Polka Dot Plays 3

Contents

The Perfect Son

Welcome ...................................................................................................................4
Prepare ......................................................................................................................6
The Perfect Son ......................................................................................................8
Practice 1-5 ..............................................................................................................16
Themes 1-3 ...............................................................................................................26
Games & Puzzles ..................................................................................................32
Room for reflection ...............................................................................................34
Playscript ..................................................................................................................68

Contents

Say Please!

Welcome ...................................................................................................................36
Prepare ......................................................................................................................38
Say Please! ..............................................................................................................40
Practice 1-5 ..............................................................................................................48
Themes 1-3 ...............................................................................................................58
Games & Puzzles ..................................................................................................64
Room for reflection ...............................................................................................66
Playscript ..................................................................................................................70

WTehlceomPe etorfect Son

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Your turn!
1 Find.

a duck two birds three squirrels a football

2 Describe the two men in the picture.

Use these words.

big small tall short happy fat thin funny sad angry

Robert is ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Andrew is ___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

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Prepare Words

1 Write the words.

daughter father mother son

2 Match the questions and answers.

How old He’s 8
is she? years old.

What’s his Her name
name? is Maya.

How old She’s 7.
is he?

What’s her His name
name? is Arun.

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3 Match the sentences with the photos.

C

1 3 5
Lana Luke gets Jack never
does her bad marks.
homework. comes
home late.
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2 Mary and 6
Max gets Hanna go to Katy doesn’t
school on
good tell lies.
marks. time.

AC E

BD F

4 Answer for you.

1 Do you do your homework every day?

2 Do you get good marks at school?

3 What time do you go to school?

4 What time do you come home?

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The Perfect Son

Robert I have the perfect son.
Andrew
The perfect son?
Robert Nobody’s perfect!

My son is.

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Andrew Really? Does he never
tell a lie?

Robert No, he doesn’t.
Andrew Does he never forget

to do his homework?
Robert No, he doesn’t. Never!

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The Perfect Son

Andrew Does he never use bad language?
Robert No, he doesn’t.

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Andrew Does he never get bad marks at school?
Robert No, he doesn’t.

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The Perfect Son

Andrew Does he never come home late?
Robert
Andrew No, he doesn’t.
Robert
Andrew Is it true?

Robert Is what true?

About your son. He doesn’t tell lies, he never forgets to do his
homework, he doesn’t use bad language, he doesn’t get bad
marks at school. And he doesn’t come home late. Is that all true?

It is, believe me.

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Andrew Then you’re right.
Robert Right? With what?
Andrew He’s the perfect son.
Robert I told you. He’s the perfect son.
Andrew You have the perfect son.
Robert Yeah, that’s right.
Andrew The perfect, perfect son.
Robert The perfect, perfect son!

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The Perfect Son

Andrew Fantastic! What’s his name?
Robert Whose name?
Andrew Your son’s.
Robert Oh, my son’s. Jonathan.
Andrew He’s great!
Robert Who’s great?
Andrew Your son.
Robert My son? Why’s he so great?
Andrew He doesn’t tell lies, he never forgets to do his homework,
he doesn’t use bad language, he doesn’t get bad marks
Robert at school. And he doesn’t come home late.
That’s right.

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Andrew How old is he?
Robert How old’s who?
Andrew Your son.
Robert Oh, my son. He’s eight.
Andrew He’s EIGHT?
Robert Yes – eight months!

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Practice 1 Comprehension

Listen to the play and do the tasks.

1 Answer the questions.

1 Where does the play take place? two friends
at home in the park at school

2 How many people are in the play?
One two three

3 Who are the two men?
teacher and parent father and son

4 Who has a son?
Andrew Robert

2 Tick the words you hear.

great intelligent good bad fantastic
interesting true late wrong perfect

3 Write a tick or a cross .

1 The boy never forgets to do his homework.
2 His marks at school are always bad.
3 He never tells lies.
4 He never comes home on time.

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4 Listen again and complete the sentences.

1I the perfect son.
2 he never get bad marks at school?
3 No, he
4 He .
5 He never the perfect son.
6 That
to do his homework.
right.

5 Match. How old His name’s Does he never
is he? Jonathan. forget to do his
What’s his
name? homework?

He’s eight. No, he doesn’t.
Never!

