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INTERCHANGE COMMUNICATIVE
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Book-1
Book 5
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Prof. Chandreshwar Mishra, PhD
Authors
Rebat Kumar Dhakal
Sujan Acharya
Gopal Bhattarai
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Preface
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Interchange Communicative English is an activity based English language
coursebook series that covers grades 1 through 8. This series has been
designed to ensure young learners’ success in learning English in the EFL
context.
Planned with young learners in mind, Interchange Communicative English of
graded readers provides engaging real world content that our learners will
want to study. The series meets all the practical language needs of young
learners, offering opportunities to practice all language skills. Moreover,
learners can boost their confidence using the activities for comprehensive
self-study of practical English, which in turn, support personalised learning
and give them an enriched learning experience. Moreover, lively lessons
relevant to learners’ lives and learning needs with engaging topics, tasks
and activities make learning enjoyable and rewarding. We hope all
teachers will enjoy reading these books as much as we did. We know the
students will!
In order to materialize our concepts, we took significant help from our
colleagues, students and different authors. We have tried to acknowledge
each of them at the same point where their contributions are helpful in
edifying the learning units. Similarly, texts from other sources have been
attributed to the original authors and publishers whenever possible and
are believed to fall within fair use provisions.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Chandreshwar Mishra for painstakingly
going through the entire series and making very valuable suggestions
for its improvement. Many thanks are due to both Guinness and Wonjala
Desktop teams who have shaped the books the way they are. We are also
indebted to the teachers who piloted the manuscript, and whose comments
and feedback were invaluable in finetuning the exercises according to the
learners’ levels. We would like to solicit further suggestions and feedback
from the teachers, students and other stakeholders using these coursebooks.
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Unit 1 My Silly Sister 1
Unit 2 We Are Unique 16
Unit 3 The Lion and the Sheep 36
CONTENTS
Unit 4 First Day At School 51
Unit 5 I’m Late for School 65
Unit 6 I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato 76
Unit 7 Passive Smoking 90
Unit 8 A New Flower 102
Unit 9 Goodbye Madiba 118
Unit 10 A Different Kind of School 134
Unit 11 Sleeping Beauty 148
Unit 12 Not Alone 161
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BEFORE WE BEGIN
Know Your Classmates Better!
Move around the class and find your friends with these descriptions. Get
those friends who fit the descriptions to sign on your sheet.
Find someone Find someone Find someone Find someone
who has the whose birthday who has the who has the
same eye colour is in the same same favourite same favourite
as yours. month as yours. colour as yours. food as yours.
(sign)
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
Name
Find someone Find someone Find someone Find someone
who has the who has the who has the whose birthday
same favourite same favourite same favourite is approaching
subject as yours. book as yours. festival as yours. first amongst
the classmates.
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
Find someone Find someone Find someone Find someone
who is a good who likes who has two who plays
dancer. swimming. sisters or a musical
brothers. instrument well.
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
A Class Survey
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Find out about your friends.
Add four questions to this list and ask these questions to one of your secret
friends.
1. What are your hobbies?
2. Have you got a pet? What is it?
3. Does anyone in your family sing and dance?
4. Are you interested in any sports?
5. Did you ever get the lowest grades in English?
6. Do you use the mobile/Facebook much?
7. What is one thing you like most about your school?
8. What is one thing that you do not like about your school?
9. Have you ever been to ……….……. ?
10. _______________________________________________________
11. _______________________________________________________
12. _______________________________________________________
Once you complete the interview and make necessary notes, tell the class
about your friend. Ask your friends to guess who your secret friend is.
Note to the teacher
You may ask your students to do this activity as a leisure period activity or
homework so that the secrecy can be maintained.
UNIT 1 My Silly Sister
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In this unit, you will:
Read and enjoy a poem Unit Highlights
Listen and answer the questions Reading a poem
Write a poem Vowel sound /a/
Create a classroom poster Consonant sound /j/
Make and use adjectives Basic everyday English
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Let’s Begin
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A. Look at the picture and answer these questions.
1) What can you see in the picture?
2) Are they all children?
3) What are they doing?
B. Do you have a brother or sister?
If yes,
1) What do you like about him or her?
2) Is there anything typical of him or her that makes you laugh?
Let’s Read
Before you read the poem, guess the answers to these questions.
1) Who do you think is the speaker in the poem?
2) How old might the sister be?
3) Is the sister older or younger than the speaker?
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Now, read the poem and see if your guesses were right.
Even tries to put them into her mouth.ONLY
MY SILLY SISTER
Mother, your baby is silly!
She is so absolutely childish!
She does not know the difference between
The lights in the streets and the bright stars.
When we play with pebbles,
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She thinks they are real food, and
When I open a book before her,
And ask her to learn her a b c,
She tears the leaves with her hands
And roars with joy at nothing;
This is your baby’s way of doing her lessons!
When I shake my head at her in anger and scold her,
Or call her naughty,
She laughs and thinks it great fun.
Everybody knows that father is away,
But if in play I call aloud “Father!”
