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Basic Grammar Exercises
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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
I G E D A F E W V Y E
C Y H P A R G O E G N
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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
sentences are true or false.
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.
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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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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
sentences are true or false.
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
> Activities before reading the book
• 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.
> Activities after reading the book
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.
> Background and themes
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.
> 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
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?
> Activities after reading the book
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
There are twenty extra words, in addition to the
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
Student’s Activities
> Activities before reading the book
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
> Activities while reading the book
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.
> Activities after reading the book
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.
> Background and themes
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.
> Communicative activities
The following teacher-led activities cover the
same sections of text as the exercises at the
back of the Reader.
Chapter 1
> Activities before reading the book
• 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.
> Activities after reading the book
• Students work in pairs. Ask them to think
about Paxton’s story. Do they believe it?
Why/why not?
Chapters 2 and 3
> Activities before reading the book
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.
> Activities after reading the book
• 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
There are twenty extra words, in addition to the
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
Student’s Activities
> Activities before reading the book
• 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.
> Activities while reading the book
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.
> Activities after reading the book
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.
> Background and themes
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?
> 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 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?
> Activities after reading the book
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
Student’s Activities
> Activities before reading the book
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?
> Activities while reading the book
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
1. Write the correct word in the sentences
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
1. Write the correct word in the sentences
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?
> Activities after reading the book
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!
> Background and themes
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.
> 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 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.
> Activities after reading the book
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
There are twenty extra words, in addition to the
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
Student’s Activities
> Activities before reading the book
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?
> Activities while reading the book
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.
> Activities after reading the book
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?