Timesaver protocoplamienit Grammar Activities (Pre-intermediate / Intermediate) oe LL MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES Jane Rollason Cae ealWWW WW Aaa a Tt Grammar ACTIVITIES (PRE-INTERMEDIATE — INTERMEDIATE) Teacher’s reference key > A small clock on each page tells you approximately hhow long each activity should take. Small icons at the top of each page show whether the activity is best suited to individual, pair or group work. © IndividualSy aT Grammar ACTIVITIES (PRE-INTERMEDIATE - INTERMEDIATE) Contents Who Are You? Present simple Unchanging World Present simple You're Late! Present continuous Where’s Your Homework? .. Past simple Scary Stories Past simple Michael Johnson. Past simple That's History ... Present perfect with for or since Changing Rooms Present perfect Here is Today's News Present perfect Pompei Past simple / past continuous Memory Test .. Past continuous A Fishy Story. Past perfect Amazon Diary. Past simple Trip to Town... going to What is Going to Happen Next? going to Vote for Us will On Tour, Present simple for future plans Diary Battleships .. Present continuous for future plans Emergency! Zero conditional April Fool.. First conditional What a Change! .. Second conditional What Kind of Artist Are You? Second conditional A Tropical Island is Born... Present passive What's It Made Of? to be made of What's Happened to You? have /get something done Great Natural Disasters .... Past simple passive t t t I t I t ! { {uL A eae ede ao! i Zak's Coffee Bar .. must / mustn’t 36 Class Survey . 37 can / could The Rainbow Cafe .. Would you like... School's Out . Making suggestions What Are You Allowed to Do? be allowed to Our Bodies Verb + to + infinitive To: Ben@astro.co.uk Question tags Football Crazy! Questions and short answers Fortune Teller... Imperatives Alien Language Reported speech Towns and Villages. some/any/a Word Chain .. Compound nouns Tropical Island . some /any This Creature is Weird ‘s Lost Property... ‘sors’ City or Country? Quantifiers These Clothes Don’t Fit! this, that, these, those, one, ones Is Anybody There? Indefinite pronouns ores Street Market. 60 & 61 Adjectives Comparing Animals 62 & 63 Making comparisons: intensifiers and adjectives The Biggest and the Best! Superlatives Careers Advisor. good at/ bad at At the Olympics ... Adverbs Robbie, the School Rabbit Articles Crees Are You an Extrovert or an Introvert? 68 so do I/ neither do 1 Crazy World of Adventures 69 Sequencers Treasure Hunt 70 &71 Prepositions of place Who Was First? 72 Prepositions of time and place Airport Journey .. Phrasal verbs What's Happening? Phrasal verbs Answers.TIMESAVER GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES [Reg cp Who Are You? Complete the information about yourself by finishing the sentences. & »() ‘am_______ metres tall, } @Gvnis) Draw a pleture or stick a photo of yourself here. Now, complete the same information about your best friend. This time you have to write whole sentences. Example: Draw a picture or stick a photo of your best friend here,MU SMM AM AWN AD Ata) tated GUS Present simple OD Unchanging World The verbs in these fascinating facts are mixed up. Can you sort them out? A koala bear doses for up to 22 hours In art galleries around the world, each each day. visitor measures an average of 3 seconds in front of each painting. {n the summer in the Arctic Circle, the sun tn Baseball, when aipitcher beats’ good never travels. ball, it weighs at about 160 kilometres an hour. [ ‘An astronaut footprint on the surface of bo” the moon sleeps for millions of years. oO An adult elephant 5} of water every day. A snake never throws its eyes at any The largest flower in the world is called a time. (_] Rafflesia - it lasts up to 7 kilos and loses © pte meee [| (aos A human heart sets about 70 times @ minute. |_| Read the faots again... v Puta tick next to the facts that you knew already. if a lizard drinks its tail, it grows % Puta star next to the most interesting fact. another one, X Puta cross next to the least interesting fact.Oem 3 You’re Late! It’s Helen's birthday. She has invited a group of friends to go to the theatre to see a show. Her boyfriend, Rob, is late. Helen calls him on her mobile phone. Choose a verb from this box for each space in the conversation and put it in the present continuous. Use the pictures to help you Each time you take a verb, write the letter next to it here to find the (fallinto on name of the show: | —-- | run outof g aelaianannnenenantscit push a leave h 18.25 Whore aro you, ft Rob? Hurry up. We're es . all___at the get on k At theatre. Tho show run ° starts in 35 minstes. F F go into i drive down i Sorry, Helen. 1 ‘the football club now. The football match finished wait t vory late but don’t worey, my dad's promised to give me a lift. get out I = LAU fe » . ( 18.30 HILL jin my dad’s car Okay, | of the car ~I the — but there's @ traffic jam. | underground Pil call when I got thore. train broken down in the tun the bus stop round the corner. 