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A song and a dance Mission: Write a concert review Page 4

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Big wide world

Vocabulary

Grammar

Cross-curricular

Skills

Endmatter

Music

Adjectives with prepositions I’m interested in all kinds of music. It’s perfect for people who are excited about music.

Eighteenthcentury music Learn about Beethoven and Mozart

Literature

Grammar reference p. 170

Adjectives to describe personality Pronunciation Linking consonants to vowels

Short answers with so or neither I had lots of fun! So did we! I don’t know. Neither do I.

Continents, language, and culture

Relative clauses My cousins who live in Portugal speak Portuguese. My grandma, who’s 95 years old, lives with us, too.

Mission: Create a class encyclopedia Places around us Page 16 Pronunciation Stress in comparative structures

The concert A diary Reading Listening

Pronunciation Linking consonants to vowels, p. 168 Writing Writing a biography using facts, p. 150

Coral reefs Learn about coral reefs

Literature Festivals around the world A magazine article Speaking

more … than, fewer … than, less … than, the most, the fewest, the least People drink less water than camels.

Grammar reference p. 171 Pronunciation Stress in comparative structures, p. 168

Reading

Writing Writing a magazine article with headings, p. 152

Literature

Grammar reference p. 172

Review Units 1–2

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Mission: Present tips on shopping Page 30

“Shopping” words verb + gerund, verb + infinitive Shopping around They need to sleep and play! Do I imagine buying one? Pronunciation Pronunciation of Gerunds as subjects and objects gerunds Shopping is great! She’s interested in learning about tea.

The history of money Learn about the history of money

Getting about

Traveling by plane

Women aviators Learn about the pilot Amy Johnson

Shopping around

Mission: Write a travel guide Page 42

Getting about

Review of passive forms Singapore Airport was built to be fun. The plans weren’t completed.

Where’s Wanda? A story Speaking Reading

Pronunciation Pronunciation of gerunds, p. 168 Writing Writing a story with paragraphs, p. 154

Pronunciation Weak forms in the Phrasal verbs and the object He put on his swim trunks. passive He put them on.

Literature How we got back from our vacation A science-fiction story Reading Speaking

Grammar reference p. 172 Pronunciation Weak forms in the passive, p. 168 Writing Writing a letter giving important information, p. 156

Review Units 3–4

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Study smarter

Education

Mission: Take a quiz Page 56

Personal feelings

Simple past and present perfect time phrases Ten days ago, I borrowed some Pronunciation toys. Sentence stress in I’ve never felt so great! the past perfect Past perfect I’d thought that I could never get good grades. There were two essay questions that I hadn’t seen!

Education in the past Learn about what school was like 100 years ago

Literature My first camping trip A story Reading Writing

Grammar reference p. 173 Pronunciation Sentence stress in the past perfect, p. 169 Writing Writing a report presenting information from charts, p. 158

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Good job!

Occupations Work

Economic sectors Learn about the chain of production for goods and services

Literature

Mission: Write about your dream job Page 68

Modals of probability/ deduction It must be an old cell phone. Maybe cleaners may use this. I think it might be an old hairdryer. It could be something that scientists use. It can’t be a candy maker.

Grammar reference p. 174

Pronunciation Linking groups of words

The daydreamer A story Listening Reading

Pronunciation Linking groups of words, p. 169 Writing Writing an application letter with an introduction and a conclusion, p. 160

Present perfect progressive I’ve been working full time for the last four years. I’ve been studying hard.

Review Units 5–6

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It’s the law! Mission: Write a news report Page 82

Reporting the news Reporting verbs Pronunciation Contrastive stress

Fantastic flavors

A three-course meal

Mission: Write a café review Page 94

Describing food Pronunciation Intonation

Reported speech He said she could walk in a circle or go to jail! He said that the man had to do a bike ride for charity.

Forensic science Learn about how fingerprinting was invented

The hours A newspaper article Reading

Questions in reported speech Luis asked Clara why her hair was wet. Luis asked Dan if he could tell him the answer. Reflexive pronouns We really enjoyed ourselves! I like things that I can cook myself. My mom makes them herself.

Literature

Listening

Food labels Literature Learn about how to The girl who read food labels turned blue A play

too and enough They’re too messy to hold in your hands. It’s too spicy for you to eat. Be careful that they’re cool enough to not burn your tongue! It’s not sweet enough for me to want to drink.

