Discovering English is a three-level lower secondary course written for students aged 11 to 14. It provides a well-balanced communicative syllabus covering functions, structures, vocabulary and grammar plus listening, speaking, writing and study skills. Students will love the delightful illustrations and photography, and the entertaining approach to learning English. Teachers will appreciate the easy-to-use format, imaginative activities and helpful guidance in the Teacher's Guide.
DISCOVERING ENGLISH 1 l WORKBOOK
Workbook
Key features l Rich, lively, visually-exciting presentation l Up to date and varied topics which provide many opportunities for students to talk and write about their own lives l A clear learning focus and regular revision lessons in each course l A series of graded language structures and functions to create communicative trust l Lively, likeable characters in a contemporary setting l Four language skills are developed through a thorough integration of CLIL topics accompanied by the 4C's of the 21st Century Learning and Innovation Skills (Critical thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, Communication) l Interactive whiteboard software
BRIAN ABBS & INGRID FREEBAIRN with ALISON WOODER & JON MARKS
www.nuanspublishing.com
Workbook
Contents p.
p.
LESSON 1
Hello!
4
LESSON 26
How do you spell it?
34
LESSON 2
Good morning.
5
LESSON 27
Can you swim?
35
LESSON 3
This is my family.
6
LESSON 28
I’m doing my homework.
36
LESSON 4
She’s called Cleo.
7
LESSON 29
She’s wearing Number 13.
37
LESSON 5
Round up
8
LESSON 30
Round up
38
LESSON 6
How old are you?
10
LESSON 31
Do you like hamburgers?
40
LESSON 7
What’s your address?
11
LESSON 32
Which ones do you like?
41
LESSON 8
What’s that?
12
LESSON 33
When have we got PE?
42
LESSON 9
It’s an African elephant.
13
LESSON 34
Do you like swimming?
43
LESSON 10
Round up
14
LESSON 35
Round up
44
LESSON 11
He’s American.
16
LESSON 36
A big golden Labrador
46
LESSON 12
We’re from Penzance.
17
LESSON 37
It ’s too high!
47
LESSON 13
Do you want a sweet?
18
LESSON 38
Speak loudly and clearly!
48
LESSON 14
What colour is it?
19
LESSON 39
How tall is it?
49
LESSON 15
Round up
20
LESSON 40
Round up
50
LESSON 16
Whose sweater is this?
22
LESSON 41
How much are they?
52
LESSON 17
Who’s your favourite?
23
LESSON 42
What time is it?
53
LESSON 18
Have you got a bike?
24
LESSON 43
It’s raining.
54
LESSON 19
How many have you got?
25
LESSON 44
We have dinner at seven.
55
LESSON 20
Round up
26
LESSON 45
Round up
56
LESSON 21
How many are there?
28
LESSON 46
What’s ‘yes’ in Spanish?
58
LESSON 22
There’s an attic.
29
LESSON 47
When’s your birthday?
59
LESSON 23
Spiders in the chimney
30
LESSON 48
My sister never helps.
60
LESSON 24
I live in Cambridge.
31
LESSON 49
Does she like chocolates?
61
LESSON 25
Round up
32
LESSON 50
Round up
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LESSON
Hello!
1
1 Complete the sentences with words from the box.
3 Match the numbers with the words.
My Ben Hello Lily name’s
two four Hello. name’s
.
one five three
. My .
2 Write the question.
W
eight
y n
ten ? nine seven six
My name’s Ben.
4
four
LESSON
Round up
5
1 Complete the crossword with words from Lessons 1 to 4. 1 2 3 4
5
6
7
8
9
1 The Morgan
are Mr and Mrs Morgan, Lily, Ben and Sophie.
1 Mr Morgan is Lily and Ben’s 2
They have a
3
Ben’s
4
Miss Harris is Lily’s
5
Lily and Ben have a little
6
Lily’s
7
Sophie’s
8
The Morgan family’s
9
Mrs Morgan is Sophie’s
.
called Cleo.
from school is called Jack. . . Her name is Sophie.
is called Castle Hill School. ’s name is Ben. is called Leo. .
2. Match the sentences on the left with the replies on the right.
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1. Hello! 2. How are you? 3. Good morning, Mr Patel. 4. What’s his name?
a. Bye, Sophie. b. Good Morning, Ben. c. Hi! d. His name’s Jack.
5. Who’s that? 6. Goodbye!
e. I’m OK, thanks. How are you? f. That’s Emma. She’s my friend from school.
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5 3 Introduce other people. Complete the sentences with your ideas. 1.
, this
. She’s
2.
, this
. He’s
. .