18.S1 Okay, Pm off the bus. How long have I got? through the crowds, Now I'm on the bridge. 1 breath. 18.42 te climbed out of the hole. Oht ‘There's a bus. 1 18.45 We Charing Cross Road. ‘Oh no! there's demonstration. We can’t get through. Right behind you. You made it. Well done! 19.00 The tickots .. ah = thought you had the tickets .. sae ep epueepaega SJ SAS 2 ew oe oe oe oe Wurm 7 7 mn FF FHPa a a a a 4 4 a a a a a a a a oi avis in in is Where’s Your Homework? Make sentences to go with these excuses. Use the table to help you. My father ate with it. The queen | exploded. 7 An eagle stole and took it back to his university. Mybrother_[ came my school bag. ‘My computer| landed in our garden | with it. Some boys [took my homework | it _ Aprofessor [made apaperplane | to tea ‘The dog lit the fire ‘and took my homework back to their planet, ‘Aliens thought it was brilliant | and used it fo make a nest — O® Now, think of your own excuse and write it here. ee eo 7)CELE Past simple for narrative Scary Stories Qr the verbs in the spaces. QPraw lines with three different colours to make three stories. lived landed ; Allens on the earth. A family ona windy hil heard broke went sat) A group of ten adults and four children to the island of Tunamo in the Pacific Ocean, A boy with a hamburger their voices. One night bird outside the window and ‘the glass. {lived started shouted were ‘The next night there hundreds of birds. Nobody they there and ‘a new society. ‘Where are you? he Now answer these questions. 4. Who killed the aliens? 2. Whe did the spiders kill? 3. How many people escaped from Tunamo? 4, Who Killed the family on the windy bill? (Pain crite C eouldn't Help tived ‘We ate here. We are friendly. us,' they answered, Only giant spiders fon the isl. the fomily get out. yore ate caught 5 He____his hamburger. The birds _ ____ everywhere, ‘The spiders eight adults and four children in their web. The others. They the family, There a loud crunch in his mouth. | Eg & E & & & zB gE & Leaia ik a fa) ial ii) kik ada il i) i) ia ial Yi i TIESAVER GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES [oeeaes ius Od Michael Johnson - his feet never touch the ground Read about Michael Johnson. Put the verbs into the ast simple and fit them in the passage about him. Then, complete the grid with the verbs to find the answer to this question: What subject did Michael study at college? He won 5 Olympic gold medals. He (1) broke 6 world records. He ran 200 metres in 19.32 seconds and 400 metres in 43.18 seconds, He was born in Texas and he has lived all his life there. His dad (2) w. ‘a truck driver, Everybody at school was amazed by his running talent. His high school coach said that his feet never (3) s__ ‘to touch the ground. He went to college and (4) s_ for a degree. While he was at college, he Or that he could make a career in athletics. He was world no.1 at 200m and 400m by the age of 23. At the 1986 Atlanta Olympics, Johnson was the first athlete ever to win both the 200m and the 400m finals. The 200m final was his favourite race. "That was as close as I've ever got ‘to the perfect race,’ he (6) s He soon became one of the highest patd athletes of alltime. In 1997 he as ; ()s. a year deal with Nike alw worth $12million. He was wearing special shoes when he (8) W. the o[R f 400m final at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 ~ ‘they had pieces of real gold sewn Into them. v1 B|R|OBKSE He @)e in 2001 at the age 3|R l of 33 when he was still at the top. als | )|s afwl | n{s (ener enn orien iar econ ne eT SIS EDCISTI Present perfect with for and since © DP That’s History! Look at the timeline and answer the questions. first hot-air balloon flight 1783 first first wheel Olympic Games first farms 8000 BC ane nei first writing first concrete first humans in Europe 300 BC 40,000 BC first cty first humans 100,000 6 —_—first cave paintings 20,000 8C fist passenger train 1825 (rarer mares roam NTE RTCR———) rm im Rane TTT Tt TT TT TT TT TT TET SSa PEIN Present perfect with for and since } cD a a fist mobile phone 1985 meanness {Hove long have humans ved onthe earth? first pe (ince) a 1984 ee fist haaie How long people been painting pictures? a ‘transplant 1982 a & How long have humans been in Europe? (since) first walkman a 1975 4 ®& How [ong have people lived in cities? (since) first television a first sot 1935, cinema Sika, F 4 108 ® How long have people been farming? (since) 4 aq f first atom How long have people had books? (for) Bev aie first man on a iraplena YO Peon uns 135" Gy ow ong hove peopl been woveing by tan? 4 (fon first man in - SET & How long has Coca Cola beer in the shops? (for) 4 _ a first woman in space 1963, & How long have people had cars? (for) 4 first @ underground | railway 1863 iD How long have people had mobile phones? (for) 4 ‘ a | Imagine you can change history. | Choose three things to cross off the time line, ‘3 ia first car 1908 ia first glass of Coca