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His Majesty The Late Sultan,

Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik Qaboos Bin Said
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Dr. Madiha Bint Ahmed Al Shaibani

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 Note from the
Writing Committee

Dear Students,

Welcome to Grade 5 and the revised English for Me

textbook for Semester A.

As you will see, there are five units in your Classbook and
Skills Book. Each unit is about a different topic, and consists
of twelve lessons all related to that topic. Each lesson in the
unit has a different main language focus. These are
Reading and Understanding; Grammar; Listening and
Speaking; Writing; a Project and a ‘Let’s Read’ section.

In addition to the Classbook and Skills Book, you will need

an exercise book to make notes and to write down the
answers to some of the activities in the Classbook.

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Contents
Learning Outcomes for Grade 5A page ii

UNIT 1 Welcome Back to English page 2

UNIT 2 Kids Like Us page 14

UNIT 3 Growing Up page 26

UNIT 4 Going Places page 38

UNIT 5 Friendship page 50

 Learning Outcomes for Grade 5A

UNIT 1 Welcome Back to English

„ can make introductions
„ can talk about things you like and don’t like doing
„ can read and understand descriptions of past events
„ can understand and follow classroom instructions
„ can listen for general information about past events
„ can use the simple past tense
„ can spell regular and irregular past tense verbs
„ can write about things that happened in the past
„ can make a dictionary page
„ can differentiate between past verb ending sounds

Unit 2 Kids Like Us

„ can talk about likes and dislikes
„ can read and understand descriptions and emails
„ can understand and tell the time
„ can talk about daily activities and routines
„ can listen for general information about daily routines
„ can listen for specific information about time
„ can write a description about daily routines
„ can plan and do a survey
„ can spell plural nouns correctly
„ can pronounce the endings of plural nouns correctly

Unit 3 Growing Up
„ can talk about life cycles
„ can talk about ability using ‘can’ and ‘can’t’
„ can read and understand factual information about life cycles
„ can listen for general and specific information about abilities
„ can use time sequence words (first, next, then, finally)
„ can do a survey about abilities
„ can write a paragraph about what you do after school
„ can spell plural nouns correctly
„ can research and write about an Omani animal
„ can recognise short and long ‘a’ sounds in words

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 Learning Outcomes for Grade 5A

Unit 4 Going Places

„ can read and understand factual information
„ can make suggestions
„ can accept or refuse suggestions
„ can listen for general information and specific
information about tourist activities
„ can talk about activities for tourists
„ can recognise proper nouns
„ can write a paragraph about a place in Oman
„ can design a website page
„ can spell words with double letters
„ can recognise short and long ‘oo’ sounds in words

Unit 5 Friendship
„ can talk about how friends behave
„ can categorise adjectives
„ can read and understand stories about friendship
„ can understand and use question words
„ can listen for general information about friendship
„ can listen for specific information about friendship
„ can write a paragraph about a friend
„ can correct errors in writing
„ can make a poster about friendship rules
„ can understand the use of syllables

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 UNIT 1
U NIT
Welcome Back to English
Grammar

1 Reading and Understanding

1 Play a game.

Name Game
Student A: Throw a ball to Student B.
Ask ‘What’s your name?’

Student B: ‘I’m [Maha]’.

Throw the ball to Student C.
Ask ‘What’s your name?’

Continue throwing the ball around the class.

2 Read, listen and speak.

Hello. What’s your name?
1 2
Huda. I’m a
Who’s that girl? new student.

I don’t know. Let’s ask her.

Good morning, everyone!
3 What about you? 4 Welcome to Grade 5!
Are you new too?
Oh, here’s
our teacher.
Stand up,
No, but we’re new in
Huda!
Grade 5. I’m Salima
and this is my friend
Nada. This is
5 6 Huda.
Good morning, Hi, everyone!
Teacher! Welcome to
Sit down, class!
Now... we have a our school!
Thanks!
new student today.
Come here, please,
Huda!

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 Reading and Understanding Welcome Back to English

3 Listen and repeat.

Days of the Week

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

4 Read and find.

Read the conversation below. As you read, find the answers to these questions.
1 What subjects do the boys have on Thursday?
2 How many times a week do they have Science?

Salim: What day is it today?

Nasser: It’s Wednesday.
Salim: Oh good. We’ve got English today.
I like English. It’s my favourite
subject.
Nasser: When have we got Art?
Is it Tuesday?
Salim: No, it’s tomorrow.
Nasser: Oh no. I don’t like Art.
Salim: You like Science, don’t you? We’ve got Science after
Art tomorrow. And we’ve got it on Monday too.
Nasser: Great! I love Science.

5 Read, think and speak.

Student A:
When have we got English?

Work with a partner. Read the timetable below. Student B:

Ask and answer questions about it. We’ve got English on Sunday
and Thursday

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

English Science Islamic Studies Arabic English

Maths Arabic Art Islamic Studies Science

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 UNIT 1

Grammar helped made

1 Look, match and write.

came ate
washed went
„ Match the past verbs in the stars to the
present tense verbs below.
„ Write the verbs into the tables. took
played
brushed cooked

Regular verbs (present) Irregular verbs (present)

1 brush 6 come

2 wash 7 take

3 help 8 go

4 cook 9 eat

5 play 10 make

2 Think and write.

Write a sentence about each picture below. Begin each sentence with Yesterday and use one
of the verbs from Activity 1. Write the sentences into your exercise book.

Example: A. Yesterday Saif washed his face.

A B C
Regular verbs

E
D F
Irregular verbs

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 Grammar Welcome Back to English

3 Read and find.

Read the story. As you read, write the verbs in the

past tense into your exercise book.

Tom and the Robot

1 Tom was good at making things.
One day, he made a robot.
‘Hello, I’m Binks,’ said the robot. ‘Who are you?’
‘I’m Tom,’ said Tom. ‘What can you do, Binks?’
5 ‘I can do lots of things,’ said Binks.
‘I’m hungry,’ said Tom. ‘Can you cook?’
‘Yes,’ said Binks. ‘I like cooking.’ He went to the
kitchen and made lots of lovely food. Tom ate
the food. It was delicious.
10 ‘Stop cooking now, Binks,’ said Tom.’
But Binks didn’t stop. He cooked and cooked.
Soon, the kitchen was full of food.
Tom’s mum came home. When she saw Binks and all
the food, she was very angry.
15 ‘Sorry, mum,’ said Tom. ‘This is Binks. He can’t stop cooking.’
‘Take Binks out of the kitchen!’ said Tom’s mum. Tom felt sad.
Next day, Tom took Binks to school. There were lots of hungry children there.
Binks helped the cook in the school kitchen. He made lunch for all the
children. Everyone was very happy with Binks.

