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ActionWorkbook A Enskukennsluefnið Action er ætlað miðstigi grunnskóla. Í þessari vinnubók eru verkefni með þremur fyrstu köflum textabókar, Fortune-telling, Lifestyle og Crimes and mysteries.
Kennsluleiðbeiningar og hlustunaræfingar eru á vef Námsgagnastofnunar, www.nams.is.
Höfundar eru Björg Jónsdóttir og Erla Björk Pálsdóttir.
NÁMSGAGNASTOFNUN 06181
ACTIONWorkbook A
ActionWorkbook A
ISBN 978-9979-0-1518-5© 2011 Björg Jónsdóttir og Erla Björk Pálsdóttir© 2011 teikningar: Þórhallur Kristinsson
1. útgáfa 2011NámsgagnastofnunKópavogi
Bók þessa má ekki afrita með neinum hætti, svo sem með ljósmyndun, prentun, hljóðritun eða á annan sambærilegan hátt, að hluta eða í heild, án skriflegs leyfis höfundar og útgefanda.
Ritstjóri: Aldís Yngvadóttir
Enskuyfirlestur: Eliza Reid og Wendy RichardsHönnun um umbrot: NámsgagnastofnunPrentun: Viðey ehf.
Workbook A
Action
Efnisyfirlit
Fortune-telling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The star signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Your classmates’ star signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Today’s horoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ethan and Melinda – (Listening) . . . . . . . 7 Horoscope crossword puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Your future in your palm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Lottery winners – (Listening) . . . . . . . . . . 11 The locket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The fortune-teller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Imagine your future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Iceland and fortune-telling . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The scorpion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Word search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Small, smaller or smallest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Make a fortune-telling beak . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hidden message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Board game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Crimes and mysteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Unsolved mysteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The robbery – (Listening) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Where is the thief? – (Listening) . . . . . . . 50 Who is who? – (Listening) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Talk about mysterious things . . . . . . . . . . 53 Strange crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Word search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 True stories – (Listening) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 A favour from a friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Crossword puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Should I or shouldn’t I? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Telling time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Joe’s strange day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 The hidden people of Iceland . . . . . . . . . . 63 Hidden message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lifestyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Unusual sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Parkour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 A few points about your health . . . . . . . . . 31 The food circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Hobbies – (Listening) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Crossword puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Ironman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Word search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Exam stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Talk about your feelings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 What is your exercise
routine like? – (Listening) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Iceland and the Olympics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Listen to the specialists – (Listening) . . . . 41 A day in Aiden’s/Charlotte’s life . . . . . . . . 42 Hidden message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Are you a good actor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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fortune-teller
coffee cupmoneysofasigns of the zodiac
plant
crystal ball
glasses
necklace
cards
newspaper tablecloth
palm reading
Write each word in the correct box.
Fortune-telling
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A Organised Aquarius
B Likes to gossip Pisces
C Brave Aries
D Caring for your home Taurus
E Good manners Gemini
F Very positive Cancer
G Very forgiving Leo
H Gets ideas Virgo
I Great sense of humour Libra
J Likes being alone Scorpio
K Loves excitement Sagittarius
L Truthful and loyal Capricorn
The star signs p. 6A Match the star sign to its qualities.
B Write T (true) or F (false) after these sentences.
money
1 . Aries always thinks before s/he speaks .
2 . Taurus has many close friends .
3 . Cancer has a very good memory .
4 . Libra likes to be alone .
5 . Sagittarius always looks on the bright side of life .
6 . Leos like to have people around them .
7 . Libra likes change .
8 . Scorpio is a fantastic friend .
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Your classmates’ star signs
A Write your birthday and your zodiac sign.
Example: My birthday is on 1 March and my sign is Pisces.
My
B Now ask three students in your class the same questions and write their answers here. Remember to write their names as well. Example: Robert’s birthday is 20 April and his sign is Taurus.
C Write the months in the correct box in the table below. (Remember that in English the names of the months are always written with a capital letter).
Summer Winter Spring Autumn
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Today’s horoscope
Find your horoscope for today in a newspaper or on the Internet and write two to three sentences about what it says.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th
31st
Ethan and Melinda
A Listen and mark true or false.
1 . Ethan and Melinda used to work together in a bank .
2 . Ethan is married but has no children .
3 . Melinda works at home .
4 . Ethan has a dog .
5 . Ethan’s children have been sick .
6 . Ethan is sick .
7 . Melinda doesn’t really say what she does for a living .