Cola drunk 1886 Think of three things to add to the time line. ia Add these things to the timeline is’ i io oom oT ED abBi Changing Rooms a STUDENT A ‘ You and your partner decide to give your best friend's room a new style. Bi @ Wisis your best friend's room, Ber ee mei BH ey Fi mt et e@ Draw your changes here. Don't show your partner, = You can: move the furniture; change the flooring; paint or wallpaper the walls; decorate the blind; = buy 3 new things. When you've finished, answer your partner's questions. & . = = E = b = my 4 Ee || 8 Find out what your partner has done to the room. Draw his/her changes here. = ae ; mil EB: Si BS Bi . &1 Bi 2 Now compare your drawings with your partner's. They should be the same. Are they?CUTIE Present perfect > a Changing Rooms a STUDENTB a You and your partner decide to give your best friend’s room a new style. | Qe This is your best friend's room. | a { 3 a 2 4 e@ Draw your changes here, Don’t show your partner. You can; move the furniture; change the flooring; paint or wallpaper the walls; decorate the blind; buy 3 new things. When you've finished, answer your partner’s questions. 2 e Find out what your partner has done to the room. Draw his/her changes here. Now compare your drawings with your partner's, They should be the same. Are they? a a a a a a 4 4 a a 4 4 4 3 4 | | a a 4 a 3PUREE ed Present perfect @ oO ») Here is Today’s News News readers on radio and television often use the present perfect to tell the day's news stories. These stories have got mixed up. First, sort out the sentences to make 8 possible stories. Then, match the sentences to the pictures. aN MS It EL BLISS a ss The government | | a} have climbed to the top of the Millennium Whee Q@ e Three dangerous crocodiles| | be} hassaved his owners from a fie in ther home Ee Amagician|__| © ) have arrested two monkeys for stealing cameras atthe 200, @® A cessvrant cnet] dj has crashed into an aeroplane ata height of 10,000 metres, @ wosciootboys[—] have eseaped from the aquarium. Q eevee] haved a neaconein } has atiacked his customers with a kitchen knife, OQ va] Work with a partner, Choose one of the headl } has lost his wife in a magic box. es. Invent the details of the rest of the story. = x BS x 8S O8 " eT Pee eee onnmen ee mom ooali (RIEL ed Past simple / past continuous contrast ov y ; Pompeii a =, — in * - a 5 a a . ™ 7s ‘, il X a 4 | a p Veco! L a] Read the text. Then, answer the questions. a Today Is August 24, AD 79. We are In Pompei, a small town in southern Italy, during the time of the Roman Empire, The town les just below Mount Vesuvius, an ancient a volcano, Farmers grow food on the slopes of the mountain, People are busy in the town, Let's walk down the main street. Fist we passa taverna, a A young man is drinking a glas of wine at the iar. Next we smell fresh bread from the a bakery Two women ate buying loaves ane honey cakes, In the road a crowd of ctilldren are playing a game with stones. Maximus Mlaimus walks past ~ he lives betind the a bakery. Ho invites ts in. We follow him tnto his open air courtyard, His wife, Agrippina, a is here, writing @ lewer. The workmen are painting pictures of the countryside on the walls. A dog is sleeping in the corner a Sucldenly there is an explosion. The sly goes dark. The ground shakes violently. There 4 is lightning. Everybody thinks itis an earthquake, but they are wrong. Its the volcano. ‘After 800 years, Mount Vesuvius has woken up. Fire and fava burst out ofthe top. Black rT clouds of fot ash fil the sky and the wind takes them over Pompei. Maximus grabs Agriopina’s hand and they run out of the house. The dog hides under a table. The | childven cry for their pareats. Men, Women, children and animals run through the 7 sereers. Most of them escape bat two thousand de, 4 3 What was the young man doing when the What was the dog doing? I volcano erupted? 4 ‘What did Maximus do when the volcano © wot were the wo women doing? erupted? a | @ wet were the children a @ wet cic the doa dor 4 . What was Agrippina doing? What did the children do? 3 e What were the workmen doing? ® What happened to the people of Pompeli? is a nS De TE Sa arn wre ene GED as!MINIT Past continuous é ‘» YESTERDAY EVENING 8.30 Mark Memory Test Look at this page for 1 minute. THIS MORNING 11.00 K (E>, \aes THIS AFTERNOON 4.00 HOOT TPT Se Ahntnan a mm OORT Peeaaa dak li Jala oe le oe ao o oi Lee Past continuous ¢ ) Dd Memory Test What can you remember? wee wes tut doing at 1.00 eis morning? —__. - @ war wos mark dong at 8.20 yesterday evening? @ wear were sta and Marion doing 2 6:30 yesterday evening? - wen wes Lu ying a hecopter? @ wren were jo apd Marton paying ther guitars? @] war was Llu doing at 4.00 this afternoon? EBD wet was Mark doing at 1.00 this morning? GP wren wes markiceskaing? —_ _ _ @) wer was Mark doing at 11.00 tis morning? 10 What was Mark doing at 4.00 this afternoon? How many did you remember? What were you doing at: 8.20 yesterday evening? 11.00 this morning? 