She looks about her in excitement
And thinks that father is near.
When I hold a class with the donkeys that
Our washerman brings to carry away the dirty clothes.
I warn her that I am the schoolmaster
She will scream for no reason
And call me “dada”.
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Your baby wants to catch the moon.
She is really funny.
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Mother, your baby is silly.
She is so absolutely childish!
Meet the poet
Born: May 7, 1861, Calcutta, India
Died: August 7, 1941, Calcutta
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet,
novelist and educator. Author of Gitanjali, he
became the first non-European to win the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He was the
one who wrote the national anthems of India
and Bangladesh. He was highly influential
in introducing the best of Indian culture to
the West and vice versa, and he is generally
regarded as the outstanding creative artist of Rabindranath Tagore
modern India.
Word Trove
silly /ˈsɪli/ : foolish, ridiculous
absolutely /ˈæbsəluːtli/ : very much, totally
leaves /liːvz/ : pages
in play /ɪn pleɪ/ : playfully
childish /ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ/ : relating to a child
pebbles /ˈpeblz/ : a small, smooth and round stone
excitement /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/ : state of being excited
dada /ˈdɑːdɑː/ : elder brother
washerman /ˈwɒʃəmən/ : a person who washes clothes
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Way With Words
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A. Solve the crossword puzzle with the words that mean the
given clues.
Across Down
1. move part of your body 2. a feeling of great
5. mischievous; disobedient enthusiasm and
6. a way in which people or eagerness
things are dissimilar 3. someone who washes
7. small stones clothes
9. causing laughter 4. acting like a child
10. foolish 8. pages of a book
1 2
3
4
5
6
7 8
9
10
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B. Find words from the poem that are opposite in meaning to
the given words.
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a. fake b. sorrow c. far d. cries e. smart
C. Find the given words in the word search box. Also tell what
picture you can see in the word search puzzle. The words
run all the directions.
I J W T Z
K F B D X Y S L
M S V Z X K A L
T Y N N U F N U D
X U N N K K N R U O
L G C W F W P D W O N H F U
O I A N S T E E R T S D S B U B K F A Y
M O O N Y T R I D J P S T F M N U E T D Z
O M Y H S I D L I H C O I T L E V J H Y K Q
S Q S D T N E M E T I C X E H N D G D O S P
P X S L R U Z P P Z A T D Y M G U S Q D G S
U B E U V Q P D P E B B L E S A I G J Y R B
F Y D O O C L L V F W I V N T F L U B F
G E Z O T B K V
M P U B
LIGHTS STREETS PEBBLES NAUGHTY
EXCITEMENT DIRTY MOON FUNNY
CHILDISH DONKEYS
Checking Understanding
A. Write True or False.
1) The speaker’s sister knows well what stars or street lights are.
2) She thinks pebbles her food.
3) The speaker asks the sister to read.
4) The sister enjoys herself at no reasons.
5) Father brings a donkey.
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B. Answer the following questions.
1) Why is the baby not able to understand the poet’s games?
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2) Who thinks pebbles are real food and why?
3) What does the baby do with the book?
4) When does the baby laugh?
5) Why does the washerman bring donkeys?
6) Whom does the baby call ‘dada’?
7) What is the funniest thing the baby does?
8) Do you think the baby sister is really silly? Why or why not?
Going the Extra Mile
A. If you were the speaker of the poem, how would you react
to the baby?
B. Do you have a younger brother or sister (including a cousin)?
Describe an incident when you thought he or she was being
‘silly’.
Let’s Spell
A. Fill in the blanks to spell words from the poem.
1) s i ___ ___ y 5) p e ___ ___ l ___ s
2) s t r ___ e t s 6) s ___ o l d
3) l e ___ ___ o n s 7) n ___ u ___ h t y
4) e x c ___ t ___ m ___ n t 8) d ___ ___ k ___ y
B. There are 8 misspelt words. Can you find and correct
them?
The chlirden are plyaing in the feild. They are hpapy. The oybs are
playing ‘catch-me-if-you-can’ and the rilgs are playing ‘know-my-
secret’. The ellb has just rung. It is time for the sslac.
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d Let's Learn the Sounds
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A. Practise saying these words after your teacher.
silly childish streets bright difference roars
pebbles tear catch excitement funny donkeys
B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the beginning sound /j/.
/j/ yes yet yellow you young yard
yam university union year yak yolk
C. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the beginning sound /a/.
/a:/ army car party garden park father
calm palm drama last class half
Let’s Listen
Listen to the tape or your teacher. Based on your listening,
choose the best answer for the following.
1. A Blue Whale can grow as long as ________ feet long.
a. 80 b. 100
c. 110
2. A blue whale eats ________ .
a. small creatures called krill
b. sharks c. big fish
3. Which is NOT true?
a. A blue whale is larger than the largest dinosaurs.
b. The blue whale is smaller than some elephants.
c. A blue whale can eat over 8,000 pounds of krill in a day.