4 Write sentences about each person.
He
.
She
.
His
.
Her
.
Her
.
His
.
She
.
He
.
She
.
His
.
Her
.
He
.
My
.
My friend
.
His/Her
.
I
.
nine
9
LESSON
10
Round up
1 Match the questions with the answers. 1. Are they your friends?
a. Yes, she is.
2. Is this your chair?
b. Yes, I am. I’m from London.
3. Are you and your brother twins?
c. No, he isn’t.
4. Are you from England?
d. Yes, they are.
5. Is Miss Harris your teacher?
e. No, we aren’t. We’re eleven and thirteen.
6. Is your brother at this school?
f. No, it isn’t.
2 Write the words in the correct parts of the
4 Use the words to make sentences. Look at
table.
the example. Example: this computer / China
Indian China American Chinese England America Africa India African English
This computer is from China.
Countries
1. my teacher / America
Nationalities
It is a Chinese computer.
America Chinese 2. that elephant / Africa
3. my friend / England
3 Do you know these flags? Write the nationalities. 4. this car / India The
flag.
5 Which word in each line is different? Circle the different word. The
flag.
1. elephant | twin | tiger | eagle | panda 2. number | ruler | pencil | eraser | notebook 3. eleven | nineteen | seven | thirteen | old
The
flag.
4. mother | brother | address | sister | father 5. teacher | lesson | house | class | school 6. look | listen | book | say | write 7. pencil | computer | phone | laptop | tablet
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10 6 Read about Anna. Then complete the questions with words from the box. Anna is Chinese. She is from Beijing in China but now she lives at 18 Western Way, Newport with her family. She has two brothers, Lee and Ray. They are twins. They are only six years old. She is twelve years old and she goes to Southfield School. Her favourite teacher is Mrs Benson. Are Who What Is Where How QUESTIONS 1.
How
ANSWERS
She is twelve years old.
old is she?
2.
’s she from?
3.
’s her address?
4.
’s her favourite teacher?
5.
she at school?
6.
her brothers seven years old?
7 Write answers to the questions. 8 Choose the correct words or phrases to complete these conversations. Let’s go! 1. FRIEND:
that’s right
please
I’m fine
I must go now.
I don’t know
Thank you!
My number is 01752 968229. .
YOU:
Say it again slowly,
FRIEND:
OK. 0...1...7...5...2...9...6...8...2...2...9
2. TEACHER: Where is this animal from? . Is it African?
YOU:
. Good.
TEACHER: Yes,
3. TEACHER: This is a new notebook. It’s for you. YOU: 4. FRIEND:
Come on! I want to go on the dodgems.
YOU: 5. FRIEND: YOU:
No,
. Bye!
Hello! How are you? , thanks.
fifteen
15
LESSON
? Have you got a bike
18
1 Read about Luke. Look at the table and complete the text with I’ve got and I haven’t got. “Hi! I’m Luke.
I've got
a black and green bike. It’s an old bike, but
I like it. I like animals, but
a pet.
a smartphone.
but
a sister but
brother. His name is Simon.
a
a great new backpack. It’s red
a football. I don’t like football much.”
and orange.
LUKE
a laptop,
bike
pet
laptop
smartphone
sister
brother
backpack
football
✓
✗
✗
✓
✗
Simon
✓
✗
YOU
2 Now tick the boxes for yourself and write about you in your notebook. 3 Match the questions with the answers. 1. Have you got a pet?
a. No, I haven’t. I don’t like football. I think it’s boring.
2. Have you got a computer?
b. Yes, I have. She’s a dark brown dog called Hermione.
3. Have you got a brother?
c. Yes, I have. All my books and my pens are in it.
4. Have you got a football?
d. Yes, I have. I like her music. It’s great!
5. Have you got a favourite band?
e. No, I haven’t. I don’t like pop music much.
6. Have you got a backpack?
f. Yes, I have. His name is Joey.
7. Have you got any Beyoncé songs on your phone?
g. No, I haven’t, but I’ve got a tablet and a smartphone.
4 Choose a word from the box to complete these sentences. Let’s haven’t too yours Mine got 1. You’ve got a smartphone but I haven’t
one.
2. You’ve got a new red backpack and I’ve got one 3.
see your new watch! is new.
4. My tablet is really old but 5. I like dogs, but I 6. This isn’t my tennis racquet.
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got one. is blue and white.
.
LESSON
19
? t o g u o y e v a h y n a How m 2 Complete the sentences with have got, haven’t got, has got and hasn’t got. 1.
