Unit 1 Decision Time Fill in with the correct words · Alison Portelli LSE 2 English Adaptations yr 6 2018/2019 Macmillan English Language Bk 6. Unit 4 Pgs 32, 33, 34 Unit 4 Tourism

Alison Portelli LSE 2 English Adaptations yr 6 2018/2019

Macmillan English Language Bk 6. Unit 1 Pgs 8, 9, 10

Unit 1 Decision Time

Fill in with the correct words:

1. What was the name of the teacher?

The teacher’s name was _______________________________.

2. Why were the children happy that it was break time?

The children were happy that it was break time because it was

_______ and __________ in the classroom.

3. Who was playing with a ball in the playground?

________, ________, ________ and __________ were playing

with a _________ in the playground.

4. Who said he was too hot?

_________ said that ______ was too _________.

5. Why did Sarah go back into school?

Sarah went back into school to (get a drink, eat her lunch, do

her classwork).

6. Was it bright or dark inside school?

It was ______________ inside school.



7. What did Sarah look at on the wall?

Sarah looked at ___________________ on the wall.

8. Who was looking in Mr.Graham’s desk?

___________ was looking in Mr.Graham’s desk.

Write a synonym (similar word) and an antonym (opposite) for each

adjective. Use the thesaurus on page 167

ADJECTIVE SYNONYM ANTONYM

cool chilly warm

quiet s l

bright r d

sticky h d

empty u f

glad p m

difficult h e

strange o n



Unit 2 The Panama Canal


1. Why was the Panama Canal built?

The Panama Canal was built to l_______ the t_____ oceans and

make the journey sh___________ and easier.

2. When did work first start on the canal?

Work first started on the Canal in ( 1998, 2018, 1881).

3. Who was Ferdinand de Lesseps?

Ferdinand de Lesseps was a F_______________.

4. What were some of the problems in building the canal?

Many people had (died, lived) and (hills, mountains, rivers) were a

problem too.

5. When was the canal opened?

The ________ was opened in (1814, 1914, 2014).

6. How much did it cost to build the canal?

The canal cost ________million (euros, dollars) to build.



7. How long is the canal?

The canal is (51, 52, 74) miles or ( 81,82,86) kilometres long.

8. Who operates and runs the canal?

The government of (Panama, England, Malta) operates and runs it.

9. How many ships go through the canal each year?

___________ ships go through the canal each year.

Fill in with the correct vowels (a,e,i,o,u) and match the nouns with

the correct definition using the dictionary on pages 160-166)

1 c_n_l Things that are being sent by ship

2 c_rg_ The money you pay to use a canal

3 l_cks A large sea

4 t_ll When you travel from one place to

another

5 route A river made by people

6 o_ean Where the level of the water is raised

or lowered

7 g_v_rnm_nt 5 The way from one place to another

8 jour_ney The people who control a country and

make its laws



Unit 3

Journey to the centre of the Earth


1. Who went on a journey to the centre of the Earth?

The pr___________, his nephew H__________ and a Finnish

guide called _________ went on the journey.

2. Where did the journey begin?

The journey began in a c__________ in a v_________ in Finland.

3. Who wrote the diary?

__________ wrote the ____________.

4. Why did the professor lower a metal bar into the sea on some

rope?

The professor lowered the metal bar into the sea to see how (deep,

short, long) it was.

5. What was strange about the metal bar when they pulled it up

again?

The metal bar had _________ marks on it.



6. Why did Harry think something was under the sea?

Harry thought there was something _______ the sea because of

the teeth marks on the ________ bar.

7. What happened on the evening of August 20th?

On the evening of August 20th they saw (giant creatures, dogs, cats)

8. Describe the serpent Harry saw.

The serpent had g_______ scales and a ghastly (tail, head, horn).

What does the author describe as:

1 eerie (paragraph 1) jaws

2 fearful (paragraph 1) light

3 hideous (paragraph 3) eyes

4 wild and terrified (paragraph 1) creatures

How does the author describe the turtle’s shell?

