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Student's Book Anne Robinson
Karen Saxby
Fourth edition

The authors and publishers would like to thank the ELT professionals who commented on the
material at different stages of its development.

The authors are grateful to: Niki Donnelly of Cambridge University Press.

Anne Robinson would like to give special thanks to Adam Evans and to many,many teachers
and students who have inspired her along the way. Gratitude to her parents Margaret and Jim -
her first teachers,who definitely encouraged her to discover and have fun! Warm thanks to Jose
Ramon for his patience and understanding while this series was being written and Cristina and
Victoria for their help and enthusiasm. And in memory of her brother Dave.

Karen Saxby would like to give special thanks to everyone she has worked with at Cambridge
Assessment since the birth of YLE! She would particularly like to mention Frances,Felicity and
Ann Kell She would also like to acknowledge the enthusiasm of all the teachers she has met

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through her work in this field. And lastl Karen would like to say a big thank you to her sons,
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Tom and William,for bringing constant FUN and creative thinking to her life and work.

Freelance editorial services by Christine Barton

Design and typeset by Wild Apple Design.

Cover design by Chris Saunders (Astound).

Sound recordings by dsound Recording Studios,London

The authors and publishers acknowledge the following sources of copyright material and
are grateful for the permissions granted. While every effort has been made,it has not always
been possible to identify the sources of all the material used,or to trace all copyright holders.
If any omissions are brought to our notice,we will be happy to include the appropriate
acknowledgements on reprinting and in the next update to the digital edition,as applicable.

The authors and publishers are grateul to the following illustrators:
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T = Top,B = Below,L = Left,R = Right,C = Centre, BIG= Background

L aetitia Aynie(Sylvie Poggio Artists Agency) pp. 23(C),44(T),58(C),81(T),87(T); David
Banks pp. 58,86(B),99(B); Adrian Bijoo@Advocate 59,82 (T),88 (B); Joanna B occardo pp. 33
(C),84(T); Chris Embleton-Hall(Advocate Art) pp. 11(T),17(C),41(B),48,67(T),76(B),
94(B); Andrew Elkerton (Sylvie Poggio Artists Agency) pp. 7,9 (B),13(T),16(B), 17(T, B),33
(T), 34,35,54,71(T),72(T),74(C),75(B),82(C),89,94(T); Clive Goodyer pp. 18,19(T),25
(T),26(B), 27,32(B),38 (B),43(B),45,69, 72(B),76(T),So(T),86(T); Andrew Hamilton @
Elephant Shoes Ink Ltd pp. 13(B), 15(T, B),20 (T),26,32(T), 41(T),44(C),46(B),47(T),61
(C,B),68(B),78(T),84(C),88(C); Brett Hudson (Graham-Cameron Illustration) pp. 19(B),
37(T),49(C),50(B),53 (T),79(T);Kelly Kennedy(Sylvie Poggio Artists Agency) pp. 9 (T),39
(T),46(T),47(B),51(T),66, 68(T), 73,82(B),85; Nigel Kitching pp. 18(T),25(C), 43(T),49
(B), 53(BL),57(T),61,97(T);Arpad Olbey(Beehive Illustration) pp. 19(C),10,24(8),71(B,
C),84(B),87(B);Nina de Polonia (Advocate Art) pp. 10,44(B),50(T),62,So (B),82(T),88
(B), 93(B); David Pratt pp. 37(B); Anthony Rule monkey and Project bagimagesthroughout,
pp. 5,6,11,14,18,19,22,26,31,32,38,41,46,50,55,58,62,66,68,72,74,76,78,82,86,87,90,
94; Pip Sampson pp. 15(C),29,30,38 (T),40,43(C),56,57(B),63,70,71(B), 74,78(B),79(B),
90; Melanie Sharp(Sylvie Poggio Artists Agency) pp. 6(B), 8,11(R),16(T),22,23(B), 37(C),
52,53(BR),60,64,65,73,77,83,88,95,97(C,B), 99(T);Emily Skinner pp. 57(B); Jo Taylor pp.
20(B),21,28,31,39 (B),42,58(B),74(B), 75(T),81(B),84(B), 91,92;Theresa Tibbetts pp. 93
(T, C); Matt Ward@ Beehivepp.51,63;Sue Wimperis (Graham-Cameron Illustration) pp. 67(B);
Sue Woollatt (Graham-Cameron Illustration) pp. 14,34,96,98.