6 Answer the questions.

1 Why is Jonathan perfect?

2 How old is he?

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Practice 2 Useful language

Helen John Anne Tom

Alice Ben Adam

Famil Tre

Grace

1 Circle the correct words.

1 Grace is Ben’s mother sister

2 Adam is Grace’s father brother

3 Helen is Alice’s sister mother

4 Tom is Ben’s grandfather brother

5 Anne is Ben’s grandmother mother

6 Ben is Grace’s brother father

2 Write the plural words.

man m n baby bab

woman w m person p p

child child

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How often does
the squirrel eat nuts?

always often sometimes never

3 Write the correct word.

1 Lucy forgets to do her homework.
2 Alex gets bad marks at school.
3 My sister tells a lie!
4 Kim comes home late from school.

I give You give He / She / It gives
read read They reads
play play plays
tell tell tells

We give You give give
read read read
play play play
tell tell tell

4 Complete. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 Miss Sugar never (give) us homework.
2 My dad sometimes (tell) jokes.
3 Mum always
4 My sister Sally often (read) me a story at bedtime.
(play) computer games.

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Practice 3 Characters and action

1 Complete the story.

One / Two men sit on a bench at school / at the park. The men’s names
are Andrew and Robert.
They talk about Jonathan, Robert’s son / daughter. He / She is perfect
because he / she never tells the truth / lies. He doesn’t use bad language
and he / she never forgets to do / does his homework. He / She never
comes home early / late. His / Her marks at school are never good /
bad.
Andrew believes / doesn’t believe Robert.
Why is Jonathan perfect? Because he is a baby and is only six / eight
months old!

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2 What does your mum say about YOU?

Hello Mary! I have the perfect child.
The perfect child?
Nobody’s perfect.

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Practice 4 Sequence of events

1 Put the pictures in the correct order.

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2 Describe the pictures.
Complete the sentences.

Robert and Andrew are in _________
__________________________________________ .

The boy ________________________________ The teacher ___________________________
__________________________________________ . __________________________________________ .

___________________________________________ ___________________________________________

__________________________________________ . __________________________________________ .

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Practice 5 My story

1 Complete and colour the picture.
Add people in your family.
Add a playground and children playing.

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2 Write a story about the perfect park.

I go to the park with my on .
I play with
We .
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always
The park is perfect because

Theme 1 Polite behaviour

1 Match the pictures with the Do and Don’t sentences.

DO!
Do your homework.
Ask nicely for things.

Wait in a queue.
Help your friends.

Tidy up.
DON’T!
Arrive at school late.
Take other people's things.
Shout.
Push or hurt other people.
Make a mess.

2 Talk about the questions.

1 Which Dos and Don’ts do you follow?
2 Which rules are the most important?
3 Do you have any other Do and Don’t rules at school?
4 Do you have any other Dos and Don’t rules at home?

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3 Match the beginning and endings of the sentences.

Do Don’t

Help your ball. Ride at your friends.
Push your bike on the grass.
Lock litter in the bin. Shout litter on the ground.
Drop someone’s ball.
Put your friend. Take small children.

Share nicely.

Play your bike.

4 Make a poster about Dos and Don’ts
at the playground in the park.

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Theme 2 When is your birthday?

1 Write the days of the week.

M y
Td y
W dn
Th
F
S
Su

2 Write the months. SUMMER
J __ n __
SPRING
M __ __ c h J __ l __

A __ r __ __ A __ g __ s __

M __ y

AUTUMN WINTER
S __ p __ __ __ b __ r D __ c __ __ b __ __

O __ t __ __ __ __ J a n __ __ __ y

N __ v __ m __ __ __ F__ b r u __ r y

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3 Write the letters and match the numbers.

_n_ _w_ thr__ f__r f_v_

2 1 10 7 3 5 9 4 6 8

s _ x s _ v _ n e _i g h _t n _ n _ t _ n

4 Circle the dates. July 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
second tenth 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
eighteenth twenty-first 22nd 23rd 24rd 25th 26th 27th 28th
twenty-third thirtieth 29th 30th 31st

5 Answer the questions.

1 When is your birthday?
2 How old are you?

6 Ask and answer the questions.

1 What / sister / name?
2 What / brother / name?
3 What / friend / name?
4 How / old?
5 How / old?

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Theme 3 Project

1 Make props for the play.
Write the names.

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2 Colour your props.

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Games & Puzzles

1 Name the people.

son

brother daughter father grandfather
grandmother mother sister son

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2 Find the words in the puzzle.