Listening Speaking

Grammar reference p. 175 Pronunciation Contrastive stress, p. 169 Writing Creating a play using stage directions and direct speech, p. 162 Grammar reference p. 176 Pronunciation Intonation, p. 169 Writing Writing a food blog to persuade others, p. 164

Review Units 7–8

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Raining cats and dogs Mission: Present a weather forecast Page 108

Review unit

The weather Weather adjectives Pronunciation Intonation in conditional sentences

Units 1–9

Review first and second conditionals If it’s sunny this weekend, I’ll play soccer and fly my kite. I’d be happy if there was no more lightning! I wish … I wish it was snowing today. I wish I could talk to animals. I wish I lived somewhere warmer.

Wild weather Learn about hurricanes and how they form

Literature Lost in the hills A story Writing Speaking

Grammar reference p. 177 Pronunciation Intonation in conditional sentences, p. 169 Writing Writing a product review presenting reasons and opinions, p. 166

Units 1–9

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Mission Present a weather forecast What’s the weather like in each picture? Which weather do you like and dislike? Watch the video. How does Jenny get her weather forecasts right?

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Choose a place and research its weather.

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Write a weather forecast. Present your weather forecast.

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Vocabulary 1

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Listen and match the weather forecasts to the pictures.

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TODAY’S WEATHER LIVE

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BCTV Weather forecast

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BILL JACKSON’S WEATHER TUESDAY 4:00 p.m.

Hugh G. Storm

Match the words (1–11) to the definitions (A–K). Then listen again and check.

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weather forecast

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the light that comes from the sun

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temperature

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very strong winds

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degrees

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something that says how the weather will be on TV or on the radio

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snowfall

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being hot or warm

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breezes

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the amount of snow that falls in an area

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showers

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sunshine

the kind of weather when there is very strong wind, heavy rain, and often thunder and lightning

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heat

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short periods of rain (or sometimes snow)

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storm

H light winds

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gales

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thunder and lightning

the sudden loud noise and bright light that come from the sky during storms

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the amount of heat in a place

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the word we use to measure temperature

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Complete the sentences so they are true for you.

heat heavy snowfall huge storms light breezes pleasant rain showers severe gales sunshine temperatures of about two degrees thunder and lightning

Where I live, we often have … Where I live, we hardly ever have … Where I live, we never have …

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Listen to Never, ever. What kind of weather does the audience hate the most?

Listen again. For each question, write the correct answer in the blank. Write one or two words, or a number, date, or time.

Never, ever Where Heather lives, it first snowed on

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2 When it’s snowy, Heather only goes to

Penguin is

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, so she’s hard to see in the snow.

Pete likes to be with

when there’s lightning.

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Pete watches the weather forecast at Pete’s dog hides in the

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Write the words or numbers you hear. You don’t need to change them or write them as notes.

3 In pairs, talk about a time when the weather was a problem for you. Once, when we went camping, it was …

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Really?! What did you do?

Integrate new vocabulary and grammar

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Language practice 1

Grammar look: review first and second conditionals “If it’s sunny this weekend, I’ll play soccer and fly my kite.”

1 What kind of conditional is this sentence? First conditional / Second conditional 2 Is it possible that it’ll be sunny this weekend? Yes, and it’s pretty likely / No 3 Will the girl play soccer? Maybe / No, because it won’t be sunny

“I’d be happy if there was no more lightning!”

4 What kind of conditional is this sentence? First conditional / Second conditional 5 Is it possible that there’ll be no more lightning? Yes, and it’s pretty likely / No 6 Will the boy be delighted? Maybe / No, because lightning won’t stop

7 We use the first conditional to talk about things that might / won’t happen. 8 We use the second conditional to talk about something that is likely / not likely to happen. page 176

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PRONUNCIATION Listen and repeat.

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Complete the sentences from Never, ever so they are true for you.

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If it snows this weekend, …

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If … , I’d feel terrified.

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If it’s sunny this weekend, …

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If … , he always …

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I’d be delighted if …

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If I could, I’d stop …

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If … , I won’t be able to go anywhere.

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If there was lightning right now …

Mission Stage 1 Choose a place and research its weather. U.S.A . has Texas in the The state of conditions. ent weather a lot of differ e also … but there ar It can be hot,

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In pairs, ask and answer the questions. Use your ideas from Activity 2 to help you.

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If you could never, ever again be in one kind of weather, what would it be?

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What will you do if we have that weather this weekend? Listen carefully and ask questions, as well as talking yourself. Show that you’re interested by nodding, smiling, and commenting on what the other person says. Really? That’s funny! Wow!

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Jim’s

Big Blog

ALL BLOGS

MY BLOG

NEW POST

On Saturday, we had the typical weather for our town – it rained all day. So, while Jenny and I were helping Dad in the garage, we found an amazing old lamp. Dad said he’d never seen it before. Jenny was excited – she thought it might be special. She started rubbing it and then … nothing happened. But we started talking about what we’d ask for if we had three wishes. And that’s what today’s blog is about!