4
For each item, choose the correct answer
Read and choose. and circle it.

1 Binks was a (a) boy (b) pet (c) robot

2 Binks liked (a) making things (b) cooking (c) eating

3 When Tom’s mum saw

all the food, she felt (a) angry (b) hungry (c) happy

4 Next day,
Binks went with Tom (a) to the beach (b) to a restaurant (c) to school

5 Binks helped (a) Tom’s mum (b) Tom’s teacher (c) the school cook

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 UNIT 1

Listening and Speaking

1
Listen to the instructions on the CD
Listen and do. and do the activities.

2
Listen to the CD and match
Listen and match. each letter to a picture.

b
a C

e
d

g h

3 Read and choose. For each item, choose the correct answer.

1 Stand (a) to (b) up (c) down .

2 Sit (a) from (b) to (c) down .

3 Point (a) to (b) away (c) up the board.

4 Get (a) up (b) into (c) from pairs.

5 Cut out the (a) picture (b) window (c) board .

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 Listening and Speaking Welcome Back to English

4 Look, listen and match.

Play a game.
1
2
Listen and match.

Sing.

Read and colour.

3 4

Ask and answer.

Make.
5

Look and listen. 6

Write.

7
8

5
Work with another student.
Speak. Tell your partner what to do.

Stand up!
Point to the
window!

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 UNIT 1

Writing
1 Read and match.
Read about what Ali did after school each day
last week. Match the pictures to the days.

a b

Ali’s Diary
c
Sunday I played football on the beach.

Monday I took Hamad to the funfair.

e
Tuesday I went shopping with my mum.

Wednesday I cleaned my dad’s car.

Thursday I rode my bike with Nasser.

2 Ask and answer.

What did Ali do

on Wednesday?
He cleaned
his dad’s car.

3
Write a sentence about a different activity you
Write. did after school each day last week.

My Diary
Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

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 Writing Welcome Back to English

S pe llin g an d P u n c t u at io n
We use capital letters
„ at the beginning of a sentence He plays football at the weekends.
„ when we write the word I I like swimming and running.
„ for names of people and places My friend Hassan lives in Salalah.
„ for names of the days and months My birthday is on Tuesday, 7th August.

Read the sentences below. Add the capital

4 Read and match. letters and full stops in the correct places.

1 last week, salim played football with his friends

2 fatma went to egypt with her family
3 it was ali’s birthday last sunday
4 hamad has a green boat
5 my birthday is on 23rd november
6 ahmed and I went to the funfair in muscat

Read the sentences below. Each sentence

5 Find and correct. has one word that is spelt incorrectly.
Complete the sentences with the correct
spelling of each word.

Maha’s Day

1 Yesterday Maha ate breakfast with her mlfayi .

2 Then she nwte to school.

3 She listened to her teacher in slacs .

4 When she came home, she made a keca with her mum.

5 Later, she leypad with her little sister.

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 UNIT 1

Project
1 Sing the song.

The Alphabet Song

a is for and b is for

c is for the one in the chair

d is for and e is for

f is for there’s one right here!

g is for and h is for

i is for I’d like one of course!

j is for and k is for

l is for that shines so bright

ght

m is for and n is for

o is for I’ve got one of those!

p is for and q is for

r is for mine’s red and green!

s is for and t iis for

u is for you use in the rain

v is for and w is for

x is for when you have a fall

y is for and z is for

This is the alphabet. I know it. Do you?

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 Project Welcome Back to English

2 Look and think. Look at Maha. What is she doing?

Drawing pictures
helps you to
remember words.

1 Match each word in the yellow pencil with

3 Read, match and write. a picture.
2 Write the words in alphabetical order into
your exercise book.

a g
telephone
b turtle
tent train
tiger
tree television h
trousers
table triangle
Example:
c
d Words beginning with t
i
1 table
2
e f j

1 Make your own dictionary page.

4 Project work. 2 Write the words and draw pictures.

Name: ______________________ Date: ___________

My dictionary page
Example: cat

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 UNIT 1

Let’s Read
Khalid and the
Coconut Tree

In the holidays, Khalid visited It was hot, so they swam in the sea.
his friend Salim, who lived by Then, they played football.
the sea. They went to the beach.

Then, they sat under a coconut

tree and ate their lunch. Salim Salim fell asleep, but
ate a chicken sandwich and Khalid had an idea.
Khalid ate a cheese sandwich. He saw some When Salim woke up, Khalid
Khalid wanted some fruit, but coconuts in the tree, wasn’t there. He looked up and
there wasn’t any. so he climbed the tree saw Khalid in the tree! Khalid
and picked a coconut. couldn’t go up and he couldn’t
go down. He was stuck!

Write three things you can

do at the beach.
Khalid thanked Write three things you can
the fireman. Now eat at the beach.
Salim ran home quickly and Khalid wants to be
telephoned 9999. The firemen brought a fireman when he
a very long ladder and rescued Khalid. grows up.

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 Let’s Read Welcome Back to English

1 Read, look and match.

Read the sentences about Khalid’s adventure.
Match each sentence to the correct picture.

1 Khalid and Salim swam in the sea.

b
2 They sat under a coconut tree.

3 Salim fell asleep. g

4 Khalid saw some coconuts in the tree.

c 5 He climbed the tree.

6 He picked a coconut.

7 Salim woke up.

h
8 Khalid was stuck in the tree.

d
9 Salim ran home.

10 He telephoned 9999.
i
11 The firemen rescued Khalid.

f j

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 U NIT
Kids Like Us
2 Reading and Understanding

1 Read and listen.

Ahmed wants to learn about other countries. He wants to make new friends.
Who’s
she? She’s a
friend of
What are you doing?
mine.

Does she live

in Oman?
No, she lives in Britain.
I’m writing to She’s a member of the IKC.
my friend, Suzy.
What’s
The International
the IKC?
Kids’ Club.

in Kenya... in France...

There are IKC members

in Oman...
all over the world.

in Japan... and in the USA!

That’s great!
Can I join?

Yes, of course! Can Can you write

you use a computer? in English?

OK. Fill in the

application form and
Yes.
give it to your teacher,
Yes, I can. or e-mail it to the IKC.

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 Reading and Understanding Kids Like Us

2 Read and answer.

Read about the children in the IKC.
Find the answers to these questions.

1 Where is Roberto from? 4 How many children like going shopping?

2 How old is Suzy? 5 Does David like playing computer games

or playing football?

3 What does Maha like?

Hello, my name is Roberto. Hi, my name is Suzy.

I am 11. I am from Italy. I am 10. I am from Britain.
I like playing football and I like reading comics and go-
drawing. I don’t like going ing shopping. I don’t like play-
shopping. My favourite food is ing volleyball. My
chips. favourite food is pizza.
This is my e-mail: roberto@[Link] This is my e-mail: suzy@[Link]

Hello, I am Maha. I am 10. Hi, my name is David.