A S W F G H J E R T Y U L K O
Z O Z G R A N D M O T H E R L
N M C N A R A W Z H K B D A O
U O T R E H T A F I R J O Q R
A T O T V Z E Q G E S X Z E D
J H C E A I H F H W W H H J P
U E R Z S O S T E Y C T C F G
U R F C L C A L B P O E A F L
P X H Q B F T S P R F O A P W
Y C L N D J V O B N F W S B C
C Q E N P I C W I L Q N I G Z
B O A C S N Q N O S G M S J U
H R Y Y S M G Q E B T X T L K
G O E L G C I J Q Q N C E I E
G R D A U G H T E R C C R H L
P Z W A I L P Q T C M P M K M
P L K N B E A I O U D S H N R

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Room for reflection

Write the words or names.

I can work with my friend I can act the part of

I can make this prop

I enjoy ( )

reading listening writing speaking

making a prop learning lines acting

I don’t enjoy ( )

reading listening writing speaking
acting
making a prop learning lines

I’m good at ( ) learning lines acting
making a prop

I can remember

I want to learn more about

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I CAN
Say …
always / often /
sometimes / never

Verbs with do /
does

Family members

Numbers

Dates

Birthdays

Talk about …
Good behaviour

The perfect son or
daughter

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WSealcyomPe ltoease!

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Your turn!

1 Find.

a bookshop a clothes shop
a greengrocer’s a newsagent

2 Read the descriptions. Match them with the people.

He is a shopkeeper and he She is a shop assistant and she
works in a shop. He is tall and works in a shop. She is short
has brown hair. He is polite and has brown hair. She is polite
and friendly. He is wearing and friendly. She is wearing a
a white shirt, a blue jacket uniform with a black tie.
and a yellow tie. He has a He is a customer. He is tall and
moustache. he has brown hair. He is not
She is a customer. She is smart smart. He is rude and he is not
and friendly. She is wearing a friendly. He is wearing jeans
black dress. and a blue hoodie.

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Prepare Words

1 Write the words.

customer hammer screwdriver shop assistant shopkeeper

customer

2 Match the words and pictures.

Thank
you!

I’d like
a teddy,
please.

3 Answer for you.

1 Who do you say 'please' and 'thank you' to? Write the names.
_M_y__m_o_t_h_e_r,__________________________________________________
2 I say 'please' when I ...
_a_sk__fo__r _fo_o_d__to__e_a_t_, ___________________________________________
3 Write the situations. I say 'thank you' when I ...
___________________________________________________________

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4 Match the words with the photos.

Mum smiles at me.

hear
repeat
show
smile
understand

5 Choose the correct words.

1 The shopkeeper shows / show me the trainers.
2 Mum smile / smiles at me.
3 We repeat / repeats the words.
4 I can hear / hears the sea!
5 Do you understand / understands English?

6 Write the sentences next to the photos.

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Say Please!

C ustomer 1 enters a shop.
Shopkeeper Good morning, Sir. Welcome to our shop.

Isn’t it a lovely day?
Customer 1 Lovely day? Get me a hammer.
Shopkeeper Sorry?
Customer 1 Get me a hammer, quickly!
Shopkeeper Sorry?
Customer 1 What’s the matter with you? I said, ‘Get me a

hammer.’ Right now.
Shopkeeper I heard you Sir, but you forgot to say the magic

word.
Customer 1 Magic word? I don’t need a magic word, I

need a hammer.

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Shop assistant 1 We know you need a hammer, Sir,
but we need to hear the magic word.

Customer 1 The magic word? Magic word?
What is this magic word?

Shopkeeper The magic word ...
Shop assistant 1 ... is ...
Shop assistant 2 ... ‘please’!
Customer 1 Do you know who I am? I am a very

important person. I don’t need to say ‘please’.
Shopkeeper
and his assistants Oh, Sir. Everyone needs to say ‘please’.

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Say Please!

Customer 1 And what if I don’t?
Shopkeeper If you don’t ...
Shop assistant 1 ... then we won’t ...
Shop assistant 2 ... let you have ...
Shopkeeper
and his assistants ... anything!
Customer 1 I see. Alright then.

Get me a hammer, p – p – p –
Shopkeeper Go on, Sir!
Customer 1 p – p – p –
Shop assistant 1 You can do it!
Customer 1 p – p – p – please. (impolitely)
Shopkeeper
and his assistants Oh dear, Sir.
Customer 1 What do you mean? I said ‘please’, didn’t I?
Shop assistant 1 Yes, you did, but you didn’t say it nicely.
Customer 1 What do you mean?
Shop assistant 2 You have to say it with a smile!
Shopkeeper Watch. We’ll show you.

