Unit 2

A Dif ferent Education
1 Read the clues. Then complete the crossword.

Across Down
1. You can borrow books from a  . 7. The other people in my class are
2. Our teacher gives us for our my  .
work in class. 8. Televisions, tablets and computer
3. I do my every night after school. monitors all have a  .
4. People speak different 9. A computer you can carry around is
in different countries. a  .
5. You study different subjects in 10. I take photos with my  .
during the school day.
6. We speaking English so C
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I N S T R U C T I O N S
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H O M E W O R K R
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L A N G U A G E S 5
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7 Listen. Read and tick T for True or F for False. Then rewrite any false sentences to make
them true.  017
T F
1. The boy has got a new television. ✓

2. The laptop hasn’t got a camera. ✓

3. The boy isn’t very good at taking photos. ✓

4. The teacher gives instructions for the students’ homework in class. ✓

5. Sixteen classmates have got a laptop. ✓

6. There are 16 computers in the library. ✓

1. The boy has got a new laptop.  2. The laptop has got a camera.
5. Four classmates have got a laptop.

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7 Read. Complete the article with words from the box.

easy  difficult  different  instructions  language  practise  same

Some people think it’s (1) easy to learn a (2) different

language. Other people think it’s very (3) difficult and struggle for years.
Experts say that it’s easier to learn another (4) language if you have a good
reason to learn it. Tomasz’ mum is English. His dad is Polish. Tomasz was born in England.
His parents speak to him in English. Tomasz can’t speak Polish, but he’s got a lot of family in
Poland. Tomasz wants to learn Polish so he can speak to them. He likes to
(5) practise Polish every day after school. His mum is also
learning Polish. Now, when they visit their family in Poland, they can all speak the
(6) same language!

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7 Answer the questions.
1. Do you like learning a different language? What languages can you speak?
Answers will vary.

2. What’s your favourite subject?

3. Which subjects are difficult?

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 Grammar
Present simple: Talking about routines, habits and permanent states
Affirmative Negative
I live in Jakarta. I don’t live in Singapore.
You learn two languages in Year 4. You don’t learn Spanish until Year 5.
She walks to school every morning. She doesn’t live far from school.
Questions
Do you like pasta?
What does she want for dinner?

To form the present simple: I live in Jakarta. We watch TV.

For he/she/it add -s or -es: She lives in Jakarta. He watches TV.

To form the negative, use don’t or doesn’t and the infinitive without to.
I don’t listen to the radio. He doesn’t want ice cream.

To ask a question, use do or does. Do you want breakfast?

Does he travel by car?

1 Circle the correct word to complete the sentences.

1. Simon like / likes science and maths.

2. Miguel’s grandparents live / lives in Quito.

3. My sister teach / teaches English in Beijing.

4. We doesn’t / don’t visit our friends every weekend.

5. The orchestra practises / practise five times a week.

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7 Read the questions and the answers. Listen and complete the questions.  018
1. Does your brother play football?  Yes, he does.

2. W here does your sister live ?  In Toronto.

3. Do you visit your grandparents after school?  Yes, I do.

4. What time does he get home?  At seven o’clock.

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7 Read the article. Complete the text with the correct words. Then listen and check your
answers.  019

Claude is 11 years old. He (1) lives (live) in South Africa with his parents. He’s
got two sisters, Eve and Tola. They’re both six years old – they’re
twins. Claude (2) gets up (get up) at 6 a.m. He
(3) makes (make) breakfast to help his parents. He
(4) finishes (finish) breakfast at 6.30. At seven o’clock, the
children (5) walk (walk) three km (1.86 mi) to school.
They (6) don’t go (go) to school at the weekend. On
Saturdays, they (7) go (go) to the market with their
parents. They (8) buy (buy) meat and potatoes.

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7 Look at the table. Read the sentences and complete with the names and the correct
form of the verb.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Weekend
Jenna cooking tennis tennis cooking Spanish tennis
story
Sam cooking football football writing football piano
Emily piano piano piano piano piano tennis
Harry football football football football football football

1. Harry   plays (play) football every day.

2. Emily   plays (play) the piano on weekdays.

3. Sam   writes (write) stories once a week.

4. Jenna and Emily   play (play) tennis at the weekend.

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7 T hink about your own routine. Write sentences using words from the box.

at the weekend   every day   once a week   on weekdays   twice a week

1. Answers will vary.

2.

3.
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 1 Listen and read. As you read, think about the author’s main point.
Tick the correct sentence.  020
1. Parents think their children are safer with animals.