8 . Melinda seems to know some things about the future .
9 . Melinda wants to own puppies .
10 . Ethan tries to get answers from Melinda .
11 . Melinda tells Ethan he will find a new job .
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B Use the boxes below to create a short summary of the story in a comic way. Draw pictures in the boxes and write some text below each picture.
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12
3
4
56
87
910
12
13
14
11
Horoscope crossword puzzleFind the words in English.
Acr
oss
5 .
Á
huga
vert
7 .
Skip
uleg
gja
9 .
M
anna
siðir
12
. Sp
enna
14
. Ve
rnda
15
. Ró
legu
r/w
hen
you
are
no
t exc
ited
you
are
. . .
16 .
Öry
ggi
Dow
n
1 .
Hug
rakk
ur
2 .
Óþe
kkt
3 .
K
lár
4 .
O
rka
6 .
Sl
úður
8 .
Æ
vint
ýri
10
. Le
iðto
gi
11 .
Hug
myn
dir
13
. Tr
yggu
r
1516
10
Your future in your palm p. 10
Imagine that you are a fortune-teller. This is Jenny’s palm. She really wants to know her future. Read her lines and tell her fortune.
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Lottery winners
Listen to the true stories about lottery winners and answer the questions in Icelandic.
Story 1
1 . Hvað var óvenjulegt við að Janette og Stephen unnu í lottóinu?
2 . Hverjar voru vinningstölurnar?
3 . Hvað ætla þau að gera við vinninginn?
4 . Hvers vegna kemur vinningurinn sér vel?
Story 2
1 . Hversu gömul er Deborah?
2 . Hvar fæddist hún?
3 . Af hverju ákvað hún að kaupa sér miða í lottóinu?
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4 . Af hverju byrjaði Deborah að spá í tarot spil?
5 . Hvers vegna hætti hún að vinna?
6 . Nefndu þrjá hluti sem hún ætlar að nota peningana í?
Phil Fortune-teller
Girlfri-end
Police Officer
Captain
1. Getur þú sagt mér eitthvað um líf mitt?
2. Farðu burt úr lífi mínu.
3. Þú þarft að fara og ekki koma aftur.
4. Lastu miðann?
5. Ég trúi ekki á svona hluti.
6. Því miður þú þarft að fara undir eins.
7. Þetta hlýtur að vera síðasti dagur lífs míns.
The locket p. 12A Who said what? Mark the correct box.
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B Find and match the synonyms (words that have the same meaning).
1. locket a. scream
2. reply b. fast
3. frightening c. necklace
4. quick d. great
5. yell e. many
6. fantastic f. answer
7. several g. scary
The fortune-tellerListen to the song fortune-teller and fill in the blanks.
Went to the fortune-teller
To have my fortune
I didn’t know what to tell her
I had a dizzy feeling in my
Said she’d take a look at my
She said “Son, you feel kinda ”
And she looked into her crystal ball
Said “You’re in ”
Said it could not be so
I’m not passionate with the girls I
She said when the next one arrives
Looking into her
I left there in a
Looking forward to my big surprise
The next day I discovered
That the fortune-teller told me a
I hurried back down to that
As mad as I could be
I told her I didn’t see nobody
Why’d she make a fool out?
Then something struck
As if it came from up above
While looking at the fortune-teller
I fell in love
Now I’m a happy fellow
Well I’m to the fortune-teller
We’re happy as we can be
Now I get my fortune told for
Now I’m a happy fellow
Well I’m the fortune-teller
We’re happy as we can be
And I get my fortune told for
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Answer these questions about the song in English.
1 . Where did the singer go?
2 . What did the fortune-teller use to see the singer’s future?
3 . What did she tell the singer?
4 . Did the singer believe her?
5 . Was she telling the truth?
6 . How did this end?
7 . What do you think of the song?
Imagine your futureWrite about what you think your future might be like. First you should write one word in the blank and then a few sentences to explain it better. You might have to use your notebook.
I will work as …
My home will be …
My family will be …
My hobby will be …
On the whole my life will be …
Fortune-telling 15
Iceland and fortune-telling p. 16Discuss in class, smaller grops or pairs. Use these phrases and questions to help you start.
Have you tried the vala? How did it go? Do you
believe that the vala has fortune-telling ability?
What do you think your future holds?
Do you think there are people who are only pretending that they can see the future? Why or
why not?
What do you think of fortune-tellers?Have you ever seen
someone predicting the future with a coffee cup. If so, how was it done?
