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Now it's eleven o'clock. There are

lots of people in the streets. People
It's seven 0' clock in the morning. are going shopping. People are
People are going to work. It's a taking buses and taxis.
new day in the city.
Some of the people are tourists. Every
What is a city? A city is streets day, new people come to the city.
and buildings. A city is cars,
buses, and taxis. A city is people -
lots of people.

In some very big cities,

there 0 re more tho n
15 million people!
m What Is a City? . 3 Complete the sentences.
buses eleven going
.. Read pages 4-5. cities ~meti taking

1 Write the words. 1 There are streets and buildings in a city.

2 There are cars and
buildings bus people effg taxi street - - --

3 In _ _ _ _ there are lots of people.

4 At o'clock, there are lots of
people in the streets.
5 People are shopping.
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3 _ __ _
6 People are _ _ _ _ taxis and buses.

4 Order the words.

1 o'clock / It's / seven / in / morning. / the
4 _ _ __ 5 ----
6 _ __ _ It's seven 0
1

clock in the morning.

2 Circle the correct words. 2 are / going / work. / People / to

1 People go to work / tourists in the morning.

3 It's / in / the / city. / a / new / day
2 In some big / small cities, there are more
than 15 million people.
4 day / Every / people / come / the / city. / to
3 There are lots of tourists in cities / people.
4 Every day new people / day come to the city.
 The streets are for everyone. You
can walk with your family or
friends. You can look in store
windows. You can watch people,
cars, and buses.

A mall is a street with no cars. It's in

a building, and you can find stores
and restaurants there. There's a big,
In a city, you can see lots of old mall in Milan in Italy. Tourists
buildings. There are museums, go to this mall and they take photos.
schools, and stores.

In some cities there are very tall

buildings. Sometimes you can go
to the top and look at the city.

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 3 CircLe the correct words.
Buildings 1 A maLL / house is a street with no cars.
+ Read pages 6-7. 2 There are buses / stores in a malL.
3 There are restaurants / cars in a maLL, too.
1 Write the words. Then match.
4 There's a maLL / big in Milan.
5 The maLL in Milan is big and new / old.
6 Milan is a countryside / city in Italy.

4 Com pLete the sentences.

1 In cities there are lots of buildings
(buildings / lots / of)
2 There are museums, _ _ _ _ _ __
(schools, / and / stores)
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3 In some cities there are _ _ _ _ _ __
(buildings / taLL / very)
4 You can walk in the streets _ _ _ _ __
2 Find and write the words. (with / family / your)
~_ ~\,hotorest 5 youcanlook _ _ _ __ ___
~r;endsw\noo aLJrantpeo~\.e (windows / in / store)
6 You can watch people, _ _ _ _ _ __
1 family 3 _ _ _ _ 5 _ __ _
(and / cars, / buses)
2 _ _ __ 4 - -- -
6 _ __ _
 Ships can come to a citlJ blJ river,
too. ManlJ cities are on big rivers.
In these cities lJou can find great
bridges. There are bridges for
people, cars, and trains.

Pittsburgh is a city in the USA.

It has more than 400 bridges!

ManlJ big cities are blJ an ocean.

ThelJ have a harbor for ships. Ships
bring materials for new buildings.
Ships bring tourists, too.

There's a big harbor in SlJdnelJ in

Australia. There are nice
apartments and restaurants blJ the
harbor. SlJdnelJ is a big citlJ, but it
has lots of parks and trees.
.. Go to pages 24-25 for activities.
 3 CompLete the sentences.
Water
big buildings come ocean
+ Read pages 8-9.
1 Many cities are by an _ _ __
1 CompLete the puzzLe. 2 Ships bring materials for new _ _ __
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3 Many cities are on rivers.
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s 4 Answer the questions.

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I 1 Where is Sydney?
p If s in Australia.
2 Is Sydney by the ocean?
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3 What is by the harbor in Sydney?

2 Write true or false.
1 Sydney is in Italy. false 4 Where is Pittsburgh?
2 There's a harbor in Sydney.
3 Sydney is a small city. 5 Is there a river in Pittsburgh?
4 There are parks in Sydney.
5 Pittsburgh is in the USA. 6 How many bridges does Pittsburgh have?
6 There aren't any bridges in Pittsburgh. _ _
 In some cities there are lakes. You
can swim there and have fun. In
Udaipur in India, there's a big lake.
You can ride in a boat on the lake.

In Hanoi in Vietnam, !:]ou can ride

in a rickshaw and see the cit!:].
It's fun to be a tourist in a cit!:].
There are lots of things to do. You
can go to a park, a museum, or a
zoo. You can ride on a bus and listen
to a guide.

It's good to walk around a cit!:], too.

You can take photos of the streets
and building s.
 3 Match.
Tourists
1 There are lots of in a boat.
.. Read pages 10-11. boat guide 2 You can a big lake.
lake park 3 In Udaipur there's in India.
1 Write the words.
rickshaw tourists 4 You can ride on go to a museum.
the lake things to do in
5 Udaipur is a city a city.

4 Order the words.

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2 CircLe the correct words.
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2 There are lots I parks and museums.
3 You can listen to a photo I guide. 5 of I buildings. I take I photos I can I You
4 It's good to walk I take around a city.
5 In Udaipur you can walk I ride in a boat.
6 In Hanoi you can ride in a rickshaw I family.
WEATHER
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summer, there's more light from the
sun, so it's worm. In winter, there's
lesslight from the sun, so it's cold.

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to Eqrth. The heqt ond light moke
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to Eorthin eightminutes!