4.00 this afternoon?m ‘A GRAMMAR ACTIVI Past perfect @ & | & | A Fishy Story i Read the story and put the pictures in the order that they actually happened. et & One strange day, fish fell out of the sky. It happened like this. | had gone to the & | shops ta buy vegetables for eupper and @ bone for my dog. It wasn't raining : when | left but | had taken my umbrella anyway. | got to the shops end bought Ee | the things | wanted. | was walking home when suddenly there was a loud bang & and the sky went very dark. | looked up to see black shapes falling towards me. a In an instant the shapes began to hit the ground. They hit me, too and knocked — |, & me over. They were fish, | was amazed. | looked around. Other people had come : ‘out into the street when they heard the noise. Nobady could explain it. That E E evening our street was on television, An old bomb from the war had exploded in Bi the river thet runs through the town. The bomb had lain at the bottom of the IE river for fifty years. So that night we had fish for supper with cur vegetables. & & E BS E # e B & & E & » & & 8 E & & & 8 CE) iesavex ariniman acres nwa einiconnrancname', saan oF oo A ~~ TABRARY Opening ha CYBER 19,304.00 POST OFFICE Open Mon-Sat 9,00am - 5.30pm Sn RT OE Eee em = Pewee em 34waa a ‘a a a da ia aed Lai aa fa dha As) Wd a ial ial hala a i Gees Going to for plans / intentions ls) Trip to Town ‘On the bus you plan what you are going to do, using all the information on these pages. Like this: 1030. bank, 1130 hair cut Then a friend gets on the bus. The time now is 10.15. He/She asks you what you're going to do today. Tell him/her, ike this: First, Im going to the bank, Then, Use words like these: First, Next, Then, After that, Last Compare your plan with another student's. If there are differences, explain your plan, like this: Tim going to the bakery first because they sell out early. (ine enaGoing to for predictions Ow What is Going to Happen Next? Make 8 predictions like this: 1 QD _itecnis _ The crocodile Frm sz ere eee 7 rmie aaa ca a a Will for future prediction Vote for Us COvonnoen= 10 Have the Forward Party's predictions come true? Read these newspaper stories and write yes or no in the spaces above. STREET CRIME UP There were 40% more street crimes in the last three months. NUMBERS OF WILD ANIMALS INCREASE ‘There are more hedgehogs, foxes, wild rabbits and badgers in our countryside than ever before. ‘WHERE ARE OUR COMPUTERS?” School teachers complained to the government yesterday that they had no computers in their classrooms. MORE JOBS The namber of employed people rose again last month. FARM PROTEST Hundreds of farmers drove their tractors around Parliament Square yesterday to protest against falling milk prices. HOMES FOR THE POOR New houses for people on low incomes are now available. TRAFFIC ISN'T MOVING Drivers in Southampton city centre were angry yesterday when roadworks on the main roads caused hours of delay.STUDENTA You and Student B are members of a new pop group. You come from New Zealand and you are going on a tour around the world to promote your band, staying in some cities only long enough to give an interview or do a concert. You have half the itinerary. Student B has the other half. Don’t show each other your information. Talk about your plans like thi Mark on the map where you spend each night with this symbol @) ‘Sometimes you spend the night in the air. Neither of you knows where you are spending the final night. Wait until the end to find out. ITINERARY Day 1 Monday Leave Auckland midnight, Arrive Vancouver, Canada, the following morning, Lunchtime TV interviews. Perform at pop festival in the afternoon. Leave Vancouver 8pm. Day 3 Wednesday Arrive Sao Paulo at 2pm. Breakfast with clients, Appear on TV and perform. Hotel in Sao Paulo Wednesday night, Fly out Barn, Day 5 Friday Appear in breakfast TV. Fly to Landon at 12 noon. 12 hour flight. 2 hour time difference. Central London hotel. Day 7 Sunday morning. Arrive Bombay, Day off. Sightseeing, Relaxing, Evening ~ do concert Day 9 Tuesday. Morning meeting, Fly to Tokyo. Evening concert. Fly out. ‘What is the name of your band? Write the letters on ‘Take the third letter of the fourth city you visited, the the poster. second letter of the second city you visited, the last letter of the first city you visited and the fourth letter of the sixth city you went to. Now, take the frst letter of the city that you visited on day nine, the second letter of the fifth city you visited, the last letter of the city you live in, the second letter of the third city and the last letter of the city you ARE COMING TO visited on day eight YOUR TOWN SOON! Sf PP om SFE PTFE SCREW SH RRR PPP CHetnrnnrrenereeeefel iad i i 4 CIMA Present simple for future plans Qc » On Tour STUDENTB You and Student B are members of a new pop group. You come from New Zealand and you are going on a tour around the world to promote your band, staying in some cities only long enough to give