I am from Oman. I like I am 10. I am from
reading stories in English Australia. I like playing
and swimming. I don’t like computer games and riding
playing computer games. My a bike. I don’t like drawing.
favourite food is fish. My favourite food is chocolate.
This is my e-mail: maha@[Link] This is my e-mail: david@[Link]

3 Think
k and complete.

4 Ask and answer.

Does Roberto like Yes, he does.

drawing?

Does Maha like shopping? No, she doesn’t.

Does Suzy like swimming? I don’t know.

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 UNIT 2

Grammar

1 Look and read.

Does Suzy live in Britain? Does Ahmed live in France?

Yes, she does. No, he doesn’t.

Toshi

2 Find, write and listen.

Beth
Rose
Name Country

1 Rose

2 Toshi

3 Beth

4 David

5 Roberto
Natalie
David
6 Natalie

Roberto

3 Read and answer. Look at the maze again. Answer the questions.

Example: Does Beth live in the USA? Yes, she does.

Does Toshi live in France? No, he doesn’t.

1 Does David live in Australia?

2 Does Natalie live in Italy?

3 Does Rose live in the USA?

4 Does Roberto live in Italy?

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 Grammar Kids Like Us

4 Read and find.

1 Read the chart below about the children
in the IKC.

Name
English Maths Music Art P.E. Science

Sami 3 3 2 3 2 3

Huda 3 3 3 2 2 3

Toshi 2 3 2 3 3 2

David 3 2 3 3 3 2

Maha 3 2 3 2 3 3

Roberto 3 3 3 2 3 2

2 Find each child in the chart above. Write the correct name next to each description.

Example: He likes P.E and Art, but he doesn’t like Maths. David

1 She likes P.E and Science.

2 He likes English and Art, but he doesn’t like music.

3 She likes Maths, Music and Science.

4 He doesn’t like English.

5 They like English and Music.

6 They don’t like Art, but they like Music.

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 UNIT 2

Listening and Speaking

1 Look and choose.

Choose the correct time on each clock and
circle its letter.

1 2 3
11
12 1 11
12 1 11
12 1
10 2 10 2 0
10 2

9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4
7 5 7 5 7 5
6 6 6

a It’s five past eleven. a It’s twenty past twelve. a It’s ten past ten.
b It’s ten to one. b It’s twenty to twelve. b It’s ten to eleven.
c It’s one past eleven. c It’s twenty-five past twelve. c It’s ten to ten.

4 5 6
11
12 1 11
12 1 11
12 1
10 2 10 2 10 2

9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4
7 5 7 5 7 5
6 6 6

a It’s twenty-five to three. a It’s a quarter to five. a It’s a quarter to two.

b It’s twenty-five past three. b It’s a quarter past five. b It’s a quarter past one.
c It’s twenty-five to four. c It’s a quarter to six. c It’s a quarter past three.

2 Listen and order.

Look at the pictures of Huda’s day.
Listen and put the pictures into the correct order.
Write the numbers into the circles.

a b c d

e f g h

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 Listening and Speaking Kids Like Us

3 Ask and answer.

What time do
you get up?

I get up at
half past five.

What time do you…

get up? do hom

ework?

have lunch?

go to s
chool?
play sport?

watch TV?

ou r teeth? go to bed?
brush y

Look at the activities in Activity 3.

4 Present. Tell your class about what you do every day.

Example:

I go to school at half past six.

I have lunch at two o’clock.

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 UNIT 2

Writing
Ahmed has just got his first e-mail from a new
1 Read and answer. friend in the IKC, Carlos.
Read the e-mail and answer the questions.

m
ahmed@[Link]
To:
carlos@[Link]
From:
Hello Ahmed!
Subject:
1 Where is Carlos from?
Dear Ahmed,
ico. I am
rlos. I live in Mex
My name is Ca ers
ye a rs old . I ha ve got two broth
eleven other and
I live with my m 2 How old is he?
and one sister. andfather.
er, bro th er s a nd sister and gr
fath llas are
od is tortilla. Torti
My favourite fo
flour and water.
made from corn 3 How many brothers and sisters does
is a long
t half past six. It he have?
I go to school a vourite
m m y ho us e to school. My fa
way fro ve lots
s a re M a th s a nd Science. I ha
subject Pedro.
d s a t sc ho ol . My best friend is
of frien 4 Does he live in a house or a flat?
too.
e my new friend
I hope you will b tures so
a file with six pic
I have attached I hope
t I do every day.
you can see wha 5 What are his favourite subjects?
me soon.
you will write to

Bye

Carlos

s
I get up at half past five and I ride my bike to school. It take
Before I go to school, I collect hou se to
eat my breakfast. I usually an hour to get from my
eggs from the chicken hutches.
have watermelon and bread. the school. I carry my books and
lunch in my school bag.

At break time I play football After school, I swim in the sea

. with my friends. There are lots
with my friends. I love football
. I go to bed at nine o’clock.
My favourite player is Ron aldo of different fish to look for.

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 Writing Kids Like Us

S pe llin g an d P u n c t u at io n
Singulars and Plurals
Singular means only one. Plural means more than one.
Read these sentences and then complete the rule.

We say one cap but three caps.

We say one fox but two foxes.
We say one branch but two branches.
We say one dress but three dresses.
We say one brush but four brushes.

When a word ends in –x, –s, –ch or –sh we add ................. .

2 Complete. Complete the sentences with the plurals.

We say one box but two . We say one watch but four .

We say one dish but five . We say one glass but three .

3 Write. Write the plurals of each word.

Singular plural Singular plural

1 branch branches 5 fox

2 cake 6 dish

3 sock 7 hat

4 glass 8 tree

4 Write.
Rewrite these sentences with the correct
punctuation into your exercise book.
1 sami likes pla
ying compu
ter games
2 does maha
live in oman
3 i like reading yes, she doe
s
english storie
s

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 UNIT 2

Project

1 Think and talk.

Look at the pictures. Talk about the food you
like and the food you don’t like.

I like I don’t like

2 Think
hink and talk. Write more words for each of these topics.

Sports
School subje
cts Daily activitie
s
tennis
Arabic
watching TV

3 Ask and answer.

Ask some of your classmates.
Do you like ………?

Do you like
watching TV?

Yes, I do.

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 Project Kids Like Us

Do a survey

4 Make. Make a survey like the one below.

swimming computer
watching shopping
Name reading
games TV
My brother Hani 3 2

Complete the survey with your family member.

5 Ask. Do you like…?

Do you like
swimming?
Yes, I do.

6 Write your text.

Write about the results in your chart.
You can use the text below as an example.

In my family, only one person likes swimming. Three

people like playing computer games. Four people like
watching TV. Two people like shopping. All my family
members like reading.