Contents 6
8
1 Say hello! 10
2 Numbers, numbers, numbers 12
3 What's your name? 14
4 Red, blue and yellow 16
5 Answering questions 18
20
6 Animals and aliens 22
24
7 Look, listen, smile, draw 26
28
8 In my clothes cupboard 30
32
9 Funny monsters 34
10 Our families 36
11 Whose is it? 38
12 Who's got the red balloon? 40
13 Who can do this? 42
14 Big, small, happy or sad? 44
15 One, two, three animals 46
16 What's your favourite fruit? 48
17 What's on the menu? 50
52
18 A colourful house 54

19 What's in your bedroom?
20 Ben and Kim live here!
21 Play with us!
22 In our bags and in our school
23 At our school
24 What's the class doing?
25 Animal challenge

26 How many pets? 56
27 Food I reaUy Like! 58
28 My favourite food day 60
29 We're in the toy shop today 62
30 Monsters in the park 64
31 Coming and going 66
32 Happy birthday! 68
33 On the beach 70
34 Let's go to the park 72
35 What, who and where? 74
36 Great games, great hobbies! 76
37 Let's play 78
38 My favourites 80
39 One foot, two feet 82
40 Night and day 84
41 Trains, boats and planes 86
42 About a phone 88
43 What are they saying? 90
44 About us 92
45 Happy ending! 94
96-100
Pairwork activities 101-111

Unit wordlist

\ Say hello!

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B Q Know your Letters!

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pyde f gbV
n 0 C s z h wm

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e y I l g V w X-
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X pq r s t k z

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aD Listen! Draw a line from the baby frog to its mum!

(g What's this? Write the word) 1� 2/hs'\

Example ...........11<�r............ CU e e1
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1
2

4
5

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DF What's the animal? _a_
_o_
1 _g_..Q..a_!2. __ a_e
2 __ e __
3
4 __o_
5 _u __
Do you know these animals too?

This cat's name is ....................... _______;;

This dog's name is ....................... .
This snake's name is ....................... .

G � Play the game! Can you make a word?

Nurnbe��rnbers, numbers

'A. Write the numbers.

ltW@ .....'?..... five ............
(fi)n(ru@ ............ ten ............
,eight ............ twelve ............ liUUflerli
t ty ............ @ITu ............
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B Look at the letters. Write words for six things in the picture. k

r 1 dbe 2 0
-C -(A, -Y

3 esho

C Let's count! How many can you see? Answer the questions.

How many cats are there in the picture? ....J .... .
How many balls are there?
How many shoes are there? ............

� a Listen and write a name or a number. ..........Iqrri...........
.............?.............
Examples
................ School
What is the boy's name?
H43251owWWWHHooohhhlwwdaaictthimmsiisschaalttenanhh?syyeestbnnoisoaayoTsmmokhsmeeahoosianffTs?TToToomommmg''ssogcstoca?htt??ool?

E Listen and draw lines between the letters and numbers.

F Colour and draw.

Colour B brown. Colour G green.
And draw a big yellow sun in the picture!

G � Play number games!

What's your name?

Look at the letters. Write the names.

2 Sma

9

5 Blil 6 anAn 7 8

B Write the names under boy, girl or boy and girl.

)� Alex Sue Ma�

Alice Jill May Pat Grace

.........t?.�......... .......................

My favourite English names are:
and

DC Listen and write the names.
1 ........TC?�. . . . . . . . . 3 Mr .......................
5
24
6 Mrs ...................... .

Answer the questions. Write your names in the circle.
1 What's your name?
2 What's your friend's name?
3 What's your grandmother's name?
4 What's a good name for a cat or a dog?

DE Listen and write the names
and numbers.

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· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St.r-ee.t

F It's your friend's birthday!

Write your friend's name and address.

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G Find a name from A, B or C in these sentences.
1 Listen<fw/ story! 4 Grandma, you're great!
2 The cat is sleeping on the mat today. 5 Be nice to your teacher!
3 She wants an orange and an apple. 6 Stop at the end of the street.

· Red, blu8nd yellow

Read and colour. 1
1 blue + red = ............................
2 white + black = ........................ 5
3 blue + yellow = .......................
4 yellow + red = .........................
5 red + white = ...........................

B You and colours. Answer the questions.

