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Unit 1
Comprehension
1 Read Language Book 4, pages 8Ð9 again.

2 Put the sentences in order.

______ The Wind says he can make trees fall over and clouds move.
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______ The Wind and the Sun are arguing.
______ The Sun shines and the Man takes off his coat.
______ The Cloud sees the Man walking in the valley.
______ The Wind says he is stronger than the Sun.
______ The Sun says he can make the grass burn and the water
dry up.
______ The Wind blows but the Man holds on to his coat.
______ The Sun says he is stronger than the Wind.

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Unit 1
Vocabulary
You can make words from the
letters in other words.
yes stay
yesterday
day date

1 Make two words from the letters in each of these words.

¥ãèX
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1 walking
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2 reading
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3 holding
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4 arguing
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2 Add letters to these words to make longer words.

1 ring ›fãèX
__________________ ›fãè[Òˆg
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2 wing __________________ __________________
3 lean __________________ __________________
4 tick __________________ __________________

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Language building
Remember! A noun is a naming word.
A proper noun starts with a capital letter.
An adjective is a describing word.

1 Underline the nouns. Circle the proper nouns.

1 tree 2 Tilly 3 water 4 January
5 coat 6 Friday 7 Professor 8 hat
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2 Write Þve nouns. 3 Write Þve proper nouns.

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4 Sort out these colour adjectives.

1 d e r ­·U
________________ 2 e g n r e ________________
3 l e b u ________________ 4 a e n o r g ________________
5 l o w e l y ________________

5 Write an adjective to describe each of these.

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1 ________________ ßower 2 ________________ snow
3 ________________ meal 4 ________________ boy
5 ________________ teacher 6 ________________ ball

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Unit 1
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences.
Choose from these verbs. go get catch blow
Use the past tense.
1 The wind _________________________ a tree over.

2 The boy _________________________ the ball.

3 The children _________________________ to school by bus.

4 She _________________________ a kitten for her birthday.

2 Correct the sentences. Use did not.

1 The boy saw a plane. ________________________________

2 The girl heard a cat. ________________________________

3 The tree fell down. ________________________________

4 Mum made a cake. ________________________________

What?

3 Write TomÕ questions.

1 Anna bought some new shoes.
What _________________________________________________________________
2 Bill and Ben went to Australia.
Where ________________________________________________________________
3 Uncle Bob came here to see us.
Why __________________________________________________________________
4 Joe ate six slices of pizza.
How many ____________________________________________________________

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4 Look at the pictures.

Answer the questions.

1 Did Joe go to the window or the door?

2 Did he look at the sky or along the road? What did he see?
3 Did the car come closer in a cloud of smoke or a cloud of dust?
4 Did the car stop outside the supermarket or JoeÕs building?
5 Did a man or a woman get out?
6 What did she have? Who was it?

5 Write the story.

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Unit 1
Spelling
Remember! The letters ey at the end
of some words make the sound ee.

1 Label the pictures. Use the words in the box.

chimney monkey turkey jockey

1 2

______________________ ______________________
3 4

______________________ ______________________

2 Write sentences using these ey words.

1

money _______________________________________________________________
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2

honey _______________________________________________________________
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3

donkey _______________________________________________________________
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Writing
This is what happens in the next scene.

The Man with the heavy coat and the Woman

with the hat have a conversation.
¥ The Man tells the Woman: ¥ The Woman tells the Man:
He was walking in the valley. She was walking in the valley.
The wind blew very hard. The wind blew.
He held on to his coat. The sun shone.
The sun shone.
He got very hot.
He took off his coat.

1 What do you think happened next?

Did the wind blow the WomanÕs hat off?
Did the sun make the Woman take her hat off?
Write your answer here.
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Unit 1
2 Write the scene in your own words.

What does the Man say to the Woman?

Man
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Woman

What does the Woman say to the Man?

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