7 Complete. Sur ve
y
a m ily
My F
g
g rea din
g h o ppin
atchin s 3
m p uter w T V
co 3
mes 3
m in g g a 2
swim 2
3 3
Name 2 3 3
i 2 3
r H an 3
rothe 3 3 3
My b 2 2
r 2 2
fathe 3 3 3
er 2 2
m oth a
2 3
A ysh 2
sister od
3
ot h er H o 2 .
ming
b r
te r H u da s w i m Fo u r
sis i k e s
nly l g am e
s.
son o p ut e r ike s ho p p
ing .
, o n e per c o m l
m i l y y i n g o p l e
yf a e pl a o pe
In m le lik V. Tw ing .
peop ing T r e ad
Thre e ike wat c h e r s l i k e
le l em b
peop ily m
y fam
All m

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 UNIT 2

Let’s Read

Majid and
his Friends
Majid always gets up late. He jumps out of bed and has a shower.
Then he brushes his teeth. He eats his breakfast quickly because he
is late. Majid rides his bike to school every day. He is always late for
school. Majid’s favourite subject is Music. He likes playing the violin,
but he’s not very good.

Majid studies History at school. One day he saw a

film about dinosaurs. It was very scary. Some dinosaurs
were 11 metres tall and 23 metres long. They weighed
up to 100,000 kilos. Majid was very scared
when he saw the film. He closed his
eyes and sat under his desk.

Majid likes learning English at

school. He likes using the computer in
the Learning Resource Centre. He’s a
member of the IKC (International Kids
Club). He sends e-mails to his friends
in Japan, Oman, Brazil, and Britain.

One day, Majid’s class had a

party. Majid took some bubblegum for
his teacher and his friends. The other
children took cakes and sandwiches.
The teacher didn’t eat the bubblegum.
He explained that we can’t eat
bubblegum at school.

After school Majid likes playing football with his friends. He does
his homework before he eats his dinner. Majid’s favourite food is fish. .

Majid goes to bed at about nine o’clock.

He usually dreams about his friends and
football.

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 Let’s Read Kids Like Us

1 Choose the correct answer.

1 Majid goes to school .

a by bus b by bike c on foot

2 Majid likes playing the .

a drums b flute c violin

3 The film about the dinosaurs was .

a scary b interesting c funny

4 Majid took to the school party.

a cakes b bubblegum c sandwiches

5 Majid goes to bed at .

a 6 o’clock b 9 o’clock c 10 o’clock

Read the text again.

2 Read and think. Circle the correct option in each sentence.

1 Majid eats his breakfast/ lunch quickly.

2 Majid is always late/ early for school.

3 Majid is good/ not good at playing the violin.

4 Majid was happy/ scared watching the dinosaurs film.

5 Majid usually dreams about dinosaurs/ friends and football.

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 U NIT
Growing Up
3 Reading and Understanding

1 Read and answer.

Read the two e-mails below and
answer the questions.

1 Who is the sender of the first e-mail? 3 Who is the sender of the second e-mail?
2 What animal does she want information 4 What place in Oman does she write
about? about?

To: maha@[Link]
From: nina@[Link]
Subject: Turtles project
Dear Maha,
I’m doing a project at school about turtles. My teacher told me
that Oman is very famous for turtles. Please can you tell me about
where they live and how they grow?
Thanks and best wishes
Nina To: nina@[Link]
From: maha@[Link]
Subject: Turtles project
Dear Nina,
Thanks for your e-mail. Yes, there are lots of turtles in Oman.
There’s a place called Ras Al Hadd where people go to see them.
I’ve found some pictures about how turtles are born, and I’ve
written some information for you. I hope this helps you with
your project.
Bye
Maha

2 Read and write.

Read the e-mails in Activity 1 again.
Write short answers to the questions.

Example: 1 Is Nina doing a school project? Yes, she is.

2 Is her project about birds? 4 Does Nina live in Oman?

3 Is Oman famous for turtles? 5 Can Maha help Nina?

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3 Read and listen.

Turtles live in the sea.

1

The female turtle comes out of the water to lay her eggs on the beach.

2 3

First, she digs a hole in the sand. Then, she lays her eggs.

4 5

Next, she uses her back feet to cover Then, she goes back to the sea.
the eggs with sand.

6 7

After eight weeks, tiny turtles hatch out Finally, the baby turtles run into the sea
of the eggs. where they live and grow.

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 UNIT 3

Grammar
1 Listen and think.

1 2 3 4

sleep ride a bike drink milk read a book

5 6 7 8

use a phone cry use a computer play with toys

2 Ask and answer.

Can a baby cry? Can a baby

ride a bike?

Yes, a baby can cry.

No, a baby can’t ride a bike.

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 Grammar Growing Up

3 Read, think and match.

a b

c d

1 They can fly but they can’t swim.

2 They can swim but they can’t fly.

3 It can jump but it can’t fly.

4 It can swim but it can’t climb.

4 Listen, read and think.

1 It has wings,
But it can’t fly.
It lives on the ice,
Not in the sky.
What is it?

2 You can see it,

But you can’t touch it.
It adds colour to the sky.
But it can’t fly.
What is it?

3 It can move but it can’t walk.

It can fly but it can’t talk.
It carries people but they can’t carry it.
It’s not a bird, so what it?

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 UNIT 3

Listening and Speaking

Look at the pictures.
1 Look, listen and match. Listen to Omar and Laila talking. Match each
sentence to the correct picture.

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12

2 Ask and answer.

Can you ride a horse?

Can you play the piano?

No, I can’t.
Yes, I can.

Listen to Pam and Brian talking. Put a tick on the

3 Listen, complete and talk. chart for the things they can do and a cross for
the things they can’t.

Pam Brian
play basketball
Pam can
ride a bike speak
play the piano Arabic and
she can play
use a computer
the piano.
speak Arabic

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4 Play a game.
B utterfly
T he G ame
6

10
9
5

11

12
4

13
Start
2

14
15
1

16
32

17

Finish
31

18
30

19
29
28

20
21
23

22
27

24
25
26

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 UNIT 3

Writing
Look at the pictures, then read the texts.
1 Look, read and match. Match each text with a picture.

The Life Cycle of a Seed

a Then, the seed grows a shoot.

1 The shoot gets bigger and
grows up to the sunlight.

b The plant grows flowers.

2

c Then, the seed grows into

a plant.
3

d Finally, the flowers grow

seeds, which fall on the
ground.
4

e The seed is in the ground.

5 f First, the seed grows a white

root. The root grows down
into the ground for food and
water.
6

g Next, leaves grow from

the shoot.

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 Writing Growing Up

S pe llin g an d P u n c t u at io n
We use commas when we want
„ to take a little rest in a sentence
„ First, the seed grows a white root.
„ Finally, the flowers grow seeds.
„ to separate things in a list
„ The plant grows roots, shoots, leaves and flowers.

We do not usually put a comma before the word ‘and.’