Jim’s three wishes

Jenny’s three wishes

1 I wish I lived somewhere warmer.

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Where I live, the weather’s usually cool and sometimes rainy. But I’d like to live somewhere warm and humid, where the temperature is around 25 degrees every day. My dream would be to live by the sea, swim every day, and eat fresh coconuts and mangoes from the trees!

I don’t like mild weather. I prefer it when it’s very hot, or very cold. But my favorite weather is when it’s freezing. I love walking through snowy fields, or looking out across icy lakes. And snowball fights are great fun, too!

2 I wish it would rain chocolate.

2 I wish everyone in the world had clean drinking water.

How much fun would this be?! We wouldn’t need umbrellas – we’d be running around outside with our mouths open, looking up at the sky. I’d love wet weather if rain was made of chocolate!

There are millions of people in the world who don’t have access to clean drinking water. Jim and I are lucky that we can go to the kitchen and turn on the faucet when we want something to drink.

3 I wish I had every new video game.

3 I wish I had more wishes.

I love playing video games, but they’re really expensive, so there are often games that I’d like to play but I can’t. I’d love it if video game companies sent me all of their new games. The only problem would be that I’d need a bigger bookcase for them!

There are so many other things I’d like to wish for, so I wish I had 100 wishes. I wish I could breathe underwater, and I wish I had a towel that was always dry, and I wish I could talk to animals, and … well, you get the idea!

1 Read the blog. What kind of weather does Jenny wish for? 2 Match the definitions to the words in bold in Jim’s blog. 1

a little cold

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covered in water

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slightly hot

7

when there is no water

3

extremely cold

8

ordinary and not unusual

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when there’s a lot of water in the air

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not extreme

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covered in ice

3 Which of the kinds of weather from Activity 2 do you like?

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snowing or covered in snow

4 In pairs, imagine you are Jim and Jenny. Ask and answer questions. Use the blog for your answers. Do you like cold weather?

Not really. I prefer warm weather, because I like to …

Vocabulary: Weather adjectives

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Language practice 2

Grammar look: I wish … “I wish it was snowing today.”

“I wish I could talk to animals.”

“I wish I lived somewhere warmer.”

1 We say I wish when we’d like something to be the same as / different from how it is. 2 We use I wish with simple past / present verb forms to talk about wishes. page 176

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I wish I could talk to fish.

Write three wishes. Think of one wish for yourself, one for a friend, and one for the world.

I wish I could talk to people. Can breathe underwater

Have sunny weather every day

Everyone in the world is rich

That this book is longer Be friends with your favorite actor

Have all of the video games in the world

Have more wishes There is no more thunder and lightning Be able to talk to animals

It will rain chocolate

2 Share your wishes. Can your group agree which wish is most important?

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you know About 844,000,000* people do not have clean water. That’s about one in every ten people in the world. *eight hundred and forty-four million

Mission Stage 2 Write a weather forecast for your chosen place. will be This weekend ith lots of w g, interestin . s of weather different kind y morning, it On Saturda u indy, so if yo will be very w can, don’t ...

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1 Look at the pictures. What do you think the weather in the story is going to be like?

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Lost in the hills

Kevin, Mitzi, and James were in the Photographic Society in school. At the end of February, there was a photography competition. They all wanted to enter the competition as a team, but they needed some really good photographs. Mitzi suggested pictures of people working. “If we go into town, we can take some pictures of street cleaners, police directing traffic, people selling things!” Neither of the boys liked the idea. “If we take pictures of people we don’t know, they won’t like it,” said James. He thought they could go to the zoo and take pictures of the animals there, but Mitzi didn’t like that idea. “Everyone takes animal pictures,” she said. “We need something more original!” Then Kevin had an idea. “If we climbed up into the hills, I bet we could get some really interesting pictures of the wildlife.” James thought about it. At last he said, “That would be a really good idea if it weren’t so cold.” “The cold doesn’t matter,” said Kevin. “That’s what warm jackets and scarves are for.” So they agreed to go up into the hills and take pictures the next Saturday. On Friday, it was really cold. James decided to check the weather forecast for the next day on his new smartphone. The news wasn’t good! Low temperatures were expected, and there was a possibility of snow! James called Kevin and told him. But Kevin wouldn’t listen to him. “If it snows, we’ll get great pictures,” he said. “Don’t tell Mitzi, though! She hates the snow!” “You’re right!” said James. “It won’t be dangerous. They’re only hills, not the Himalayas!”

