ENGLISH PRACTICE + PROGRESS ELEMENTARY — INTERMEDIATE MASCHOLASTICPRACTICE AND PROGRESS: GAMES Contents eed Colours Colours Chase the Cheetah The Colour Circle Numbers How many cats can you find? Numbers and colours Find the Treasure Weekend Plans Vocabulary The Mystery Ship Make a sentence Days, Months & seasons The Mystery Picture Name the Days Logic puzzle The Pyramid Joke Find the Dogs Family Families The Phantom Family Tree Hobbies Hobbies Animals ‘Animal Puzzle The Polar Bear Puzzle The Pet Shop 20 2 22 Can Things Crossword Describing others Find Ben Clothes Clothes Rhyme Picture Crossword Clothes in space too + adj The Hat Shop Nature Nature Watch Memory game Nature Watch Memory Test Prepositions The History Puzzle Weather What's the Weather Like? Sport Sports Wordsearch Polite phrases The Party Traditions Pancake Day 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 a” 32 3B 35Bio ends ed Personality Quiz Adopt an Animal Animals Animal Lovers Quiz Big Cats Adjectives Adjective Maze ‘The Facts Quiz Shopping The Birthday Present ‘Supermarket Maze Making plans The Invitation Maze must/mustn’t Are You a Fish? Telling the time Secret Message Sport The Ice Skating Puzzle The Ice Hockey Puzzle Describing Yourself Snowboarding or Skiing? 36-37 38-39 40 a a 43 44-45 46 a 49 50 51 Bie English-speaking world The Canada Quiz Down Under Personality Quiz What's Your Game? Humour Punch Lines Past Tense verbs Rescue the Animal Lover Leo's Life The Pocahontas Story The Native American Quiz Question Tags The Lion King Describing others The Boyzone Puzzle 52-53 5455 56 37 58 59 60 61 62 63Colours Read the words and colour the picture. YX JX [Fre onc E_WeTET] Epa _ My favourite colour jere is my favourite colour: ; “ — a ,Chase the Cheetah! How fast can a cheetah run? Colour the numbers from seven to ten. Colour the numbers from twelve to twenty-three. Colour the numbers from twenty-five to thirty-one. Colour all the numbers over thirty-three. Now add all the other numbers together. Write A cheetah can run at wesc km per hour. Make a Word } 1. £ ive) @ cae hFe Sof ioh oe * pawn wh, @que Oe _____ es 3. 9g CS > Ra SB ~_ ww ) aThe Colour Circle 2. Fill the spaces with names of colours or the words darker or lighter. \ 1. GY 15 vanenninonnnnnennannnennene AN butt’... sronounnennne tha black D.PINK IS nnn seosinee than 16d DUt I'S. sonesnene than whit, 3B. Of€NGE 1S wenn _w than brown but it's. eee than yellow. 4. Cream is no sonsntaneone than White Dut i's cere than yellow. 5. You mix. sone NG snsinnnennnesnene 1O Make green 6. YOU MIX wnsnnennnnen and Fed to make orange. You mix red and 5... se to make pinkQTd embersNumbers and Colours Can you find the numbers from 1-12 in this puzzle? ‘The words can go rzvrAnzoumsBe m<-amamz—zo m-Z<-r-cemars oucmumvz—xrc4 wun<4axcrats ZzZaAam~-o«<07<0 QOZx%Z270zZzzZ07 mownom~mcsx— mrmmaraKVe740 4semr) X vow) Caren) (M)C YC \ red) orange) \_yellow_/ (8 \(? (3) \ight-blue/ \__blue__/ \_purple_/ \__pink _/ 8+?=14Find the Treasure boIP SEE Where is the treasure? SECRET CODE BOOK Write the answer here: ten =I eleven = N E 44-842 14-13-12-1-7-9-13-12 10-7 9-11-44243 14-842 5: SA21G15-12-12-11 148-12 14-13-12-12-7 arrow on the picture.Weekend Plans 1. Let's go 7 1 — L Subtract 6 from each of these numbers: 33, 51, 28, 30, 30, 28, 35, 81 2. How about going Add 7 to each of the numbers 42, 12, 42, 35, 15, 22, 68 3. What about going What do all these people want to do at the Divide each of these numbers weekend? Can you do this puzzle? Work out | by 2 the maths and find the right letters on the | 54, 34, 74, 88, 88, 44, 58, 150 4, Why don’t we watch a ? Subtract 11 from these numbers 72, 33, 80, 22, 48 5. Let's play LLL Add 9 to these numbers 29, 28, 28, 53, 23, 9, 33, 33 6. Why don’t we go to the 1 2 Divide these numbers by 2 88, 36, 102, 26The Mystery Ship — This is a famous English ship. Portsmouth. called? Find the letters with the pictures. cat eight ship teapot chair photo pizza mountains three sea house iS ss fe B 3Make a Sentence are Ab Lip {DRESS RY we \ 7 EM she SBS cO” eget ta oan epee is a Ip ee fe a pee i ms careful the gett JIANG F ees WS How Sat on™ AND oka you 70gsName the Days fevers eve ore ele English? rs] Can you fit them inte ; | c Name the