Rewrite these sentences into your exercise

2 Write. book. Put capital letters, full stops and commas
into the correct places.

1 laila enjoys swimming tennis and going shopping

2 my family is planning to visit salalah nizwa and muscat
3 ali eats bread cheese honey and eggs for breakfast
4 we go to school on sunday monday tuesday wednesday and thursday

Read the words in Lists A and B below.

3 Read, think and write. Write the plurals of the words in List A.
Write the singulars of the words in List B.
Be careful, you need to use lots of
different spelling rules!

A B
Example:
1 diary diaries 1 strawberries strawberry

2 box 2 brushes

3 fly 3 dresses

4 bus 4 babies

5 watch 5 foxes

6 butterfly 6 lollies

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 UNIT 3

Project

1 Do a project.

Salima and Nada are doing a project about the Arabian oryx.
They have made an information page.
Look at the picture and read the information.

1 The Arabian Oryx

2 by Salima and Nada
horn

3 eye

tail
head

leg hoof

Where it lives What it looks like

4
In the desert in central Adults are white but baby
Oman. Oryx live together in oryx are born brown. Both
groups or herds. male and female oryx have
two long straight horns
between 50 and 75 cm long.

What it eats Other interesting facts

Leaves, grass, roots and Oryx can smell rain from
shoots. very far away. After it rains,
they travel across the desert
to look for fresh grass.

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 Project Growing Up
Look at the different parts of Salima and Nada’s
2 Find and match. information page in Activity 1.
Find the number on the page which matches
each of the sections below.

„ labels for body parts

„ information boxes

„ title of project

„ names of authors

Match the name of each animal in the box

3 Look and match. below with the correct picture.

1 scorpion 2 goat 3 dolphin 4 fox

5 Arabian camel 6 eagle 7 hedgehog 8 Arabian leopard

Some Animals in Oman

A B C D

E F G H

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UNIT 3

Let’s Read

Muscat Tom
Not many people today know the story of Muscat Tom. He lived in
Oman almost two hundred years ago and he was very famous.
However, Muscat Tom was not a person. He was a whale.
Sailors on ships visiting Muscat gave him his name.
There are many different kinds of whales. Muscat Tom was
a finback whale. Finback whales are the second largest
living creatures in the world, after blue whales.
Finback whales are very big, but they can swim very
fast – up to 37 kilometres per hour. They weigh up to
70,000 kgs and can live until they are 90 years old.
The female is bigger than the male and can grow to
a length of 27 metres.
Muscat Tom lived
in and around
Muttrah Harbour.
At that time,
there were a lot
of sharks in the
water. They ate
all the fish and
people were
afraid to go into the sea. But Muscat Tom
chased the sharks and killed them. So the
fishermen and sailors and the people of
Muscat loved him.
One day, Muscat Tom went away.
The people were very sad because
the sharks came back and started
eating the fish again. But after a
few days, Muscat Tom
returned. This time, he was
not alone. He brought a
female whale with him.
The female whale stayed
with Muscat Tom and helped
him chase the sharks.
Muscat Tom lived in the sea around
Muscat for nearly forty years.
Source: [Link]

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 Let’s Read Growing Up

1 Read and think.

Read the text on page 36.
Circle the correct option in each sentence.

1 Muscat Tom was a sailor whale .

2 The largest living creature is the blue finback whale.

3 Finback whales swim very slowly fast .

4 People were afraid to go into the water because of the whales sharks .

5 Muscat Tom came back with a female male whale.

6 Muscat Tom lived in the sea around Muscat for more than almost forty years.

2 Read and complete.

Read the text again. Complete the table
with information about the finback whale.

Age
up to years old

Weight
up to

Length (of female)

up to

Swimming speed
up to

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 U NIT
Going Places
4 Reading and Understanding

1 Read. Read the website address.

New Tab x

Í [Link]/australia

2
How about ?
Australia is famous for its interesting
animals, including the kangaroo, koala
bear, dingo and kookaburra. These
animals cannot be found in any other
countries. Australia also has more than
140 types of snake and the largest
crocodiles in the world.

1 Australia
Let’s
Australia is one of the seven continents
of the world. About 24.5 million
people live in Australia. Australians
speak English because many of their
families came from England to live in Wanneroo
Australia about 200 years ago. 4

Perth
2 Read and listen.
Ahmed is visiting his friend David from the IKC.
Listen to their conversation. Why don’t you ?
Ayers Rock is a famous rock
Ayers Rock in the middle of Australia. It is
the largest rock in the world.
It is 3.6 kilometres long and
348 metres high.
Hi Ahmed!
Aborigine people call it
Welcome to Hi David! Thanks.
‘Uluru’. There are caves
Australia! It’s great to be here.
inside the rock and paintings
in the caves that are more
than 40,000 years old.

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3 Read and complete. b visit Australia

Read the information on the IKC Australia Website. c going to

a beach
Complete the suggestions 1-5 about things to do in
Australia. Write the letters a-e into the circles.

als
a visit Ayers Rock s t r al i an anim
Au
a r n i n g about
d l e

e play with a boom

erang
Search

3 4 Read and complete.

Let’s
Read and complete the fact file.
One of the most famous objects from
Australia is the boomerang. This is a
Darwin piece of wood shaped like a letter V. Australian
Aborigines use boomerangs for sport Fact File
and hunting. When you throw a
boomerang it will fly back to you.
1 Number of people in Australia

Alice Springs 2 Language

Toowoomba
3 First people in Australia

Wagga Wagga

Canberra Sydney 4 3 Australian animals beginning with 'K'

Adelaide
Melbourne

How about ? 5 A famous Australian object

Australia has more than 10,000
beaches. Australians love the sea
and about 80% of the
population lives near the
coast. They also like to 6 Number of beaches in Australia
go surfing and have
barbecues on the beach.

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 UNIT 4

Grammar

1 Listen and complete.

Listen to Ahmed and David talking about their
plans for the week. Complete the diary.

d s e e t h e koalas
go an
July
Monday 3

visit
July
Tuesday 4

uly go and see

Wed nesday 5 J

having
July
Thursday 6

go
ly
Friday 7 Ju

Listen to Ahmed and David talking.

2 Listen and read. Then read the conversations with a partner.

Why don’t we go and

see the snakes? Oh no! I don’t
like snakes
Let’s go to the
Let’s play with history museum.
the boomerang.

How about going

to the beach?
Oh no! That’s
Oh, yes. That’s That’s a great idea!
boring.
aggood idea. I love the beach.

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 Grammar Going Places

3 Ask and answer.

Example
Work in pairs. Let’s play
computer games.

Student A
Make a suggestion about a picture below.

Student B
Accept or refuse your partner’s suggestion.
Oh, yes. That’s a
good idea.

