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STUDENT’S BOOK
WITH PRACTICE EXTRA
Claire Thacker
with Melissa Wilson and Daniel Vincent

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Vocabulary Language in action Reading

Starter unit Months p4 Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives p6 An online profile: Welcome to my life! p5
Welcome! p4 Cardinal and ordinal numbers p4 Verb be p6
Colours p4 Question words p6
Classroom objects p7 whose + possessive pronouns p8
Imperatives p8

Unit 1 Family members p11 have got: affirmative and negative p13 A webpage: Meet the Flying Cortes Family p12
Friends and Describing people p14 Possessive ’s p13 An article: Twins Day p18
family p10 have got questions p15 Children’s Day p18

Unit review p20, Finished? p118

Unit 2 Daily routines p23 Present simple: affirmative and negative p25 A profile: A day in the life of … p24
That’s life! p22 Leisure activities p26 Adverbs of frequency p25 Everyday maths p137
Present simple: questions p27
Wh- questions p27
Unit review p32, Finished? p119

Unit 3 School subjects p35 can for ability and permission p37A webpage: Ballet School p36
School days p34 Places in a school p38 Verb forms: (don’t) like, don’t mind, A blog post: Welcome to my school day! p42
love, hate + ing p39 The School of the Air p42
Object pronouns p39

Unit review p44, Finished? p120

Unit 4 Food and drink p47 Countable and uncountable nouns p49 An article: Time for a snack p48
You are what Adjectives p50 a/an, some/any p49 Foodscapes p138
you eat p46 there is/isn’t, there are/aren’t p51
much/many, a lot of p51

Unit review p56, Finished? p121

Unit 5 Clothes p59 Present continuous p61 An online diary: Michiko’s Mix.com p60
What’s your Accessories p62 Present simple and present continuous p63 A magazine article interview:
style? p58 Special Days p66
Culture and Fashion p67

Unit review p68, Finished? p122

Unit 6 Sports p71 Comparatives p73 Online FAQs: Bossaball p72

Sport for life p70 Sports verbs p74 Superlatives p75 Fast or Slow? p139

Unit review p80, Finished? p123

Unit 7 Animals p83 was/were, there was/were p85 Fact files: Animals with a Difference p84
Amazing Adjectives p86 Past simple: regular and irregular verbs p87 An article: The Girl and the Golden Eagle p90
animals p82 Four-legged Friends p90

Unit review p92, Finished? p124

Unit 8 Places in town p95 Past simple: questions p97 An online travel article: Lost treasures p96
Lost and Personal possessions p98 Past simple: Wh- questions p99 The Lascaux Cave Paintings p140
found p94

Unit review p104, Finished? p125

Unit 9 Outdoor life p107 Future with will/won’t p109 A leaflet: Wild weekend p108
Summer fun p106 Holidays p110 Present continuous for future p111 A webpage: Your Guide to American
be going to p111 Summer Camps p114
A summer camp in … p114

Unit review p116, Finished? p126

Vocabulary Bank p127–136 CLIL p137–140 Pronunciation p141–142 Irregular verbs p143

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Listening Speaking and pronunciation Writing Project Learn to Learn

A talk p7 An informal Learning numbers together p4
letter p9 Recording vocabulary p7

A conversation p14 Phoning a friend p16 An informal Making connections (1) p11
Everyday English p16 email p17 Drawing pictures p14
/h/ p141 Increasing your vocabulary p19
Learn to … organise your notebook p21

Street An interview p28 An article p29 The maths project: Word partners (1) p23
interviews p26 Everyday English p28 A class survey p30 Word partners (2) p26
/s/, /z/ and /ɪz/ p141 How to present survey results p30 Learn to … work in pairs p33

A radio Asking for help p40 A description p41 Recognising cognates p35
programme p38 Everyday English p40 Making a spidergram p38
can p141 Understanding new words from context p43
Learn to … use flashcards p45