an interview or do a concert. You have half the itinerary. Student B has the other half. Don’t show each other your information. Talk about your plans like this: Mark on the map where you spend each night with this symbol &. Sometimes you spend the night in the ait. Neither of you knows where you are spending the final night. Wait until the end to find out. ITINERARY Day 2 Tuesday Arrive New York early morning. Lunch and then interviews with magezine journalists in the afternoon. Do concert at 7pm. Leave New York at 12 midnight. Day 4 Thursday Arrive Johannesburg 10pm local time, Hotel. Day 6 Saturday Appear on breakfast TV. Fly to Rome. Lunchtime interview. Fly to Moscow. Evening concert. Fly out overnight. Day 8 Monday Lie-in in Bombay, Fly out in the afternoon. Arrive Singapore mid-evening. Evening concert. Day 10 Wednesday morning, Arrive Sydney. Morning interview, Then fly back to Auckland. What is the name of your band? Write the letters on ‘Take the third letter of the fourth city you visited, the the poster. second letter of the second city you visited, the last letter of the first city you visited and the fourth letter of the sixth city you went to. Now, take the first letter of the city that you visited on day nine, the second letter of the fifth city you visited, the last letter of the city you live in, the second letter of the third city and the last letter of the city you ARE COMING TO visited on day eight. YOUR TOWN SOON!MEIER Present continuous future use A é® . * Diary Battleships eo Find a partner. You are Student A and your partner is Student B. @ velow you will see a copy of your diary. DO NOT SHOW IT TO STUDENT B. You and Student B are brother and sister. It's the first week of the holidays and your mother wants you to help her with the housework. You and Student B both have three free periods during the first week of the holidays. You must find all 3 of Student B's free periods by asking him/her questions e.g. What are you doing on Friday morning? What are you doing on Tuesday evening? Take it in turns - Student A asks a question, then, Student B asks a question. You are the winner if you find all of Student B’s free periods before he/she finds yours. °e ‘The loser has to help your mother with the housework! STUDENT A FRI ‘SAT SUN MON TUES: WED THURS morning | ee working gingto | ging to | ping to atthe doc air the dentist | chir shop practice practice — | babysitting sisting ony Ke I srather ta afternoon | shopping for | working at | FV hee ring taking te |] eter Wr Joe's ‘the shoe shoppin: ‘cat te the al birthatay shop with Mum vel prank evening |gingto | taclingts [aarting | cookey | ace ig Sauk Jods visit. tome dinner for ice-skating | concert birtheay granckra ny faily with Laure party Write Stucient B's answers here, FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED THURS: morning afternoon evening ELD taisercranaae cron “+ mo gan as sO mmm meme mmm mmm mm Amn mim ™ mhae a (EME ed Present continuous future use @ é Diary Battleships @ Finda partner. You are Student B and your partne Student A. e Below you will see a copy of your diary. DO NOT SHOW IT TO STUDENT A. You and Student A are brother and sister. It's the first week of the holidays and your mother wants you to help her with the housework. You and Student A both have three free periods during the first week of the holidays. You must find all 3 of Student A’s free periods by asking him/her questions e.g. What are you doing on Friday morning? What are you doing ‘on Tuesday evening? Take it in turns ~ Student A asks a question, then, Student B asks a question. You are the winner if you find all of Student B's free periods before he/she finds yours. e The loser has to help your mother with the housework! STUDENT B FRI saT SUN MON TUES WED THURS moming | gcing for | going heling to | going sing free holiday job | shopping | prepare the | shimning horse-riding interview village tele ping afternoon | ging to | tree ping to | sing piemo on | Babysitting | tvaing my vilage fete | practice for my hair cut day neighbour evening | guirg to baking cakes| going to the | playing in a free orig om ry pian lesson | for the Grema with | basketball hay prot vilage fete | Mike rath with my sly partner Write Student A’s answers here, FRI saT SUN MON TUES WED THURS morning afternoon eveningEGAN Zero conditional Oe Emergency! Do you know what to do in a crisis? Choose the correct answer. Your teacher will tell you how many points you get at the end. If your friend has a nosebleed, {a} youtell him to sit down and putt his head between his knees. {) you tell him to stand on his head and dink a glass of water (©) you sudéenly shout very loudly in his ear If the fire alarm goes off at school, {a)_you walk through the building and lock for smoke and fiames. (b) you go outside and call the fire brigade. (0) you don’t do anything ~ it goes off all the time. If chemical spills in the science classroom at school, fa) you wipe it up with a cloth. {b} you