Have you
got
any old postcards? some photos of
2. Rafael famous footballers.
any posters of pop singers. 3. I I think pop music is boring. nearly three hundred 4. Jo autographs of famous people. 5.
your friend
any
badges?
1 Carrie likes foreign stamps. She collects them in her stamp album. Now, she’s got hundreds of stamps in her stamp collection. Complete the sentences. Write the numbers as words.
some photos of our family 6. We here, on this phone. 7.
you your cat on your phone?
Country
Number of stamps
Brazil
116
Hungary
75
I have got
Poland
68
He has got
Spain
about 300
She has not got
China
nearly 200
You have got
Mexico
46
We have not got
any photos of
3 Rewrite the sentence with the short form of
have got.
I've got
a great stamp collection.
They have got
1. Carrie has got sixty-eight
It has got
stamps.
4 Complete the sentences with some or any.
2. Carrie’s got forty-six
1. Have you got
stamps. 3. She’s got one hundred and sixteen
3. She’s got
stamps. Chinese
4. She’s got stamps. 5. She’s got
Spanish
stamps. –
6. She’s got
Hungarian stamps in her stamp album.
2. I haven’t got
4. Has Dave got his collection? 5. You’ve got
shells? model trains. comic books in her bag. Japanese coins in amazing shells in your
collection. 6. We haven’t got singers here. 7. You’ve got animals.
posters of pop fantastic posters of twenty-five
25
LESSON
Round up
30
1 Write the -ing forms of these verbs.
3 Write questions and answers about animals.
1. speak speaking
2. ride
1. lions / run fast / yes
3. sit
4. take
Can lions run fast?
5. learn
6. swim
Yes, they can.
7. do
8. write
9. make
10. play
11. run
12. go
13. say
14. come
2. dogs / swim / yes
2 Write questions and answers about birthday presents. 1. wallet / purse
Do you want a wallet or a purse? Can I have a purse, please? 2. scarf / pair of gloves
3. pandas / climb trees / yes
3. hairbrush / comb
4. cats / eat apples / no
4. CD / download
5. hippopotamuses / swim / no
5. pair of scissors / penknife
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(They can only walk in water.)
30
4 Ravi is doing his homework. He is writing
5 What are your family and friends doing now?
about what his family and friends are doing now. Read and answer the questions.
Write about them in your notebook.
6 Complete these useful phrases from Lessons 26 to 29 with the missing words.
My father is working. My mother is sitting on a train. She is coming home from work.
1. How do you
My brother is cooking dinner in the kitchen.
your surname?
B_A_D_A_W_I.
My sister is watching TV in her bedroom. My friends Bradley and Alex are playing a
2. Can I
computer game in Bradley’s bedroom.
3.
My friend Tia is doing her homework.
an ice cream, please? quiet! .
4. Mind your own 5. A: Can you swim? B: Yes, I can, but not very 6. I 7. A:
.
understand. are you doing?
B: I’m sending a message.
1. What are Ravi’s parents doing? His dad is working
.
and his mum
.
2. What are his brother and sister doing? . . . 3. What are his friends doing?
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39
LESSON
! ly r a le c d n a ly d u lo Speak
38
3 Choose the correct word to complete the
1 Complete the table. Adjective
Adverb
quick
quickly
conversations.
slow clear loudly quiet fast well
1. A: That’s a good / well picture. B: Thank you. But I can’t draw quick /quickly. I can only draw good / well when I draw slow / slowly. A: What’s that in that part of the picture? Is it a dog? B: No, It’s a horse. But it’s not very clear / clearly.
bad
2 Complete the conversation with adverbs from the box. clearly loudly quickly quietly slowly MUM:
You always speak too on your phone! I can’t hear the TV. Speak more !
AMBER: OK, OK. MUM:
You do your homework very . Do it more .
AMBER: Mmmm... stupid... silly... MUM:
What? I can’t understand what you’re saying. Speak more
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forty-eight
.
2. A: Can you speak French? B: Yes, I can, but I can’t speak it very good / well. A: Can you understand French people? B: I can understand when they speak very slow / slowly and clear / clearly. A: Can you understand our French teacher? B: Not always. Her voice is very quiet / quietly. A: What about French on TV? Can you understand that? B: No, I can’t. It’s always too fast / quickly for me.
LESSON
39
How tall is it?
1 Complete the conversations
2 Write questions for the answers.
with words from Lesson 38. A: How high is Big Ben? B: It’s 96 metres . A: How A: How long are jumbo jets?
is it?
B: Jumbo Jets are about 70 metres long.
B: I think it’s about
A:
10 metres
?
B: They’re about 80 metres wide.