Animals Name the animals and do the puzzle. ‘There is a message for a special day in the year. Which day, and what is the date? The day is _GET eee (09% puzzle The Pyramid Joke Look at the pyramid. When you add up the numbers in two bricks that are next to each other, you get the number in the brick above them. Fill in all the numbers. Then find out what the joke is. | Y 5 [| [ely] N| 17: 16 4 17°19 3 2 116 69 69 30 4 73 2 6 19 7 Y| _ ING) 26 189 4 47 189 189 12 6 7 30 { eed | ? three 2=4 (example) 2% 69 20 19 9 1719Find the Dogs ‘My dog is black and white He tikes playing football Our dog tices birds e's small and thi, Can you find the dogs? Match the people to the dogs. 1 2 3 4Family and colours Families 7, Im Lake. This is mp famiy, Can you find aut who they al are? Read this and write the names in the spaces. Mary is taller than Sue. Sue is next to Emily. Emily is older than David but not as old as Mary. Joe is between Mary and David. Molly isin front of Emily. Cathy is behind Felix and next to Robert. Cathy is the oldest. David is the youngest. AsO «OG = B= E= _ H= C= Fa l= Now colour them. Joe's wearing a red jumper and blue trousers Cathy's wearing a blue dress, a green hat and a yellow scarf. Mary's wearing a green jumper and black trousers, Sue’s wearing orange trousers and a yellow shirt. Robert's wearing a brown jacket, a white shirt and green trousers. Emily's wearing a white T-shirt and purple shorts. David's wearing a blue T-shirt and brown trousers. Felix is black and white. Molly's grey. (Now draw Luke's family tree and put the right words in the spaces. mother father brother sister grandmother grandfather grandfather: JoeGeared ©mily The Phantom Family Tree Wilma’s father is called Willie t Wizard. Wilma’s grandmother (Vanessa the Vampire) is married to Victor the Vampire Godirey the Ghost and his wife Gertrude are Willie's grandparents Wendy the Witch is Wilma’s mother. Walter the Wizard is Willie's brother, Gertrude the Ghost's two daughters are called Veronica the Vampire and Vanessa the Vampire. 10. " 12, Meet Wilma the Witch and her family. Write the names in the spaces. Victor the Vampire is Vanessa's husband, Victor and Vanessa's daughter is called Victoria the Vampire. She is Walter and Willie's sister Gordon the Ghost is Graham's son. Gary the Ghost is Gordon's brother. Graham the Ghost is Gordon and Gary's father. Gordon, Gary and their sister Griselda are Wilma’s three cousins.° Hobbies These people are talking about their hobbies. Find two things which belong to each person. My favourite hobby is painting ‘and [like rollerblading too. like sing but my favourite hobby is ‘Playing computer ‘games. like reading in amy bedroom. I also tke playing the clarinet and tool ‘At the weekend I like playing tennis. When it’s raining, T like listening to There are four things which don’t belong to anyone. What are they?Grae dad Animals Animal Puzzle How much do you know about these animals? Answer true or false and follow the arrows to get to the end. The letters spell the names of two more animals. the shortest Dolphins are bigger than whales The blue whale is the largest mammal, The giraffe is Koala bears are smaller than kangaroos, Polar bears are Cheetahs are faster than leopards polar bears. Baby kangaroos are femmes smaller than baby better swimmers than penguins Leopards have got bigger spots than giraffes. Zebras are bigger than horses. Squirrels are smaller than koala bears, "| bears. Kangaroos are faster than leopards Squirrels are more intelligent than Kangaroos are faster than koala The two animals are:PRACTICE AND PROGRESS: GAMES PEE The Polar Bear Puzzle | What can the polar bear smell? What is under th about polar bears? Write the answers in the gi The mother polar bear makes a hole under the ice for her... . (siabbe) Polar bears have ... under their feet. (riha) A baby polar bear is ... when it is born. (nibld) A baby polar bear hasn't got ... hair on its body when itis born, (yan) A polar bear can ... ata speed of 10km an hour. (msiw) iy 6 Apolar bear's... is full of vitamin A. (vl a = p is full of (ulein Cw 7 Polar bears like to ... Arctic foxes. (tae) a 8 Polar bears often... for up to 33 years 2 How much do you know |. The anagrams help you. (vile) The answer is in the shaded part of the grid. T he Ostrich Puzzle egg? Find out! letters of the alphabet from H to N and Q toZ @ Cross out the colours. The answer is Ostriches lay very big eggs! How long does it take to boil an ostrich @ Cross out the numbers between six and eleven @ Cross out the minutes.PRACTICE AND PROGRESS: GAMES [LEIP Look at the two pictures of the pet shop and write down the 10 differences. 