A quiz p50 Ordering food and drink p52 A description p53 The art project: Personalising vocabulary p47
Everyday English p52 Design a food truck p54 True or false sentences p50
Word stress p141 How to evaluate a design p54 Learn to … play vocabulary games p57

An interview p62 Buying clothes or A description Making a picture dictionary p59

accessories p64 of a photo p65 Listening for the general idea p62
Everyday English p64 Making connections p67
-ing p142 Learn to … guess the meaning of words p69

A conversation p74 Buying tickets online p76 A profile of a The PE project: Saying collocations out loud p71
Everyday English p76 sportsperson p77 An information leaflet p78 Remembering vocabulary sets p74
schwa /ə/ p142 How to design a leaflet p78 Learn to … write example sentences p81

A podcast p86 Talk about a day out p88 An article p89 Word categories p83
Everyday English p88 Preparing to listen p86
/t/, /d/ and /ɪd/ p142 Noun and verb forms p91
Learn to … use mind maps p93

A radio Losing things p100 A blog post p101 The history project: Compound nouns p95
interview p98 Everyday English p100 An interview p102 Using photos to predict content p98
Intonation in questions p142 How to do a recorded Learn to … improve your writing p105
interview p102

A conversation p110 Making suggestions and An email p113 Collocation p107

responding p112 Personalising spidergrams p110
Everyday English p112 Understanding different types of English p115
going to p142 Learn to … make an action plan p117

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Vocabulary Language in action Reading

Starter unit Months p4 Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives p6 An online profile: Welcome to my life! p5
Welcome! p4 Cardinal and ordinal numbers p4 Verb be p6
Colours p4 Question words p6
Classroom objects p7 whose + possessive pronouns p8
Imperatives p8

Unit 1 Family members p11 have got: affirmative and negative p13 A webpage: Meet the Flying Cortes Family p12
Friends and Describing people p14 Possessive ’s p13 An article: Twins Day p18
family p10 have got questions p15 Children’s Day p18

Unit review p20, Finished? p118

Unit 2 Daily routines p23 Present simple: affirmative and negative p25 A profile: A day in the life of … p24
That’s life! p22 Leisure activities p26 Adverbs of frequency p25 Everyday maths p137
Present simple: questions p27
Wh- questions p27
Unit review p32, Finished? p119

Unit 3 School subjects p35 can for ability and permission p37A webpage: Ballet School p36
School days p34 Places in a school p38 Verb forms: (don’t) like, don’t mind, A blog post: Welcome to my school day! p42
love, hate + ing p39 The School of the Air p42
Object pronouns p39

Unit review p44, Finished? p120

Unit 4 Food and drink p47 Countable and uncountable nouns p49 An article: Time for a snack p48
You are what Adjectives p50 a/an, some/any p49 Foodscapes p138
you eat p46 there is/isn’t, there are/aren’t p51
much/many, a lot of p51

Unit review p56, Finished? p121

Unit 5 Clothes p59 Present continuous p61 An online diary: Michiko’s Mix.com p60
What’s your Accessories p62 Present simple and present continuous p63 A magazine article interview:
style? p58 Special Days p66
Culture and Fashion p67

Unit review p68, Finished? p122

Unit 6 Sports p71 Comparatives p73 Online FAQs: Bossaball p72

Sport for life p70 Sports verbs p74 Superlatives p75 Fast or Slow? p139

Unit review p80, Finished? p123

Unit 7 Animals p83 was/were, there was/were p85 Fact files: Animals with a Difference p84
Amazing Adjectives p86 Past simple: regular and irregular verbs p87 An article: The Girl and the Golden Eagle p90
animals p82 Four-legged Friends p90

Unit review p92, Finished? p124

Unit 8 Places in town p95 Past simple: questions p97 An online travel article: Lost treasures p96
Lost and Personal possessions p98 Past simple: Wh- questions p99 The Lascaux Cave Paintings p140
found p94

Unit review p104, Finished? p125

Unit 9 Outdoor life p107 Future with will/won’t p109 A leaflet: Wild weekend p108
Summer fun p106 Holidays p110 Present continuous for future p111 A webpage: Your Guide to American
be going to p111 Summer Camps p114
A summer camp in … p114

