BEFORE READING 1 In Tae Wrong Trousers you are going to read about Wallace, Gromit and Who has these things in the story? What do you think? Maric them W (Wallace), G (Gromit), or P (the Penguin) eller and MBa © C1 etoy train > fail Tealeoers a I = taper card 1 akemet La i Poneas 2 Whyis the story called The Wrong Trousers? Finish the d() eglve ntence. Because Wallace puts on different trousers one day, and he . aL] loses all his money. © [] does bad things in his sleep. b C1 can't remember his name dC loses his bestfriend, oe Woppy Birthday, Chueg / ‘was early in the morning on Wednesday 12th. Gromit the dog sat at the table in the kitchen of the little house at 62 West Wallaby Street and made breakfast. Suddenly he remembered something, He got up from the table and went to look at the calendar near the door. Wednesday 12th was his birthday. There it was on the calendar in blue pen—‘Gromit’s birthday’. Gromit took a pen and puta big blue X through the number 12. ‘Mon Tues Wed Thies Fri bin Sromits day ‘It’s my birthday today and my friend Wallace is sleeping,’ he thought, and he felt sad. Wallace wasn't a dog. He was a man, and Gromit lived with him at 62 West Wallaby Street. Gromit looked at his watch. It was nine o'clock. Just then he heard a noise at the front door. “There! That's the postman!" he thought. ‘Perhaps I'm going to get some birthday cards this morning. Let's go and see!’ tenon the room in the house where peop make things at cealendar 0 book nah all te days, atthe year in Toten wih 3 Aiterent month on evory page both the sy ‘when somes was torn sad not hapey ard something ‘at you sent sammenne on ther biredayREADING CHECK Are these sentences true or false? Tick the boxes. True False @ Wednesday 12th is Wallace's birthday. 1 b Wallace and Gromit live in a house in West Wallaby Street.) @ The postman brings six birthday cards. Oo There are a lat of machines in Wallace and Gromit's house. @ Wallace gets out of bed and goes downstairs slowly. Oo f Wallace gets some letters asking for money. a @ Gromit gets three presents from Wallace. Oo Ooooo0oR WORD WORK 1 Find the words in Gromit’s pen to complete the sentences. ‘What day of the month is it today?” | con't know. Look at the calendar” bb ‘We stopped the car suddenly when a @ Mum, where's my new dog infront of us.” train? "Your brother's playing with it © ‘Letters asking for money often come onthe in brown, ee {Is your camera working? ‘Yes, can't ‘Who's in the P "Dad. He's you see? The green ‘son, making dinner.” € ‘Gant read the after you" 2 Find six more words from Chapter 1 in Gromit’s col 3 Match the words in Activity 2 with the pictures. QUESS WHAT ‘What happens in the next chapter? Tick the box © This newcomer wants to live in 1 Wallace's room. 2 O Gromit’s room. 3 C2 the old room upstairs, The Techno-trousers take Gromit 1 [for a walk in the park 2 C1 to hospital 3 Cl tothe shops. b Anew... comes to live in West Wallaby Street. look nice with the help of 10) man 1 Othe Technotrousers. 21 woman 2D bis friend Wallace 3 C1 animal 3D thenewcomer. Gromit makes the old room upstairs18 READING CHECK Complete the sentences with the correct names, 4 pathroom © chicken £ bin the penguin Wallace Gromit a TNE. PENGUIN. does lots of ite things to help Wallace b feels angry. 1h control panel ° has dinner with the penguin, a puts his things into a bag and leaves home. e takes the contro! panel off the Techno-trousers, QUESS WHAT oo sloaps in the street 8 can't get out of the Techno-trousers. a Gromit watches WORD WORK bb The penguin goes to look © The penguin writes lots of Gromit goes quickly to @ When the penguin arrives Wallace walks down the street Match the words with the correct pictures. a slippers .Rathroorn, ap b choose &] ¢ kennel > if F Gs ei 1 2 3 4 5 6 ‘What happens in the next chapter? Match the parts of these sentences. without waking up, 62 West Wallaby Street: the penguin carefully. Gromit goes into Wallace's room. at an old building. things ina little book.4 READING CHECK street 4 Gromit sees the penguin inthe park and goes attor him The penguin stops in front ofa small old building © Gromit is watehing him from a bin inthe street. 4 Gromit gots to 62 West Wallaby Street after the penguin. He finds something intoreating on the penguin's bed Gromit hides in Wallace's chair when the penguin comes home. i With the contra pane! the penguin moves Wallace, and they leave the tonn, 1 Gromit gets breakfast on his feet when the Getting Up Machine goes wrong, WORD WoRK Find words in the tape measure to complete. the sentences on page 25. [ike visiting OUSEUNNS and looking at the old things in them, a bb When you are on a bioycle you must wear @ ¢ In cold woather people wear ‘on their hands. a are very exaensive. @ {cant find my little sister. Perhaps she is from me, Look! There's a man standing on that window & Everest is very W's 6.48 metres fh Look through the in that box. What can you see? i My teacher me earlier today and I'm taller than all my friends. GUESS WHAT What happens in next chapter? Tick the boxes. ‘a Who goes into the museum? 1 (1 The penguin 2 0) Gromit. 3 C1 Wallace bb What does the penguin do? 1 [1 He watches through the window, 2. [1 He listens on the racio. 3 (1 He waits by the door: © How doos the penguin get the blue diariond? 1 C1) With Wallace's hand. 2 C1 With the control panel and the helmet 3 C1 with Gromit's help. dd When does Wallace open his eyes? 1 CJ When he arrives at the museum 2 [1 When he leaves the museum. 