1. In picture A, a cat is fishing but in picture B a dog is fishing. In Great Britain dogs and cats are the most popular pets. What do you think is the third most popular pet? Write the first letter of the names of each of these things and you can name the pet.Things Crossword Can you find all the missing things? Take the letters from the squares marked X . You can find the thing which you need to help you get to school on time. ACROSS You can sleep in it. (3) You can wear it on your head. (3) You can drive to town in it. (3) You can fly to America in it. (9) ew ann = You can cut things with it. (5) 11 You can talk to your friends in other towns with it. (9) 14 You can send a letter with this. (5) 15 You can open a door with this. (3) 12 13 DOWN You can cross the river with this. (4) You can drink this in England. (3) You can read it. (4) You can take photos with it. (6) You can wear them on your feet. (5) You can buy things with it. (5) You can see in the dark with it. (4) You can go for a walk in it. (4) The mystery thing is aFind Ben Where's Ben? Read about the dogs and find him. Write the names by the dogs. What's Ben doing? Write the answer. Holly doesn’t like playing with the cat. Max likes water. Lucy likes playing the guitar. Bruno, Jess and Oscar like playing with the Christmas tree angels. Ellie likes eating bananas. Lucky and Sophia like playing with the ball. Barmy, Bonny and Benjy like eating pizza. Cassie likes skiing. What about Ben? Ben likes playing with theClothes Rhymes houses candles halt Do you know how to say the names of all the clothes on the left of the page? Look at the things on the right and find the words to rhyme with each of the clothes, for example, tie and sky.° Picture Crossword Look at the pictures and write the words in the crossword gridClothes in Space Write the names of the clothes next to the pictures. Look at the little numbers in the boxes. Put the correct letters from the boxes with numbers in the boxes at the bottom of the page. Learn a new fact about the planet Uranus!The Hat ShopNature Watch Look at these pictures for three minutes and then look at page 30. the sun sexe se a afield aver a forest a the sea an apple a flower a butterfly a seashell Can you speak ‘Calculator’? Can you understand your calculator when it speaks to you? Enter the number 0.7734 and turn your calculator upside down. What does it say? \s your calculator happy or sad? Enter the number 334.334 { and turn your calculator upside down. What's the answer? Your calculator has got an English name. Enter the number 227. Multiply it by 2 and then by 17 and turn your calculator upside down. What's its name? 's your calculator rich? What has he got in his pockets? Multiply 3319 by 16, add 600 and tum your calculator upside down to find the answer.Nature Watch Memory Test Now answer these questions. 1, How many pictures are there? 2, How many pictures of animals are there? 3. What is under the picture of the sun? 4. What is between the picture of the rain and Gi the picture of the flower? 5. What is under the picture of the cow? 6. Where is the field? iS 15. Which ves art rT] longer? a tiger lion 16. Which ives [> longer? a zebra Pode 17. Which lives Z longer? L£Ja chimpanzeeGrids 27imls How much do you know about big cats? Put these words into the text: bigger shorter Smallest longer longest smaller faster bigger rater rarest biggest fastest longer Lions live in families. The males are b than the females and they have | __hair on their heads. Tis hair is called a mane. Most lions live in southern Attic, but there are some in India. Lions sleep for about 18 hours a day. Tigers lve in forests in Asia, Sumatra and Java. Some tigers are D than lions Tigers are rare in the wild because people hunt them for their fur. Tigers live alone and hunt at night. They