The scorpion p. 19A Use the text to find the English translations of these words.
1 . rússíbani
2 . tjald
3 . hræddur
4 . framtíð
5 . skrýtin
6 . skítug
7 . peningar
8 . óskir
9 . svunta
10 . buxnavasi
11 . bygging
12 . lögregla
13 . kirkjugarður
14 . gröf
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C Pair the phrases together to make complete sentences.
B Choose the best answer.
1. Kim was never seen again. She …
a) disappeared b) got lost c) left
2. The kids had fun at the carnival. They tried …
a) a rollercoaster b) an apron c) clothes
3. The old lady wore …
a) an apron b) a hat c) a scarf
4. They loved all the games and the rides on the …
a) horse b) teddy bear c) rollercoaster
5. The old lady said: “Get out of my …
a) house b) tent c) life
6. They were shocked and a bit …
a) scared b) shaking c) strange
7. Kim went to the graveyard where Stephen was …
a) crying b) buried c) standing
A No one knows what happened to her except
with a harsh voice .
B Kim and Stephen were very excited
perhaps her older brother Stephen .
C The old lady greeted them the object he had stolen from the old lady . It was very strange .
D Then her face changed and she became
and decided to go in .
E Give it back! tore his clothes and pulled his hair .
F Stephen reached into his pocket and took out
when she heard a noise .
G They scratched his face, even uglier than before .
H It was raining and Kim started to walk home slowly
The three wishes will only do you harm!
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D Answer the questions.
1 . Where did Stephen and Kim go?
2 . Why did they want to know their future?
3 . What did the old woman say to them?
4 . How did Stephen and Kim feel about that?
5 . Why did Stephen run back into the tent?
6 . Why do you think the old lady yelled, “Give it back! The three wishes will only do you harm”?
7 . What did Stephen really mean with his first wish?
8 . Kim’s wish was also misunderstood . How could she have put it better?
9 . What do you think happened to Kim?
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E Adjectives (lýsingarorð) describe things. Try to find ten adjectives in the text and put them in the box.
Positive adjectives Negative adjectives
F Now write six true sentences about yourself using adjectives. You can use some of the adjectives you put in the box.
H Y C N T M P Y I F
U X R I F A E A O W
E M Y F E X R R L J
R V S S L K T O P M
U V T L S U T D T B
T Y A K N S I G N T
U B L E C A I D O Z
F E H K R P O L N J
K N P K V D P K A V
T K U S W Y T C D E
BALLCRYSTALFORTUNEFUTUREPALMSIGNTAROTZODIAC
Word searchFind the eight fortune-telling words.
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4. The sofa is hard .
The dining room chair is .
The kitchen chair is the .
5. This is a nice person .
The person we met yesterday was
though .
The person I have ever
met is this one here .
6. A skyscraper in Shanghai in China
(Shanghai World Financial Center) is a
very tall building .
The Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei in Taiwan
is even . But a skyscraper in
Dubai in United Arab Emirates was
the building in the world
in 2010 .
Small, smaller or smallestÞurfum hér lýsandi myndir lítill minni minnstur og svo framvegis .
1. Here is a small man .
This one is .
This one is the .
2. Clare is a young woman.
Julie is .
Kate is the .
3. John’s car is a fast car.
Linda’s car is .
Steven’s Bugatti is the .
Fill in the blanks.
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Make a fortune-telling beakYou will need a piece of paper and crayons or colouring pencils. Here’s what you do:
1. You start with a standard sheet of paper . You will need to make it square by folding one corner over to the edge and cutting off the extra piece of paper .
2 . Unfold it and you have a square . Fold the other corners .
3. Unfold so you are back to the square .
4. Fold each corner into the middle of the paper .
5. It should now look like this .
6. Next, flip it over and fold all four corner points into the middle again .
1 2 3
4 5 6
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7. Now it should look like this .
8. Write the numbers 1–8 on each of the triangles .
9. Lift up the flaps and write a fortune under each triangle .
10. Flip it over and colour each flap .
11. Flip it back over and stick your fingers into each of the four flap pockets .
Now go tell someone their fortune by letting them choose a colour and two numbers.
1110
8 97
Hidden messageUnscramble the tiles to reveal a message.
G H T B R I Y O U U T U I S R F R E
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Board game
121314151617
Tell your group about fortune-telling with the vala. Miss a turn if you can’t.
Tell
the group when you were born
and what your star sign is. When you have done
this, move ahead two spaces.