4. What happens to the salt water that the blue whale gulps?
a. It swallows the water.
b. It turns it to fresh water.
c. It filters the water out.
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5. The Blue Whale is ______________.
a. larger than any animal that has ever lived on Earth
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b. large, but smaller than a school bus
c. large, but smaller than some dinosaurs
Let’s Speak
A. Have you ever felt yourself to be silly? Share your experience
or incident in the class.
B. Describe any one of your family members who you think is
silly or smart. Give reasons why you think that he or she is
silly or smart.
C. Practise this conversation with a friend.
A : What did you get for lunch today?
B : I have brought fried rice. What about you?
A : I have sandwiches. Could you please tell me what class we have after
lunch?
B : Sure. We have the science class.
A : Did the teacher give us any homework?
B : Yes, she did. She asked us to list ten vertebrate and invertebrate
animals each.
A : Oh, yes it was. I am sorry I forgot it.
B : Let’s have our lunch quickly and I will help you.
A : That’s very nice of you.
Everyday English
A. Look at these basic everyday English expressions.
A : What’s your name?
B : My name is …….............................................................................…….
A : Where do you live?
B : I live in/at ……................................................................................…….
A : It’s nice to meet you.
B : It’s nice to meet you too.
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B. But when you are in the real conversation, you also ask
them back, don’t you? The above conversation would look
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like the following.
A : What’s your name?
B : My name is ……................................................……. What’s yours?
A : Mine is …….............................................................................…….
B : Where do you live?
A : I live in/at …….........................................................……. , and you?
B : I live in/at ……...........................................................................…….
A : It’s nice to meet you.
B : It’s nice to meet you too.
Now, practise asking and answering similar questions with your friend.
Let’s Write
Write a short poem on your brother or sister or any pet animal
you have. Highlight their silly acts.
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Let’s Connect
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A. There is an old saying ‘as wise as an owl’. People are always
saying that, but the truth is, owls are not always wise. Do
you agree?
Now, read the poem ‘Silly owl’.
Silly Owl
Silly owl don’t sleep all day
You’re missing all the fun.
Silly girl don’t sleep all night
The mice are on the run.
Silly owl why wait ‘til night
just to catch a mouse?
I have plenty, more than twenty
right there in my house...!!!
(Source: http://stylebizz.com/poems-for-kids)
B. People also believe that dogs are faithful animals. But some
people find them not so. Can you write a poem on ‘… dog’?
Let’s Create
Work in groups. Create a classroom poster or simply a drawing showing
what the kids do when there is no teacher in the classroom.
NOUN VERB Time for Grammar
Fill in the blanks with appropriate adjectives.
1. Add ‘-ful’ to make a word.
a. The children are _____________. (play)
b. The flowers are ______________. (beauty)
c. The books are _______________ . (use)
d. The vegetables are ___________ . (plenty)
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2. Add ‘-ly’ to make a word.
a. The new shoes are ___________ . (love)
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b. He is __________________ smart. (real)
c. We should eat _______________ . (slow)
d. Let us sing __________________ . (soft)
3. Add ‘-ish’ to make a new word.
a. That girl is always crying. She is ____________ . (child)
b. I slipped on a banana peel. I feel ___________ . (fool)
c. My sister is ____________________________ . (baby)
Picture Talk
There are at least six differences in the following pictures. How
many can you find?
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Let's Have Fun
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Read the story for pleasure.
The Worst Thing About My Sister
– Jacqueline Wilson
The worst thing about my sister is she’s
such a girl. Well, I’m a girl too, but I’m
not a dinky-pinky, silly-frilly girlie girl.
Think cupcakes and cuddly teddies
and charm bracelets – that’s Melissa.
She leaves a little pink trail around the
house – sparkly slides and ribbons and
notebooks.
You breathe in her revolting scent long
after she’s gone off to hang out at her
friends’ houses. She’s not allowed to
wear real perfume yet, but she’s got
this rose hand cream that smells really
strongly. She doesn’t just rub it on her
hands, she smoothes it in all over, so
she’s always slightly slippery.
Her lips shine too, because she’s forever smearing on lip gloss. She’s not
really supposed to wear make-up yet either, only for play, but she’s got a
big plastic bag patterned with pink kittens, and it’s crammed full of eye
shadows and mascara and blusher. It used to be just Mum’s old stuff, but
now Melissa spends half her pocket money in Superdrug.
When Melissa was in the loo, I crept into her ultra-pink and fluffy bedroom
to borrow a pen as mine had all run out. I couldn’t find her school bag – it
must have been downstairs by the computer – so in desperation I looked
in her plastic make-up bag. I found a brand-new eye pencil with a perfect
point and its own cool little sharpener.
I went back to my Marty Den, sat on my top bunk, and started drawing an
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amazing new adventure of Mighty Mart. I didn’t mean to use a lot of the
pencil. I was just going to do a quick sketch. But then I had this great idea
of giving Mighty Mart giant springs in her feet, so she could jump – b-o-i-
n-g – over rooftops and lampposts and trees. Drawing all these astonishing
feats took up three full pages in my sketchbook – and most of Melissa’s
eye pencil.