The author described the turtle’s shell as h_______ arm_____-____.

How does the author describe the serpent’s head?

The author described the serpent’s head as gh__________.

Fill in the missing adjectives:

Wherever we looked there were more strange creatures: huge jaws

full of ra_ _ _- sh_ _ _ teeth; fri_ _ _ _ _ l eyes; great c_ _ _ ing

bodies!



Unit 4 Tourism


1. What is a tourist?

A tourist is someone who v_ _ _ _ _ a pl_ _ _ on ho_ _ _ _ _.

2. Tick the correct words

Tourists spend their money on

food hotels

souvenirs furniture

3. Why are hotels and restaurants built?

Hotels and restaurants are built because tourists need places to

sl_ _ _ and e_ _.

4. Why are airports and new roads built? (Paragraph 4 pg 32)

Airports and new roads are built to _______________________

_________________________________________________.

5. How do the benefits from tourism make the lives of local people

better? (Paragraph 5 pg 32)

The benefits from tourism make the lives of local people better

because they provide _________________________________

_________________________________________________.



6. Which country is most visited?

(Germany, England, Spain, France)

7. Which country gets the most money from tourists?

(U.S.A, Germany, England, France)

8. How can tourism affect farming?

Tourism can affect farming because farmers cannot graze their

(animals, dogs) or grow vegetables and fruits on land which

tourists use.

9. How can tourists affect fishing?

Tourists can affect fishing because small fishing harbours are

used by tourists’ b_ _ _ _.

10. How can animals and plants become endangered in popular

tourist places?

Selling s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of local wildlife, and too many people in

an area can also mean that p_ _ _ _ _ and a_ _ _ _ _ _ are often

accidentally destroyed.

11. Name one bad thing about hotels.

When hotels are built, they often d_ _ _ _ _ _ the habitat of

local wildlife.



Fill in with the words given

1 It belongs to us ours harbours

2 How old are you age dam _ _ _

3 A large black bird crow _ _ _ _ ded

4 You do this to a book read sp _ _ _ _

5 A large area of water sea di _ _ _ ses

6 Part of your body arm f _ _ _ ers

7 The opposite of ‘go’ come wel _ _ _ _

8 Small insects ants pl _ _ _ _

9 You cook in this pan com _ _ _ ies

10 A number one m _ _ _y



Unit 5 Escape from the Castle of Doom

1a. The evil D_ _ _ of D_ _ _ lived in the

Castle of Doom.

b. Who was in a dungeon in the castle?

Princess P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was in a _______________________.

c. Who went to rescue the princess?

B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, S _ _ _ _ _ _ _, M _ _ _ _ and S _ _ _ _ _ _ _

went to rescue the princess.

2a. They went to rescue the princess (in the morning, at night).

b.The weather was (sunny, windy and rainy).

3a. The guards were in their (room, hut, garden).

b. They were laugh _ _ _ and jok _ _ _ as they (sat, stood) in

front of a bla _ _ _ _ fire.

4. Sapphire whispered, ‘Phew! That was close!’ because a g _ _ _ _

nearly saw them.

5. The guard in the dungeons looked (happy, sad, surprised) when he

saw Midge.



6. Sterling and Midge tied the guard up with _ _ _ _.

7. Princess Petronella was s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when Sapphire found

her.

8. Princess Petronella was (happy, sad) when Sapphire found her,

because she (smiled, cried).

9. Braveheart gave his cape to the princess, because it was (hot,

cold) outside.

Write these words in the correct boxes

king √ fog walls duke cloud √

rain knight dungeons gate √ princess

snow wind warrior castle courtyard

PEOPLE PLACES or THINGS WEATHER

king

gate cloud



Unit 6 Writing Letters

Answer the questions

1a. Who wrote both letters?

_________ wrote both letters.

b. How old is she?