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some light from the sun coming
to Eqrth.
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FARMS
EARTH
 On the land, there are forests,
mountains, and deserts. Most
of Earth's water is in oceans,
We're in space and we're looking at but there's water in lakes and
Earth. What can we see? We can see rivers, too.
man-y colors. We can see land,
water, and clouds.

Earth is a planet. There are man-y,

man-y planets in space, but there's
onl-y one Earth. Earth is -o~r home.
Earth goes around the sun every
Millions of plants, animals, and year. Earth also turns every day.
people live here.
.. Go to pages 20-21 for activities .
 -~-~-----~-- - ------~~--~-~---

3 Com pLete the sentences.

What Is Earth?
day goes ~~ land one
.. Read pages 4-5.
1 There a re rivers and lakes on Ea rth.
1 Write the words. 2 On the , there are mountains and
desert river mountain deserts.
OL-eun cloud forest 3 Earth turns every _ _ __
4 Earth _ _ _ _ around the sun every year.
S There's only _ _ _ _ Earth.

4 Match. Then write the sentences.

1 ocean 2 ----
3 _ _ __
On Earth, there's ~ in lakes and rivers.
There's water is our home.
Earth is a land and water.
MiLLions of people Live on Earth.
4 ----
6 _ _ __ Earth planet.

2 CircLe the correct words.

1 On Earth, there's land and water.
1 2 ________________________________~
2 There are many plan'ets in. space / Earth.
. 3
3 There's millions / water on Earth. 4 __________________________________
4 Most of Earth's water is in oceans / forests. S
 Land
We live on the land. The land is
under our feet. The land can be
snow'Y mountains or green valle'Y s.
It can be forests or deserts.

These mountains are in China.

The land can fall into the ocean
N ext to the mountains, there are
and make cliffs. These amazing
valle'Y s. The mountains and valle'Y s
cliffs are in Australia.
on Earth are millions of 'Years old.
Rivers can make deep valle'Ys in the
Mountains in China
land. These deep valle'Ys are called
can'Yons. Look at this amazing
can'Yon in Peru. It's called the
Colca Can'Yon.
 3 CircLe the correct words.
Land 1 We live / ocean on the land .
.. Read pages 6-7.
2 The land can be mountains / millions
or valleys.
1 Write the words. Then match.
3 A mountain / canyon is a deep valley.
1 Sfcfli - - 4 The mountains and valleys on Earth
cliffs aren't / are very old.
5 The land can fall / make into the ocean.

4 Com pLete the sentences.

3 alYvl e 1 The land is under our feet

(feet / under / our)
2 The land can - - - - - - -
(snowy / mountains / be)
3 Rivers can - - - - - - -
(valleys / deep / make)
2 Find and write the words. 4 Acanyon is _ _ _ _ _ __
(valley / a / deep)
5 There's a - - - - - - -
(Peru / in / canyon)
1 mountain 3 - - --
5 _ _ _ _ 6 The mountains on - - - - - - -
2 4 - -- -
6 _ __ _ (old / Earth / are)
 Water
On Earth, there's water in rivers,
lakes, and oceans.

Most rivers come from mountains.

Snow falls on the mountains. The
snow melts and the water goes When the ocean is calm, the waves
down the mountains. Rain falls, are small. People can swim in the
then more water goes into the rivers. ocean when it's calm.
Most rivers go to the ocean.
In bad weather, the ocean can be
When a river comes to a cliff, it rough. The wind makes big waves.
makes a waterfall. Niagara Falls People can't swim in the ocean
are amazing waterfalls in Canada when it's rough.
and the USA.
 3 Com pLete the sentences.
Water
cliff oceans swim wind
+ Read pages 8-9.
1 When a river comes to a _ _ __ , it
1 CompLete the puzzLe. makes a waterfall.
1t 2 There's water in rivers, lakes, and - ---
m
5t
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waves in the ocean.
4 You can't - --
makes big

in the ocean when it's

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rough.

4 Answer the questions.

2 Write true or false. 1 Where is there water on Ea rth?

1 There's water in rivers. true On Earth. there's water in rivers.

2 Most rivers come from oceans. [Link]. and oceans.
3 Rain falls, then more water goes 2 Where do most rivers come from?
into rivers.
4 Most rivers go to the ocea n. 3 Where do most rivers go?
5 When the ocean is calm, the waves
are big. 4 What does a river ma ke when it comes to
6 People can swim in the ocean when a cliff?
it's rough.
Hot Places
A lot of hot places on
Earth are near the
equator. Near the
equator, the light from
the sun is strong. It's
often hot in summer
and in winter.
Monument Valle1J is in a desert in
There are man1J hot deserts near the USA. It's ver1J hot and sunn1J
the equator. there. There are weeks and months
with no rain.

In some ver1J hot places in summer,

there's no water in the rivers. Plants
and fish can't live there.

When it's hot, the lungfish makes a hole

in the soil. It can live there with no water!

.. Go to pages 26-27 for activities.

 3 Match.
Hot Places
the light from the
.. Read pages 10-11. sun is strong.
1 There are a lot of lungfish makes a
1 Write the words. 2 Monument Valley is hole in the soil.
3 It's hot and sunny in Monument
equator Ea rth su n
4 When it's hot, the Valley.
S Near the equator, in the USA.
1
hot places near the
2 equator.
3
4 Answer the questions.
2 CircLe the correct words.
1 Where a re there a lot of hot places on Eo rth?
1 Near the equator, it's often summer / hot
in winter.
2 Where is Monument Valley?
2 There are many hot deserts / strong near
the equator.
3 When there's no desert / water, the lungfish 3 How is the weather in Monument Valley?
lives in a hole.
4 Fish can't live in plants / rivers with no 4 What does the lungfish do when it's hot?
water.
S It's very hot and sunny / coLd in Monument
Valley.