Then Melissa poked her nose into my Marty Den, rabbiting on about some
missing hairbrush. (I’d experimented gluing it onto the back of a little
mangled teddy, turning him into a pretty cool porcupine called Percy.) She
failed to spot him snuffling for ants under my bunk beds, but she did see
the stub of her eye pencil in my hot little hand.
‘You horrible thieving pig!’ she gasped. ‘That pencil was brand-new – and
there’s hardly any left now.’
‘Well, it’s not very good value then, is it?’ I said, a little unwisely. Maybe I
should have said sorry – but she did call me a pig. Not that I actually dislike
pigs. I think they’re very cute, and I love scratching their backs with a stick
when we go to the children’s zoo.
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Anyway, do you know what Melissa did? She ripped all three pages out
of my book and tore them to shreds. I couldn’t believe she could be so
hateful. I mean, she could always buy another silly pencil. I might even
have paid half out of my pocket money. But I’d spent two whole hours
drawing Mighty Mart, and now she was just confetti on the carpet. So
I thumped Melissa in the chest. And she slapped my face. And then we
were rolling around on the floor, shoving and screaming. I’m a much better
fighter than Melissa, but she scratches with her pointy fingernails. I’m fast
and furious and I know how to punch properly, but Melissa is a lot bigger
than me.
Perhaps that’s the worst thing about my sister. She’s two and a half years
older, and no matter how hard I try, I can never catch up.
I’d have still beaten her, I’m sure of it. If we’d been left to our own devices,
Melissa would have ended up as pink pulp, but Mum came running out of
her bedroom and barged into my Marty Den to stop us.
‘What are you doing? Stop it at once, Martina and Melissa! You know you
are absolutely strictly forbidden to fight. You’re not little guttersnipes,
you’re girls.’
She pulled us apart and stood us on our feet.
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UNIT 2 We Are Unique
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In this unit, you will:
Read how people are unique
Listen to a song and fill the gaps Unit Highlights
Deliver a speech about uniqueness Being unique
Reply your teacher’s letter Vowel sound /ʊ/
Read and enjoy a poem Consonant sound /k/
Use there is or there are Asking for clarification
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Let’s Begin
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A. Observe this picture carefully and find out what is unique.
Also discuss what makes it unique.
B. Here are some statements about the qualities of a good friend.
If you agree, tick () YES; if you disagree, tick () NO.
YES NO
a. A good friend is caring.
b. A good friend enjoys working alone.
c. A good friend likes to talk to people and is a great
listener.
d. A good friend treats others with dignity and respect.
e. A good friend follows through on promises he or she
makes.
f. A good friend feels comfortable asking others for
advice.
g. A good friend praises friends for a task well done.
h. A good friend talks more about himself or herself.
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Let’s Read
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A Good Friend
- Noel White
Yasin’s family moved from Iraq to England when he was just a young boy.
Yasin did not want to leave his home in Samarra but his father said that it
was best for the family because it was not safe to live there anymore and
he wanted his son to grow up in a country that was accepting of all people.
Yasin’s father told his son that England was a multicultural country where
people lived and worked together regardless of race or religious beliefs.
Although Yasin was not happy about leaving Iraq, he soon settled into his
new life in a big city called London. London was very exciting with its tall
buildings and museums, and Yasin especially liked the London Planetarium
and the big River Thames with all of its old bridges. Yasin even made
friends with a boy who lived next door called Andrew. All summer long
Andrew and Yasin played in the park or went to the zoo with Andrew’s
mum. Andrew shared his toys and his comics with Yasin and told him all
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about his favourite superheroes. They even built a camp in Yasin’s back
garden where they would hide from the grownups. The summer was a fun
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time and young Yasin soon felt quite at home in London even though it was
a very big city and not nearly as sunny and hot as it was in Samarra. His
English got better and better, especially with help from Andrew, although
there were a lot of words that Yasin did not understand and he often felt
silly because he could not speak as well as he would like.
When September finally came around and the leaves began to fall from
the trees, Yasin’s father explained that it was time for his son to go to
school. Yasin was seven years old so he would be going to grade three of
the local primary school – the same year as his friend Andrew!
Although Yasin was very nervous about going to school, his father and
mother assured him that it would be a fun place where he would meet lots
of new friends and learn lots of interesting new things. ‘English schools are
supposed to be very good,’ said Yasin’s mother.
‘And you will learn some very
interesting things and your English
will get better soon,’ assured his
father.
Yasin was still not convinced, but
when Andrew knocked at the
door that morning with a big smile
on his face saying how fun it was
going to be at school, Yasin felt
much better because he trusted
his friend.
The two boys chatted all the way to the school gates: Andrew told Yasin
about the playground and who was the best teacher and what boys
were the most fun and what girls were pretty and how they often served
custard for pudding at lunchtimes. Yasin did not know what custard was,
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but Andrew looked very excited about it so Yasin thought it must taste
very good.
