1 In the garden

Lesson 1 digging a hole watering the flowers picking strawberries

planting seeds feeding the birds making a window box
1 Look and write. eating a carrot cutting the grass

1 2 3 4

ý’m eating
a carrot.
5 6 7 8

2 Write about the characters. sandcastle newspaper hole ice cream

1 randad is reading a
2

3 Listen and repeat. $ 15

CD1
4 Listen again. Underline the /a:/ sounds in green and the /ɔ:/
sounds in blue.
Sounds English

garden /a:/ My aunt is in the garden.

She’s planting a large tree.
Her horse is near the wall.
wall /ɔ:/ He’s talking to a bee.

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 1 Lesson 2

1 Write the verbs in the table. Learn to learn

win – winning take – taking play – playing
write – writing read – reading swim – swimming

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

sleep + ing = sleeping make + ing = making run + n + ing = running

drink ride make eat a sandwich a photo a magazine

2 Look and write.
play read feed make a cake juice a kite a book
read take a computer game a bike the guinea pig

1 ✗ ✓ ‡he isn’t making a cake.

‡he’s reading a book.

2 ✗ ✓

3 ✗ ✓

4 ✗ ✓

5 ✗ ✓

3 Look at activity 2. Play a game.

She’s reading a book. He’s making a kite.

I know! Hayley. Liam.

8 Finished? Make lists of things you can eat, play and make.

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 Lesson 3 1
1 Look and write A or B.
A B

1 They’re riding bikes. å 4 He’s feeding the birds. 7 She’s riding a bike.

2 They’re digging a hole. 5 They’re picking flowers. 8 They’re running.

3 She’s running. 6 He’s digging a hole. 9 They’re feeding the birds.

digging a hole sleeping

2 Write the questions and the answers.
running digging a hole riding bikes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 What’s he doing? ™e’s digging a hole.

2 Æhat’s She’s dancing.
3 What are they doing?
4 They’re riding bikes.
5 What’s she doing?
6 They’re reading.
7 What’s she doing?
8 He’s dancing.

3 Look at activity 2. Circle the subjects and the verbs.

Remember! Present Continuous: questions and answers

What’s he doing? What are they doing?
He’s picking flowers. They’re feeding the birds. GRAMMAR PRACTICE
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 1 Lesson 4

2 Complete. Listen and check. $ 22

CD1
1 Read the story again.
Write True or False. CLASS BOOK page 9 3 Act.

Picture 1 Becca and Grandad are

Playscript
planting seeds.

Picture 2 Rex is helping Grandad.

Hayley Is Rex h you?

Becca No, he i . He wants to p .

Picture 3 Grandad wants a photo of
his carrot. Grandad Look at this c , Becca. It’s

Picture 4 Josh is eating a carrot. b .

Picture 5 Grandad’s carrot is on the grass. Becca Oh, no! Josh is e Grandad’s carrot!

Picture 6 Rex has got Grandad’s carrot. Hayley It’s OK. Grandad’s carrot is on the t .

Picture 7 Rex is digging a hole. Alfie No, it isn’t. Rex has got it!

Becca Look! Grandad’s p with Rex now!

Grandad Give me that c !

Alfie Rex! Rex!

4 Complete the story review. 2

1 Complete the title of the story and write your name.

2 Draw a picture of a scene from the story.

3 What’s the story about?

Who? Where? What happens?

4 Do you like the story? Use some of these words: OK,

great, funny, interesting, exciting, surprising

1 A review of
by

3 The characters in the story are

They’re
He takes
Choose: at school / in the garden / in the shed
Choose: some sausages / some flowers / Grandad’s carrot
Rex wants
Choose: a shower / to play / to eat 4 I think the story is

10 Finished? Think of a different ending for the story. Draw and write.

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 Lesson 5 1
1 Complete the table. Comparative Superlative
hard harder the 1
noisy 2
the noisiest
beautiful more beautiful the 3
4
more colourful the most colourful
interesting 5
the most interesting
useful 6
the 7
8
more dangerous the 9

2 Write sentences using comparatives.

A B A B

small beautiful
1 å is smaller than Š. 4
A
B
A B

noisy dangerous
2 5

A B
A B

angry interesting
3 6

B
3 Write sentences using superlatives. A
1 å is the smallest bag.
2
D
3 C
4

Remember! Long adjectives: comparatives and superlatives

Bees are noisier than ants. Bees are more useful than beetles.
Ants are the smallest insects. Butterflies are the most colourful insects. GRAMMAR PRACTICE
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 1 Lesson 6 Show you know
1 Listen and write the names. $ CD1
26

Greg Sara

1 2 3
Simon

Peter
Becky

4 5

Tom

Carol
a hole flowers a photo
2 Look at activity 1. Write. feed dig plant cut take
the fish the grass
1 †om is cutting the grass. 4

2 5

3 Complete, then listen and check. Sing. $ 27

CD1

I’m harder than a . You’re more colourful than a .