What colour are your eyes? DD
What colour is your T-shirt? D
What colour is your bedroom?

What colour is your hair?
What is your favourite colour?

C Look at the pictures. Circle the correct word.

1 This is a boat/ goat.

2 This is a cat/ mat.

3 This is a kite/ tree.
4 This is a boy I woman.

DD Listen and colour the birds.

E Great colours for a car, shoes, sports shoes, ice cream or bike!

What's a good colour for a�? What colour� do you like?

What colour are your favourite � ? What's a great colour for a�?

ftWhat colour is your favourite ?

s Answering questions

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A Complete the crossword. Find the answers in the box.

How are ,____ We love cross
you? English. letter
question
abcdef l number
ghUkI s entence
mnopqr 7
stuvwx a, l p h a, b e t

yz tick

words

l__[Z]

B Read, draw and write. 4 Write a number.

1 Draw a line. 5 Put a cross in the box.

2 Tick the box. D

D 6 Write one word.

3 Write yes.

7 What's your favourite English word?
8 Write a sentence with five words.
9 Write a question with four words.

(8 Look and read. Write yes or no.J Kim Hugo

Pat Ben �
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Eva Mark Sam

Examples .........M.��.........

One of the boys is sleeping. . . . . . . . . . .Y.\.O. . . . . . . . . . .
The girl in the tree has black hair.

Questions

1 You can see six apples.
2 The dog is brown and white.
3 The children are in the house.
4 The boy's ball is purple.
5 The frog is on a book.

(� a Listen and draw lines.J

E � Mime the sentence.

Write the animals, then draw lines from a or an. arm
body
an ear
eye
face
foot
hand
head
leg
mouth
nose
tail

B Look and read. Put a tick (V) or a cross (K) in the box. DThese are arms.

1 __ 6

D2 This is a head.

D3 This is a tail.

D4 This is a leg. DThese are feet.

D5 This is a mouth.

10 This is an

� Read this. Choose a word from the box� ·
Write the correct word next to numbers 1-5.

You can see giraffes at the .........?P9.......... Giraffes
are very big <1> •••.•.•.•...........•..• Giraffes have got four
long <2>....................... and their tails are very long
too. Giraffes see with their big brown (3) ....................... .
They like eating <4>....................... , but they don't eat meat.
They drink <5>........................ Their bodies are yellow,
orange and brown. Giraffes are fantastic animals. Do
you like giraffes?

Example

zoo water animals

fruit shoe eyes nose

D Write one word on the lines.

This is a ....................... and it's a very ....................... animal.
It runs with its ....................... legs and it has
a very long ....................... .
It likes eating ....................... but it doesn't eat meat.
It drinks ....................... and it loves swimming in it too!
Horses are really cool! Can you ride one?

E � Play two games!

Make the animals!

Have you got the II ard'a tall?

Look, listen, smile, draw

� Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.

Example .&. Gt, .r.. ---- -CITn )
�
1
2 @---- a 4 DJ)---- f
5
---�® -----®

B What's not there? Write the parts of the face.

1 his ...-��.... 2 her .............. 3 his .............. 4 his .............. 5 her ..............

Choose and write the correct word.
1 I ....................... with my mouth.
2 I ....................... and ....................... with my eyes.
3 I ....................... to music with my ears.
4 I ....................... at my friends with my hand.
5 wI citahnm...y..f.e..e..t..a..n..d...l.e.g..sa. ball with my feet and I can .......................

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smile kick wave see

Usten look run

D Look at Sam's robot. Choose and write words

on the lines.

( COFfl(:>Ute1 clock keyboard kites socks J

1 The .....�r:r:'P.�W-..... is the robot's face.
2 The ....................... is the robot's mouth.
3 The ....................... is the robot's body.
4 The ....................... are the robot's arms.
5 The ....................... are the robot's legs.

Now draw the robot's eyes, ears and nose.

E Look at the picture. Find words to complete the sentences.

s.mibiRg frog tail hand boxes ball waving The family are

......���9 ....... But they

aren't sitting on chairs! The
boy's <n ....................... from
the tree! Can you see the
0> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . under his
sister? The old man and

woman are sitting on two
m The

baby's got a flower in her

(4> and she and

her mum are sitting on a big
<s> The cat's

on the shoe! Can you see its

brown ?(G> •••••••••••••••••••••••

F � Play the game! Draw the monkey.

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