She is _____ years old.

c. Where does she live?

She lives in _________________________.

2a. Who did she send the first letter to?

She sent the first letter to the _____________ of the local

n______________.

b. Who did she send the second letter to?

She sent the second letter to her f _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ _.

3. Cara wrote the first letter to complain about the l _ _ _ _ _

and r _ _ _ _ _ _ in the town centre.

4. The litter and rubbish in the town centre makes it look d_ _ _ _.



5. Litter and rubbish cause g_ _ _ _ and d_ _ _ _ _ _ and make

people ill.

6. Anna moved to a _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

7. Cara sent Anna a _ _ _ _.

8. The name of the book that Cara is reading in class is called

_________________________________________________.

Add un or dis to the beginning of each word to make it mean the

opposite. Use the thesaurus on page 167 to help you.

_ _ hygienic = unclean

_ _ _ honest = not truthful

_ _ _ obey = not following an order

_ _ _ like = not enjoying

_ _ pleasant = not delightful

_ _ eventful = not exciting

_ _ _ trust = do not believe

_ _ happy = not happy / sad

_ _ kind = not friendly / mean

_ _ _ appear = vanishes



Unit 7 The T.V Game

Show

Fill in with the correct words

1a. The girl’s name is __________.

b. The T.V presenter’s name is __________________.

c. The name of the show is ‘Y__________ G_________

C_____________.’

2. The show is taking place in a T.V S___________.

3. Anna has won over __________ pounds in prize money.

4. Anna has a chance to win a f_____ ho___________.

5. Anna has always wanted to go to ________________________.

6. Sometimes Larry calls the people in the studio ( ladies, men, folks).

7. There are __________ Golden Holidays and ________ Horrid

Holiday tickets in the box.

8. Anna wins a (Golden, Horrid) holiday.



Choose an Alliterative adjective from the box to go with the nouns.

Alliteration is when words begin with the same sound

Horrid Holiday Good Girl

apprehensive big comfortable delicious interesting

empty favourite kind long marvellous

1. ____________________ Anna.

2. ____________________ box.

3. ____________________ car.

4. ____________________ dinner.

5. ____________________ envelope.

6. ____________________ friend.

7. ____________________ insect.

8. ____________________ king.

9. ____________________ ladder.

10. ____________________ music.



Unit 8 The hidden persuaders

1. Emma designs p_____________.

2. We need to be careful of a______________ because they try

to make us buy things that we don’t n________.

3. The makers are very excited about their b___________ gum

Because it glows in the d________.

4. E_______ has aimed the advert at children, because they like

b___________ g______.

5. Three things that Emma thinks that will make the advert appeal

to the children are its _____________ colours, its ________

_________ flavours and because it __________ in the dark.

6. Emma has written some words in capital letters in the advert to

make it ______________________.

7. Bubble gum contains ______________ which is (bad, good) for

your teeth.



Match the rhyming words

1 design nice

2 advertise graze

3 dark think

4 sound mine

5 bright funny

6 money kite

7 amaze eyes

8 pink hesitate

9 late ground

10 price shark



Unit 9 Reading Poetry

Complete the exercise:

1. The poem, The Space Monster has _________ verses and _______

choruses.

2. Find the rhyming words of

down smoke crunch bees feet hurry

3. If the monster looks at you it will make you _____________.

4. The poem, The Most Important Rap has ________ verses and

___________ choruses.

5. In verse 1

___________ rhymes with stars

___________ rhymes with fear

6. The monster has long m_________ teeth.

It breathes out __________.

Its _________ stare paralyses.



Match each word with its meaning.

A homonym is a word that has 2 or more meanings.

1 beat 3 Part of a canal for raising the water level

You use a key in it to shut a door

2 date Something you give to someone on their birthday

The time it is now

3 lock A regular strong sound

The regular movement of the heart

4 nail The inside of the hand

A type of tree

5 note The opposite of left

Correct

6 palm The time when something happens

A sweet brown fruit that grows on palm trees

7 present A small piece of metal with a sharp point

The hard part that covers the end of each finger

and toe.