I’m noisier than a . You’re more useful than a .

I’m the angriest, You’re the sweetest,

I’m the strongest. you’re the cutest.
There’s no bug more You’re the the most
dangerous than me. beautiful bug to me.

12 Finished? Draw two animals and write sentences comparing them.

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 Lesson 6 1
4 Ask and answer. CUT-OUT pages 109–110

I think C is more I think A

colourful than A. is the tallest.

5 Tick ✓ the sentences which are true for you. Then write six more sentences.

I’m reading a sentence in English. The teacher is watching me.

I think beetles are more interesting I’m the tallest in my class.
than bees.

1 4

2 5

3 6

6 Complete the crossword.

1
▼
1 Madrid is the city in Spain.
b 2 What Josh doing?
2 i 3 Rex is a hole.
g 4 This garden is beautiful than
4 g that one.
▼ 3
5 Bees make honey. They’re very
e
insects.
5 6 s
▼ ▼ 6 Let’s some seeds.
8
7 t ▼ 7 She’s taking a with her new camera.
9 8 I think ants are the
interesting insects.
10
9 Beetles have a hard .
10 Where Alfie and Becca going?
11 11 Tom is smaller Ben.

PICTURE DICTIONARY
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 1 Lesson 7

1 Complete. root shoot leaves shell

The seed A small A small grow on

opens. grows. grows. the plant.

2 Read and tick ✓.

Seeds need these conditions to germinate and grow:

water to be alive fire

insects oxygen the correct temperature

light

3 What do seeds need to germinate and grow? Tick ✓ the pot with the seed that will grow.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

4 Complete with can or can’t. Match.

1 The seed in Pot 1 germinate and grow because a it hasn’t got any light.

2 The seed in Pot 2 germinate and grow because b it hasn’t got any water.

3 The seed in Pot 3 germinate and grow because c the conditions are correct.

4 The seed in Pot 4 germinate and grow because d it’s very cold.
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 Lesson 8 1
1 Look. Write the words under the correct picture.
kitchen bees window box play tomatoes apple tree
dog pear tree trees butterflies strawberries dig

1 2 3

strawberries

2 Look at the pictures from activity 1 and match. Then complete.

My window boxes The park My garden

I haven’t got a garden, but
I’ve got two window boxes in
the kitchen. In one window
box 1 . They’re smaller
than the strawberries in the
shop, but I think they’re more
delicious. 2 in the other
window box. Butterflies like
the flowers.
There’s a big park near my flat. This is my garden. It’s
It’s beautiful. 3 and lots of got a lot of grass and it’s
grass. My dad works in the park. got some fruit trees too.
He cuts the grass and he plants 5 and a pear
flowers and trees. We go to the tree. The bees like the
park every day with our dog. My fruit trees. 6
sisters like playing on the grass. in this picture. She
In this picture 4 . My dad grows carrots, peas and
isn’t happy! sweetcorn too.

There’s an apple tree I’m growing strawberries It’s got big trees

my dog is digging a hole My mum’s picking tomatoes I’ve got some

colourful flowers

Finished? Make a list of things you see in a garden. Divide it into spring,
summer, autumn and winter. 15

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 1 Lesson 9
Portfolio

1 Write notes about a garden.

1 Think about a garden. It can be real or
you can imagine a garden.
2 Write notes about your garden.
• What’s in the garden?
• What do you do there?
• What animals or insects visit
the garden?

2 Now write about your garden.

3 Use your notes to write about
your garden.
4 Check your work carefully.

Tip!
Make your writing interesting. Use adjectives.
It’s got flowers.
It’s got colourful flowers.
It’s got beautiful flowers.

3 Read and tick ✓. 4 Think about your effort and colour a flag. Explorer’s review

I can ...
remember vocabulary from the unit. write a text about a garden. Fantastic
ask and answer questions using the understand short texts on the CD.
Present Continuous. understand how a seed germinates
make sentences comparing things. and grows.
ask about likes and dislikes.
Good
read and understand a fact sheet.
OK

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