English for starter 6 activity book

Unit 1 Read and complete flat address school number phone email family move 1 Hussam and Ruba know Salah because they are all at the same school.. 2 Read, match and write 1 Next Novemb

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English for Starters is a communicative course in English, which

takes into account the most modern methodology.

English for Starters Level 6 aims to stimulate the child’s interest in

learning English and to develop confidence through a range of enjoyable

activities, including games, projects and songs.

The focus at this stage of the course is on all four skills – listening,

speaking, reading and writing An active use of language is promoted

throughout the course, setting the foundation for successful language

learning.

The course consists of:

• A Pupil’s Book, which includes attractive and lively material to

encourage pupils’ interest in the language through a range of listening,

reading and speaking activities, study boxes, songs and games.

• An Activity Book, which provides a range of stimulating reading and

writing activities.

• A Teacher’s Book, which contains step-by-step, easy-to-follow

instructions for each lesson and useful notes on the effective use of

teaching aids.

• A Cassette, which contains all of the listening activities and songs

for the course.

• Flashcards

• Wall charts

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Unit

1 Read and complete

flat address school number phone email

family move

1 Hussam and Ruba know Salah because they are all at the same school

2 Now, Salah lives in a house but he’s going to live in a .

3 ‘What’s your Anas?’ ‘It’s 22 New Bank Road, Damascus.’

4 My friend is going to to a new flat near his school

5 What’s the of your friend’s new flat?

6 Hussam is going to write an to Salah every week

7 There are three people in my : me, Mum and Dad

8 Quick, Hussam! Run! I can hear the in the living room

2 Read, match and write

1 Next November, Maya and her

family are going to move from

Damascus to Homs

2 They are moving because

3 Maya’s mum and dad are going to

buy

4 They are going to live near

5 Maya is going to go

6 She is going to keep in touch with

a her friends by phone and

by letter

b a nice new flat in Homs

c are going to move from Damascus to Homs

d her dad’s brother and his family

e to a new primary school

in Homs

f Maya’s dad is starting a new job

Unit 1

3 Read and write

It’s Salah My family name is Mansour

4 Look and write

Monday morning Tuesday afternoon

1 Salah is going to ride a 2

Wednesday evening Thursday afternoon

Unit 1

5 Look and write using is going to

1 Tala is going to read an adventure

4 Samer wants to speak to his friend and

6 Study skills: Order the letters, read, say and write

Unit

1 Read and complete

Don’t Cut Wash Don’t Put Don’t

1 Don’t talk when your teacher is talking

2 your hands before you eat food

3 rubbish in the bin Don’t drop litter

4 carefully along the lines, and then glue the picture

6 Look, there’s a car cross the road now

It’s dangerous

2 Look and write

Make sentences using should or shouldn’t

Unit 2

3 Look, read and complete

Next After cut Don’t First Finally glue

house need pencil put

1 You (a) need some black paper, some

2 (c) , draw three stars and the moon

on the white paper

trees and some mountains

4 Then, (f) carefully along the lines

mountains, stars, moon, house and trees on the

black paper

6 (j) , make a nice picture and

(k) everything to the black paper

5 Check your work: Read and write

• We use capital letters:

to start a sentence I ride my bike every day.

for towns and cities Aleppo; Homs

for days of the week and months Monday; August

• We use full stops:

to finish a sentence I live in Damascus / I help

1 you should do your homework You should do your homework

2 be careful, hussam

3 don’t be untidy, ruba

4 we live in a flat in damascus

Unit

1 Look, read and complete

1 Today, Salah’s mother (buy) is buying fruit

from a small shop She usually (buy) buys

fruit from the market

2 Salah usually (play) football at the

weekend This weekend, he (fly)

a kite

3 Salah’s father usually (go) to work in

his car but today he (go) to work by

taxi

4 Kareem usually (watch) TV at the

weekend, but today he (read) a book

on the beach

5 This weekend, Ruba (camp) by the

sea She usually (go) to the library at

the weekend

6 Today, Hussam (fish) On Tuesday

afternoon, he usually (visit) his

grandparents

Unit 3

2 Read and circle

Hussam, Ruba and their mum and dad usually (a) are staying / stay

at home at the weekend but today they (b) are visiting / visit Uncle Ali and Aunt Deema

Hussam and Ruba’s

mum (c) isn’t cooking /

doesn’t cook today She

(d) is talking / talks to Aunt

Deema in the kitchen

Hussam’s father (e) is

liking / likes watching

television but he (f) isn’t

watching / doesn’t watch

TV today He (g) is drinking / drinks coffee with his brother They (h) are talking / talk about the weather Hussam and Ruba (i) aren’t doing / don’t do their homework at the moment Ruba (j) is listening /

listens to music Hussam (k) is reading / reads a story

3 Read and complete

aren’t doesn’t aren’t don’t isn’t

1 It’s raining! We aren’t going to the beach

2 Salah likes football He like tennis

3 Hussam and Ruba are watching TV They using the computer

4 Hussam and Ruba’s mother is visiting a friend She

shopping

5 Saleh and Kareem usually stay at home at the weekend

Unit 3

4 Project: Write about your town or city

What is the name of your town or city?