But when the boys got to their class, things did not go how Yasin imagined
they would. The teacher told Andrew to take a seat at the front of the class
as she introduced Yasin to the rest of the children. He did not like standing
up in front of the class and one boy shouted out that he was a smelly
foreigner. The boys and girls all laughed, and then another boy made fun
of Yasin’s accent when he was asked to say his name and where he came
from. ‘I can’t understand him, miss. He can’t even speak English,’ said the
nasty boy.
Finally, Yasin was allowed to take a seat at the back of the class, but
he wished that he was next to Andrew as he felt very alone. The girl
sitting beside him kept looking at him in a strange way that made Yasin
uncomfortable, and during the lesson she put her hand up and asked the
teacher if she could move places. Yasin did not understand what he had
done to offend the girl.
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When the bell went, it was time to go out into the playground. All of the
children closed their books and headed out of the door into the bright
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autumn sunshine. The teacher kept Yasin back for a moment and gave him
a badge with his name on which she pinned to his jumper. ‘There you go,’
she said with a smile. ‘Now all of the children will be able to learn your
name.’
Yasin thought that the badge looked silly, and when he went out into the
playground all of the children began pointing and laughing. ‘You’ve got a
girl’s name,’ said a small boy with curly blond hair.
Yasin wanted to explain that it was not a girl’s name but he was too nervous
because all of the children were pointing at him and laughing. When Yasin
got nervous, his English was not very good and the words always got stuck
in his throat. He was very sad and wanted to run out of the playground
back to his mother and father and never return to school again. But just
as he was about to run, he heard a familiar voice. ‘Hi Yasin.’ And when he
looked up there was Andrew standing right beside him.
Andrew looked at the children gathered around and shook his head.
‘What’s wrong with you lot?’ he asked. ‘I told my friend Yasin that school
was fun. Why are you ruining it for him?’
‘He’s different,’ said a very tall girl who was standing at the front of the
crowd of children.
‘So are you,’ said Andrew. ‘You are the tallest girl in the whole school and
you don’t like it when people make fun of you, do you?’
Then Andrew looked at the boy with the curly hair. ‘And you don’t like it
when people say that you have girl’s hair,’ he said to the boy. ‘We are all
different and that is what makes us interesting. What would life be like if
we were all the same as one another?’
There was silence among the children. Then Yasin lifted his head high.
‘Boring,’ he said with a smile.
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‘That’s right!’ exclaimed Andrew, returning his friend’s smile. ‘Flippin’
boring!’
And with that all of the children began to laugh. ‘Flippin’ boring,’ they
chanted at one another.
Andrew went on to explain how he had spent the summer with Yasin,
how they had built a camp together and played in the park, and how Yasin
preferred Batman to Superman, and how he really was different because
he didn’t even like hotdogs!
The children all laughed some more and soon everybody was talking about
all the things that made them different from one another. Peter Jenkins
even lifted up his jumper and showed everybody a big purple birthmark on
the front of his belly. ‘Now that’s what I call different,’ he said triumphantly.
‘I bet none of you have a big birthmark like mine!’
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When break time was over, Andrew put his hand up in class and suggested
to the teacher that they should spend the lesson talking about how great it
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was that everybody was so different from everybody else and how people
came to England from all over the world to begin a new life like his friend
Yasin. The teacher agreed that it was important to be an individual, and
she also said how wonderful it was that the whole of Britain was such a
multicultural island. Yasin wrote these two words down in his book and
promised himself that he would learn them both and remember them
always. He also wrote the word friend in his book. He already knew what
friend meant, but he just wanted to write it down because he felt so lucky
to have a good friend like Andrew who stood up for people and did not
judge them just because they were different.
Word Trove
multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəl/ : relating to people of many different
nationalities and cultures
settled /ˈsetld/ : stayed
planetarium /ˌplænɪˈteəriəm/ : a building where lights are shone on the
ceiling to represent the planets and the stars and to show how they
appear to move
grown-ups /ɡrəʊn ʌps/ : adults
custard /ˈkʌstəd/ : a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs or from
milk and some powder
offend /əˈfend/ (v) : cause to feel upset, annoyed
badge /bædʒ/ : a small piece of metal, plastic, or cloth bearing a design or
words, typically worn to identify a person
blond /blɒnd/ : fair or pale yellow (hair)
ruining /ˈruːɪnɪŋ/ : damaging
flippin’ /ˈflɪpɪn/ : flipping ; used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance
hotdog /hɒtdɒɡ/ : a cooked sausage, traditionally steamed and served in
a sliced bun as a sandwich
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Way With Words
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
A. Find the given words in the wordsearch puzzle.
O B D N A L G N E L H N I S Z
J Q D S T P O Q G C H E C D L
G H F J U T S H A R X D K N V
F O I A R P L S X R Y R O E I
N T N E R E F F I D I A Z I I
R D R K J L E J Y G U G K R T
U O T U F K N A Z W H S P F C
P G V Q G Y L I M A F C H D S
W S U N Y B I R T H M A R K I
F U U E G D A B I J M W L H T
L O N D O N B N B Q P Z A H P
Y O L U N I Q U E E V W J O A
BADGE GARDEN
BIRTHMARK HOTDOGS
DIFFERENT IRAQ
ENGLAND LONDON
FAMILY UNIQUE
FRIENDS YOUNG
B. Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column
B.
