Activity Book Activities

1 Look and match a–d. Then read and match 1–4.

1 A place with a lot of trees together.

2 Land with water all around it.

3 A high area of land, sometimes with snow on top.

4 A large area of water, with land all around it.

lake

forest

mountain

island

2 Write the code. Then use it to write the sentence.

1	2	3	4	5
a	b	c

I was walking by the lake when …

9	19 / 1 / 23	1	4 / 18 / 1 / 7 / 15 / 14	9 / 14	20 / 8 / 5	23 / 1 / 20 / 5 / 18

3 Complete the information about China with these words.

lake

forest

islands

mountains

1 Two thirds of China is covered in .
2 Qinghai is a very large salt in China.
3 There are over 250 in the South China Sea.
4 There’s a large bamboo very near Beijing.

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Listen and check the answers in 3.

1 Complete the sentences.

lake

volcano

desert

waterfall

jungle

1 The flowed from the top of the cliff down into the .
2 The is active and a lot of tourists visit it every year.
3 There is very little rain in the and many snakes and scorpions live there.
4 A lot of monkeys and birds live up high in the trees in the .

3 Correct the false statements.

1
2
4
5

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Listen and label the pictures.

jetty

valley

earthquake

cactus

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Read, listen and chant. Then say the words that rhyme in pairs.

1 Read and choose the correct question word.

1 did you go?

2 did you see there?

3 did you travel?

4 did you come home?

2 Complete with the correct question word.

1 A: did you go to the museum?
B: I went yesterday.

2 A: did you go with?
B: I went with my parents.

3 A: told you about the museum?
B: Some friends told us about it.

4 A: did you see there?
B: We saw an exhibition on Ancient China.

5 A: did you have lunch?
B: We had lunch in the canteen.

3 Read and choose the correct words.

1 Who you that book?

2 What when the volcano erupted?

3 Who to the coast with?

4 Who you that chocolate bar?

5 What in the gift shop?

4 Read the story.

5 Write questions about the story.

1 What / they / do / last weekend?

2 Why / they / go / to the forest?

3 Who / put / food on the blanket?

4 What / they / have?

5 What / happen / to the salad?

6 Who / want / eat / cake?

7 Why / they / sing / Happy Birthday / quickly?

6 In pairs, ask and answer these questions.

1 What did they do last weekend?

2 Why did they go to the forest?

3 Who put the food on the blanket?

4 What did they have?

5 What happened to the salad?

6 Who wanted to eat cake?

7 Why did they sing Happy Birthday quickly?

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Listen and answer the questions.

1 Where did Danny go? He went to .
2 Who did he go with? He went with .
3 What happened? A bird .

8 Answer the questions for you.

1 Did you go to a museum last year?

2 Who did you go with?

3 What did you see?

1 Complete the information about the people in the story.

Names of characters	What do we know about them?
Lian	main character, young and kind

3 Answer the questions.

1 Who did Lian’s father want her to marry?

2 Why didn’t Lian like her father’s suggestion?
an old, unkind man.

3 Who ran away with Lian?

4 Where did they go?

5 Why couldn’t he take his daughter home?

4 Read and choose.

1 Chang walked in the beautiful fields.
Lucky him! / Poor him!

2 Lian’s father said she must marry Wang, the farmer.
Lucky her! / Poor her!

3 Lian and Chang became birds.
Lucky them! / Poor them!

5 When you are sad, what does your body language look like? Can you identify when someone else is sad? What can you say to them?

6 Look at the picture. Choose the part of the story you think it depicts. Discuss why with a partner.

7 Write your opinion of the story.

● ● ●

My opinion My favourite character is

.
My favourite part is

.
I think the story is interesting / funny / scary / silly

.
I liked / didn't like the story because

I think it’s

story. I

and

.

1 Look and write.

h

m

r

s

2 Match to make sentences.

form into clouds or mist.

from the clouds.

repeats itself.

returns to the lakes, rivers and seas.

rivers, lakes and seas.

into drops of liquid.

1 Water vapour rises from
2 Water vapour condenses
3 Drops of liquid water
4 Rain, snow or hail falls
5 Finally the rain, snow or hail
6 The whole cycle

3 Read and complete.

vapour

clouds

cools

hail

cycle

The water 1 describes how water turns into water 2 and rises from lakes, rivers and seas. The Sun heats the water and that forms the water vapour. When the air 3 , the vapour turns into drops of water and forms 4 . When the clouds are big and heavy, the liquid water falls as rain, snow or 5 .

4 Describe what happened in your rain cloud experiment.

5 Think about your rain cloud experiment and complete the table.

What I already knew about rain before the experiment	What I learnt about rain during the experiment	What I still want to know about rain
I already knew that …	I learnt that …	I still want to know …

6 Answer the questions.

1 What will the weather be like in your area tomorrow?

2 Does it rain much where you live?

3 Are there any mountains in your area?

4 Are there any rivers?

5 Do you live near a lake?

1 What do people in China often have for breakfast? Choose.

2 Read and check your answers in 1.

3 Read the article again and answer the questions.

1 Who invented chopsticks?
invented chopsticks.

2 When did they invent them?
They .

3 What did they first use them for?
They .

4 Which philosopher said you shouldn’t use knives at the table?
said it.

4 Solve the maths problems.

1 Confucius was born in 551 BCE and died in 479 BCE. How long did he live?
years

2 The Ming Dynasty started in 1368 and ended in 1644. How long did it last?
years

3 Matt bought four Chinese plates: a small plate for ¥120, two matching plates for ¥275 each and a large plate for ¥525. He also bought a small vase for ¥150. How much did Matt spend in total?
¥

1 Complete the shape poem.

drops

tree

forest

tall

waterfall

The
in
the
is big, green and .
It drips excitedly with
from a great .
Sp
la
sh!

2 Read the poem again and draw a picture to illustrate it.

The
tree in
the forest
is big, green and tall.
It drips excitedly with drops
from a great waterfall.
Sp
la
sh!

3 Create a shape poem called The Lake. You can use any of the words from the box to help you.

4 Write Yes or No for the things you find in your poem. Write the words.

colour

size

feelings

sound

action

5 Read your poem to the class. Listen to the other poems.

1 Complete the table for your story plate.

2 Complete your project report.

Who was your story about?
My story was about

Where was your story set?
It was set

What was the problem?
The problem was

What happened?
The main character

What parts did you paint?
I painted

3 Share your report with a partner. Ask questions.

1 Complete the summary with vocabulary from the unit.

My story was about pirates. It was set on Black Mountain Island, a small 1 i with three 2 v that erupted every year. Around the island, there was a rocky 3 c with high cliffs and stony beaches. Pirates stood on the cliffs and looked for passing ships. Much of the island was covered in 4 f. It was dark and full of spiders and mosquitoes. Pirates used the island to hide their treasure in a dark 5 c behind a high 6 w.

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Listen and check your answers in 1.

3 Answer the questions about 1.

1 What was the story about?
It was about .

2 Where was it set?
It was set on .

3 Which animals lived on the island?
lived on the island.

4 What did the pirates use the island for?
The pirates used the island .

5 Where did the pirates hide their treasure?
The pirates hid their treasure .

4 Complete the text with the correct form of the words. Then write the questions.

I’m Holly. Last week, I on a school trip with my friends. We went to a museum in town and saw an exhibition on China. We some interesting information about Chinese history and some beautiful painted plates and vases.

We lunch in the café and chopsticks to eat our rice! Then, at five o’clock we got the bus home. I a great day!

1 We went to a museum in town.
2 We took the bus to the museum.
3 We ate lunch in a café.
4 We went home at five o’clock.

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