love water and can swim very well. Leopards and jaguars are very similar, but leopards live in Africa and Asia and jaguars live in central South America, Like tigers, they live alone. Leopards are So _____ than jaguars. Jaguars have I tails. Snow leopards are the _ big cats. People hunt them for their fur. They live in high mountains in central Asia. Cheetahs are the —_—e animals.Adjective Maze The answer is always in the next square. START hard pretty noisy | young } gold blonde interested} dead horrible paper | square relaxing funny English white — slow red fast wooll len Italian crowded wooden FINISH | happy | French interesting} difficult } tidy 1 Anelephant is this 11 You mix red and blue 20 This describes a party colour. to make this colour. 21 This descbes people 2 The sky is this colour, 12 Horror films are. with a lot of money. 3 Abig party is. 13 Ants are.. 22 This describes the colour of 4 The opposite of old. 14 A tomato is some money. 5 The opposite of ugly. 15 Chairs, beds and 23 This describes a good 6 Grass is this colour. tables are. joke. 7 Opposite of fighst. 16 The opposite ofeasy. 24 Queen Elizabeth, Mr Bean a and Shakespeare are... 8 Ashape with four 17 Einstein was very... ar : 't de: equal sides. 18 The opposite of boring. Se ee 9 Snow's this colour 49 pizzas and Pavarotti 10 Nice weather. are... What does your picture look a fish an elephant adog my best friend an alien Ca plant a house mePRACTICE AND PROGRESS: GAMES Pago The Facts Quiz ! 1. Canada is smaller than the usa. ves] NOL] 2.The London Underground (the 3. Spain attracts more tourists 4. The Empire State Building in Tube) is shorter than the Paris than Italy. New York is higher than the Underground (the Métro) yes [_ nol Eiffel Tower in Paris, ves [_] nol] yes] nol] 5, The first computer is older 6. Platinum is more expensive 7. Clint Eastwood is older than than the first television, than gold, Jack Nicholson. yes (_] no] yes [_} no{_] yes [_| nol] se) was 8. The Indian Ocean is bigger 9. Venus is bigger than Mars. 10. Jane Austen wrote more than the Atlantic Ocean, yes] Nol books than Charles Dickens yes |] NoL_] yes [_] no(_]The Birthday Present Toby is going shopping because it's his 7 om 5 mother’s birthday. What is he buying for ro her? Use the letters in the squares with the little birthday cake candles to make the word. They are not in the right order. ACROSS 1 In the sandwich bar you can buy things to take... or eat there. (4) 3 You can buy a pair of... and a scarf for the winter. (6) 5. “Have you got any trainers in size 67", " n,m sorry, we've only got them in size 5." (2) DOWN 6 "Do you have any Japanese food?” 0 "ces What would you like?" (3) 1 "Have you got .... medium T-shirts ease?” 3) 7 "Idike some ..... to eat with my Ee 6 strawberries, please." (5) 2. Helshe serves you in a shop. (9) 9 "Can |help you?" “Yes, please, 3. Do you like to... shopping at the like to buy some sunglasses.” (2) weekend? (2) 10 If you want to buy some sports 4 “Id like ...... trainers, please.” (4) clothes, .... to the sports 5 “Have you got any bananas, please?” department on the ground floor. (2) * sam lm sorry, we haven't.” (2) 13 Always remember to say “please” 7 "Id like some potatoes because I'm and... you" (5) going to ..... supper. " 15 (See 8 Down) (2) 8 (and 15 Across) When you want the 16 "Do you like the blue hat?” assistant to help you, you say this. (6, 2) No, vue doesn't suit me." (2) 11 (and 19 Across) “I like to... these 18 “Have you got any of these Tshirts trainers, please.” (3,2) in blue ...... green, please?” (2) 12.” ..... you got any red hats, please?” (4) 19 (See 11 Down) 14 “I'm ae, We haven't got any trainers 10 “I'd like some blue jeans, ......" (6) in your size.” (5) 16 "You can buy a baseball cap ..... the sports department.” (2) 17 “Excuse .....!" (2) ‘The birthday present is aSupermarket Maze Begin at the START sentence and follow the maze. If you think the sentence is correct, follow the black arrow. If you think the sentence is Sf This breadis = much tomatoes bast time.PRACTICE AND PROGRESS: GAMES BLCTIUE) i Clam C2 aT / How @bout ve? ing a cat MakiThe Invitation Maze Can you find the two paths through the maze? Andy speaks first. Follow Andy's path in red and Lydia's path