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9 But the next day, as the three children stood looking up at the hills, they could see gray clouds in the distance. It wasn’t raining, though, and it didn’t feel very cold, so they started climbing. In the first hour they took lots of pictures. But then the weather changed! It grew dark, and it started to snow. “I’m freezing,” said Mitzi. “Let’s go home now.” But by then it was snowing very hard, so they decided to wait under some trees until the snow stopped. But the snow didn’t stop. It got worse! “Come on. We’d better go down,” said Kevin. They started to climb down, but it was very hard to see. They walked and walked, but they couldn’t find their way down! They were lost! “We’re just going around in circles,” said Kevin. “Do you have your phone, James? We should call for help.” Urgently, James got his phone out, but it didn’t work. “If we climb up the hill to the top, it might work there,” he said. So they climbed back up to the top of the hill. “I wish my phone would work,” said James. “Why didn’t I listen to you?” Kevin said to James. “Why didn’t we pay attention to the weather forecast?” Mitzi heard him! “You mean you knew there was a storm coming?” she shouted. “Yes,” said Kevin. He felt very guilty! “Shhh!” said James. “The phone’s working.” He called his parents, who called the police. An hour later, the children heard a whap, whap, whap! It was a helicopter. The boys jumped up and down and started waving to attract attention. At that moment, Mitzi raised her camera and took a picture of the helicopter coming down through the snow to rescue them. And that was the one that won first prize in the competition!

2 In pairs, talk about the questions. 1

What should the friends have done and who should they have talked to before their trip?

2

What could they have done differently?

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How do you think their parents felt?

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Hurricanes What are hurricanes? Hurricanes are large rotating storms. The scientific name for a hurricane is a “tropical cyclone,” but in North America and the Caribbean they are called “hurricanes.” In the Indian Ocean they are called “cyclones,” but in Southeast Asia they are called “typhoons.” In the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean, hurricanes usually happen between June 1 and November 30. This period is called the hurricane season.

How do hurricanes form? When the warm air rises over warm ocean water, it’s replaced by cooler air. The cooler air then gets warm and starts to rise, too. If this happens, huge storm clouds form and these begin to spin. If there is enough warm water, this will continue until the wind speeds get stronger to form a hurricane. Hurricanes can be as big as 600 kilometers wide.

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Names of hurricanes Hurricanes are given names. These are chosen by the World Meteorological Organization. The names are in alphabetical order and alternate between male and female. For example, in 2017, Hurricane Irma followed Hurricane Harvey. The first storm of the year will always have a name that starts with the letter “a” and, if the hurricane is especially violent, that name is never used again.

Parts of a hurricane The center of a hurricane is calm and still. This part is called the eye. The most dangerous part of the hurricane is the eye wall, where the highest winds are.

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cold air eye eye wall

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In Southeast Asia, hurricanes

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When warm air rises,

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Hurricanes are sometimes

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When a storm is really strong,

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Complete the sentences.

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warm air

The letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z are not used for the names of hurricanes. So, we will never see a Hurricane Ursula.

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Skills practice

1 Read this email from Pete to his friends. What’s it about? TO: Sasha S.; Olympia O. FROM: Pete

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Hi, Do you remember I won that bike race? The prize was $50 to spend on some new equipment. That means warm clothes or cool gadgets! Would you like to help me choose something on Saturday? 2 There’s a nice store close to my house, or the large sports store in the shopping mall. Which is better? 3 How about doing something together afterward?

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Let me know, Pete

2 Match the reply notes A–D to 1–4 in the email. A

Wonderful!

B Suggest …

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D Yes – say what time

Tell Pete …

3 Read the answers. Which email would get a better grade? Why? TO: Pete P. FROM: Olivia

TO: Pete P. FROM: Sasha

Hi, Pete,

Hi,

Wonderful news about the money! I wish I was fitter so I could race like you.

Yes, I remember that race. It was freezing! The temperature was only about three degrees on that day. Wonderful about the prize, though.

I’d like to help you on Saturday, but only after 2 p.m. The forecast says there’s going to be a storm in the morning, and I don’t want to get wet. I heard the sports store is good, with all the typical clothes you need, and there’s a lot of choice. However, Baxter’s store is more personal, even if it’s more expensive. After shopping, let’s take a walk at the park if it’s not too cold.

I have a lot of homework to do this weekend. I don’t really like shopping, because things are usually expensive and sales clerks can be unfriendly. I can lend you a pair of gloves for icy weather. But if it’s really cold, it’s better to travel by bus.

Bye, Olivia

Bye!

4 What can you add to Sasha’s email? Remember,

Sasha

it needs to be about 100 words. Remember to use all the notes. Check your work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary, too!

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