181920
21
22
23
24
Where did Phil Brown keep his note in the story The locket? If you know the answer, go forward three
spaces.
25
26
27
28
2930 31 32 33 34
What did the fortune-teller
in the story The scorpion use to predict the children’s future?
Go forward two spaces if you know the answer, if not go
back two spaces.
Tell your group
which story was your favourite in the chapter
and tell them why. If you can’t, miss one turn.
Fortune-telling 23
1
2
3
46789
1011
12
You read your daily horoscope and it says you should stay in bed all day. Go back four spaces.
You go to a fortune-teller and she tells you that you will have a great life. Move ahead
three spaces.
5
You are in need of money and start palm reading. Read the palm of the person sitting next to you. Miss a turn if you can’t.
34 35 3637 38 39
40
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Your grandfather reads your fortune in a coffee cup and tells you that this will be a great year in school for you. Move forward two spaces.
You find a magical scorpion. You hold it in your hand and wish that you didn’t have to do your homework for tomorrow. When you come home you see that your dog ate your schoolbag. Go back three spaces.
You
think fortune-telling is silly.
Go back 3 spaces.
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F I N I S H
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coach
goal
clothesball bicycle
fruits
swimsuitwater
swimming pool
football vegetables
exercises
Write each word in the correct box.
Life
styl
e
Lifestyle 25
Unusual sports p. 27
A Write down five questions from the text about unusual sports and then in pairs ask each other the questions and write down the answers.
Questions
Answers
B Fill in the blanks.
1 . The male runs with his partner on his back and tries to be the first to finish .
2 . The is not easy and the men might have to over water
or jump over things .
3 . Competitors lock their toes together and try to the other’s foot to the ground .
4 . Believe it or not, in 1997 the World Toe Wrestling Competition applied to have
listed as an official sport in the Summer Olympics, but they were turned down .
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5 . Each game can last up to rounds, each incorporating both boxing and chess .
6 . This is a sport for those who like to use their as well as their .
7 . Cheese rolling starts on the top of a down which a round of Double
Gloucester cheese is rolled .
8 . The competitors as fast as they can and try to beat the cheese to the finish line .
9 . Swamp football started in Finland several years ago but an annual has been
held in Ísafjörður since 2005 .
10 . This is a football game in a swamp or a mud field . Competitors get very and
the makes it difficult for them to run, move and score . Each team has
six and they play for 12 minutes at a time .
C Tick the words you can find in the texts.
sister wife
walk computer
mud cheese
toes fingers
mountain joke
toenails Finland
strength clothes
clean fun
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Start
Jump
Lock
Run
Play
Finish
Ask
Take
Roll
Score
A Below is a list of ten verbs. Draw a picture that describes each verb. You can find all the verbs in the text in the textbook.
Verbs
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Yesterday was a difficult day for Henry because he woke up late. He jumped out of bed
and ran to school .
B Finish writing the story about Henry’s difficult day. The verbs in the box below describe what he did. Use five of them to write about what he did yesterday.
ask, lock, finish, cross, turn, play, have, wear, try
Regular (write the past tense) Irregular (write the past tense)
Jumped Ran
C Verbs are either regular or irregular. Find out which they are and sort them in the table.
ask, lock, finish, cross, turn, play, have, wear, try, start, jump, take, run, roll, score
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D Now write six true sentences about yourself using some of the verbs from the box.
Parkour p. 30A Tick one box for the correct answer.
1 . What is David Belle’s job?
a) Parkour .
b) Fire fighter .
c) Trainer .
2 . Where did the idea about parkour
come from?
a) Running .
b) The military .
c) David’s job as a stuntman .
3 . Who doesn’t understand parkour?
a) David’s dad .
b) The police .
c) People in France .
4 . This sport is for …
a) those who want to take it easy .
b) those who run fast .
c) those who are warriors .
5 . People usually practise parkour …
a) in winter .
b) inside .
c) outside .
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1 . who practise do People it parkour improve to themselves
2 . is it a for It sport to not those want who take easy
3 . start Spiderman You thinking over might running up buildings about jumping things and
4 . The for the time idea parkour in came from David’s military
5 . most place The common to is practice outside parkour
6 . has often to the explain to actions police his He
7 . training While hurt people get
1. difficult a. coach
2. improve b. yearly
3. trainer c. simple
4. extremely d. hard
5. annual e. very
6. easy f. type
7. form g. get better
B Match the synonyms (words that have the same meaning).
C Put the words in correct order.