find a teacher at once. {© you leave it~ it will soon dry. If you see a dog in the street with no owner and no collar, {@) you catch it and stroke it (0) you don’t do anything, (you report it to the Council. = If you come home and smell gas, J {2} you switch the light on and check the house. x 40) you close the door and call the gas company from your neighbours’ house, __S” >? {0 you don't werry about it. If there is a fire in the kitchen, {@) you stay in the room and open the windows. (0) you go out of the room, close the door, aut of the house and ‘all the fire brigade, {© you open all the doors in the house. If you knock a tooth out in a football game, (@)_you wrap it up in a tissue and take it home. (©) you put it under your tongue and go to your dentist. (you put it in a glass of milk and go to your dentist. If you cut your arm and it bleeds a lot, {@) you hold your arm up in the eit. (0) you sit down and hold your arm up in the air. {@)_ you lie down with your arm by your side. If you find a burglar in your house, {a) you try to catch him. (b) you run out of the house and call for help. (Q) you offer him a cup of tea. If you get hiccups, (@} you put your head in a bucket (@) you stand on your heed and drink a glass of water. (© you wait until they go. Pm om ome Bem wo rman m we a | sation. ha Mita, ia Ak, ‘Sink, a cll um SIEq q aq q a a a a a A a a, a 4 a 4 a 4 A a a a a zt) a a 4 | 4 4 E] 4 No a BOW irst conditional Om April Fool It's April 1st. Mr Jones, the English teacher, has left the classroom for a few minutes. His naughty students have decided to play some April Fool's tricks on him. Look at the picture and then fill in the missing words in the sentences below. hei! ® door, thes 5S flour w 2S tall 0 Men {inh} | desk, af 225824 wil A out. jhe w) 8 mick t EEA his c PS ont! Foard, 11°20} pen wf rub o | cossette, hf, {wilh pop mf | his bf jhew | find a squashed t Yj coffee, i! will { disgusting! (8c A(ieee Second conditional What a Change! Watch this stone change into a tortoise. \fthis stone ame alive; tt would walk cD wY like a tortoiee, What will these objects change into? Draw lines to join the objects to the animals they become. 2a ID P25 AR ‘Take words from these boxes to make sentences. Use your dictionary if you're not sure what they mean. Ii this stapier ! allve, it} a dog. * stapler teapot hair clip mouse pencil toy car snake beetle dog spider | monkey elephant Morph your own object, Draw an object. Draw the creature it turns into. Choose from: bA PSaf Show it to your partner. He/She makes a sentence about it. mares were ne eee eo oooiad adalat al i ial jal ba ia del eid ‘a A a a | ia is ke! da ls @® vo! Heroes. (Tae ed Second conditional What Kind of Artist Are You? We're all artistic, but we express ourselves in different ways. Do you express yourself best in pictures, music, words or with your body? the gaps using the words in brackets to make second conditional sentences. Then, answer the questions and find out. irst of all, ityou 22° chave) half an hour to spare now, what (a) read a book (b) craw a picture {© listen to some music (d) go outside and play football \ (do)? Ifyou R58 (go) to the theatre this evening, what ®: (choose) to see? {@) a ballet (b) a modern play v (©) a Shakespeare play (@) 2 musical 52055) (go) to see your favourite band this ever 22° (do) in the half hour before you went? 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Ino puy pue YY, 409) Mera NOK LOsiad fensiaB aE NOK BI-EL Sys 0} Buses 40 BuIAEd ave NOK Yau ayidey axe nOf - mo Jog 354 SOUOD SPAY ZL wows op ajdoed saqno ues wep s9y)e1 yasinok sBunyn ep or 29 NOK - Apoq nok ya jasinod saudva NOK o- P9929 7-09 1-89 LPS HS 2-95 88 Pb Zr Gh [Ob HE LOE THE EEE ZPL PIE EAL 1-82 1-91 291 E41 HPL HSAUODSA Tropical Island is Born These pictures show how a tropical island is born. Before you read the text below, try to put the pictures in order. Can you say what is happening in the pictures? Use the present passive if you can. Look these words up in your dictionary: coral limestone dust germinate decay layer ecosystem ) Choose a verb for each space and put it into the present passive. blow create cover breakdown replace trap buildup A Coral builds up over time in warm waters and eventually it breaks through the surface of the sea. At first nothing can live on it - itis bare rock. Over time the coral limestone | 4 by the wind, rain and sea. The limestone becomes dust and { in cracks in the rock. Seeds across the new island by the wind. Some land in the cracks where they germinate and grow. They flower, tum to seed, die and ‘then decay. Slowly a layer of organtc material en the island. Other plants now grow and eventually a complete ecosystem | |. Gradually small plants “Sty taller plants. Eventually the island in trees - unless humans arrive and cut them down, Did you put your pictures in the right order? som wr i i i ammial at tak a wie woe wo al aa i) aaa Tt de ia in ie What’s It Made Of? Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. Write the words in the puzzle. f eo Books are made of___ Find out what Jen’s dress rubber stone rope brick ° Oo ismade plastic ice wool Icebergs are made of SSS e This jumper is made of This swing 's made of This bottle is made of TESS wan a waa MUTANT SGUSTE WECATE have / get something done What’s Happened to You? What have these people had/got done? Complete the speech bubbles. Find the past participles you need in the wordsearch. eo Te had _my_hair \ cut >||4|<|= 2 Write the leftover letters from the wordsearch above to complete ‘the sentence. Draw a picture to go with the sentence 03 olm|x|vlol|v|>|m zlolmiolz|m/zi0 ee a ig a a mom mm mmm m4 IEE Past simple passive _ Oe Great Natural Disasters a a Put the pictures in order. Put the missing verbs in the captions in the past simple passive. Choose the verbs from the box. undes a mountain When Mt Vesuvius ‘the Roman town of ash. erupted in AD79, of Pompeii { {Popping Lane}. ° a a a a i i the city of A fire started in Pudding | | a Londen Lane in London in 1666 and | 4 a | 4 | 4 = When the Titanic |. in the icy waters of 4 hitan iceberg in 1912, the Atlantic Ocean. 4 4 a A 4 Inthe Great Fire i of 1871 in Chicago, 4 “A 4 by 15-metre-high After a terrible the city of Lisbon waves, earthquake in Portugal in 175, — am |ust mustn't Oo® Zak’s Coffee Bar Zak has a new gir! working for him on Saturdays. He shows her the list of rules. Write must or mustn’t in the gaps. RULES always smile at the customers. ever be rude. be a queue of more than __ always be cleaned before five customers. anew customer 4. The tables = omit _- SMOKE in the non-smoking areas. yaa op tne floor every half HOW. Se ite you are working. sk people who don’t buy anything to leave. 5 cot always be served really Hot. 9. Coffee and tea 10.Long hair Here’s the cafe at lunchtime. Which rules are being broken? Write the numbers in the boxes. eg NIN p Kee oo fm mm xm mamma eea a a q a al a a a 4 isl ial del ied il de dea i inl int (Ie ee can | could &: »> Class Survey Work in a small group. Decide which of your classmates’ names to write as the answer for each question. e@ Now ask the students whose names you wrote. Are your answers correct? Example: Oscar, can you windsurf? If the answer is “No”, ask another student. Find a name for each question. ‘When you have found a student who answers “Yes”, find out when they were first able to do this. Ask “When could you first do this?”. 4 can windsurf 2. ean speak 2 foreign languages) ———— a -_—_—_— 43 can jugsle- a ——— 4 can cooks _ _ § can read music _ G can toueh-type- 7 can ride a horse- can play tennis well: ir an in RENN TT RTTCIT ae Would you like...? ey ul ik sess beef -. tuna a The Rainbow Cafe Here’s part of the menu. SANDWICHES nd cucumber cheese and tomato smoked salmon and cream cheese 2.50 1.00 egg and bacon 2.00 cheese and tomato ham and salad pea « fomato eetroot SALADS pesees 4.25, ved salad tomatoes, red PERE, CATE beetroot rrcuanber, lettuce, spinach, ess veetcorn, yellow PEBPEF «~~ DRINKS green salad yellow salad: cheeses orange juice - apple jwice carrot wice coffee - ten mille HOT MEALS omelet: Thamburget 0 chips ‘raceclt cartots — _@op baked beans ™ rr or we © ef ee i. © A mm mm iea a a a ial ial tal add iad tad lal il id Mel Jai bal in! dal ial at i CUI Would you like...? @p oe Fill in the gaps with forms of would (‘d) and fike. TABLE] “~ - L_ avery healthy’ lunch ~ tomato soup ara green ealad. TABLE 2 | thiak L___ a bow! of pea soup and a carrot and beetroot How about: you Okay. L__ ‘the eainte ae you. exactly TABLE 3 No,|___, thanks. have an egg and acon roll. And we'll get two coffees, please. I'm having a bee? sandwich. you one, too? WW have an €og roll and a cheese ealad, What shall we have? Well,| orange juice and a hamburger. What | { BILL1 BILL 3 BILL 4 3.50 3.00 41 2.00 x2 2B +50 ] 4.25 x2 i 50 2.00 | 00 Law 4) 12.50 19-25 | 11.25 You are in the Rainbow Cafe with a friend. Order lunch, Help each other to choose, using Would you like ...? Work out how much your bill will be. ee ES 3°EET aking suggestions a, School’s Out We're free! What shall we do? Each friend has a different suggestion about what to do. Can you decide which option makes a correct grammatical sentence? Check your answer by following the line. If you find the right picture, your answer is correct, alan . - Shall we «@) play by the river? 8) playing by the viver?-7 Lol Beth Let's a) see a film ©) seeing @ time N Cheis How about. @) go shopping? ATE | cooing top (Why don't we. @) go bowling? 