Unit review p116, Finished? p126

Vocabulary Bank p127–136 CLIL p137–140 Pronunciation p141–142 Irregular verbs p143

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Listening Speaking and pronunciation Writing Project Learn to Learn

A talk p7 An informal Learning numbers together p4
letter p9 Recording vocabulary p7

A conversation p14 Phoning a friend p16 An informal Making connections (1) p11
Everyday English p16 email p17 Drawing pictures p14
/h/ p141 Increasing your vocabulary p19
Learn to … organise your notebook p21

Street An interview p28 An article p29 The maths project: Word partners (1) p23
interviews p26 Everyday English p28 A class survey p30 Word partners (2) p26
/s/, /z/ and /ɪz/ p141 How to present survey results p30 Learn to … work in pairs p33

A radio Asking for help p40 A description p41 Recognising cognates p35
programme p38 Everyday English p40 Making a spidergram p38
can p141 Understanding new words from context p43
Learn to … use flashcards p45

A quiz p50 Ordering food and drink p52 A description p53 The art project: Personalising vocabulary p47
Everyday English p52 Design a food truck p54 True or false sentences p50
Word stress p141 How to evaluate a design p54 Learn to … play vocabulary games p57

An interview p62 Buying clothes or A description Making a picture dictionary p59

accessories p64 of a photo p65 Listening for the general idea p62
Everyday English p64 Making connections p67
-ing p142 Learn to … guess the meaning of words p69

A conversation p74 Buying tickets online p76 A profile of a The PE project: Saying collocations out loud p71
Everyday English p76 sportsperson p77 An information leaflet p78 Remembering vocabulary sets p74
schwa /ə/ p142 How to design a leaflet p78 Learn to … write example sentences p81

A podcast p86 Talk about a day out p88 An article p89 Word categories p83
Everyday English p88 Preparing to listen p86
/t/, /d/ and /ɪd/ p142 Noun and verb forms p91
Learn to … use mind maps p93

A radio Losing things p100 A blog post p101 The history project: Compound nouns p95
interview p98 Everyday English p100 An interview p102 Using photos to predict content p98
Intonation in questions p142 How to do a recorded Learn to … improve your writing p105
interview p102

A conversation p110 Making suggestions and An email p113 Collocation p107

responding p112 Personalising spidergrams p110
Everyday English p112 Understanding different types of English p115
going to p142 Learn to … make an action plan p117

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LEARNING OUTCOMES
I can …

7
• understand texts about animals
• ask for and respond to information
• write an article
• understand how to use different past tense forms

AMAZING • talk about and describe animals

• categorise vocabulary and identify word forms.

ANIMALS

Start it!
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p85 p87 p88 p90

Language Language
in action 7.2 in action 7.3 Everyday English 7.4 Globetrotters 7.5
Watch video 7.1

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a b

VOCABULARY
Animals
c
7.01
1 Match ten animals with the photos.
Listen, check, and repeat. Which four
d
animals are not in the photos?

bear crocodile donkey

duck eagle giraffe a
hippo horse lion
monkey mouse parrot
snake whale

1 2 3 4
e
7.02
2 Listen to the noises. Which animals do you
hear from Exercise 1?
1 3 5 f
2 4 6

3 Which of the animals have:

1 a tail? 2 feathers? 3 fur?

LEARN TO LEARN
g
Word categories
When you learn new words, put them into categories. h
This helps you remember the meaning.