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A few points about your health p. 34A Health journal – Write down what you eat and what you do for exercise for three days.
Day 1: Day 2: Day 3:
Breakfast
Morning snack
Lunch
Coffee break
Dinner
Evening snack
Exercise, for example: walk to school, ride a bike, practise any sport
B When you have completed this table review it and answer the following question in your notebook.
1 . Did you eat fruit and/or vegetables every day? How many portions did you have per day?
2 . Did you always eat breakfast? If you didn’t, why not?
3 . Did you have sweets every day? If so, why?
4 . Do you think you eat too much sugar? If so, why?
5 . Did you exercise every day . What kind of exercise was it?
6 . Are you happy with your programme for those three days? Why or why not?
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The food circle
Grain
s and
carb
ohyd
rate
s
Fruits and berries
Vegetables
Fish, meat, eggs, beans and nuts
Dairy products
Fat
A Put the food products below in the right place.
Did you notice that there isn’t any special place for sweets, sodas, biscuits, cakes or potato chips?
Why do you think that is?
milk carrot strawberry salmon egg pasta bread
tomato cod liver oil olive oil butter cheese chicken blueberry
apple potato rice cucumber lettuce bell pepper yogurt
lamb meat melon lemon grape orange grapefruit onion
broccoli pear plum haddock cod avocado cauliflower spinach kidney beans aubergine mushrooms pineapple shrimp cream
peanut
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Answer the questions in your notebook.
1 . How many portions of fruits and/or vegetables should you eat per day?
2 . Why should you try to choose brown rice instead of white and whole-wheat pasta
and bread instead of white?
3 . How many glasses of milk per day should you drink?
4 . From what foods do you get a lot of protein?
5 . From what foods can you get good fats?
6 . Where can we get vitamin D?
7 . What are the side effects of drinking caffeine?
8 . How many hours of sleep should you get at night?
9 . How much sugar is there in one half-litre bottle of cola?
10 . Name three things that are important to do when you’re taking good care of your
teeth .
Hobbies
A What are their hobbies?
Hobby number:
34
B Choose a hobby to write about. Ask a classmate to guess which hobby it is.
My hobby is
Across
1 . To keep your teeth clean you need to …3 . This is not necessary for our body but we
like it anyway .4 . Some people play football in a …6 . Products made of milk .
Crossword puzzle
Down
1 . You should eat five servings of … and vegetables a day .
2 . Some people get … before taking tests .5 . After swimming in an Ironman you get
your …
1 2
3
4
5
6
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Ironman p. 40A Answer the questions in Icelandic.
1 . Hvernig varð keppnin um járnkarlinn til?
2 . Í hverju er keppt?
3 . Hvers vegna hlaut keppnin nafnið Ironman?
4 . Hvaða íslenska kona varð fyrst til að klára Ironman keppnina?
5 . Hvaða góðu ráð gefur Karen þeim sem vilja byrja að hreyfa sig?
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compete finish swim run eat drink start go get do
B Write eight facts about the text.
For example:
Ironman is a very difficult competition that includes swimming, running and cycling.
Verbs
Use 5 of the verbs from the box above to make true sentences about yourself. Two of them should be in past tense.
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Explain the words in English using your own words.
Education is
Competitor is
Nutrition is
A positive attitude is
To prepare is
To concentrate is
Word searchFind the words below in the word scramble.
Y B J T A R A J U Y C Z A R D
C H A L L E N G E Y V T A N R
S I S M O C U U L T T E Y I Z
T K L K Y R U E T I E R A C E
S R I Q E E I I T R A H D Q T
E K M W T R L U D D I M K S Q
G O I U A D D C R T S T N M L
G T T V R E D U Y Q R L I G O
U M A W T W O F D X Q A R O N
S Z O L N T E Q D D I E T D N
A T H L E T E W U M F B C U P
M N E P C N L H E A F W X U I
O X P S N T T U W B Z H Y M X
G L H B O T O U R N A M E N T
S Q U P C K P B I C Y C L E W
ATHLETEATTITUDEBICYCLECHALLENGECONCENTRATEDIETLIMITNUTRITIONRACESUGGESTTALENTTOURNAMENT
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Exam stress p. 43A Read these sentences and answer true or not true. This is just for fun and for you to think about your feelings.
True for me Not true for me
When I am writing a test I think about how much better the other students are doing .
When I am taking a test I start thinking about other things .
When I am writing a test I think about doing my best .
I get really stressed if I have to take a test without any warning .