1 play

2 do 3 watch

4 ride

6 read
5 go

8
7 clean play

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 UNIT 4

Listening and Speaking

Listen to Ahmed and David talking. How does
1 Listen and read. David feel about what Ahmed suggests?
Draw a face to show how David feels about
each suggestion.

b a.
’s g o t o Toowoom 3
Le t Ahme
1 Ahmed: d: Le
t’s
David: M mmm . David: play fo
otball .
M mmm
.

2 Ahme
d: W
David: hy do n
M mmm ’t we watch m erang
.
. t e l evi s
io n? h t h e boo
wit
L e t ’s play
d:
Ahme m.
4 : M mm
David

Imagine your partner is a member of the IKC

2 Ask and answer. visiting you in Oman.
Practise making suggestions for the visit.
Example

Let’s go camping
in Sharqiyah.

That’s a great idea.

I love camping.

Let’s… (+ verb)
Making suggestions Why don’t we… (+ verb)
How about… ( + verb-ing)

That sounds great.

Accepting suggestions Oh, yes. I like …
That’s a great idea! I love …

Oh, no! I don’t like …

Refusing suggestions
That’s boring!

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3 Speak and write. Discuss with your group things tourists can do in
your area. Make notes about your ideas.

Practise talking about things you can do in

4 Speak. your town, city or area.

Use your ideas from Activity 3 and the useful

language in the box below.
Salalah is the main city in the Dhofar area.
It is famous for its Khareef (rainy) season.
In Dhofar, you can see camels on the beach. Useful
If y
you visit Dhofar, y
you can g
go to the blow holes. Language

„ In (town/city),
there is/are …

„ In (town/ city)
you can see …

„ (Town/ city) is
famous for …

„ If you visit
(town/ city),
you can …

Write two sentences into your exercise book

about things you can do in your town, city or area.

5 Present.

Present to the class one thing you can do in your area.

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 UNIT 4

Writing
Write the numbers 1 – 8 into your exercise book.
1 Read and match. Look at the pictures and complete the phrases
about things you can do in Oman.

Jebel Shams off road driving in the souq a boat trip

traditional Omani food the turtles a camel the Grand Mosque

1 go shopping..... 2 eat..... 3 ride..... 4 visit.....

5 go..... 6 take..... 7 explore..... 8 go and see.....

2 Think and write.

Write a suggestion about each picture into your
exercise book.
2 3 visit
Example go ca
mp ing
Let’s visit Jibreen Castle.
1 visit

4 5 explo
go hik re
ing

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 Writing Going Places

S pe llin g an d P u n c t u at io n
The name of a person or a place is called a proper noun.
Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter.

This is David. This is Australia. This is Rustaq Fort.

Read the words.

3 Read and find. Which words are proper nouns?
Circle them.

Muscat Ahmed Rass Al Hadd Hamad

television pencil camel dhow

goat Sohar Fort Australia Ayers Rock

4 Think and write. Add capital letters to the proper nouns.

1 david lives in wannaroo.

2 ahmed visited the sydney opera house.

3 hamed, ali and tom went to nizwa souk.

4 wadi shab is in oman.

Look at pages 38-39. How many words can

5 Spell. you find with double letters?
Write the words into your exercise book.
Then practise spelling them with a partner.

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 UNIT 4

Project
Work with your friends to design a tourist
1 Do a project. information website for a place in Oman.

Think about where your website will be about

Example and what information will be useful to tourists.

1 New Tab x

Í www.visit_muscat.com

Welcome to Muscat
Introducing Muscat 3
Muscat is a beautiful city located in between the
ocean and the mountains. It is the capital city of
Oman. If you visit Muscat, you have to explore its
beautiful buildings like the Grand Mosque and the
Royal Opera House. Or how about taking a boat
trip on a traditional dhow or eating in an Omani
restaurant? There is so much to see and do!
Muttrah The Grand Mosque Dimaniyat Islands

If you come to Muscat, Tourists can visit the Sultan How about spending a
you have to explore Qaboos Grand Mosque. day at the Dimaniyat
Muttrah. You can walk It has a 50m high gold islands? The turquoise
along the Corniche, dome and beautiful water is crystal clear.
go shopping in the souq Islamic art. You can You can go sailing or
and visit the National visit from 8am – 11am, enjoy the excellent scuba
Museum. Saturday to Thursday. diving. You might even
Please dress modestly see a whale shark or
and women should cover some turtles!
their hair.

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 Project Going Places
Look at the example website page in Activity 1.
2 Find and match. Label the different parts of the webpage.
Write the numbers into the boxes.

a Web page title

b Three suggestions for things to do

with pictures and descriptions
Search
c Website address 1

d Introduction paragraph

e Map

3 Speak and plan.

Talk to your friends about what you will include in your website.

How about Let’s think about

drawing a map? places we can
travel to from here.

Ok. That’s a
good idea.

Why don’t Oh, yes. That’s a

we give some great idea!
general
information
about the town?
How about
Let’s write about
looking in the
special things to see
Learning Resource
and do.
Centre?

Oh, yes. That’s a

good idea.
How about asking
the teacher?
Mmm. That’s a
good idea.

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UNIT 4

Let’s Read
How the Kangaroo Got Its Pouch
A traditional Australian folk story

One day long ago, a kangaroo

and her baby were sitting by
a river. Suddenly they heard a
noise.
‘That sounds like somebody
crying,’ the mother said.
She looked around and saw an old
wombat.
‘What’s wrong, my friend?’ said the
kangaroo.
‘I’m old and blind and nobody
wants me around,’ said the wombat.
‘Don’t worry, she said, ‘I’ll be your
friend. Hold my tail and I’ll take you
to some delicious grass.’ The old wombat was very happy.
Suddenly the kangaroo remembered her baby. She looked around but she
could not find him! Then she saw him asleep under a tree.
Suddenly she noticed something moving in the bush.
A hunter was watching the wombat. His boomerang was in his hand - ready
to hit the wombat!
The kangaroo was very scared, but she had to protect the wombat.
She jumped up and down. The hunter looked at her. ‘Run Wombat!’ she
screamed.
The hunter started running after her. She ran as fast as she could and hid in
a cave. She waited there until it was safe to come out.
The kangaroo was very worried about her baby.
But she found him, still asleep under the tree.
Then the kangaroo had a great surprise.
The wombat was not really a wombat, but a
good spirit. Now he wanted to give her a gift
for saving his life.
He gave her an apron and said ‘Tie this around
your waist’. When the kangaroo put it on, it
turned into fur. Now she had a pouch to carry
her baby so she would never lose him again.

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 Let’s Read Going Places
Read the story on page 48.
1 Read and order. Put the pictures into the correct order.
Write the numbers 1-9 into the boxes.

a b c

d e

g h i

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 U NIT
Friendship
5 Reading and Understanding

1 Read, think and speak.

Read the sentences in the boxes. Do you agree
with them? Talk about them with your group.

2 A good friend never tells your

1 A good friend helps you.
secrets to someone else.

3 A good friend always says 4 A good friend always agrees

nice things about you. with you.