6) to go bowing?. (Wibat about 2 @) riding our bikes 5) ride cur bikes (We could ©) go for a swim b) swimming ew ‘Would you like? 4) vist the zoo ©) to visit the zoo T think we should Gill, Ewan and Beth decide to go with Diana. | a) go toa cate Alan decides to go with Harry. B) to go to Chris decides to go with Flynn. ats So who will need their swimming costumes? " TERT n twee eee tn nn © m mmmSd And i) La) Mal al Med his a) tid tae fal isl ia isi CREE»: allowed to / partitives What Are You Allowed to Do? —__&Dp ‘Work in a group of four. Ask the other three students these questions and put their answers in the boxes. Puta tick ( v) for "Yes" and a cross (x ) for "No". Read the analysis. Who has the easiest life? Are you allowed to... stay in bed late at the weekend? Friend A | Friend B Friend C Me go to the shops by yourself? have a pat? watch television after 10pm? go out on your bike by yourself? your parents? invite your friends to your house without asking stay at home by yourself? ‘cook supper? have parties? have boyiriends/girifriends? wear whatever clothes you want? have a mobile phone? eat sweets or snacks between meals? play loud music? ANALYSIS Count how many ticks (v ) put your feet on the furniture? you have. 10-14 (7) You have an easy life. Your parents aren't strict at all and like you to make your own decisions. However, sometimes it can be harder to take responsibility and decide for yourself what you should do, 5-9 Your life is not easy but its not hard efther. Your parents have nules but they are probably fair and reasonable, 0-4 Your life is hard! Perhaps you like having plenty of rules to follove. If you show your parents how responsible you are, they may give you more freedorn, Now write about the results, Use phrases like these: All of us... Three of us are allowed to One of us... None of usis allowed to ... eanorn— TE RANTES UN exon MTOR mELTEMe CED(TT eae Verb + object + infinitive Om Our Bodies Find the right verb to complete these sentences. Write the numbers of the sentences in the correct place on the picture. tobreathe tostandup to write anddraw to pump. to chew to see to eat to balance torun to store @ We need our lungs @ we need our heart blood around our body. @ our tog muscles help us as — — ORO e We use our memory SBS information. F__ @ the 27 bones in our hands help us @ We need our spine straight. We use our toes and a ears e Our eyes allow us eo We use our teeth our food. 1 When we are hungry, our brain tells us RRP PP mm wom w rere nee eee oo Trew ww weTIMESAVER GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES Te REA TCR REE © ‘®) To: Ben@astro.co.uk af OS, Ben and Jan are with their class in the computer room. Their teacher, Miss Jones, is there too. Miss Jones thinks they are doing their homework. They're actually having an email conversation. @ write the question tags in the spaces. e Put the messages in the right order. Tot Ren@astro.co.uk Subject: | tne beac! [@] But suppose we see chen on the beach, Then there'll be trouble, ay. Sure, Ben. But you won't be able to come, (2).. beach this weekend, (3) To: danBwhistlejacket.co. subject (4) we11, pernaps 1 ¢ Lg] Sea and sand LLL in bed and 1 have to visit you. No, Jan, TL] i know. 1/11 say that you need the sea air because you're i11. T’m not. Thay’re coming te your house, (7) id. Help! 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Student A has the same picture but i goalkeeper referee whistle with ten differences, Take turns to ask questions to find linesman flag net pigeon the differences. Questions can only have Yes/No answers. | goalpost advert stadium e.g. Is the goalkeeper’s shirt striped? Yes, it is./No, it isn’t. | player pitch Keep a record of how many questions you ask. How many questions did you have to ask to find the differences? Write your answer here [__]. Compare with another pair of students. Roar Ono, Band (Tre mmr Roa ac a Or BOON CEDead Inperatie forinsruconsanatutwe wil OB i Eqd Fortune Teller I Cut out the square of paper on the other page. @ ey ! + Fold all the comers, €, F, G into the midle point ¢ ¥ i i ‘+ Turn this ovar and feld afl these corners into the middle point @B. wad © Fold this in half @ : ! 1 Putene-thumbaind one Hngerohnadh Hand the Tour paper pets Qh ey i * Draw four different colour circles, one on the outside of each pocket @. | % i 3 + Open the fortune teller. Write numbers 1-8 onthe elght small siangles eri inside @@. i + open each big triangle QD. Write these fortunes: eel You will marry many times. 1 You will become a great professor. % i 3 You wil have lots of hire You will be famous. @ eri ou Wl breil “1 You will travel to amazing places. ae You wil jive a quiet ie, “| You will have a jot of money. & i i © i j a i! @ Bu al ® nl ( ) ali _| & i | | ( *| S ) s i { @ ni @ 5 I et oO wi e | a & | { wl gl (Cp itsven senna toes naar rosa NENTS ATER ]dol inl it in) im it ial tl i dtd dl do dis gal il il (Ena Imperative for instructions and future Don’t show your friends. Write one under each small triangle. Your fortune teller is ready. Tell a partner's fortune, like this: Choose @ colour. Green G-R-E-E-N. (For each letter, open the teller alternate ways. Stop at the last letter, with the teller open.) Choose a number. 7. S-E-V-E-N. {Do the same as above.) Choose another number. 3 (Open the triangle and read the fortune under the number 3.) 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