When I am taking a test I think about how low my grade will be .
When I am taking a test I can’t concentrate .
When I am writing a test I am positive and tell myself I can do it .
After taking a test I get really sad .
My heart rate is much faster during tests .
I would rather write an essay than take a test .
I can’t understand why some people get stressed before tests .
I don’t really care how I do in tests .
B Write about when you felt very glad.
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Talk about your feelings in pairs.Use these phrases to help you start.
Sport Diet Weekdays Weekends
David
Jessica
Eric
Tessa
What is your exercise routine like?
Listen and complete the table.
It is very good to
use your stress
in a positive way,
for example …
Feeling nervous is normal. You just have to …
Before tests I always …
If I feel angry I try to …
I feel sad when …
I am glad when …
When I am excited about something I feel … like when I …
I always feel happy when …
I’m always a bit stessed when
I have …
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Questions True False
1 . The first Olympics were held in 776 AD .
2 . The Olympics were once banned
3 . The Olympics have not changed at all .
4 . The modern Olympics were first held in 1796 .
5 . Iceland’s first medal in the Olympics was in 1956 in Los Angeles .
6 . Vilhjálmur Einarsson was the first Icelandic person to win a medal at the Olympics .
7 . Vilhjálmur was also the first athlete of the year in Iceland .
8 . Bjarni Ásgeir Friðriksson competed in triple jump .
9 . Bjarni competed in the semi-finals .
10 . Vala Flosadóttir was the runner-up in pole vault in 2000 .
11 . Vala was the first woman to win a medal in the Olympics .
12 . Iceland’s men’s handball team won a bronze medal in 2008 .
13 . The handball team’s achievement was considered great because of the small size of the nation .
14 . The handball team as a whole was voted athlete of the year in 2008 .
15 . The Icelandic people gathered together to welcome “the boys” home .
Iceland and the Olympics p. 44A True or false?
B Now correct all the wrong sentences and write them here below.
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moderngreatestduringplayerrunner upconsideredcentre
C Match the synonyms (words that have the same meaning).
bestwhilesecond placein the middlethoughtcompetitornew
Listen to the specialists Listen to the comments from specialists and find out what questions they are answering. Write the right letter to each question.
1 . Why do I feel so tired if I get more than 11 hours of sleep each night? My mom says I sleep too
much . Is this true?
2 . What is wrong with biting my nails?
3 . What is colour blindness?
4 . I’m shy and scared about starting a new school . What can I do to become less shy and try to
make friends?
5 . I’m 14 and I sweat constantly . I never had a sweating problem before . Is there anything
I can do?
6 . Can stress make me fatter?
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breakfast tomatoes shy running
tennis babysitting chicken sweets
sun vegetables sleep brushing
piano doctor grandparents forest
A day in Aiden’s/Charlotte’s lifeWrite about a day in Aiden’s or Charlotte’s life. Use at least 10 words in the box below.
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Clues:
1 . A popular sport .2 . Best drink in the world .3 . Water sport .4 . A type of food .5 . You have to take care of your …6 . Necessary for your health .7 . Great competition .
Hidden message
1 . BOLFOTLA
2 . WARET
3 . WIMSINMG
4 . TUIFR
5 . HETTE
6 . PESLE
7 . LOYMICPS
1 2 3 4 5 6 87 9 45
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7 2
9
5
8 6
4
1
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Are you a good actor?
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FINISH
START
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ladder
grassflowerschimneyaliens
roof
moon
house
UFO
thief
mailbox crowbar
window
gardengate
Write each word in the correct box.
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flowers
The
Loch
Nes
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Bigf
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Wer
ewol
ves
Mar
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The
Berm
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Tria
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Are
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Sn
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Crashed Alien spaceships .
Ships and planes disappear .
Many movies have been made about this .
No one knows what happened to it .
Location of the military .
Large and hairy monster .
Lives in water .
People found hair and footprints .
A ship .
Lives in a coffin .
Worm that protects gold .
Live on blood .
Unsolved mysteries p. 54A Mark where each sentence belongs.
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B What other things can you think of that can´t be explained? Choose one or more topics to write about.• Something Icelandic?• Something that happened to you or someone you know that is a mystery?• Something else you remember hearing about?• What movies have you seen that had unexplained things in them?
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The robberyListen to the story and use the map to mark the location of each thief.