A B
individual mark on someone’s skin since birth
appear relating to one person or thing
strange fair hair
triumphantly connected with beliefs
religious victoriously
birthmark seem
blond very bad and unpleasant
nasty unusual or surprising
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Checking Understanding
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A. Write True or False.
1) Yasin’s family left for England when he was an adult.
2) Yasin was very happy to go to England.
3) Andrew was Yasin’s cousin.
4) Yasin was very poor at English
5) He joined school in London at the age of eight.
6) Yashin was teased by his classmates.
7) Andrew explained to his friends how he played with Yasin before
joining the school.
8) Everyone has unique characteristics.
B. Answer these questions.
1) Why did Yasin’s family leave Iraq?
2) What did Yasin like in England?
3) Why was summer fun for Yasin in England?
4) How did Yasin’s parents convince him that school would be a fun
place?
5) Why did the girl who was sitting next to Yashin want to move places?
6) Why did the teacher give Yasin a badge?
7) Why did Yasin want to run away from school?
8) How did Andrew help him finally?
Going the Extra Mile
A. What would you do if you were Yasin at school?
B. You may have some friends with extra qualities or
characteristics that you may not have. How do you behave
with them?
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Let’s Spell
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
A. Complete the letters and produce the proper nouns used in
the text above.
E __ g __ __ nd S __ m __ r __ a L __ n __ o __
P __ __ net __ __ ium A __ d __ __ w Y __ s __ n
S __ PT __ __ B_R S __ p __ r m __ n B __ tm __ n
B. Find the correctly spelled word in each set of words.
a. diferrence difference defference ____________
b. individual endividual indevidual ____________
c. liesure leasure leisure ____________
d. imagination imegination imaginetion ____________
e. uncamfortable uncomfortable oncomfortable ____________
f. interesting intresting intersting ____________
g. foreiner foreginer foreigner ____________
h. lession lesson leson ____________
d Let's Learn the Sounds
Dd
A. Practise saying these words after your teacher.
accepting religious museums superheroes
Planetarium jumper lunchtimes interesting
excited introduced strange uncomfortable
B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the middle sound /k/.
/k/ breakfast chicken soccer vacation
weekend uncle napkin checkers
jacket pocket raincoat helicopter
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C. Say these words out loud to practise the sound /ʊ/.
/ʊ/ push full bull wool
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bush book cookie foot
good look could sugar
Let’s Listen
Listen to the song ‘School is Great!’ by Debbie Doo and complete
the lyrics.
You’re getting __________ every day
The time will come you’ll be on your __________
To a __________ where you will learn and __________
How exciting!
In a __________ you will be
New __________ you will see
With a __________ always by your side
Oh, don’t be so __________ ...
Cos I’ll tell you why
School is great, school is fun
You get to read, write, play and run!
You’ll make new __________
And hear some __________ too…
So much to do!
School is great, school is fun
You get to read, write, play and some!
You’ll make new __________
And tell some __________ too
The day begins there’s __________ to do
But you play when it’s all through
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You’ll make some things
To show the ones you love
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And there’s __________ time for __________
A healthy snack – apples, grapes a bunch!
Sitting with your friends playing __________
Oh, don’t be so shy…
Cos I’ll tell you why…
Let’s Speak
A. Discuss in group how your group members are unique. Also
discuss what makes each of you special.
B. Prepare a short speech (2 minutes) on what makes you
unique and special (remember, we are all different in many
ways) and deliver in the class.
Everyday English
A. Read the following conversation.
T : Ok class, this is how things work here. Are you following me?
S : Excuse me, sir but I didn’t quite catch the point.
T : What do you say if someone says something you don’t understand?
S : I’m sorry. Can you say that again?
T : Good. Now what do you say if you still don’t understand them?
S : I beg your pardon.
B. Here are some common expressions used while asking for
clarification. Read and learn.
Can you repeat please?
I beg your pardon?
Pardon?
Pardon me?
Excuse me?
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Please say that again!
I’m sorry. Could you repeat that please?
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I’m sorry I didn’t hear you. Could you please say that again slowly?
Did you say X or Y?
I’m sorry, I don’t understand what ______ means.
Let’s Write
Read the following letter by a teacher to her student.
Dear ______,
You’re a very special person and I want you to know how I loved to be your
teacher. How fast the year did go!
Please come back to visit me.
As through the grades you grow, try hard to learn all you can. There is so
much to know!
The one thing I tried to teach you to last your whole life through, is to
know that you are special just because you are you!
Thank you for being a perfect student who made my teaching career …..
Love,
Your English teacher
How would you reply to the teacher if this letter was written to you?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
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Let’s Connect
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
Read and enjoy the poem. It is
about the different colour s getting
along and liking each other.