8 right A short letter

A sound in music

Beat Date Lock Nail Note Palm Present Right

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Unit 10 Anwar and Ashraf

Fill in:

1. The three characters in the play are

A________, A___________ and the s______________.

2. The scene is of a d_____________ I____________ market in a

Village.

3. The n______________ narrates the story.

4. Anwar and Ashraf see a fresh loaf of b_______ by the roadside.

5. The stranger offers to h________ Anwar and Ashraf.

6. The stranger breaks the b_________ in half.

7. The stranger eats the s__________ pieces of b____________.

8. Anwar and Ashraf learnt that it is wrong to be s___________ and

g_____________.



Fill in with the correct adjectives.

An adjective is a describing word

ADJECTIVES

1 dusty

2 selfish

3 fresh

4 gentle

5 small

6 good

7 hungry

1 road

2 selfish travellers

3 loaf

4 voice

5 pieces

6 lesson

7 travellers



Unit 11 Tigers

Fill in with the correct words

1. Tigers have been hunted for many

years for their (beautiful fur, nails,teeth).

2. Tigers are the b_____________ cats in the world.

3. A tiger’s tail is _______________ long.

4. Today most tigers live in (Australia, America, India and Southeast

Asia).

5. Male and female tigers both have (white fur with thick black stripes,

orange fur with thick black stripes, black fur with thick white

stripes).

6. Tigers live (with their owners, in groups, alone).

7. A tiger’s roar can be heard up to (3.5, 6.8, 3.2) kilometres away.

8. The three weapons that a tiger has to help it catch its food are

a. Long _____________________________________________.

b. Sharp ____________________________________________.

c. Powerful ___________________________.



Write the female words. They all end in ess. You can use the

dictionary pages to help you.

FEMALE

lioness

countess

mistress

duchess

princess

Male (man) Female (woman)

prince

lion

duke

master

count


Macmillan English Language Bk 6. Unit 12 Pgs 100,101,102

Unit 12 Black Beauty

Answer the questions.

1. Who is telling the story?

1. ___________________________the horse is telling the story.

2. Why was Black Beauty ‘feeling very uncomfortable’?

2. Black Beauty was feeling very uncomfortable because (the air was

thick with smoke and he found it difficult to breath, he was tired,

he was hungry).

3.The three noises that Black Beauty heard which made him feel very

nervous were (rushing, crackling and snapping, screaming, laughing

and shouting).

4. Why did all the horses refuse to go with the stable lad?

4. The horses refused to go with the stable lad because (they did not

know him, they were tired, they were lazy).

5. Why did the horses suddenly find it easier to breathe?

5. The horses found it easier to breathe because the fresh air came in

through the (open door, open window, closed door, closed window).


Macmillan English Language Bk 6. Unit 12 Pgs 100,101,102

6. Who managed to lead Black Beauty out of the stable?

6. ____________________________ managed to lead Black Beauty

out of the stable.

7. Why was Black Beauty’s whinny ‘the best thing he could have done’

for Ginger?

Black Beauty’s whinny was the best thing he could have done for

Ginger because it gave her (courage, a headache).

8. Why were horses and carriages coming out of the other stables?

Horses and carriages were coming out of the other stables in case

the _______________________________ spread.

Find the homophone for each of these. Homophones are words that

sound the same but have different meanings.

1 here so

2 no saw

3 herd hear

4 scene know

5 sew by

6 buy wore

7 sore boy

8 buoy red

9 war lad

10 lead heard

11 read seen



Unit 13 Grace Darling

Underline the correct words

1. The captain of the Farfarshire was

(Captain Hook, Captain Blackbeard, Captain Humble).

2. One of the (sails, windows, engines) was leaking slowly.

3. The ship began to drift because (it was windy, no fuel was left,

both engines had stopped).

