

1 What's Jenny's favourite thing? 1 My favourite colour is black | Her dog 2 My favourite _- js

2 : The park 3 Myfavourte_—————Is

3 : Pink 4_ == — =S|4VOIIEE

4 is ` Her computer game B5 == =314VOHIILC

; The mountains 6= = s favourite

6 is

Red

these, those

» vv Write the plural

1 this mirror these mirrors

2 that game games

3 that boy boys

4 this girl girls

5 that country countries

6 this bus buses

2 ¥¥ Complete Use this, that, these or those

Đ YyYyYY Write the plural sentences

1 That car is fast

Those cars are fast

2 This skateboard is new

Irregular plural nouns

© yr Complete the table

1 Jo-Jo's favourite person is her granddad

2 Jo-Jo is eleven and Oscar is ten They are

3 Mr Big's favourite are Jo-Jo, Oscar and their mum and dad

4 Dads and granddads are , but mums aren't

5 Mums and grannies are , but dads

aren't

6 |lama_— _, but my teacher isn't

7 My teacher, Mr Brown, is a

Jo-Jo Ohno! That dog isn't

nice 'Watch out,

Mr Big!

Oscar= 2 Joloi

Come and help Mr Big!

Jo-Jo Mr Big! Mr Big! ?

==

Mr Big Woof! Woof!

Oscar Yes, he is He's fine

Đà True or false? Correct the false sentences

1 Fun Sports i is ten people’ 5 favourite game

_ false It is nine people's favourite game

2 Robot Run! is three people's favourite game

My Picture

Dictionary

Pets

o Look atthe pets

Write pets 1-8 and

find the answers

e Match the words with the animals

big or small Se a snake

very big b dog

Cc

very long hamster big orsmall,longorshort — d_ rabbit very small - @ fish —

f horse

25 Count the body parts and write the plural of

the words from Exercise 1

have got / has got: affirmative

@ ¥& Complete Use have got or has got

Hi, I'm Freya

| "have got a job at

the Lost Pets Home

We?

two dogs here today Their names are Bess and Tess

They?

short legs, and Tess

"j0 We® a cat His name is Max He

§6_ bigeyes Thehome”

rabbits, hamsters and birds too | ®

a fantastic job!

e ¥ Look at the picture in Exercise 2 and

complete the sentences

#r#Y Read the texts and complete the information

eyes They ove Two

LOST PETS HOME

Name: Munch and Crunch

1 Maisy has got one white ear and one black ear

Daisy has got two white ears

oe ¥ Look at the picture Write the person or pet 2 verve Write the contractions

This pet hasn't got a long tail 1 That bird has got a blue head

the rabbit That bird's got a blue head

These people haven't got long noses 2 It has not got arms

and

These children haven't got skateboards 3 | have not got a tail

and This pet hasn't got spots 4 | have gota fantastic granddad

Đ ¥¥ Complete Brandon's sentences

Use haven't got or hasn't got Look at the picture

Tick Brandon's true sentences

| haven't got a brother /

Wea big car

My sistersdog_—————— — short legs

Mymum_————— ahamster

My mum anddad_———— skateboards

Myrabbit_——— long ears

My big sister a dog

[2 5 a big-mouth:

eo ¥vv Find two mistakes in each description 1-4

Add a sticker to text 5

1 This dragon is from China It's got twenty legs, © 2 Rais from Egypt He's got a bird's head, a dog's

small teeth and a long tail body and a snake's tail

It hasn't got small teeth and it hasn't got

_ 3 Centaurs are from Greece They've 4 Cerberusis from Greece.He's 5 Ngariman is from Australia

got a cat's body, a hamster's head a very big dog He's got three He's got a man’s body, a cat's _ anda horse's legs heads, six legs and three tails head and a cat's tail

Making a phone call

Đ Order the lines in the dialogue 7 Complete the dialogue Use these words

Is Thanks is it Helle that

: Jamie Fantastic! Cristiano: Hi? = = 3 | Se Syeta?

† Amber Hi Is that Jamie? Sveta NES; the = sreees 9S

7 Jamie Hello? Cristiano Oh, hello I'm at the park, and your

Amber Oh, hello My name's Amber I've got a school bag is here! It's got your name

dragon robot here Maybe it's your lost and phone number on it

dragon robot Sveta Suissa | Jamie Yes, that's my dragon robot Thanks!

Amber It's red and green and it's got a very

big mouth

Jamie Yes, it is

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> ¥ Complete the questions Use have, has

or got

1 Has Zingbat got pets in his shop?

2 _we got those pets in our world?

3 Have grobs big mouths?

4 ——— — thetwinkgotfive heads?

5 ———— Oscar and Jo-Jo got a pet dog?

> ¥ Match the answers with the questions

2 Oscar = (a twink) five

eyes? No, it hasn't

3 Ostar (you) a pet with

two heads? Yes, | have

4 Oscar es F (dlaks) eight

eyes? No, they haven't

5: Oscar =5 (araz) ond =

ears? Yes, it has

GU Oscar © eee ee Se (ups) four

ears? Yes, they have

4 7 Yee Look at Zingbat's chart in Exercise 3

Write questions for these answers

1 Have you got a mub?

Mum _ No, Sophie, not today ° , but

I've got work too

Co Complete the letters Use these words

Add the sticker of Billy's pet, Dip

He's hasn't They've haven't got it

Dear Billy,

We're with Zingbat today 'He’s got a

Ee fantastic pet shop It 2 got

? Well, I've got a pen for you

Draw a pet shop How many I

animals are there? Oi

Noel Daniels has got seven pet tortoises

Tortoises have got one head and four feet but the new baby hasn't! This baby tortoise has got two heads It’s very happy The heads are good friends

This is not the only animal in the world with two heads An animal collection in _the USA has got twenty-two snakes and

tortoises with two heads Wow!

Đ YrYyYr Read again and complete the sentences with the numbers

1 Tortoises have got_4 feet

2 Noel Daniels has got tortoises

3 He's got tortoise with two heads

4 The collection in the USA has got animals

5 The snakes in the collection have got heads