2. A disability doesn’t have to stop you doing things in life. ✓

3. It’s very difficult to train a guide dog.

A different pair of eyes

Laura is 15 years old. She lives with her mum in Liverpool, in England.
Laura is blind. She lost her eyesight when she was 11 years old. At the time, Laura
remembers thinking, ‘I can’t see. How can I do anything? What activities can I do?
I can’t play tennis now and I can’t go running.’
But now, Ginny lives with Laura. Laura explains, ‘Ginny is a Labrador retriever,
and she’s my best friend. She helps me with my daily activities. If I can’t find
something, Ginny helps me look for it. Now, I walk to school without Mum because
Ginny helps me cross roads safely. She
helps me in the supermarket. We go out
together every day. She gives me so much
independence.’
Ginny is a wonderful partner for
Laura. Her mum says, ‘I don’t worry as
much when Laura goes out now. I know
that Ginny is there by her side. We both
feel safer with Ginny around.’
And what about Laura’s activities? She
laughs and explains, ‘I know now that
you can succeed at anything you want to.
I do so much more now I’m blind. I play
tennis more – at least four times a week
– at a tennis club for blind players. I also
run every day. I’ve made so many more
friends. But Ginny is my favourite. By a
long way!’

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2 Tick the ways that Ginny helps Laura.
1. Ginny helps Laura find things. ✓
2. Ginny helps Laura cross busy roads. ✓
3. Ginny lets Laura know if there is danger. ✓
4. Ginny carries shopping.

5. Ginny gives Laura independence. ✓

3 Put the following sentences in the correct order.

1. Laura walks to school with Ginny. 4

2. Laura thinks she can’t do the activities she likes. 2

3. Laura plays tennis four times a week. 5

4. Laura loses her eyesight. 1

5. Laura runs every day. 6

6. Laura gets a guide dog called Ginny. 3

4 Read A Different Pair of Eyes and Growth Mindset on Student’s Book page 51 again.
Read the sentences below. Write + (positive) if the speaker has a positive attitude,
and write – (negative) if the speaker has a negative attitude.
1. I’m not good at maths. I don’t understand it. –

2. I want to succeed, so I work hard every day. +

3. Of course I can do that! +

4. I want to learn Spanish, but it looks too difficult. –

5. I’m really bad at science. –

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7 Change the negative sentences in Activity 4 and make them positive.
Use your own ideas.

I’m good at maths. It’s my favourite subject.

Answers will vary.

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 Grammar
Adverbs of frequency: Saying how often you do something

0%                      100%
never     rarely      sometimes     
often     
always

He never goes online. I often do my homework in the library.

They rarely meet up on weekdays. I always use my laptop after school.
We sometimes walk home together.

We use adverbs of frequency to say how often we do things.

1 Look at the advice for staying safe online. Listen and write the adverbs of frequency.
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1. Always think before you post anything online.

2. Never share personal information with people you don’t know.

3. Make sure you change your password often .

4. I sometimes just leave my phone in my room and go outside.

5. Apps are rarely free, so make sure you don’t spend too much
money on them.

6. Always make sure your parents know what you’re looking at online.

2 Complete the sentences about how to stay safe online. Use two different adverbs
of frequency.
1. Think about what you write online, and always check your messages before
you post them.

2. Never make friends with strangers online.

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3 Read. Complete the sentences with the correct adverb of frequency.
We asked three ‘tweens’ – people between the ages of 8 and 12 – from different countries how
long they spend online.

Claude, from South Africa

I’ve got a computer, but I haven’t got a smartphone. There are some
computers at school. We sometimes use them, but we rarely look at things
online. We don’t often get a good Internet connection.

Marianna, from Poland

My parents look at their smartphones all the time. My mum often checks
her emails at the table, and dad sometimes plays games. I haven’t got a
smartphone so I never spend any time on one.

Jun, from Japan

Every day, I check my smartphone to see if I have messages from my

friends. At school, we often work on laptops or tablets. And I always do my
homework online. We upload it three or four times a week for our teachers.

always  never  often  rarely  sometimes

1. Claude sometimes uses a computer at school.

2. Claude rarely goes online in class.

3. Marianna’s dad sometimes plays games on his phone.

4. Marianna never uses a smartphone.

5. Jun always / often looks at his smartphone.

6. Jun often uploads his homework for his teachers.

4 Write three sentences about youself. Use a different adverb of frequency in each sentence.

1. Answers will vary.

2.