Church Library Hair salon MuseumFire station
Park
Bank
Dry cleaner
Post office
Restaurant
Hospital
Police station
School
Café
Hotel
Pizza house
TrainstationSupermarket
Jewelleryshop
Art gallery
Bookshop
Cinema
Swimmingpool
Choose one of the following assignments and take a moment to think about it. Tell your partner about it. Use the map to help you.• Choose one thief and tell your partner his story, where he went and what he was
thinking .• Imagine you just came out of the dry cleaner’s when you see the bank being robbed . • Imagine you are the third thief . Where do you go next and what happens there?
How are you feeling?
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Where is the thief?
A Listen and mark with the correct number where the thief is on the picture.
B Write six true sentences using the words below correctly. It can help to look around your classroom or at home.
across from behind next to between behind
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Teikningar, af 12 manns (head shots, andlitsmyndir) þar sem þjófarnir eru tveir menn og ein kona er líklega best að hafa sirka tveir þriðju karlmenn og einn þriðji kvenmenn . Fara þarf eftir lýs-ingum hér að neðan til að fá þessa þrjá glæpamenn . Hinir þurfa að hafa eitthvað af þeim einkennum sem hinir eru með til að nemendur þurfi að nota útilokunaraðferð .
Who is who? A Listen to the descriptions and find out who is who in each picture.
B Now play “guess who?” with a partner using these pictures.
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C Choose one of the following writing assignments:• Assignment one: Choose one of the faces ON PAGE 51 that haven’t been used before .
Create a description of the person and write a short story about him or her .• Assignment two: Write a story about one of the thieves’ lives .• Assignment three: Write about one of the pranks David and Charlie played as children .
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Talk about mysterious thingsDiscuss in pairs. Use these phrases and questions to help you get started.
I find mysterious films ...
What mysterious films can you think of?
If aliens existed, what would they look like?
Have you ever heard or experienced a mysterious
thing? If so, what happened?
I believe that ghosts ...
Strange crimes p. 59A Tick the box with the correct answer.
1. According to the text, Indians are not allowed to
a) eat in public .
b) kiss in public .
c) smoke in public .
2. The judge said
a) kissing in public is a taboo .
b) the man should go to prison for three months .
c) that the couple was not breaking the law .
3. The maximum prison sentence you can get for showing affection in public is
a) one year .
b) three months .
c) two weeks .
4. What did the naked thief leave at the scene of the crime?
a) clothes .
b) knife .
c) camera .
5. Who helped the police catch the thief?
a) the woman in the house .
b) the neighbours .
c) the thief .
6. Where was the thief found?
a) at his mother’s house .
b) at his house .
c) in the garden .
7. The male robber
a) didn’t cover his face .
b) used stockings to cover his face .
c) used underwear to cover his face .
8. The male robber was
a) armed with a gun and money .
b) armed with a knife .
c) armed with only a gun .
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B Match the synonyms (words with the same meaning).
1. couple a. realised
2. discovered b. husband and wife
3. fined c. not more than
4. movie d. forbidden
5. illegal e. very
6. maximum f. saw
7. extremely g. film
8. witnessed h. charged
R H D W D D R A L E D S E P M
H O R E E E R Z X A E R L E A
C S B N I R D E B G W E B X X
B I I B E F C M N Z Q N A P I
W F L Z E S I I A S I N R R M
H X T B B R T T E M V A R E U
J E O O U T Y U N Y E M E S M
Q G Q J I P V A K E P D S S A
T N E M H S I N U P D B T I X
J A M N O I T I B D A I E O M
M O D I S C O V E R E D D N F
C L A G E L L I C J O H O C E
D Z X R Z S L N O J U D G E E
R A U M C F O O T A G E Y P P
H Y A H N O M D S J J R P I Y
ARRESTEDCOMMITTINGDISCOVEREDEXPRESSIONFINEDFOOTAGEIDENTIFIEDILLEGALJUDGELAWMANNERSMAXIMUMPUBLICPUNISHMENTROBBERY
Word searchFind the words below in the word scramble.
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True storiesListen to the true stories from the news. Find out what fact goes with which story and then answer the questions below.
Titanic Tower of Pisa Papua New Guinea
Airplane crash
60 years later
Iceberg
Mailbag
New tribe
Professor
Research for 20 years
Robotic machine
Stone Age
1 . What was so special about Titanic?
2 . What happened in 1912?
3 . What new information has appeared and how was it established?
4 . Who is studying the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
5 . For how long has he been doing that?
6 . Why is he studying it?
7 . What was discovered in Papua New Guinea?
8 . How were the people different from what we know?
9 . What happened 60 years ago?
