Writing worksheets

Unit 1 02

Unit 2 03

Unit 3 04

Unit 4 05

Unit 5 06

Unit 6 07

Unit 7 08

Unit 8 09

Answer key 10
Unit 1
Writing ame:

1 Read and complete.

animals fish queue litter

camera playing mobile phone graffiti

When you come to our town, please respect our rules.

Our town is very special, we think it’s really cool!
Please don’t drop (1) in our lovely, clean streets,
And please don’t feed the (2) in the lake because we give them lots to eat.
Please don’t scare the birds when you’re (3) in our park,
And please don’t write (4) on our walls when it gets dark.
Please don’t touch the (5) in our amazing zoo,
And when you go to the theme park, please don’t jump the (6) .

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

2 Read and write.

Amazing ants!
My favourite insect (1) an
1. are / is / be
ant. The worker ants (2) 2. feed / feeds / food
the queen ant. The queen ant can
3. lives / live / alive
(3) for 30 years. Isn’t that 4. you / yours / your
amazing?
What’s (4) favourite insect?

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Unit 2
Writing ame:

1 Read and write.

dairy eggs farm horses vegetables

Hello. My name is Mark. I live on a

(1) and I love it! We have pigs,

goats, cows and (2) . We also

have chickens which lay (3) .

They make great omelettes! On our farm

we grow (4) , too. My

favourites are green peppers. At the weekend

we go to the farmer’s market, where my dad sells

(5) products like cheese,

yoghurt and milk. They are all delicious!

2 Read and write.

Oh no! Look in the fridge. There isn’t

(1) food in it!

Oh no! I’m hungry, too. How

(2) cheese is there, Sue?

Wait a minute. Let’s see. There is a

(3) . But help us please!

Don’t worry. Here comes Lou and she’s

1. no / any / none
(4)
2. much / many / there
sandwiches for me and you! 3. few / little / none
4. have / has / got
Phew!
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Unit 3
Writing ame:

1 Read and complete.

My name's Henry Horse and I like
all kinds of sports. I love playing
basketball and I love bowling, too.
I like doing gymnastics and swimming.
But I don't like roller skating and
I hate ballet, so on Saturdays I stay
in my stable and eat lots of hay!
I'm Henry's friend George and
I don't like sports. I love playing
the violin, singing and dancing.
You can see Henry and I like very
different things. But one thing
we love to do every day is go to
gardening club. We love it!

1. Henry Horse loves 4. George doesn’t like .

and playing basketball. 5. He
2. He likes swimming and . dancing.
3. O
 n Saturdays he stays in his stable 6. George and Henry go to
because he ballet. every day.

2 Read and write.

Cookery club
After school I (1) to cookery club. It’s great – I
(2) it. We learn lots of different things. (3) good
at making cakes. My favourite (4) chocolate cake. My friend Sam
(5) like making cakes but he (6) making pizzas.
His pizzas are fantastic!

1. goes / going / go 4. are / is / a

2. likes / hate / love 5. doesn’t / does / don’t
3. I’m / I / Am 6. like/ liking / likes

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Unit 4
Writing ame:

1 Read and complete.

Once a year Leo and his family go on
holiday to the beach. Leo loves going to
the beach, but he isn’t very careful.
His mum says, ‘Leo, you should put on
more sun cream after you go in the water.’
Leo says ‘OK!’ but he doesn’t put on sun
cream. His dad says, ‘Leo, you should sit in
the shade because it’s very hot now.’ Leo
says ‘OK!’ but he doesn’t go and sit in the
shade. His sister says, ‘Leo, you should wear
your hat.’ Leo says ‘OK!’ but he doesn’t
wear his hat. Later, Leo says ‘I’m very tired and very hot. And my skin is red.’ Leo’s
mum, dad and sister look at him and say, ‘Leo! You’ve got sunburn!’ The next day, the
family can’t go to the beach. Leo says ‘I’m sorry. Now I know, you should always wear
sun cream, sit in the shade and wear a hat when you go the beach.’
1. Leo and his family go to the beach.
2. Leo isn’t when he’s at the beach.
3. Leo’s mum tells him he should put on after going in the sea.
4. It’s very hot, and Leo’s dad wants him to sit .
5. To protect his head, Leo should , but he doesn’t.
6. His family say that Leo’s got and he feels very bad.

2 Read and write.

brush your teeth sweets mouth fizzy drinks chair

Three times a year I go to the dentist and sit in his scary (1) .
He tells me to relax and open my (2) and then all I can see is
his hair. ‘Do you drink (3) , young lady?’ he says when he
sees my teeth. I tell him, ‘No, never’, but really I drink them every week. ‘Close your
mouth,’ says the dentist, and then he tells me to stop and wait. ‘You shouldn’t eat
(4) or drink fizzy drinks and please
(5) twice a day.’
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Unit 5
Writing ame:

1 Read and complete.

1. were / was / is 2. weren’t / wasn’t / were 3. try / trying / tries
4. starting / start / started 5. save / saves / saving 6. helps / helped / help

Pollution is a problem – let’s stop it!

A long time ago, pollution wasn’t a problem and the air (1)
fresh. This is because there (2) so many cars and factories and
other things causing air pollution.
Nowadays people are (3) to help the environment. Last year, in
my town we (4) a recycling centre, and now everyone recycles
their rubbish.
We also (5) lots of water by having quick showers and turning
off the taps when we aren’t using them.
If we all make changes, we can (6) save our beautiful planet Earth.