3.
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 Writing
When we write about someone’s daily routine, we use sequencing words such as:
first then next before after
These words tell the reader the order of events.

1 Organise.
1. Describe a day in your life. Look at the different times of day below. Think about your
own day and list what you do at each time in the ‘Things I do’ column.

Things I do When/How often I do these things

Early morning:

Mid morning:

Lunchtime:

Early afternoon:

Mid afternoon:

Late afternoon:

Early evening:

Late evening:

Bedtime:

2. How often do you do these things? Every day? At weekends? On weekdays?

Once a week? Complete the ‘When/How often I do these things’ column.

3. Plan your writing. Look at the information in the table above. Remember to use
sequencing words and adverbs of frequency to write your description.

2 Write.
1. Go to page 55 in your Student’s Book. Re-read the model text.
2. Write your first draft. Check for organisation, content, punctuation, capitalisation
and spelling.
3. Write your final draft. Share it with your teacher and classmates.

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Now I can ...
o Yes, I can!
• talk about different types of schools. o I think I can.
o I need more practice.
Write a sentence about your school day.
Answers will vary.

Write a sentence about something you like doing at school.

• use the present simple to talk about routines, habits and o Yes, I can!
permanent states. o I think I can.
o I need more practice.
Complete two positive sentences and one negative
eat   go   live
sentence using a word from the box.

I Answers will vary.

He

We

o Yes, I can!
• use adverbs of frequency to talk about how often I do things.
o I think I can.
Complete the sentences for you, using an adverb of frequency. o I need more practice.

I Answers will vary. eat sushi.

I go to the cinema at the weekend.

I watch television after school.

• write about daily routines using sequencing words. o Yes, I can!

o I think I can.
Put these events into order. Write 1–4 in the boxes. o I need more practice.

1. Then, I have breakfast. 2

2. First, I get up at seven o’clock. 1

3. After school, I visit my grandmother. 4

4. Next, I go to school. 3

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 Units 1–2 Review
1 Read. Choose the word that best completes the sentences.
1. Maria is the mother of Sonia’s father. Sonia is Maria’s .
a. children b. granddaughter c. wife

2. Isabel Sebastian, but they are very different people.

a. is married to b. died c. succeeds

3. Eva is my new . We’re doing our English homework together.

a. classmate b. daughter c. generation

4. Brigitte speaks four : English, Spanish, Mandarin and French.

a. lessons b. languages c. instructions

5. I’ve got a lot of to do today. I’ll start with maths.

a. libraries b. breakfast c. homework

6. Paul takes photos of his sons with his new .

a. screen b. camera c. lesson

2 Listen. Read and tick T for True or F for False.  022

T F
1. Jay is good at the guitar. ✓

2. Simon hasn’t got a laptop. ✓

3. Lisa thinks her little brother is funny. ✓

4. Paola often watches television on weekdays. ✓

5. Juan plays football three times a week. ✓

6. Mrs Lopez hasn’t got any children. ✓

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7 Read. Decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap.
Elena (1) b an archaeologist. She (2) c in Italy, but she (3) a goes to
Morocco for work. She (4) b her job because she works with (5) a good people.
They (6) c kind and friendly.

When Elena is in Morocco, she works in the field (7) b . When she’s in Italy, she
(8) a in a school. Elena (9) b an easy job – it’s a lot of work! But she hasn’t got
(10) b problems with it. Her work makes her very happy.

1. a. am b. is c. are
2. a. live b. don’t live c. lives
3. a. often b. never c. every day
4. a. love b. loves c. doesn’t love
5. a. some b. any c. rarely
6. a. am b. ’s c. ’re
7. a. sometimes b. every day c. never
8. a. teaches b. teach c. don’t teach
9. a. have got b. hasn’t got c. has got
10. a. some b. any c. always

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7 Write. Use the words in the box to say how often you do each activity.

always   at the weekend   never   often   on weekdays   rarely   sometimes   (twice) a week

1. have lunch at home I rarely have lunch at home.

2. do homework Sample answer: I do homework on weekdays.

3. go to the library Sample answer: I go to the library once a week.

4. make breakfast for my parents Sample answer: I never make breakfast for my parents.

5. have dinner at a restaurant Sample answer: I have dinner at a restaurant at the weekend.

6. listen to my teacher’s instructions Sample answer: I always listen to my teacher’s instructions.

7. use a laptop Sample answer: I often use a laptop.

8. visit a family member Sample answer: I sometimes visit my grandfather.

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