10 . What did the person who found the mailbag promise to do?
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A favour from a friend p. 63.A Below are a few sentences from the story “A favour from a friend”. But something is
not quite right about them. Find out what it is and rewrite the sentences. Only change the untrue parts.
Example:
1 . Henry was a man who had worked for his wife’s company for the last decade . Henry was a man who had worked in his own company for the past five years.
2 . Henry was a wealthy songwriter .
3 . Henry was very unsuccessful .
4 . One day Henry was arrested for shoplifting .
5 . One of the jurors was his dear older brother Jack .
6 . Henry emailed Jack and asked him to help him get less time in prison .
7 . Henry’s punishment was two years in prison and a long period of community service .
8 . Henry’s brother visited him in prison and told him that everyone had wanted him to get a much
longer prison sentence .
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B Match the synonyms (words with the same meaning).
C The odd one out. Find out what word doesn’t belong in each line and circle it.
1. police lawyer prison guard firm judge
2. worried caring happy guilty sunny
3. big expensive house successful rich
4. house juror car prison police station
The milk p. 65A Translate these words.
íslenska enska íslenska enska íslenska enska
fjós glæpamaður vera
fata bóndi heimilslaus
veik lofa föl
yfirgefið hraustur grátandi
1. successful a. wealthy
2. rich b. hard
3. big c. large
4. expensive d. pricey
5. sunny e. bright
6. old f. happy
7. pleased g. unbeaten
8. difficult h. elderly
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B Find the missing words.
Donald was a . He and wife had no .
They were getting .
One day a stole some milk from them, and the next day another
was taken and the third day Donald followed the thief to an abandoned .
There he found the woman lying and next to her was a baby .
Donald and his wife the baby .
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Crossword puzzle
Down 1 . Place where you can buy medicine . 2 . To be liked by everyone . 3 . Where you buy books . 5 . Opposite of patient . 6 . The day before Tuesday . 7 . Linda’s new friend . 9 . Someone you can talk to . 11 . To take something that isn’t yours .
Across 4 . A place where you study . 8 . When you give someone your word . 10 . When something is very clear . 12 . The opposite of inside . 13 . Some people bite their fingernails when they are … 14 . The past tense of teach .
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Should I or shouldn’t I? p. 68A Answer the questions.
1 . In what grade is Linda?
2 . Why do you think she misses her old school?
3 . What day and at what time did the first day of school begin?
4 . What was the new girl’s name?
5 . What was special about her?
6 . Why do you think Sharon and Linda became good friends?
7 . How did Sharon change Linda’s life?
8 . At what time did Linda and Sharon go to the shopping mall?
9 . What was the plan for the trip to the stores?
10 . What happened in the pharmacy that surprised Linda?
11 . What did Sharon ask Linda to do?
12 . What do you think happens next and why? Explain as well as you can .
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B The verbs below are in the present tense. Put them in the past tense. If you need some help you can find all these verbs in the past tense in the story “Should I or shouldn’t I?”
start: ask:
keep: read:
look: smile:
want: need:
go: put:
speak: teach:
think:
C Write a short ending to the story “Should I or Shouldn’t I?”. Write about what happens next and how it affects each girl.
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Telling timeWrite the time on these clocks or draw the correct time on the picture.
1 . It is three o’clock .
2 . What time is it?
3 . What time is it?
4 . It is half past six .
5 . What time is it?
6 . What time is it?
7 . It is quarter past eleven .
8 . It is ten minutes to five .
9 . What time is it?
10 . What time is it?
11 . It is twenty minutes past three .
12 . What time is it?
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Joe and the UFO
Joe thinks he saw a UFO. Write a letter to the police explaining what he thinks he saw. When you have finished read your story to your partner.
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The hidden people of Iceland p. 71
A Start writing a story about elves or little people but don’t finish it. Then exchange books with your partner and he/she will finish it. Then read the stories together.
For example:
There is an elf next to the dog.
B Find six elves in the picture and write whole sentences about where they are.
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Hidden messageUnscramble each of the clues, using the text “Unsolved mysteries” to help you.Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number.
1. NUAEDNXILPE
2. TEHFI
3. FOTSTNPORI
4. POORF
5. NAMNSWO
6. POCEIL
7. NIRSOP
8. LSVEE
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Clues:
1. Mysteries are … 2. A person who steals. 3. When you walk in sand you leave … 4. Evidence. 5. Yeti. 6. Keep law and order. 7. A place for criminals. 8. Are hidden in Iceland.
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