3 ( When he arrives home. %30 READING CHECK Complete the chapter summary. Wallace and the penguin a) to the museum. The penguin jumps on to the Techno-trousers and then jumps off them onta the ledge under the high » «Wallace is sleeping in the Techno-trousers. The trousers walk up past the penguin end then down into the museum. They walk into a long room with the ‘Sa _--~ diamond in it, Then the penguin hits a d) on the control panel. Something comes out of tho @) oa... (on Wallace's head. It’s @ ‘machine hand! The hand takes thf)... » but suddenly there is ringing noise and Wallace opens his g) Stoel doors start to WD... ‘and the Techno-trousers, with Wallace in them, leave the museurn through the window. Match the words with the things in the town museum, [Z] air vent (J alarm diamond (1 ste! doors penguin (1 technotrousers OO WORD WORK ‘the words in the diamond to complete the sentences. a bb There's a hole inthe ____ af our house. When it rains, water comes in through it You can't break a _ door very easily @ Our car has got an_____ init to stog people from taking it e 1 £ an you _____ from this tree to that tree? We have got blue_____on the The cat had something in its _ _ in our bathroom, Claws 45. steal i walls GUESS WHAT ‘What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. Yas Perhaps No a The penguin and Wallace go to West Wallaby Street. uo oO oO bb Wallace takes the clamond Oso «Gromit runs after the penguin. eee st 4 The penguin leaves the country, Oe C2 Wallace and Gromit get the penguin ee {Wallace and Gromit get a thousand pounds Oe bo The Technotrousers stay at West Wallaby Street. Dee lget 3i READING GHECK 2. Find five more words from Match the first and second parts of the sentences. Srontar6in fie chepee: ‘The penguin takes Wallace Thore the penguin takes the glove Wallace says The penguin puts the diamond a 1 off his head. b 2 inabag e 3 ‘t's you! to the penguin. a "4 to West Wallaby Street @ Gromit jumps on the back ofthe train... 5 leave 62 West Wallaby Street f After some time Wallace and Gramit 6 for catching the penguin. They get £1,000 7 and moves to the front of it h 8 In the end The Techno-trousers catch the penguin WORD WORK 3 There are seven more letters in the picture. Write them in order to find the name of a famous English cheese. © __ 1 Correct the mistakes in these sentenc ‘The words you need are all in Chapter 6. @ Oh no! He's got a sun and he’s going to kill someone with Bu, Pe Ce als 2 lee ne bb 1m not good at football or tennis. cant wate. things in my hands vory wal © Trains travel on truck. a rolling pin b 3 83: My radio has fats of different coloured wives in it @ I can catch things with my not. ak a Ihave a Iump by my bed so | can read at night. GUESS WHAT hat happens after the story finishes? Choose from these ideas or add your own. a [-] Wallace and Gromit go on holiday. b () Wallace buys Gromit some new Techno-trousers. © (J Wallace and Gromit start cleaning windows. a C1 Wallace meets a beautiful woman and forgets Gromit. [5 Gromit meets a beautiful girl dog and forgets Wallace. |dit 4M A Dictionary of Informal English 1 Write th of informal English. ‘words from The Wrong Trousers in the correct plaot in the Dictionary (tag penuak TT eraaking | Teand a Let's meet later, Il call you on the telephone that | carry with ma about 8 o'clock. bb I'm fat because | eat a lat of food. © My stomach hurts. ike sausages a lot fe What a nice shirt? The new girl in our class is strange. Where's the nearest toilet? 4 Make a dictionary for the words in Activity 3 (or some other Informal words). ter each word write these things. | aa formal English word that means the same (a synonym), or a definition of the word bb an example sentence and a translation ct) EXAMPLE SENTENCE / SPST Pt eT Brera iad Bn very good isica breaktast. | very good Penguin, that aname for snnve| s0m@0n¢ that you like. young man Be careful, . 2 Can you translate the words in Activity 1 into informal words in your language? ‘5 Match these words and the underlined words in the sentenoes on page 41. Use a dictionary to help you, 4aee) A new invention 1 Match the words with the picture of the Techno-trousers’. Use a dictionary to help you, UU OEY PEeChi e Why not buy a pair of now Techno-trousers? Those aro the latest invention from NASA. (The North American Space Agency). With their sticky feet, rubber legs, and bul in control panel, they are perfect for walking the dog, painting walls, and ceilings and many other things 5 y PLCS COTS WELLE MLL eT LS aL] sticky feet can walk up walls o across ceiling tb [_] hit the blue buttons and move the red levers on the contro! panel to program the trousers ¢ (_] rubber legs move up and down and to front and back 4] you can get into the trousers here ¢ [J you can put a dog's lead through here ‘sun and rain umbrella 3 Complete the advertisement. Why not buy anew... Sun and Rain Suit Why not buy a new and sult? This is the latest invention frorm AWS (All Weathor Suits). With its brightl-coloured sun and rain {or your head, its and its «itis perfect for sunny days. thas a and for rainy days too! And the helps you to get ready for good or bad weather! sur-cream to put on your face on sunny days sunglasses to put infront of your eyes on sunny days raincoat and rainshoes for rainy days ‘weather house to see the weather before it happens 4