. A: How is it? B: More than 150 years. It was built in 1859.
A: How big are Olympic swimming pools? B: They’re 50 metres 25 metres A: How B: They’re 2 to 3 metres
and A:
.
African elephants?
B: They can be up to 4 metres tall, and about
are they?
2 metres wide. .
A:
the elephant in this photo?
B: He’s about 50 years old. They can live for up 70 years.
3 How do you say these things in your language? 1. Wow!
2. Don’t be silly.
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LESSON
It’s raining.
43
1 Match the sentences with the pictures. Write them into the correct part of the table. It’s cold. It’s snowing.
It’s freezing. It’s sunny.
3 Write about the weather in each part of the United Kingdom.
It’s hot. The sun is shining.
SCOT LAND
It’s hot
NORTHERN IRELAND
ENGLAND
2 Complete the conversations with words from
WALES
the box. cloudy
cold
shining
snowing
warm
1. A: Mum, can I go out and play football? B: No, you can’t! It’s
!
A: No, it isn’t. It’s cloudy and it’s very , but it isn’t snowing now. 2. A: Dad! Can we go out and play volleyball? B: Is the sun
sunny
in Scotland.
2.
Northern Ireland.
3.
Wales.
4.
.
4 Find a simple map of the weather today for your country online (or imagine it). Write sentences about the weather today.
? , but it
A: No, it isn’t. It’s isn’t cold. It’s
1. It’s
It’s
.
in
.
. . .
5 Complete the sentences for you. I like I don’t like
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weather. weather.
LESSON
44
. n e v e s t a r e n in d e v We ha
1 Complete this email from an activity camp. Use words from the box. get dressed
get up
go to bed
go sailing
have a shower
have dinner
have lunch
Hi Mum How are you? The camp is nice, and the weather is great. It’s warm and the sun is shining. What’s the every morning at half past seven and
weather like at home? We
in the camp bathrooms. Then we
and or windsurfing.
have breakfast at quarter past eight. After breakfast we We
at about quarter to one. We usually have hamburgers and chips.
In the afternoon we play tennis or volleyball or other sports. We have tea at 4 o’clock and after tea we have free time. at half past six. After dinner we watch a DVD or have more free
We time. We
at about 9 o’clock. I’m having a great time here!
Love from Oscar
2 Write questions about Oscar’s day for the answers.
B: (12.30) A: (dinner)
1. What time does Oscar get up? At 7.30.
B: (7.45) A: (go to bed)
2.
B: (11.30)
At 8.15.
4 Write the words into the correct boxes.
3. At 12.45.
a break
a good time
dressed
At 4 p.m.
lunch to bed
scuba diving undressed
swimming up
4. 5. At 6.30 p.m. 6.
get ...
have ...
go ...
a break
At 9 p.m.
3 Write the questions with usually and answers. A: (get up)
What time do you usually get up?
B: (7.00)
At about seven o’clock in the morning.
A: (lunch) fifty-five
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LESSON
50
Round up
1 Complete the questions. Then match the questions with the answers. 1. When
’s your birthday?
a) It’s ‘Ha-KEEM’.
2.
do you pronounce your surname?
b) I’m too cold. It’s freezing here!
3.
do you spell your surname?
c) Let’s play football.
4.
’s the date today?
d) H-A-K-I-M.
5.
’s the matter?
e) Never. My dad always does it.
6.
often do you do the washing up?
f) It’s in April.
7.
shall we do now?
g) Well, you know I love chocolate.
8.
shall I get you for your birthday?
h) It’s Tuesday, November 29th.
2 Guess these things from Lesson 47. Write the words.
1. d
2. a
of g
3. a c
4. a s
5. a
of c
6. a h
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50 3 Complete the crossword with words from Lessons 1 to 50. 1.
How do you
1.
What’s your
I’m really sad. I can’t find my cat.
?
9. What are you writing?
I haven’t got a mobile phone.
Mind your own
school subject?
2. What’s your
Yes, OK. Let’s go.
3. How much are these?
4. What
11. Go
.
It’s mine.
They’re orange and banana.
13. It’s my birthday today. I’m thirteen
! I’m trying to work!
14. Can I
more slowly, please?
you?
No, it’s OK. I’m just looking, thanks.
?
7. Where are you
.
years
. Can you speak
6. Sorry, I don’t
, Sophie! bag is this?
12.
are these sweets?
5. Be
!
we go home now?
10.
It’s History.
They’re £2.50
?
8. What’s the
this word?
up!
15. Come on, Sophie.
Rome, in Italy.
1 2
3
4
5 6
7
8
9
10
11 12
13 14
15
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