A Box of Crayons
While walking in a toy store
The day before today,
I overheard a Crayon Box
With many things to say.
“I don’t like red!” said Yellow.
And Green said, “Nor do I!
And no one here likes Orange,
But no one knows quite why.”
“We are a box of crayons
That really doesn’t get along,”
Said Blue to all the others.
“Something here is wrong!”
Well, I bought that box of crayons
And took it home with me
And laid out all the crayons
So the crayons could all see
They watched me as I colour ed
With Red and Blue and Green
And Black and White and Orange
And every colour in between
They watched as Green became the grass
And Blue became the sky.
The Yellow sun was shining bright
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On White clouds drifting by.
Colour s changing as they touched,
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Becoming something new.
They watched me as I colour ed.
They watched till I was through.
And when I’d finally finished,
I began to walk away.
And as I did the Crayon box
Had something more to say........
“I do like Red!” said the Yellow
And Green said, “So do I!”
And Blue you are terrific!
So high up in the sky.
“We are a Box of Crayons
Each of us unique,
But when we get together
The picture is complete”
Meet the Poet
Mr. Shane DeRolf is the Founder of Big Green
Company, Inc. and serves as its Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Creative Officer. He has
more than 25 years of international brand
building, children’s publishing, and television
production. He wrote the popular children’s
book, “The Crayon Box That Talked” and
created and produced “The Crayon Box,” an
original children’s television series in national
syndication. He is a recipient of the Partners
in Public Service Award of Excellence from
the National Broadcast Association. Shane DeRolf
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A. Complete the given crossword puzzle with the help of the
clues provided.
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
Across Down
2. The colour of the shining 1. It is blue
sun 3. Heard without the knowledge of
5. Blue as described in the the speaker
end 4. Pencils or sticks of coloured chalk
7. Day before today or wax, used for drawing
8. Different and special 6. These are white
10. Incorrect 9. The colour of grass
1
2 3
4 5 6
7 8
9
10
B. Answer these questions.
1) Why do the crayons not like each other in the beginning?
2) Why did the Blue say that there was something wrong?
3) Why did the poet lay out all the crayons?
4) When will the picture be complete?
5) What can we learn from a box of crayons?
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Let’s Create
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
A. What do you think of when you hear the word ‘different’?
On chart paper, make a word web of ways people or things
might feel or seem different from each other.
B. Look at the following picture. Create a poster about your
class and write a similar slogan.
NOUN VERB Time for Grammar
Look at the map. Write sentences using the following:
There is…
There are …
There isn’t any…
There aren’t any…
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Post Office
Supermarket Art
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
YMCA Museum Library
Palmetto Avenue Theater Coral Way Mlami Avenue
Movie
Japanese
ZOO Restaurant Korean
Restaurant
1. There aren’t any libraries on the map.
2. There’s a zoo opposite the cinema.
3. ………………………......................................................................……….
4. ………………………......................................................................……….
5. ………………………......................................................................……….
6. ………………………......................................................................……….
7. ………………………......................................................................……….
8. ………………………......................................................................……….
9. ………………………......................................................................……….
10. ………………………......................................................................……….
Picture Talk
Discuss in groups about the following pictures. Do they have
anything to do with the title of the unit?
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Let's Have Fun
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
Decode the message hidden in this ampersand.
Read the following poem by Helen Bush for pleasure.
Walk With Me, Daddy
Walk alongside me, daddy
and hold my little hand.
I have so many things to learn
that I don’t yet understand.
Teach me things to keep me safe
from dangers every day.
Show me how to do my best
at home, at school, at play.
Every child needs a gentle hand
to guide them as they grow.
So walk alongside me, daddy -
We have a long way to go.
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UNIT 3 The Lion and the
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
Sheep
In this unit, you will:
Read animal stories
Listen and complete a text
Debate on being boastful Unit Highlights
Add the ending to a story A Farsi Story
Create a mini-anthology Vowel sound /æ/
Use personal pronouns Consonant sound /dʒ/
Enjoy riddles Introducing others
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Let’s Begin
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A. Which is mightier? Why do you think so?
………………………...............................
………………………...............................
………………………...............................
………………………...............................
………………………...............................
………………………...............................
B. Look at the following pictures and guess the answers to
these questions.
1. What might happen in the story?
2. Who can be the major characters in the story?
3. Does the lion kill the sheep?
Let’s Read
The Lion and the Sheep
A Farsi Story
By Mareia Abed
Once upon a time, there lived an arrogant lion who was always bragging
about his bravery, his strength, and his cunning. ‘There is no animal in the
jungle who is braver than I,’ boasted the lion to all who would listen. ‘I am
the biggest and the best, and I am afraid of no animal!’ he proclaimed.
But the lion was not being entirely truthful. He was very afraid of rats, and
he did not want any of the other animals to know this in case they made
fun of him.
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There was also a little sheep
who was very meek and quiet.