5 A good friend shares things 6 A good friend calls you

with you. every day.

7 A good friend only plays with 8 A good friend is never mean

you, never with others. or unkind to you.

2 Read and think.

Read the story below. As you read, think about
the answers to these questions.
1 What did the Hare learn about her friends?
2 What is the moral (message) of the story?

There was once a Hare who thought she

was very popular with the other animals.
‘I’m very lucky,’ she said.
‘I have so many good friends.’
One day, some big dogs
started to chase the Hare.
She was very scared and ran to
her friend, the Horse, for help.
‘Please can I jump on your back,’ she said. ‘Then you can carry me
away from the dogs.’
‘Sorry,’ said the Horse. ‘I’ve got some important work to do.

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Go and ask the Bull.’ So the Hare ran to the Bull. ‘The dogs are chasing
me,’ she said. ‘Please can you scare them away?’
‘Sorry,’ said the Bull. ‘I haven’t got time. Why don’t you ask the Goat?’
So the Hare ran to the Goat. ‘The dogs are chasing me,’ she said.
‘Please can I jump on your back?’
‘Sorry,’ said the Goat. ‘My back hurts. Go and ask the Sheep.’
So the Hare ran to the Sheep. The Sheep was eating grass.
‘Please can you help me?’ asked the Hare. ‘I’m very scared of the dogs.’
‘Sorry,’ said the Sheep. ‘Can’t you see I’m busy? I’m having my lunch.’
By this time, the dogs were very near.
The Hare ran away as fast as she could, and escaped from the dogs
all by herself.
Source: Aesop’s Book of Fables

3 Read and match.

Read the questions.
Match each picture to the correct question.

A B C D E

Which animal
1 had important work to do? 4 didn’t have time to help?

2 had a sore back? 5 was scared of the dogs?

3 ate grass for lunch?

4 Read and answer.

Read the questions.
Write the answers into your exercise book.

1 How many animals did the Hare ask for help?

2 What did she ask the Bull to do?
3 Why didn’t the Goat help?
4 Which animal was busy eating?
5 Who helped the Hare escape from the dogs?

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 UNIT 5

Grammar
Listen to the conversation between Zainab
1 Listen, read and speak. and Nawal. Practise it with a partner, using
information about yourself.

Hello!
Hi!

What’s your name?

How old are you?

Where do you live?

Zainab When’s your birthday? Nawal

Who’s your best friend?

2 Read and match. Match the questions and answers.

b
The
kangaroo. c
a
Four years
By bus.
ago.
1 What’s your favourite subject?
2 Who did you visit at the weekend?
3 Where’s the post office?
h d
4 How do you come to school?
Because I Next to the
5 Why are you late? supermarket.
forgot my book.
6 When did you move to Muscat?
7 Whose birthday is it today?
8 Which animal has a pouch?
e
g
Ali’s.
My
grandmother. Science.

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 Grammar Friendship
Read the question words in the box. Then read
3 Read and complete. the questions and answers underneath.
Complete each gap with one of the question
words from the box.

Whose Why Where How When Who What Which

Example

1 When do you go to bed? At nine o’clock.

2 did Siham go to Salalah? By plane.

3 are you crying? Because I’ve lost my phone.

4 was Ibn Battuta? A famous explorer.

5 dress do you want? The red one.

6 did you do yesterday? I went fishing with my Dad.

7 is Khasab? In the north of Oman.

8 car is that? My brother’s.

4 Read, think and speak.

Read the poem below, then talk about

Why?
the questions underneath.

hat? Six Honest Helpers

W e n?
Wh
I have six honest helpers,

They taught me all I knew,

Their names are What and Why and When

W ho
?
And How and Where and Who.
How?
?
Adapted from a poem

e r e
by Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936)

W h 1 Who are the writer’s six helpers?

2 How do they help him?

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 UNIT 5

Listening and Speaking

Listen to six children talking about why they
1 Listen and match. like their friends. Match each statement to
the correct picture.

A B C

D E F

2 Ask and answer.

Who’s your best friend?

Ali.

Why do you like him? Because he shares

things with me.

Read the statements below then listen to five

3 Listen and choose. short texts. Is each statement True (T) or
False (F)? Write T or F into the boxes.
Statements
1 Asma is a year younger than Maha.

2 Ahmed and Salim like playing football in the park.

3 Hassan has two kites.

4 Ten of Sally’s friends came to her party.

5 Ali and his friends only go fishing on Fridays.

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 Listening and Speaking Friendship

4 Read, think and speak.

Mike and Tom are riding their bikes. The boys go into the park.

This is boring. That’s not a

Let’s ride
Let’s have good idea. It’s
our bikes
a race. dangerous.
in the park.

But there
are too
many people.

Mike and Tom race.

Don’t be a baby.
Racing is fun.
Look where
you’re going!
Well...
Please,
OK, then.
be careful!

I don’t
like this. Stop
those
boys!

They hit an old lady. A man points to a notice.

Can’t you read?

No bikes in the park!
Oh no!
Are you OK?

It was all
My leg hurts. HIS idea.
I don’t think
I can walk.

You are Tom. What do you say now?

(a) ‘That’s not true!’ (b) ‘We’re very sorry.’ (c) ‘Yes, it’s all my fault.’

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 UNIT 5

Writing

1
Salima and Nada are best friends.
Read. Read the information in the diagram below.

Both
„ favourite
colour pink
Nada Salima
„ like drawing
„ eleven years old „ ten years old
„ picnics with
„ two younger families „ three older sisters
brothers „ pet rabbit
„ pet bird

2
Read Nada’s paragraph about Salima
Read and answer. then answer the questions below.

My Best Friend
by Nada 1 What is the title of the paragraph?

My best friend is Salima. She lives next door

and we go to the same school. Some things
about us are the same, but some are different. 2 How many sentences are there?
I am eleven years old, and Salima is a year
younger. I have two younger brothers but
Salima has three older sisters. We both have
pets, but she has a rabbit and I have a bird. 3 Which sentence is the topic sentence?
Our favourite colour is pink. We enjoy doing
the same things too. We both like drawing
and going on picnics with our families.

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 Writing Friendship

Spelling and Punctuation

Error Correction Checklist

„ Does each sentence begin with a capital letter?

„ Do all names of people and places begin with a capital letter?

„ Does each sentence end with a full stop (or question mark)?

„ Are all names spelled correctly?

3 Find, correct and write.

Read Salim’s paragraph below about his best
friend, Nasser. Find and correct the errors.