4. The captain thought that the light was coming from (Inner Farne

Island, France, a house).

5. When the ship sank, the captain, his wife and the passengers spent

the night (in a hotel, in the lighthouse, holding on to the rocks).

6. Mr.Darling said that he could not row out to the rocks because (the

sea was very rough, he did not have a boat, he was weak).

7. Grace solved the problem by telling her father that (she would

stay in the lighthouse, they could both go, they should not go).



Match the synonyms for these words and phrases. The thesaurus

on page 167 can help you

1 journey 1 voyage

2 perilous

3 huge

4 wild

5 hold on to

6 far off

7 powerful

8 begged

9 frightened

10 saved

rescued voyage √ fierce enormous terrified

cling to pleaded strong in the distance dangerous



Unit 14 Stig of the dump

Underline the correct words

1. What was there ‘a huge hole in the earth’?

1. There was a huge hole in the earth because

(men used to dig away chalk from there, men were digging to build

homes).

2. What was filling up the huge hole?

2. (Garbage, soil, grass) was filling up the huge hole.

3. What was poking out from the side of the pit?

3. (Trees, wood, lines of flint) were poking out from the side of the

pit.

4.What did Barney think would fall to the ‘bottom of the pit’?

4. Barney thought that the (trees, soil, leaves) would fall to the

bottom of the pit.

5.When Barney looked over the edge of the pit he could see

‘strange bits of wreckage.’ What did the wreckage look like?

5.The wreckage looked like a steering wheel of a (car, ship) and a

(front, tail) of an aeroplane.



6. What did Barney see at the bottom of the pit that he thought

he could make ‘go’?

6. At the bottom of the pit Barney saw a (kite, toy car, bicycle).

7.What two things Barney thinking about when he landed at the

bottom of the pit?

7. When he landed at the bottom of the pit, Barney was thinking about

a. What he had for dinner on (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday).

b. (seven times six, five times four, two times seven).

8. What could Barney see when he looked up?

8. When he looked up Barney could see the white walls of the (pit,cliff)

(the trees and creepers, the rocks) and the sky with (clouds, birds).

Match the irregular past tense of these

verbs

1 go threw

2 tell dug

3 make grew

4 dig made

5 throw hung

6 grow told

7 hang thought

8 feel 1 went

9 think felt



Unit 15 Where does our rubbish go?

Answer the questions

1.What do most people put their rubbish in?

1. Most people put their rubbish in (bins, fields, gardens).

2. Where do we keep our dustbins-inside or outside our houses?

2. We keep our dustbins (inside, outside) our houses.

3. What comes to collect the rubbish?

3. The _________________ comes regularly to collect the rubbish.

4. Why is the rubbish crushed?

4. The rubbish is crushed so that it t_ _ _ _ _ _ l_ _ _ sp_ _ _.

5. What is put into a landfill site?

5. (Most of the rubbish, All of the rubbish, Only metal, Only glass) is

put into the landfill site.

6. Mark the Advantages and Disadvantages of landfill sites by writing

A or D next to each sentence.

Landfill sites are relatively cheap.

When rubbish rots it makes gases, which are bad for us.

Soil and water under the ground can be polluted by landfill sites.

Landfill sites are better for the environment.

Landfills are dirty, smelly and noisy.

Gas from landfill sites can be collected and used as energy.



Antonyms are the opposites of words ( empty – full)

Match the antonyms of the following words. You can use the text

on pages 126 and 127 to help you.

1

inside

outside

2

goes

_______________

3

front

_______________

4 A has more than

B

B has _______ than

A

5

expensive

________________

6

difficult

________________

7

clean

________________

8

quiet

________________

outside √ easy cheap back

noisy dirty comes less



Unit 16 The One That Got Away

Fill in and underline the correct words

1. What did the teacher tell Class Four to do?

1. The teacher told Class Four to (bring something in to talk about,

play a game, to do classwork).