4 Complete the categories with animals from

Exercise 1. Add two more animals for each
category.

i
Mammals Birds Reptiles
giraffe parrot snake j

Use it!
Explore it!
5 Work with a partner. Guess the extra animals in
each of your partner’s categories. Guess the correct answer.
A blue whale’s tongue weighs the same as …
6 Write new categories for the animals. Tell your
partner the animals but NOT the categories! a a crocodile. b an elephant. c a giraffe.
Can your partner guess your new categories? Find an interesting animal fact. Write a question
for your partner to answer.
Category 1: mouse, Is your category ‘pets’?
parrot, snake

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Animals en ce AFRICA

with a Dif fer WEIGH

T
N ELEP
HANT F

HABITA Up to 6,000 k
T Afric
ACT FI
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FOOD an sava
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leaves, and for
From 1964 until 2003, there was a GORILLA FACT FI plant s trees, fr es t s
FACT uit and
special gorilla in Barcelona Up to 270 kg Elepha
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Zoo. His name HABITAT African forests an n. et
ants
was Snowflake, FOOD Fruit, leaves and pl
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and he was FACT Gorillas are the lar S
mammals to build
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born in Africa.
ne st BENGAL TIG
Snowflake was a They make a new
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celebrity in the WEIGHT Up ntains in
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FOOD Deer, buffalo,
gorillas because he s
other animal h
two tigers wit
was white. He was the world’s only
READING FACT There aren ’t
pes.
white gorilla. the same stri
Fact files
Nómade
In the 1990s, in Mozambique, 1 Tell your partner two things you know about gorillas, elephants
southern Africa, a baby elephant and tigers.
was born without
tusks. Her name 2 Look at the photos. What is different about Snowflake, Nómade
was Nómade. and Artico?
Her 11
sisters were 7.03
3 Read the text and the fact files. Check your answers to Exercise 2.
born without Find out two things about each of the animals.
them, too.
In the 1930s, 4 Read the sentences and write R (right), W (wrong) or
there weren’t DS (doesn’t say).
many African 1 Gorillas build nests. R
elephants without tusks, only 1%.
2 Elephants can hear with their feet.
But in some areas of Africa today,
98% of female elephants are born 3 Tigers are heavier than gorillas.
like this. 4 All tigers look different.
5 Only female elephants are born without tusks.
Artico 6 Gorillas are the heaviest animal.
In 2004, a Bengal tiger called Artico
was born in a wildlife centre in 7 There are more than 20 Bengal tigers without stripes.
Alicante, Spain. But
Artico wasn’t like 5 Find words in the fact files for each of these categories. Think of two
his parents. He more words for each category.
was white with Animals: gorilla
no stripes, but Things animals eat:
his parents Habitats:
weren’t. They
Voice it!
were orange with
black stripes. Today, 6 Why do you think …
there are only about 20 1 tigers have stripes?
Bengal tigers without stripes in the
world. 2 gorillas build a nest every night?
3 some elephants are born without tusks?
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Watch video 7.2

What colour was
the flamingo when
LANGUAGE IN ACTION it was a baby?
What animals were
was/were, there was/were there?

was/were there was/there were

His name 1 was Snowflake. There 2 a special gorilla in the zoo.
They 3 orange with black stripes. There were lots elephants in the zoo.
Artico 4 like his parents. There wasn’t another gorilla like him.
Were Artico’s parents white? No, they 5 . Were there other white gorillas? No, there weren’t.

1 Complete the examples in the table above. Use the Use it!
text on page 84 to help you.
4 Write questions with was/were. Ask and answer
with a partner.
2 Find information in the text to correct the
sentences. 1 Where / born?
1 Snowflake and Artico were black. Where were you born?
They weren’t black. They were white. 2 What / favourite subject at primary school?
2 Snowflake was from Barcelona.
He 3 What / favourite animal / when / you / six?

3 Nómade was born in Spain. 4 What / favourite film / when / you / seven?
She
5 Who / best friend / when / you / eight?
4 Nómade was an Indian elephant.
She 6 Where / you / at six o’clock on Sunday evening?

5 Artico was a lion. 7 When / your last holiday?

He
Finished? p124 Ex 2
F

3 Complete the text with was(n’t)/were(n’t) or there

was(n’t)/there were(n’t).