Note: The number of mistakes is as follows: Capital letters = 3 mistakes

Full stops = 2 mistakes

Spellings
p g = 4 mistakes

r ie n d N a sser
F
My Best n years o
ld and w
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leve
e a re both e
e r . W have
n d is c a lled Nass t o o s is t ers and I
rie ers and
My best f t h ree broth er.
r a h . N asse r h a s
n y t h in gs togeth
ut t doing m a
live in m we enjoy
e r . otball
r s a n d o ne b r o t h
k it e s a n d play fo
e fly our
three sist beech to
t h e our
k e n d s we g o t o
o m e t im es we do
e e ming S
At the w s and swim
o u r b ik e fun.
a ls o li k e rideing w e h a v e a lot of
We because
e r . I li k e nasser
toget h
homewok

4
Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions
Ask and answer. about Salim and Nasser.

How many brothers

does Salim have? Three.

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 UNIT 5

Project

1 Think and speak.

Talk about the statement below
with your group.

‘To have a good friend,

you must be a good friend.’

1 What do you think this statement means?

2 Do you agree with it?

Read Maha’s ideas below about how a good

2 Read, think and speak. friend behaves. Do you agree with her ideas?
Talk about them with your group.

What a
Good Friend
Does plays with you

shares things
helps you
with you

lends you
gives you his/her
chocolate best toys or
games

is never mean doesn’t bully

to you you

doesn’t say
bad things
about you

never tells
invites you to your secrets
his/her house to another
person

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 Project Friendship

3 Listen and think. A Good (Example)

B
Listen to the dialogues. Decide if each dialogue
is about good or bad friendship behaviour. C
Write Good or Bad beside each letter.
D

With your group, make a sentence about

4 Think, speak and write. Friends for each letter. Write the sentences
beside the letters.

Friends help you (Example)

With your group, decide on the most important

5 Do a project. friendship rules. Make a list. Choose five rules
beginning with ‘Do’ and five rules beginning
with ‘Don’t’. Make a poster with the rules.

Friendship Rules
DO DON’T

„ share things „ be mean

„ „

„ „

„ „

„ „

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 UNIT 5

Let’s Read

The Bell of Atri

Long ago, there was a small town in Italy. The name of the town was Atri.
In the town, at the top of a hill, was a tower with a bell. The bell had a
long rope. The people in the town had a rule. If anyone was unkind to
anyone else, that person could ring the bell. But for many years, the bell
was silent. All the people were kind to each other.
A rich lord lived in a castle near the town. This lord had an old horse.
The horse had served him well for many years. But now the lord
was only interested in money. ‘This horse is old,’ he said.
‘It costs too much to feed him.’ So he sent the
horse away.
The poor old horse
walked sadly
through the town.
It was winter
and there
was snow
on the
ground.

He walked slowly up the hill and saw the tower

with the bell. He took the rope in his mouth and pulled it.
Then he lay down and closed his eyes.
The people heard the bell. They were very surprised. ‘Who is ringing the bell?’
they said. ‘They ran to the tower and saw the old horse. ‘Whose horse is this?’
they asked each other.
The rich lord came. When he saw the horse, he felt very ashamed. ‘I have done
a very bad thing,’ he said.
‘This horse was my good friend. But I have treated him unkindly.’
1 Make a list of all
The rich lord took the old horse home. He gave him hay and
the adjectives in
a warm place to sleep. The old horse lived happily for the the story.
rest of his life.
2 Make a list of all
the verbs in the
simple past tense.

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 Let’s Read Friendship
Match the words in the box from the story on
1 Read and match. page 60 to the pictures below.

1 snow 2 castle 3 bell 4 rope 5 tower 6 hill

A B C

D E F

Read the story again, then read the questions

2 Choose and write. and answers below. Complete each question
with one of the six question words.

Where How Who When Why What

1 had an old horse? The rich lord.

2 was hanging from the bell? A long rope.

3 did the rich lord live? In a castle near the town.

4 did the horse ring the bell? He took the rope in his mouth.

5 did this story happen? Long ago.

6 did the lord get rid of the horse?

Because the horse cost too much to feed.

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 Word Store
Verbs
Present Past Present Past

answer answered make made

ask asked match matched
brush brushed play played
climb climbed pray prayed
close closed read read
collect collected ride rode
come came run ran
cover covered see saw
do did sing sang
draw drew sit sat
drink drank speak spoke
eat ate spend spent
enjoy enjoyed start started
explore explored stay stayed
fall asleep fell asleep swim swam
finish finished take took
fly flew talk talked
go went thank thanked
grow grew travel travelled
has had use used
hatch hatched visit visited
is was wake up woke up
jump jumped walk walked
lay laid want wanted
like liked watch watched
listen listened write wrote
look looked

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 Sequencing Talking about
Adjectives words learning
bad after book
boring finally check
clean first classroom
fast next cross
friendly then draft
good game
great group
happy
Talking about homework
helpful
language
Learning
honest adjective
Resource
hurtful alphabet
Centre
important answer
interesting capital letter pairs
kind comma plan
long full stop project
mean irregular revise
nice noun school
old past tense story
rude plural tick
sad question
scared regular
selfish sentence
short singular
tall sound
thin spelling
uncaring syllable
worried verb
young

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 Topic words
Activities Colours
camping black
fishing blue
playing computer games brown
throwing a boomerang green
grey

Animals Classroom orange

pink
bull
objects purple
camel red
bag
cat white
board
dog yellow
book
dolphin
calculator
eagle
chair
fox
computer Family
goat
cupboard
hare aunt
desk
horse brother
kangaroo glue
cousin
koala bear pen
dad
kookaburra pencil
father
leopard pencil case
grandfather
oryx picture
grandmother
sheep poster
mother
snake rubber
mum
tiger ruler
sister
tortoise scissors
uncle
turtle
whale
wombat

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 Food Music
MEALS drums
breakfast flute
dinner guitar
lunch piano
picnic violin

NAMES
bread
cake
Nature
cheese ENVIRONMENT LIFE CYCLES
chicken desert ant
chips falaj bee
chocolate forest beetle
coconut grass bird
egg leaves butterfly
fish mountain caterpillar
honey plant egg
ice-cream rain frog
milk rainbow minibeast
pizza rock snail
rice sand spider
sandwich sea worm
tortilla sea shell
watermelon seed
TYPES sky
fruit tree
meat
vegetables

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 People School subjects Technololgy
family Arabic calculator
friend Art CD player
English
AGES computer
Islamic Studies
adult
Maths e-mail
baby
Music telephone
old man
Physical
old woman television (TV)
Education (P.E.)
teenager
Science
JOBS
Social Studies
cook Time
fireman
teacher month

Sports today
tomorrow
basketball week
Places football year
tennis yesterday
beach
volleyball
fort DAYS OF THE WEEK
funfair Saturday
park Sunday
souk Monday
wadi Tuesday
zoo Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

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 Transport Question
words
bike
boat
How?
car
dhow How long?
plane How many?
train
How much?

How often?

What?

When?

Where?

Which?

Who?

Whose?

Why?

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ISBN: 978-99969-0-912-2

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