Unit

1 Read and tick (✓) or cross (✗)

1 Wafaa was walking to the 2 Tarik found a coin when

shops when she dropped he was looking for his

3 When Waleed was flying 4 Laila was eating a sandwich

his kite at the beach, he saw when her father came home

an eagle in the sky from work

2 Read and circle

1 Randa was going to the shops when she was seeing / saw Maya

2 When Lama was watching / watched television, her aunt arrived

3 Hussam was riding his bike when it was starting / started to rain

4 When Lamees was eating lunch, she was dropping / dropped her cake

5 Maher was walking / walked to work when he found some money

6 When Munzer’s mother was cooking / cooked lunch, she cut her hand

Unit 4

3 Look and write

1 She was doing her homework when

her grandparents arrived

4 Read and answer

1 Who were you sitting with at breakfast time?

2 Who were you talking to before class started today?

3 What clothes were you wearing yesterday afternoon?

El Kowm, so people wanted to live there Scientists think there were many animals in El Kowm.

1 El Kowm is a city in Syria El Kowm isn’t a city

2 There is grass now in El Kowm

3 El Kowm is between three mountains

4 El Kowm is 100 kilometres from Damascus

5 People wanted to live in El Kowm because

there were many animals

6 Spelling: Read and complete

Add another letter and -ing

No ‘ e ’ and add -ing

Add –ing

swimming having

playing

sitting taking

camping

shopping coming

reading

What were they doing yesterday morning?

1 Salah was (play) playing football

2 Kareem was (swim) in the sea

3 Salah’s father was (read) the newspaper

4 Salah’s mother was (take) his Grandmother to the doctor

5 Ruba and her mother were (shop) in the market

6 Hussam and his father were (sit) under a tree in the

1 Read and match

2 What do you usually do after school?

3 Where are you going to live in Damascus?

4 What were you doing when you found the ring?

5 How are you going to keep in touch with your friends?

6 Should I draw a line first?

a I usually play football but today I’m fishing with my uncle

b I was camping at the beach with my family when I found it

c I’m going to email them on Wednesday after school

d Next, you fold the paper and then glue it

e I’m going to live in a big flat near to my new school

f Yes, make it quite short After that, glue the paper

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Revision 1

3 Listen and write

4 Read and write

What is he going to do What was she doing when

Unit

1 Look, read, tick (✓) or cross (✗) and write

1 I’ve tidied my bedroom

2 I’ve finished my homework

3 I’ve watered the plants

4 I’ve closed my bedroom window

5 I’ve finished the email to my cousin

6 I’ve prepared a sandwich

1 I haven’t finished my homework.

2

3

4

✓

Unit 6

2 Look and write

1 I’ve cooked some biscuits

3 Read, ask, answer and write

Yes, I have No, I haven’t.

1 Have you visited a friend today? Yes, I have / No, I haven’t

2 Have you tidied your bedroom today?

3 Have you finished your homework today?

4 Have you phoned or emailed a friend today?

5 Have you watched a programme on television today?

6 Have you helped your mum today?

television I’m going to watch a film this evening.

See you soon,

Maya

1 Have you tidied your bedroom? Yes, I have.

2 Have you watched a film?

3 Have you helped your mum?

4 Have you visited your grandparents?

5 Spelling: Read and write

No y and add -ied

shop shopped chop chopped

phone phoned close closed arrive arrived

cook cooked

talk talked

email emailed

1 I’ve (close) closed the window

2 I’ve (tidy) my room

3 Have you (email) Hussam this week?

4 I haven’t (phone) Hussam today

5 I haven’t (chop) the vegetables

Have you tidied your bedroom?

Yes, I have

Healthy food Unhealthy food

aubergines ice cream

2 Read and circle the correct sentence

1 Sorry I can’t play football today I’ve got a lot of homework / I haven’t got enough homework.

2 I’m very thirsty I’m happy because there is a lot of water / There isn’t enough water.

3 Sorry We can’t make fruit salad We have got enough fruit / We haven’t got enough fruit.

4 We can paint some great pictures We’ve got a lot of paper / We haven’t got enough paper.

Unit 7

3 Look and write using enough

1 There aren’t enough cakes 2

Unit 7

4 Project: Ask, answer and write

Do you eat healthily?