G I A N T D R A G O N S!
es, 1 there were animals like elephants. But 2
In the past, on the Island of Flores, one
3
difference: they very small. 4 also Komodo dragons and huge rats
on the island. 5 people
eople on Flores?
6 7
Yes, , but they very tall.
8
They only about one metre tall.
That’s the size of a three-year-old!
d!! And
And theirr
9
brain the size off
an orange!
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VOCABULARY AND 1 lazyy / be

la beau
au
uti
tifu
full
LISTENING 2 tiny / large

Adjectives

7.04
1 Circle words to describe photos 1–6.
Listen, check and repeat. Can you guess
the meaning of the other adjectives?

2 Write opposite adjectives from Exercise 1 3 wild / cute

for the words below.
1 short long 4 dang
danger
ngerou
erou
us / no
ois
isyy
2 light
3 huge
4 quiet
5 safe
5 long / heavy
6 qu
uie
i t / cl
clev
ever
er
Use it!

3 Think of three animals. Write two sentences

to describe each one. Tell your partner.
Can they guess the animal?
It’s quiet and fast. It sometimes lives in houses.

Is it a mouse? LEARN TO LEARN

Preparing to listen
Thinking about the questions before you listen can help
A podcast you hear the correct answers.

4 Discuss the questions with a partner.

6 Underline the question words in Exercise 7.
1 What can parrots do?
2 Are parrots good pets? Why / Why not? 7.05
7 Listen again and answer the questions.
1 How old was Hannah?
7.05
5 Listen to the podcast and circle what it’s about. 2 Who was really noisy?
a A hungry parrot 3 Who wasn’t at home on the day of the story?
b An intelligent parrot
c A dangerous parrot 4 Why was Hannah’s toast on the table?

5 Where was Meagan when Hannah ate the toast?

8 Work in pairs. Take turns to tell the story.

There was a parrot.

There was a little girl called Hannah.

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Watch video 7. 3
Which animals
ran away?
LANGUAGE IN ACTION Who touched a
Past simple: regular and irregular verbs snake?

Regular verbs Irregular verbs Past time expressions

They 1 lived in Denver. Meagan had a pet parrot. We heard the story yesterday.
It happened more than ten years
They 2 together at college. Meagan didn’t 3 any children. 4
.
Irregular verbs p143 Pronunciation p142

1 Complete the examples in the table above. Use it!

2 Complete the sentences. Correct three of the 4 Write sentences with ago. Change the words in bold
so that the sentences are true for you. Work with a
facts about the listening on page 86.
partner and say your sentences. Are any the same?
Meagan …
1 This lesson start / thirty minutes
1 didn’t hear (not hear) Willie.
This lesson started forty-five minutes ago.
2 (not make) Hannah toast.
2 I / get up / four hours
3 (leave) the toast on the table.
4 (see) Hannah’s face was blue.
3 I / start / school / seven years
5 and Willie (not save) Hannah’s
life.
4 I / have / lunch / an hour

5 I / meet / my English teacher / six months

3 Complete the text. Listen and check.

7.09
5 Write three true and three false sentences about
you. Use the past simple and past time expressions.

A Croc’s Best Friend 6 Take turns to say your sentences. Can your partner
guess which are true and which are false?
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w he e n
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become)
b ecome)
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SPEAKING
Talk about a day out
7.10
1 Listen to the conversation. DANIEL
Where was Martha yesterday?

DANIEL Hey, Martha. 1 How was thee

school trip yesterday?
MARTHA 2
really cool! MARTHA
We went to a safari park.
DANIEL Really? 3 ?
MARTHA It was amazing!
DANIEL Were there any elephants?
MARTHA Yeah, there were, but I didn’t see them.
DANIEL I can’t believe you didn’t see any
elephants. 4 lions?
MARTHA Yeah, there was a family of lions. One of
them looked inside our car.
DANIEL Wow! No way!
MARTHA Yup. It did. Then it climbed in the window
and ate my lunch. PL AN
DANIEL You’re joking! 5 Work with a partner. Plan a conversation
MARTHA Of course I’m joking! about a day out. Decide …
where you went.
7.10
2 Complete the conversation with the phrases
what you saw.
from the Useful language box. Listen and check.
what you didn’t see.
Useful language
what happened.
How was (the school trip)? It was (really cool).
SPEAK
What about(lions)? What was (it) like?
6 Practise the conversation with your partner.
Remember to use verbs in the past and
3 Look at the Everyday English box. Find and expressions from the Useful Language and
underline the phrases in the conversation. Everyday English boxes.
CHECK
7 Work with another pair. Listen to their
conversation and complete the notes.
Watch video 7.4 Place:
Ever yday English
What they saw:
No way! Really?
What they didn’t see:
Wow! You’re joking!
What happened:

4 Work with a partner. Practise the conversation.

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WRITING
An article

Skateboarding dog
By Lidia Watson

1 Can you skateboard? Tillman, a dog from California in the USA, could. He could
skateboard 100 metres in 20 seconds!
2 In 2007, millions of people watched a video of him skateboarding. Soon, he became
an international star. Tillman also liked other sports. He could snowboard and surf.
Several years ago, he won first place in a surfing competition. On 27 October, 2015,
Tillman died. He was 10 years old.
3 Now there are many skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing dogs. Some even have
their own websites! Do you know any animals with amazing abilities?

1 Look at the photo. Why do you think this dog is Write your own article about a famous animal.
different? Read the article and check your ideas.
PL AN
2 Match topics a–c with paragraphs 1–3. 5 Read the notes about a dog called Betsy.
a Description of things Tillman did Use the notes to write an article or make
b Introduction to the subject your own notes about a famous animal.
c Conclusion that asks a question
Most intelligent dog
3 Read the article again and complete the notes. Who Betsy
What understands more
Skateboarding dog than 340 words
Who Tillman Where Vienna, Austria
What
Where Decide what information to include in
each paragraph. Use the information in
Exercises 2 and 3 to help you.

4 Look at the Useful language box. Find and underline the WRITE
time expressions in the article.
6 Write your article. Remember to include
three paragraphs, the past simple and
Useful language
time expressions.
In 2007 On 27 October, 2015 Several years ago
CHECK

Get it right!
7 Do you …
• introduce the animal in the first paragraph?
We use on for days and dates. On Friday / • describe what the animal did?
On 27 October. • use time expressions?
We use in for months and years. In October / In 2007.
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AROUND
THE WORLD Globetrotters
Watch video 7.5
Four-legged Friends
READING
• Where can you find camels?
An article
• How much water can camels drink in ten
1 Look at the photo. Where do you think the minutes?
7.11
girl is from? Why is she special? Read the article • What temperatures can camels survive in?
to check your answers.
Voice it!
2 Read the article again and answer the
questions. 3 Discuss the questions.
1 How old are boys when they learn to hunt 1 Why do you think only boys usually hunt
with eagles? with eagles?
2 How fast can eagles fly? 2 Why do you think Aisholpan won the
3 Where was Aisholpan’s baby eagle when she competition?
found it? 3 Do you want to learn to hunt with eagles?
4 Who was Aisholpan’s trainer? Why / Why not?
4 Do you have any competitions like this in
5 Who was the youngest person in the your country?
2016 Golden Eagle Festival competition?

The Girl and the Golden Eagle

C
an you imagine riding a horse in like her father. So she went to the high Altai
temperatures of –50 °C with a huge Mountains with her father to find a baby
eagle on your arm? eagle to train. It wasn’t easy. The climb to
The ancient tradition of eagle hunting the eagle nest was difficult and dangerous.
started thousands of years ago in Mongolia. But Aisholpan did it. She found her baby
Traditionally, it was only for boys in eagle!
Mongolia and this tradition continues
today. Boys learn to hunt when they are Aisholpan’s father became her trainer. But
only 13. They use eagles because they can was Aisholpan strong enough to hunt with
fly up to 320 kph and can see animals from the huge bird in freezing temperatures? Yes,
more than four kilometres away. There are because she was determined to succeed.
about 400 male eagle hunters today. But no In 2016, Aisholpan competed in the Golden
13-year-old girls … until now. Eagle Festival. She was the first Mongolian
The 2016 film, The Eagle Huntress, tells the girl to enter the competition. There were 70
story of Aisholpan. When she was young, competitors. She was the youngest and the
Aisholpan took care of her father’s eagle only girl. And guess what? Her eagle won.
but she really wanted to be an eagle hunter What an amazing achievement!

