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Sport
Tennis for all
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Cinema
High School Musical
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Coraline
Cinema
UK Initiatives
Cycling is better
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UK Initiatives
How well can you spell?
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Poster
London 10 Downing Street
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Life
Healthy food
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Music
Lily Allen
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Comic
The Clacsons
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Games
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UK Traditions
Food in season
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C o r a l i n e ( 2 0 0 9 ) i s a c a rt o o n b a s e d o n N e i l G a i m a n ’s s t o r i e s
f o r c h i l d re n . I n t h e c a rt o o n , a c t re s s D a k o t a F a n n i n g f ro m t h e
f i l m s The secret life of bees (2008) and Charlotte’s Web (2007)
i s t h e v o i c e o f C o r a l i n e . H e re i s t h e s t o ry . C h o o s e t h e r i g h t
w o rd t o c o m p l e t e i t .
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Coraline is very
happy
bored in her new home.
One day, she opens a secret
door
window. She
discovers another version of her life in a parallel world.
This parallel life is much
better
worse than her
real life.
Suddenly, everything changes and becomes
dangerous
wonderful.
Coraline decides to go home, but discovers that going
home is not that easy.
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The answers are on page 14.
Sport
Tennis is a sport everybody can play, not
just celebrities like Serena and Venus Williams!
Let’s find out what tennis is all about.
What is tennis?
The major tournaments
Tennis is one of the world’s
richest sports. There are big
tennis tournaments all over the
world. Many celebrities watch
and play tennis, but it’s also very
easy to play.
All you need is a tennis racket
and a ball. Thousands play it
every week in leisure centres and
at courts in every country.
The professional tennis season has hundreds of tournaments
around the world.
The four biggest are called the “Grand Slams” and these are:
Australian Open (January)
French Open (May/June)
Wimbledon (June/July)
US Open (Sept)
Winning all four of
these is called “doing
a Grand Slam”.
Which
of the four major
tournaments takes
place in Britain?
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The answer is on page 14.
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Cinema
High School Musical,
High School Musical II
and High School III
Musical II are movie
blockbusters.
A blockbuster is a
very, very popular
film. Let’s find out
more about these
American musicals.
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High School Musical is
about two young people,
Troy and Gabriella, and
their friends. The film is
set in East High School.
Troy is captain of the
basketball team and
Gabriella studies hard.
At the end of the school
year, Troy and Gabriella
take part in a school
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Use the words below to complete the next paragraph.
High School Musical II is about the end of school. Troy and Gabriella
have a summer job in a Country Club called Lava Springs. Gabriella is a
lifeguard and Troy is a _ _ _ _ _ _ and golf _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Their friends Zeke, Martha and Jason are _ _ _ _ _ and Sharpay Evans
is a _ _ _ _ _ _. Ryan Evans is a fantastic _ _ _ _ _ _.
waiter
cooks
dancer
instructor
singer
The answers are on page 14.
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UK initiatives
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The British government
wants more children
to cycle to school.
The government is giving
schools and cycling groups
more money to help more
children get on their bikes.
Let’s find out more.
is better
Cycling is better than going by car or by bus. It is
better for our health because it keeps us fit. It is
better for the environment because bicycles don’t
pollute. It is cheaper because we don’t have to pay
for petrol or for the bus ticket. It’s more interesting
because we learn about road safety and the
highway code.
The highway code
Over to you
Do you cycle
to school? Why?
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The highway code is about all the rules we need
to know for driving on the road. When we cycle
we have to know these rules: we need to know
when to stop (at the traffic lights, at zebra
crossings, when we come to the end of a road),
we need to remember to indicate when we want
to turn right or left and we need to understand all
the signs on the road.
Complete these sentences using the
adjectives below.
BETTER
QUICKER
Cycling is sometimes
...................................................... than the car.
The answer is on page 14.
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Cycling is ..........................................................
for our health.
UK initiatives
There are lots of words in
English that are difficult to
spell because English is no
t
a phonetic language: this
means that the way we say
something isn’t always the
way we write it. Read on ...
The best speller
in the UK
A new British TV programme called Hard Spell
wants to find the best speller in the UK aged
between 11 and 14. Millions of children have to
take part in spelling competitions at school
before they can go on the programme. The idea
comes from America, where a similar programme
called Spelling Bee was very popular.
Spelling at the cinema
There is a very famous film about spelling called
Spellbound (2002). It is based on the American TV
series Spelling Bee where 9 million children, between
12 and 14, take part in competitions to become the
best speller in America. The film is funny because
some of the words are very difficult to spell (like
‘Darjeeling’ a type of tea from India) and you are out
of the competition for spelling just one letter wrong!
Let’s start spelling!
Read the sentences and fill in the gaps
using the correct word.
1. Whose books are those? .................... mine!
(They’re or Their)
2. Can you .................... your name here, please?
(write or right)
3. I .................... a great book during the school
holidays! (red or read)
4. Spellbound is a film ............ director Jeffrey Blitz.
(bye or by)
The answers are on page 14.
