8 Vocabulary record

Parts of speech
n = noun
v = verb
Topic: At the planetarium adj = adjective

word or phrase part of speech meaning example

star n Can you see any stars in the sky?

telescope n

Men first stepped on the Moon in

n
1969.

alien

rocket n

I’ve never travelled in a space

n
shuttle.

astronaut

n I’ve seen a satellite on TV.

Some craters are very wide and

n
deep.

Earth What will Earth be like in 2050?

meteorite

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 8 The Solar System
1 Complete the table with your weight on each planet.

Write your weight here:

distance from the
planet multiply your
Sun in km
weight … to find your weight on this planet
by …

Mercury 58 million 0.38

Venus 108 million 0.9

Earth 150 million 1

Mars 228 million 0.38

Jupiter 778 million 2.4

Saturn 1.4 billion 0.91

Uranus 2.9 billion 0.89

Neptune 4.5 billion 1.13

2 Colour and cut out the planets. Make a picture of the solar system and show
how far they are from the Sun.

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 9 Speaking task
Pupil A
Complete the plan. Ask your partner about the places below.
toilets information desk supermarket toy shop camping shop music shop

north lifts pet shop north lifts

Kate’s Café cake shop clothes shop

entrance exit souvenirs

stairs stairs

bookshop Café Central

south lifts toilets south lifts

Pupil B
Complete the plan. Ask your partner about the places below.
Kate’s Café pet shop cake shop book shop clothes shop Café Central

north lifts toilets north lifts sports shop

music shop

entrance exit souvenirs

stairs stairs

information desk

supermarket

toy shop south lifts toilets south lifts

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 9 Grammar table
Complete the table. Use the dialogues to help you.
Good morning. Can I help you? I hope so. Someone has stolen my fish.

OK. What’s your name and where do you live? I’m Frank Stevens and I live at 82 Hill Street.

Where are you now? At home, in my living room.

And what can you see? An empty fish tank and water on the floor!

How big is your fish? It’s enormous!

What time did he disappear? At about six o’clock.

Where were you at six o’clock? I was feeding the cat.

What does it eat? Cat food, but he doesn’t like it.

What is the cat doing now? Sleeping.

What would it do if it wanted more food? It would … oh no! Kitty! You bad cat!

Where you now?

is your fish?
When was it?

Who is the cat ?

What you see?
When will it arrive?
What would it do?

Where you live at the moment?

What it eat?
What time did he ?
Who did you meet?

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 9 Story playscript
The final countdown
1 Write the words in groups.
an insect polar bear pink travelled a bird a fish went black
grizzly bear journeyed sun bear brown

koala bear white an animal flew

2 Choose words and complete the playscript.

Meg: I’ve got white hair and black skin. What am I?

Oli: It’s probably .
Rav: Let’s look in the Wildlife Display.
Oli: Look! A .
Meg: A ’s skin is .
Oli: What’s the next question?
Rav: I speak and sing. I haven’t got a mouth. What am I?
Oli: Look! A record player speaks and sings!
Rav: Here’s question 3! Where did the Aztecs live?
Meg: Who were the Aztecs?
Rav: No idea! Let’s go to the Aztecs Display and find out.
Meg: I’ve found the answer! The Aztecs lived in Mexico.
Oli: Here’s question 4.
Rav: I’m the eagle that to the Moon in 1969.
Meg: Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon in 1969.
Oli: Did he take an eagle with him? Let’s go to the Space Display.
Meg: Oh no! The Cool Greens have found the eagle.
Rav: Not the Eagle that went to the Moon.
Oli: The Eagle is the spaceship!
Rav: Look. We found the cup in the Eagle!
Meg: We’re the champions!

3 Now act out the play.

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 9 Vocabulary record
Parts of speech
n = noun
v = verb
Topic: At the museum adj = adjective

word or phrase part of speech meaning example

You can find out everything you

information desk n
need at the information desk.

ticket office n

display n

n Do you know where the stairs are?

lift Would you prefer to take the lift?

exit

There are always security guards at

n
the entrance.

audio guide n

You can listen to the guide through

n
these headphones.

We will begin our tour of the

museum on the ground floor.

first floor

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 9 Make 3D shapes
Cuboid

Cylinder

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 7–9 Revision
Pupil A
On holiday
1 Read the conversation and add the details to the chart.
Jane: Where was your five-star hotel?
Tom: It was in Miami. I stayed in the Golden Gulf Hotel with my mum and dad.
Jane: What time did you get up?
Tom: I got up at seven o’clock and then I had breakfast.
Jane: What did you have for breakfast?
Tom: Sausages and eggs. After breakfast I went swimming.
Jane: Really? Where did you go?
Tom: The hotel had a giant swimming pool.
Jane: How long did you stay in the hotel?
Tom: We stayed for two days.
Tom You Your partner
Golden Gulf Hotel
Where? in Miami

What time?

What?

Where?

How long?

2 Look at the table. Read about your holiday and fill in the information in
your column.
You stayed in the Sunshine Hotel in Dubai. You got up at nine o’clock. Breakfast was great. You had cereal and
fruit. Then after breakfast you went to the hotel shopping centre. You bought lots of clothes. You went to the
beach before lunch. In the evening you went to the games centre. You stayed at the hotel for two days.

3 Ask your partner questions and find out what they did on holiday. Fill in their
column. Answer your partner’s questions about your holiday.
What time did you get up? I got up at …
Writing tip!
4 Look back at page 77 in your Activity Book. These phrases make your text
sound exciting.
Write a leaflet about a five-star hotel. Go to …!
1 Plan your writing. Make a concept map. Visit …!
2 Write the text and check it carefully. See …!
3 Design your leaflet and add the text. Try …!
Buy …!
4 Decorate the leaflet.

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