2. What was Mary going to bring to school to talk about?

2. Mary was going to bring (some rocks, her pet gerbil, some books).

3. What interesting thing could Isobel do with her calculator?

3. Isobel could (write her name, write many words, write sentences).

4. What important things did Malcolm keep on his shelf at home?

4. Malcolm kept a twig that looked like a s _ _ _ _ i _ _ _ _ _,

a marble that looked like a g _ _ _ _ e _ _, a p _ _ _ _

with a hole in it and Siamese-twin jelly babies, one _ _ _ and

one _ _ _ _ _ stuck together.

5. When it was Malcolm’s turn, what did he take to the front of

The class?

5. Malcolm took a m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the front of the class.



6. Why did he throw himself on his hands and knees and look under

the desk?

6. He threw himself on his hands and knees to pretend that (something

had fallen out of the box, he was feeling sick, he was tired).

7. How does Malcolm describe what was in the matchbox?

7. Malcolm described it by saying that it had _ _ _ legs and s_ _ _ _

and frilly eyebrows on s_ _ _ _ _.

Collective nouns are the names of groups of things. Use the

dictionary on pages 160-166 to help you match the meanings.

Collective

nouns

Meaning

1 constellation A bunch of flowers

2 batch A group of stars

3 bouquet A collection of wild animals in cages

4 menagerie A group of lions

5 swarm A group of cakes

6 pride A group of insects flying together



Unit 17 Interview with John Little

Fill in and answer the questions correctly

1. Who is being interviewed?

1. J______________________ is being interviewed.

2. What does he do for a living?

2. He is an (artist, actor, author).

3. Where did he go to school?

3. He went to school in (Folkestone, Kent in England. The Happy School)

4. Why did he like primary school?

4. He liked primary school because he did lots of things like A_ _,

C_ _ _ _ and M_ _ _ _.

5. List the subjects he was good at in school.

He was good in (History and French, English and Art, Maths and Art)

6. Who was his favourite teacher?

6. His favourite teacher was (Mr. Williams, Mr. Borg, Mr. Jones).

7. Why did John decide to become a teacher?

7. John decided to become a teacher because he (liked children, liked

the classroom, enjoyed school a lot).



Match the meanings of these difficult words. Use the dictionary

pages from 160-166 to help you.

Words Meaning Picture

1 university Hair that grows above a

man’s mouth

2 fascinated A place to learn after you

leave school

3 moustache 2 Very interested in

4 patient The things that you know

5 dull Able to wait for a long time 2

6 knowledge Boring or uninteresting



Unit 18 Memories of School

Getting it right !

1. What word can you read down the left side

of the poem?

1. The word I can read down the left side of the poem is _________

2. What are the students doing at their desks?

2. The students are (standing and laughing, sitting, chatting and

writing, playing and eating).

What I remember


1. The teachers are ____________________.

2. The students are ____________________.

3. The pages are _________________.

4. The voices are _________________.

5. The bells are __________________.

6. The feet are __________________.

7. The hands are __________________.

8. The doors are __________________.

shuffling talking turning ringing

waving listening answering banging



Left Out

Underline the correct phrases

1. What do the boys Jack picked do well?

1. Jack picks the boys who (catch well, run fast, are slow).

2. What do the boys Tim picked do well?

2. Tim picks the boys who (catch well, run fast, are slow).

3. What does the poet do to make Jack or Tim pick him?

3. The poet (cries, waves and hops about, claps his hands).

First day of school

1. What is the poet wondering about?

1. The poet is wondering (how school will be like, what to eat).

2. How is the poet feeling?

2. The poet is feeling (very happy, very sad, very small).

A contraction is when we join two words together and leave out a

letter or more. We use an apostrophe(‘) for the missing letters.

1 What’s Could not

2 She’s Can not

3 It’s I do

4 I’d She is

5 Can’t 1 What is

6 Couldn’t It is


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