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What do we call the houses
in 10 Downing Street?
a. Detached houses
b. Semi-detached houses
c. Terraced houses
GAME
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for us! Eating wel
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means eating heal
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food: fruit, vegeta
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meat and fish. Brea
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Food is fun, especially
when we can eat with
our friends and family.
We all like different
foods. What’s your
favourite food?
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What do you usually eat?
For breakfast I usually have
For lunch I usually have
For dinner I usually have
Eating well means eating pasta, rice, bread
and potatoes. These give our body lots of energy.
How often do you and your friends
eat these things?
o I always eat them o I sometimes eat them
o I never eat them o I ..................., but my friends ..................
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Eating well also means eating lots of fruit
and vegetables. Fruit juice is very good for
you. Do you drink fruit juice?
Can you draw some fruits
and vegetables?
What are they called?
Did you know?
Jamie Oliver is an
English cook. He works
with school canteens. He wants school
children to eat good, tasty and healthy
food. He also works in America.
In America, school children eat too
many sweets and too much fast food.
This is not good for them.
What are your favourite sweets?
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When you are hungry, eat bread and cheese or
fruit. When you are thirsty, drink water or fruit
juice. Crisps, chips and fizzy drinks make you
more hungry and thirsty!
Jamie Oliver
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Music
She’s Britain’s favourite singer and is now
an actress, too. Let’s meet Lily from London.
Lily Allen
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen is a
singer, a song-writer, a television
chat show host, an actress and
an environmentalist.
An environmentalist is a person
who wants to protect the
environment. Lily records her
songs in Studio A, in London.
Studio A uses solar energy to
produce electricity.
Her first song was called “Smile”
and it got to number one in the
UK charts. She also had a small
part in the 1998 film Elizabeth.
Lily was born on 2 May
1985. She has two sisters,
Sarah and Rebecca,
and a brother, Alfie.
Her mother, Alison Owen,
is a film producer.
She co-produced
Elizabeth.
Game
How did Lily become a singer? Fill in the gaps with
the missing words to find out.
Lily .......................... an Oasis song in the schoolyard.
A teacher .......................... her and told her she ..........................
talent. She .......................... singing lessons with the teacher.
She sang at a school play and .......................... the audience cry
with her beautiful songs.
TOOK
HEARD
The answers are on page 14.
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But this is my favourite
fantasy film!
Calm down, Sarah! We have
to join the queue!
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Three tickets, please!
Hurry up!
What an absolutely brilliant film!
YAWN
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Can we watch a comedy
next time?
Mum, dad!
Can we
come?
I like horror
films!
And I like
thrillers.
Or a nice, romantic film
with a happy ending ...
Let’s watch mine,
tonight!
What about
ours?!
No, let’s watch
mine first!
Don’t worry
everybody ...
I’ve already got our films
for tonight: The Addams
Family! Perfect for us!
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cooks, singer, dancer. P 7 . H o w w e l l c a n y o u s p e l l ? 1. They’re, 2. write, 3. read, 4. by. P P 8 - 9 . P o s t e r : C-terraced houses.
P 1 2 . L i l y A l l e n : sang, heard, had, took, made. P 1 4 . L e t ’s p l a y : A True or False? 1.F – It’s a musical. 2. F – It’s a cartoon.
3.T, 4.T, 5.F – She likes eating sushi. 6.T, 7.F – It’s a tennis tournament. 8.T, 9.F –She has two sisters. 10.F – It was called ‘Smile’.
B: 1 Troy is captain of the basketball team. 2 Gabriella studies hard. 3 Zac was born in California. 4 Vanessa likes playing
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10. Lily Allen’s first song was called ‘Cry’.
9. Lily Allen has three sisters.
8. Jamie Oliver is a cook.
7. The Australian Open is a football tournament.
6. Zac and Vanessa are actors, singers and dancers.
5. Vanessa Anne Hudgens likes eating cheese.
4. Zac Efron likes playing with animals.
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2. Coraline is a musical.
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Foodin
During autumn you
can get pumpkins,
apples, mushrooms…
Today, we are going
to cook some of this
lovely food. Ask your
teacher or an adult to
help you.
season
Pumpkin and
apple soup
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon olive oil
2 onions, peeled and
chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled
and crushed
500g pumpkin, skinned,
seeded and cubed
2 baking apples, peeled,
cored and chopped
2 sprigs fresh sage
salt and pepper
570ml vegetable stock
300ml apple juice
Method
This is what you have to do.
Choose the right verbs to
complete the cooking
instructions.
1. Heat the oil in a large
2.
3.
saucepan and .............................
the onions and the garlic.
........................... for 2 minutes
and then add the pumpkin,
chopped apples and sage.
Cook for another 2 minutes,
season well and add the stock
and the apple juice.
Bring to the boil and .................
for 15-20 minutes.
Liquidize and ......................
with crusty bread.
cook
add
serve
The answers are on page 14.
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