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
The sheep did not boast or
brag because the sheep did
not consider himself to be
brave or strong or cunning.
Because the sheep was so
quiet, the lion often picked
on him and called him names.
‘You are a frightened little
animal,’ said the lion. ‘You are
too quiet and too timid. You
should be more like me.’
The gentle sheep never answered this name calling, he simply went about
his business in his usual manner. ‘I may be quiet,’ thought the sheep, ‘but
at least I have friends and do not spend my time boasting about myself or
judging others.’
One day, when the sheep was walking through the jungle, he heard the
lion screaming at the top of his voice. ‘Help me! Help me!’
The little sheep ran in the direction of the lion’s desperate cries for help,
until he found the mighty beast clinging to the lowest branch of a tree.
‘Help me, little sheep!’ pleaded the lion.
‘What is wrong?’ asked the sheep as he looked about on the ground to see
what had frightened the lion in such a way.
‘Rats!’ exclaimed the lion, and with his tail he pointed towards the ground
where there was a family of rats searching for food at the base of the tree.
The little sheep trotted up to the rats and gently pushed them away from
the base of the tree. ‘Run along now,’ said the sheep, you are scaring the
lion. And with that, the rats all scurried off into the jungle in search of
more food.
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FOR SAMPLE ONLY
When the lion was sure that the rats had gone, he dropped to the ground
and tried his best to puff out his chest as if he had not been frightened at
all. But the little sheep was not convinced by the lion’s bravado.
‘Why is it that you are so scared of rats?’ asked the little sheep.
‘They are slithery and slimy and dirty,’ said the lion.
‘That is not true,’ protested the sheep. ‘How can you know what they are
like if you have never spoken to them?’
The lion thought about this for a while and eventually admitted that he
had never spoken to the rats at all but had always been afraid of them.
‘You are right, little sheep,’ said the lion, ‘I decided that the rats were
slithery and slimy and dirty, just as I had decided that you were timid and
frightened, but it is not true. You are brave and strong, perhaps the bravest
and strongest animal in the jungle!’
The sheep thanked the lion for his kind words but admitted that this was
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probably not true. The two of them laughed together and the sheep had
to admit that it was very funny to see the mighty lion hanging from the
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
tree looking so scared.
From that day on, the sheep and the lion became very good friends, and
the lion learned from the sheep that it was best never to judge another
animal by the way they looked.
What the Contributor Says
Mareia Abed, Aged 13
I like going to school because the lessons are interesting and I have a lot of
good friends there. I liked writing this story because I like the idea of other
children reading my story and talking about it. My story is about teaching
people not to judge a person by what they look like. It is a traditional story
from my country.
Word Trove
bragging /bræɡɪŋ/ : saying something in a boastful manner
cunning /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ : clever but dishonest
boasted /bəʊstɪd/ : talked with much pride about oneself
entirely /ɪnˈtaɪəli/ : completely
meek /miːk/ : gentle
picked on somebody /pɪkt ɒn ˈsʌmbədi/ : criticize or be unkind to the
somebody
timid /ˈtɪmɪd/ : fearful
name calling /neɪm ˈkɔːlɪŋ/ : using abusive language or bad names
screaming /skriːmɪŋ/ : crying loudly expressing extreme pain or fear
desperate /ˈdespərət/ : hopeless
clinging /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/ : holding on tightly to something
pleaded /pliːdɪd/ : requested
trotted /trɒtɪd/ : ran at a slow pace with short steps
scurried off /ˈskʌrid ɒf/ : moved hurriedly with short quick steps
puff out /pʌf aʊt/ : swell or become swollen
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bravado /brəˈvɑːdəʊ/ : courage
slithery /ˈslɪðəri/ : slippery
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slimy /ˈslaɪmi/ : unpleasant
protested /ˈprəʊtestɪd/ : express an objection to what someone has said
admitted /ədˈmɪtɪd/ : agreed
Way With Words
A. Find words from the passage which mean the following.
1) saying something in a very proud way: __________
2) finally; in the end: __________
3) holding on tightly to something: __________
4) talk big of oneself: __________
5) sad and hopeless: __________
6) powerful: __________
7) very proud: __________
8) calling bad names: __________ __________
B: Which adjectives are used to describe each of the animals?
Put these adjectives into the correct column.
slimy, meek, dirty, proud, strong, brave, slithery, cunning, gentle,
mighty, little, biggest, quiet, frightened, best, timid
Lion Sheep Rats
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C. Complete the following crossword puzzle about animals.
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
Across Down
1. What a tadpole will turn into 2. What is the tallest animal
when it gets older? in the world?
3. What animal says ‘moo’? 4. What bird sleeps during
6. What animal has humps on its the day and is awake at
back? night?
7. What animal starts with ‘r’ and 5. What animal has black and
has a horn on its nose? white stripes?
10. What insect starts with ‘a’? 8. What is the fastest
11. What is a baby cat called? mammal in the world?
12. What is the only mammal 9. What reptile is long and
capable of true flight? thin, and has no legs?
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8 9
10
11
12
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