Unit 9 Good Friends

Good friends 9.1 Can you ask for a favour? Unit9 1 Write true (T) or false (F). 3 Match the questions with the answers. a Can is more formal than could. _____ F a away / shopping / you / can / put / the / ? b We use could you to ask a big favour. _____ ______________________________________ Can you put the shopping away? c We use could you with people we don’t b my / homework / with / me / you / know very well. _____ could / help / ? d We use can you with people we know well. ______________________________________ _____ c you / feed / dog / can / the / ? ______________________________________ 2 Circle the correct option. d lend / dictionary / you / your / could / me /? ______________________________________ e you / the / go / can / and / water / out / garden / ? ______________________________________ 4 Match these requests and responses. a Hey, Mike, can you help me with this project? _____ 1 Could you open the window? b Mum, could you give me twenty euros for the school trip? _____ c Dad, can you come and look at this web- site? _____ d Can you lend me ten euros? _____ e Could you repeat that? _____ 1 I’m sorry, I can’t. I’m really busy. 2 Sorry, I’m busy. Why don’t you ask your Mum? 3 Sure! I said that you have to be here at six. 4 OK. Here you are. 5 Well, it depends. Is your room tidy? You are talking to ... 5 Write requests with can you or could you. a your teacher. ‘Can / could you open the window?’ a Ask your friend to show you his/her b a friend. ‘Can / could you lend me a pencil?’ answers. c a shop assistant. ‘Can / could you change this ______________________________________ fifty-euro note?’ b Ask your teacher to explain the homework d your aunt. ‘Can / could you pass me the again. milk?’ ______________________________________ e another friend. ‘Can / could you help me tidy c Ask your parents to take you to the my bedroom?’ cinema. f your cousin. ‘Can / could you lend me twenty ______________________________________ euros?’ d Ask a shop assistant to tell you the time. ______________________________________ 42 © Richmond Publishing, 2004 PHOTOCOPIABLE

Good friends 9.2 Vocabulary Unit9 1 Correct the following sentences with a 4 Read the clues and complete the comparative adjective. crossword puzzle. ➔ Down colder faster noisier quieter 1 The largest mammal in the world stronger wetter worse worse 2 Their long necks let them eat the highest leaves 6 These bears live in China 7 A small, furry animal 8 This bird builds its nest in high buildings Across ➔ 3 A horse ‘in pyjamas’ a Ducks are better hunters than foxes. ______ worse 4 The king of the jungle b Tropical rainforests are drier than other 5 Don’t play games with this animal because it forests. ______ wetter always cheat c Deserts are hotter at night than during the 7 They like bananas day. ______ 9 These animals live in the Arctic d Parrots are quieter than giraffes. ______ e Lions are weaker than mice. ______ 1 f Scorpions are noisier than monkeys. ______ 2 g Cheetahs are slower than zebras. ______ h Storks see better at night than foxes. ______ 3 4 2 Find five adjectives and five 5 comparatives. N O I S I E R E M A 6 7 7 P R E T T I E R Q A 8 E W R F A S T R R U N E S A L T T L G N T A M Q L T U T M I 9 R K A U G L Y L I U O P L I N I L S E S T E L E I E R W S R L W E T T E R I E L 5 Put these adjectives into the correct D I R T I E R T R I columns. big dirty fast fat funny hot 3 Unscramble the names of the animals. noisy pretty sad short small a niol __________ lion strong thin ugly weak b aprol abre __________ c rashk __________ a b c d agajru __________ + -er + -ier double consonant + -er e zildar __________ smaller uglier bigger f thanpele __________ g lirloag __________ h breza __________ © Richmond Publishing, 2004 PHOTOCOPIABLE 43