1 Do you eat a lot of burgers?

2 Do you eat a lot of fruit?

3 Do you eat a lot of fat or sugar?

4 Do you eat a lot of biscuits and sweets?

5 Do you eat lots of different kinds of food?

6 Do you eat enough meat and fish?

7 Do you eat enough fresh vegetables?

8 Do you eat a lot of pizzas?

8 Unit

1 Read and tick (✓) or cross (✗)

1 You shouldn’t eat too many crisps ✓

2 You shouldn’t eat too much chocolate

3 Too much sugar is healthy

4 Too many sweets are healthy

5 Too many cakes are bad for us

6 Too much bread is healthy

7 Too much salt is healthy

8 Too much ice cream is bad for us

2 Read and order

Too many Too much

3 Read and write

too much too many

1 Don’t eat too much cheese, Hussam It’s got a lot of fat in it

2 Saleh ate sandwiches for lunch and now he feels ill

3 Ruba shouldn’t watch television programmes

4 Saleh can’t close his bag He’s got books in it

5 Hussam and Ruba haven’t switched on their computer They’ve got

homework to do

6 Ruba ate sweets She’s got a stomach ache now

Unit 8

4 Look, read and write

1 He can’t finish his meal because there was too much food

2 He can’t get on the bus because there were

3 She can’t close her suitcase because there are

4 He’s not going to eat any cakes because there is

Unit 8

5 Study skills: Read and write

We can write and learn words in different ways

a You can order words from A to Z:

plums bananas apples cheese fish lemon

b You can find the opposites of words:

1 big small 2 long

d You can draw pictures of words:

Unit

1 Read and match

1 Have you ever a No, I haven’t, but I have been to Damascus? seen pictures of them in

books They’re very tall!

2 Have you ever b Yes, I have I like classical eaten cucumbers? music very much

3 Have you ever c Yes, I have It’s a very seen a giraffe? beautiful city

4 Have you ever d Yes, I have They’re very been to a concert? nice I eat them with salads

2 Write and answer

1 Have you ever (eat) eaten a burger?

Yes, I have / No, I haven’t

2 Have you ever (see) an eagle?

3 Have you ever (be) to Aleppo?

4 Have you ever (play) a computer game?

5 Have you ever (live) in another town or city?

6 Have you ever (watch) a detective film?

Unit 9

3 Make statements using words from the list You can add other words

(ride) a horse (play) chess (be) on a plane

(ride) a bike (make) a paper model (stay) in a tent

(play) the violin (see) a lizard (eat) a pizza

I haven’t ridden a horse, I have ridden a camel

4 Look, write, ask and answer

Have you ever made a kite?

Yes, I have

Unit 9

5 Write

What interesting things have you seen? What would you like to see?

6 Check your work: Read and write

We use question marks to write questions:

Have you got any cheese?

Do you live in Homs?

What did you do on Tuesday?

Write a question mark for a question.

Write a full stop if it isn’t a question.

Use capital letters.

1 has saleh got any chocolate Has Saleh got any chocolate?

2 omar moved to damascus in may

3 is ali walking in the garden

4 are we going to go to aleppo

on tuesday

5 what are you going to do in august

6 where is the bookshop, lubna

7 how many cars can you see

8 randa lives in a flat

1 Read and order

apples plums healthy oranges onions garlic

biscuits sweets aubergines tired fit burgers

Fruit Vegetables Unhealthy food Adjectives

apples

2 Look and write

Lubna’s busy day

1 Today, Lubna has 2 She 3

Revision 2

3 Listen and write

4 Read and match

1 Have you emailed anyone a Fresh fruit and vegetables are

2 Have we got enough fruit to b No, I haven’t but I would like

3 What kinds of food are very c Sorry No, you can’t They’ve

4 Can I have pizza and crisps them

for lunch, Mum? d Yes, there are lots of apples

5 Why didn’t you go to the and bananas in the fridge cinema yesterday? e No I haven’t, but I’m going to

6 Have you ever been to email my cousin this evening.another country? f I didn’t have enough money

Unit 10

Unit

1 Look, read and match

1 I want to ride my bike,

but it’s too hot at the moment

2 I want to play there,

but I’m too small

3 It’s too cold to swim now

Let’s swim tomorrow

4 I’m too big to wear this jacket now

Let’s go shopping tomorrow

2 Read and match

1 Lubna can’t finish her homework a It’s too hot at the moment

2 Khaled can’t hear his mother b They are too small

on the street

3 Hadeel can’t wear these shoes c It’s too difficult

4 Adnan doesn’t want this shirt d The cars are too noisy

5 Hind can’t eat the soup e It’s too big

cba

d

Unit 11

3 Look and write

1 These trousers are too long 2

I want to go out for a walk.

Unit 11

4 Spelling: Read and complete

1 ‘Meet me (hear / here) here ’, Hussam’s mother said

2 ‘Where’s (your / you’re) ’ bag?, Ruba asked her friend

3 Ruba didn’t have time to (right / write) the email

4 Saleh likes (meat / meet) and vegetables for dinner

5 The boxes were (to / too) heavy for Roula to carry

6 ‘Let’s go to the cinema I’ll see you (their / there / they’re)

at six’, Adnan said

5 Look and write

1 horse 2

Unit

1 Look, read and tick (✓) or cross (✗)

1 Fatima is taller than Saleem ✓

2 Khaled is the tallest

3 Lubna is the same size as Fatima

4 Roula and Lubna are the same age

5 Saleem is younger than Khaled

6 Roula is the youngest

7 Fatima is as tall as Khaled

8 Roula is as young as Saleem

2 Read, match and write

bad different short slow small young

3 Look and write

(Saleh/old/Hussam) (Hussam’s bag/heavy/Ruba’s)

1 Saleh is not as old as Hussam 2

Unit 12

4 Project: Write about two cities in Syria