in blue. START On, ii uct. Sas FUbbign, Les ap od ‘see Seteam 2 Here you are. Let's, rey Now add up the numbers on Andy's path to find out the height (in metres) of Nelson's Column (in Trafalgar Square) and add up the numbers on Lydia's path to find out the date of the Battle of Trafalgar. AUL right . See you on Nelson's Column is metres high. The Battle of Trafalgar was in the yearAre You a Fish? Deed eR aT Be oe eo Ig eg Reruns just playing. But water is dangerou: rr =o aimee set ‘orange flag mean? Bt AU CARI Coot rag Pe CRC ea Re Lg Pee ee Ce Cag Beate toca Ee Srakeaey Some find out how deep Sea CaSa Us (Ciel reg this EAM eene (a eucussannsn 2, What is the best Bice caren ones Reece Tong way? Ewa eT) Peonea you remember if NoUnvciim cones Norio eka ace boat in summer rie laerr Pel ieee (th 8. How long must PML M ILM | cl e\ A vicclen iia) eR TIE (cla) Pecemimiantces | neocon) ec you remember? small boat? ENTAIL Ces py erase see c) (one ROME ies least two hours Eucla Uae You must always You must not dive if Neca miata. RCM Ea umn Mic enn ference eens be very careful THOL Te nog Bes su eee eae aac eaaenics Riimeanress Erie dee teen Mong eteer7 aan Sarsueree ces RIB eee nema Lee RE YO REA NGO ees You must think of others and not get close Be careful! lt’ dangerous to swim. IDAY ? peroneal); The question is: My answerTolting the time Secret Message oraw the times on the clocks. A) five past three twenty-five to nine half past seven five to twelve 8) five to seven ‘twenty past nine 9 five to three five to nine five to one quarter past nine D) quarter past six half past seven five o'dock —_fivetonine _five to one quarter past nine five to seven five to twelve five past six ) —fivetosix —_fivetonine five past seven fivetonine _—fivetoone —_quarter past nine Now look at the semaphore alphabet. Find the letters which f © match the shapes of the hands c on the clocks. ~ hd x TY Write the secret message and give the answer.The Ice Skating Puzzle Her birthday is on She comes from Her mother’s called Her father's called She hasn't got any She has got Their names are Her favourite colour is Her favourite food is Her favourite ice cream is Her favourite hobby is Her favourite actor is OL Tara Lipinski was a world champion ice-skater when she was only fifteen years old. She was famous because she was good at doing triple jumps (three big jumps one after the other) in her skating routines. Triple jumps are very difficult. How many did she do in each dance when she skated in international competitions? Do the puzzle and find out. Match the halves of the sentences on the left to the halves on the right, then join the two numbers in the little box. Then you can see how many triple jumps Tara usually did. Patricia 14. Mischief, Coco, Brandy, Camelot and Lancelot. 15. five dogs. 16. strawberry. 17. pasta. 18, the 10th of June. 19. Jack 20. shopping. 21, Texas in the USA. 22, Tom Cruise. 23. brothers or sisters. 24. purplePRACTICE AND PROGRESS: GAMES [ened 10. M1. 12. B 14. 15. 16. 17, The Ice Hockey Puzzle Skate along with the ice hockey player and try to score a goal. In each answer you have to change two letters in the previous answer. Players often get .. because ice hockey is a violent game. Ice hockey players have to work very Ice hockey players wear helmets to protect their heads. Helmets are hard... The Maple Leafs are the Canadian tearm with the most The puck is sometimes difficult to see because it move so... ‘The Maple Leafs are the most popular team in Canada but they are not the ... players. Eric Lindros is a famous ice hockey player; his nickname is The ... One’ The Maple Leafs don't win many games. In other words, they don’t... many H other teams. Ice hockey players play between 82 and 102 games each There are between 11 and 18 players in a... Wayne Gretsky is an ice hockey legend. He has more records ... any other player. ... player starts a fight, he has to stay off the ice for five minutes. Top sports stars like Wayne Gretsky and Eric Lindros train every day of the . Ice hockey players have to... harder than footballers. You wear a thick... inside your skating boot. In ice hockey the ‘ball’ is called a... TI You ... the puck along with an ice hockey stick and try to score a goal