Good friends 9.3 Can you compare animals? Unit9 1 Complete the sentences with these 4 Make sentences about these teams words. using better and worse. big fast noisy short small strong tall points a Parrots can be _________ pets. noisy Albion 16 b Good swimmers are _________. United 14 c Basketball players are usually _________. Rovers 13 d An elephant is _________, but a mouse is _________. a Albion / United e On Fridays we finish school early; the day is _________________________________________ Albion played better than United. _________. b Rovers / Albion f White sharks have very _________ teeth. _________________________________________ 2 Complete these adjectives to make c Rovers / United _________________________________________ comparatives. d Albion / Rovers a clean_ _ er e dirt_ _ _ _________________________________________ b tall_ _ f nois_ _ _ e United / Rovers c heav_ _ _ g prett_ _ _ _________________________________________ d long_ _ h big _ _ _ f United / Albion _________________________________________ 3 Unscramble these sentences. 5 Match these descriptions with the Woof! Woof! correct animal. a This animal lives in water and is bigger than a house. ___5 b This small animal lives in hot places and can be dangerous to people. ___ c This small, fast animal lives in the Dogs are so noisy! desert. ___ d This large animal lives near the sea in very a are / pets / dogs / cats / than / quieter / . cold places. ___ ________________________________________ Cats are quieter pets than dogs. e This quiet pet sleeps a lot. ___ b a / is / monkey / smaller / than / gorilla / 1 A lizard a/. 2 A hamster ________________________________________ 3 A polar bear c than / whale / a / shark / a / bigger / is / . 4 A scorpion ________________________________________ 5 A whale d slower / a / a / is / snake / than / cheetah / . ________________________________________ 6 Write sentences to compare these animals. e a / bigger / mouse / rat / than / a / is / . ________________________________________ a fish / dog ______________________________ A fish is quieter than a dog. f an / heavier / than / is / a / elephant / b hamster / whale _______________________ polar bear / . ____________________________ c elephant / cheetah _____________________ ________________________________________ d scorpion / dog _________________________ 44 © Richmond Publishing, 2004 PHOTOCOPIABLE

Good friends 9.4 Reading and writing Unit9 1 Match these pictures to the different parts of the story. 2 5 8 1 3 4 6 7 Aesop was a storyteller in Greece in the seventh century BC. His stories — called fables — are all very simple, but each one has a moral. Even today, two thousand years after he died, Aesop’s fables can teach us important lessons. a _______ Once upon a time, there was a tortoise and a hare. As everyone knows, the tortoise is a very slow animal, one of the slowest. The hare, on the other hand, is one of the fastest. b _______ But the hare was not only very fast. He was also very proud. He said to the tortoise, ‘You’re so slow. You take much longer to do everything. I’m much quicker than you!’ c _______ ‘And my legs and ears are longer,’ continued the hare. ‘In fact, I’m much more handsome and cleverer than you.’ d _______ In his very gentle, calm way, the tortoise said, ‘Well, it’s true your legs and ears are longer, but if we race, I can win.’ e _______ ‘You! Win?!’ The hare laughed. He was very rude. He thought he was the best animal in the whole animal kingdom. f _______ The hare ran so quickly he was soon far ahead of the tortoise, who was walking slowly behind. So the hare stopped for a rest under a tree ... where he fell asleep! g _______ Well, while the hare was sleeping — and he slept much longer than he thought — the slow and steady tortoise just kept walking, slowly but surely. h _______ When the hare woke up and realized what had happened, he ran as fast as he could. But it was too late. The tortoise was already there at the finishing line, resting and calmly waiting for him. 2 Tick () the moral you think is best for the fable. a Not all the stories you hear are true. b A small friend may be a very important friend. c Don’t trust someone who says he/she is perfect. d Sometimes it’s better to be slow and consistent. 3 Which animal would you like to be? Why? beautiful fast friendly intelligent interesting kind powerful strong tall wise I would like to be a __________________ because a ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ © Richmond Publishing, 2004 PHOTOCOPIABLE 45

Good friends 9.5 Culture Unit9 Pets in the UK 1 Match the photographs to the animals. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Top Ten pets in Britain are: a budgerigar ____ 3 f guinea pig ____ b canary ____ g hamster ____ c cat ____ h any other bird ____ d dog ____ i rabbit ____ e goldfish ____ j tropical fish ____ 2 Number the animals in Activity 1 4 Are you surprised by any of the from 1 (most popular) to 10 statistics in Activity 3? (least popular) in your opinion. Do you think your country is similar? 1 __________ 6 __________ 5 Read this article from Catlover dog 2 __________ 7 __________ 3 __________ 8 __________ magazine. Do you agree? 4 __________ 9 __________ Six reasons why cats are good pets. 5 __________ 10 __________ 1 Cats are friendly (when they want to be). 2 Cats like to play (again, when they want to). 3 Check your answers. Unscramble 3 They are very clean. the animals and write them in the chart. 4 They are very quiet. Types of pets in the UK 5 You don’t need to take them for walks. 6 You can leave them on their own for long homes with periods of time. pet this pet a b gdo cta dog 23.4% 21.4% 6 Write three reasons why dogs are good pets. c barbit 9.3% d fligdosh 3.9% Doglover magazine says dogs are good pets e digburgera 3.6% because … f themars 3.2% a _______________________________________ g roteh dibr 2.6% b _______________________________________ h oralpict hifs 2.4% c _______________________________________ i unieag gip 1.6% j ynacar 0.8% 46 © Richmond Publishing, 2004 PHOTOCOPIABLE

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