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Shopkeeper Good day, Madam. Can I help you? (they are
now talking to each other to give the customer
an example)

Shop assistant 1 Good day, I’d like a hammer, please. (smiling)
Customer 1 Oh, I see.
Shop assistant 2 You understand?
Customer 1 Yes, I understand. Let me try.
Customer 1 I’d like a hammer, please. (smiling)
Shopkeeper Well done, Sir.
Customer 1 Thank you.
Shopkeeper
and his assistants Our pleasure.
Customer 1 I must say, it feels good to be polite.
Shopkeeper Well done, Sir. (he and assistants applaud)
Customer 1 Thank you, thank you.

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Say Please!

Customer 2 enters the shop.
Customer 2 Hey, you. Get me a screwdriver.
Customer 1 Sorry?
Customer 2 I wasn’t talking to you. I was talking to them.
Customer 1 Sorry?
Customer 2 I was talking to them and not to you!
Customer 1 Say the magic word.
Customer 2 Magic word? You (pointing at Customer 1) be quiet!
And you ... (to shop assistants)
get me a screwdriver!
Customer 1 The magic word.
Customer 2 Magic word? Magic word? What is this magic word?
Shopkeeper The magic word ...
Assistants 1 and 2 ... is ...
Customer 1 and
Assistants 1 and 2 ... ‘please’!
Customer 2 OK. Get me a screwdriver, please.

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Customer 1 Now with a smile.
Customer 2 OK. Get me a screwdriver, please. (smiles)
Assistants 1 and 2 That was very nice, wasn’t it?
Customer 1 Yes, it was. But ...
Customer 2 But what?
Customer 1 I think you can be even nicer.
Customer 2 What could I say?
Customer 1 Well, repeat after me: Could you get me a screwdriver,
please?
Customer 2 Could you get me a screwdriver, please?
Shopkeeper
and his assistants Wonderful.
Customer 2 Yeah, I must say, it feels good to be polite.

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Say Please!

Shopkeeper Dear customers ...
Shop assistant 1 We’re awfully sorry ...
Shop assistant 2 We have a small problem.
Customer 1 A problem?
Shop assistant 1 Yes, Sir.
Customer 2 But we were really polite, weren’t we?
Shop assistant 2 Yes, Madam.
Customer 1 So why can’t we have a hammer and a

screwdriver?

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Shopkeeper Because, dear customers,
Shopkeeper
and his assistants ... this is a shoe shop!

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Practice 1 Comprehension

Listen to the play and do the tasks.

1 Answer the questions.

1 Where does the play take place?
inside a shop outside a shop in a house

2 How many people are in the play?
five four six

3 What does the shopkeeper want the customers to do?
buy a screwdriver be polite go to a different shop

4 What is the magic word?
Please. Thank you. Sorry.

5 What do the customers buy?
a hammer a screwdriver nothing

2 Tick the words you hear.

help sorry nice important stupid
quiet
happy problem goodbye bad

3 Write a tick or a cross .

1 Customer 1 wants to buy a hammer.
2 The shopkeeper does not sell hammers.
3 Customer 2 wants to buy some shoes.
4 Customer 1 and 2 are polite in the end.
5 The shopkeeper is very polite.

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4 Listen again and circle the correct answers.

1 Why does the 2 What does 3 What do the two
shopkeeper say Customer 1 think shop assistants do?
‘Sorry’ to the first about the magic
customer? word? a) They give Customer
1 a hammer.
a) He pretends that he a) He doesn’t need
doesn’t understand. to be polite. b) They are angry.
c) They teach him to
b) He is sad. b) It is rude.
say 'please'.
c) He doesn’t hear the c) He doesn’t
customer. understand.

4 What does 5 What does 6 Why does the
Customer 2 do Customer 1 say shopkeeper say
when she arrives? to Customer 2? 'We're sorry'?

a) She is polite. a) He asks her to a) The customers leave
b) She is rude. leave. the shop.
c) She smiles.
b) He is rude to her. b) He is sad.
c) He teaches her c) He doesn't have what

the magic word. they want to buy.

5 Match the questions and answers. Good day.
I’d like a hammer,
Good day, Because this Oh, Sir. please.
Madam. is a shoe shop. Everyone needs
Can I help to say 'please'. Why can’t we

you? I don’t need have a hammer and
to say 'please'. a screwdriver?

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Practice 2 Useful language

1 Match the things with the shops.

a shoe shop
a computer shop

a toy shop
a florist’s
a greengrocer’s / a market
a baker’s
a bookshop
a supermarket
a clothes shop
a pharmacist’s
a newsagent’s
a sports shop

2 Complete the requests with the words.

Could 1 I’d ______li_k_e_____ a football, please.

like 2 _______________ I have some flowers, please?

Please 3 I _______________ some shampoo, please.

need 4 ________________ can I have a newspaper?

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