2 Read and circle.

This is Tom and his family. Last year, they moved from a
big city to a small village. They were happy in the city,
but they wanted to move because of the (1) bears /
pollution. In the city there was a lot of (2) factories /
traffic and noise, and the (3) Earth / air wasn’t clean.
The village is very quiet and the fresh air is amazing!
Everybody is responsible for keeping the village clean.
At home, each person in Tom’s family does something
to help the (4) recycling / environment. Tom’s big sister does the recycling, his mum
collects wasted water from the house and Tom uses this to water the (5) river / garden.
His dad fixes all the taps and other things to make sure they don’t (6) pollution / waste
anything. They love village life!

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Unit 6
Writing ame:

1 Read and complete.

Once upon a time there lived an adorable
Apatosaurus called Arthur. ‘What was an
Apatosaurus?’ I might hear you say. Well,
the Apatosaurus was the most peaceful
(1) of its day. dinosaur swim
Other dinosaurs hunted and
(2) a lot of meat,
but lovely Arthur ate leaves from the very
tall trees. He had a very long tail and a
very long (3) ,
jewellery ate
and at night he slept with his favourite pet.
Arthur walked on land, he didn’t
(4) in the sea and
he loved to wear beautiful
(5) .
drank neck
2 Read and write.
Last week, Sam and his family went on a trip to London.
They visited the Natural History Museum and saw a lot of
amazing things, including dinosaurs. Sam was very happy
because he loves dinosaurs, especially the Tyrannosaurus
Rex. In the museum there was a big model of this dinosaur
living in a swamp. It looked like a real T-Rex. When Sam’s
sister heard it roar and saw its 15-centimetre-long teeth, she was really scared!

1. Sam went on a trip with his family to .

2. They dinosaurs at The Natural History Museum.
3. The dinosaur’s teeth were long.
4. When the dinosaur , Sam’s sister was scared.

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Unit 7
Writing ame:

1 Read and write.

1. Chinese / China / the Chinese 5. didn’t / did / doesn’t
2. decide / decides / decided 6. three / one / third
3. had / have / has 7. energetic / lazy / fast
4. lazy / confident / slow 8. is / was / were

The Chinese Zodiac

In China, the day you are born on is not as important as
the year you are born in. And if you want to know a
(1) person’s age, you don’t ask how
old they are, you ask for their Zodiac animal.
There are twelve Zodiac animals, one for each year of the moon’s
cycle. Some Chinese people believe that Buddha
(2) to call all animals to Earth and the
twelve animals which appeared are the animals of the Zodiac signs.
To decide the order of the Chinese Zodiac cycle, the animals
(3) a race. The first animal to cross the
river got the first year and the second got the second year, and so on.
The strong and hardworking ox was winning, but suddenly, the
clever and (4) rat jumped on the ox’s
back and the ox (5) feel it. At the last
second, the rat jumped off the ox’s back and won the race. The ox
came second and tiger came (6) . Then
came the rabbit, followed by the dragon, the snake, the horse, the
sheep, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and finally, the happy but
(7) pig.
Buddha said that children who (8)
born in the year of a particular animal would have the same
characteristics as that animal.

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Unit 8
Writing ame:

1 Read and complete.

‘This summer is going to be the best ever! And
it’s almost here!’ said Annie. Everyone was very
excited because there were only two classes left
until the summer holidays.
‘What are you going to do this summer, Annie?’
asked Mark. ‘Well, do you want to know a
secret?’ said Annie quietly. ‘Of course!’ replied
her friends.
‘I’m going to go on an adventure! I’m going to fly on a plane to England and I’m going to
visit a seaside resort. At the seaside, I’m going to look for crabs in the rock pools and I’m
going to eat ice creams called 99s. I’m going to go cliff diving and I’m going to learn how
to surf. In the evenings, I’m going to watch films and play games.’
‘But Annie, why is it a secret?’ asked Gemma. Annie smiled and looked at her friends.
‘Because I’m not going alone,’ she said, still smiling. ‘This adventure is for all of us. You’re
all going to come with me!’

1. This summer, Annie 3. She

on an adventure. a seaside resort.
2. Annie 4. Annie’s friends
on a plane to England. with her.

2 Read and complete.

1. to / for / is 4. but / and / an
2. not / no / am 5. to / too / two
3. goes / go / going 6. gets / getting / get

It’s almost time (1) our summer holidays!

I’m (2) going to work because I’m only (3) to play.

I’m going to jump in the pool (4) I’m going to surf the waves.

I’m not going (5) go to school for nearly 60 days!

So let’s all (6) excited and sing and dance and laugh!

Goodbye everybody, I’ll see you when I get back!

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Writing
Key

Unit 1 Unit 3
1 1
1. litter 1. bowling
2. fish 2. doing gymnastics
3. playing 3. hates
4. graffiti 4. sports
5. animals 5. loves
6. queue 6. gardening club

2 2
1. is 1. go
2. feed 2. love
3. live 3. I’m
4. your 4. is
5. doesn’t
Unit 2 6. likes

1 Unit 4
1. farm
2. horses 1
3. eggs 1. on holiday
4. vegetables 2. very careful
5. dairy 3. sun cream
4. in the shade
2 5. wear a hat
1. any 6. sunburn
2. much
3. little 2
4. got 1. chair
2. mouth
3. fizzy drinks
4. sweets
5. brush your teeth

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Writing
Key

Unit 5 Unit 7
1 1
1. was 1. Chinese
2. weren’t 2. decided
3. trying 3. had
4. started 4. confident
5. save 5. didn’t
6. help 6. third
7. lazy
2 8. were
1. pollution
2. traffic Unit 8
3. air
4. environment 1
5. garden 1. is going to go
6. waste 2. is going to fly on
3. is going to visit
4. are going to come
Unit 6
1 2
1. dinosaur 1. for
2. ate 2. not
3. neck 3. going
4. swim 4. and
5. jewellery 5. to
6. get
2
1. London
2. saw
3. 15 centimetres
4. roared

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