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LEARN TO LEARN 4 Complete the table with words from the text.

Noun and verb forms Verb Noun (person) Noun (thing)

When you learn a new word, try to learn some other 1
compete competitor 2

forms of the word. This will help you to understand 3 4

hunt
reading texts. 5
train training
We can add different endings to verbs to make nouns, 6
climber climbing
for example -er, -ing, -or, -tion, etc.
7
learner learning

5 Write sentences with words from the table in

Exercise 4. Take turns to say your sentences
but do NOT say the word you chose. Can your
partner guess your word?

They (climb) a mountain every year.

Is the word ‘climb’?

Explore it!

Guess the correct answer.

r.
Eagle hunters use male / female eagles
because they grow biggerr and are more
powerful.
Find three interesting facts about eagle hunt-
ers. Choose your favourite fact and write a
question for your partner to answer.

The Culture Project Teacher’s Resource Bank

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7 REVIEW

VOCABULARY LANGUAGE IN ACTION

1 Write the animals. 3 Joe and Sylvie went to a wildlife park last week. Write sentences
with the correct form of there was/were.
1 2 1 Were there many animals? (?)
2 two lions. (✓)
3 an elephant with no tusks. (✗)
4 a tiger with no stripes. (✓)
monkey
5 a donkey. (✗)
6 a white gorilla? (?)
3 4
4 Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

Mammoths 1 lived (live) many, many years ago in Asia,

Europe and North America. They 2 (die) because
the weather 3 (get) warmer and they
5 6 4
(not can) find any food. They 5
(be) about 3.5 m tall and 6 (weigh) about 6,000
7
kg. Their tusks (be) very, very long – about five
metres! They 8 (be) herbivores, so they
9
(not eat) other animals. They 10 (eat)
grass and plants and flowers.
2 Complete the adjectives with the
missing vowels.
1 w i ld Self–assessment
2 t ny
3 n sy I can name fourteen animals in English.
4 b t f l I can use adjectives to describe
5 q t animals.
6 l zy I can use was and were to describe the
7 d ng r s past.
8 h vy I can use regular and irregular verbs to
9 c t talk about the past.
10 l rg
11 l ng
12 cl v r

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LEARN TO LEARN

LEARN TO … USE MIND MAPS

Mind maps can help you think of ideas and plan how to organise them.

1 Discuss the questions.

1 What is a mind map?
2 Why do people make mind maps?
3 Do you use mind maps? 4 Make a mind map about your favourite animal. Follow
the instructions.
2 Ahmet made a mind map to help him 1 Write the topic in the middle.
with a presentation. What is the topic? 2 Add three main ideas about the topic.
3 Write one or two questions about each main idea.
4 Write notes about your answers to each question.
3 Complete Ahmet’s mind map with the
words and phrases below.
1 football
5 Use your mind map to talk to your partner about your
favourite animal.
2 Where?
3 magazines 6 Circle how you feel. Compare and discuss your
answers with a partner.
4 at the weekend
The mind map helped me … agree disagree
1 think of ideas. 5 4 3 2 1
2 organise my ideas. 5 4 3 2 1
It’s fast and I feel when on the bus to school 3 remember to say
exciting my team wins! all my ideas. 5 4 3 2 1
When? I enjoyed …
Why? 4 making the mind map. 5 4 3 2 1
before I go to bed 5 using the mind map 5 4 3 2 1

a reading

Who with? What? stories about famous people

my team my older brother b blogs

(he’s a terrible
player!)
hanging out with
My hobbiess my friends

When? c

after school d days – at home days – in the park

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