I can speak about my and other people's possessions.
I can say simple things about myself and my classmates.
Instructions
Listen to the conversation / Luister naar het gesprek
Do task 3.1 : Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. / Kies de juiste optie om de zinnen compleet te maken.
Do task 3.2 : Fill in : my,your,his,her,its,our,your,their.
Task 3 audio:
Task 3.2
Fill in : my,your,his,her,its,our,your,their.
Task 4 Reading 2 (Lezen)
Goals
I can say simple things about myself and my classmates.
Instructions
Read the text about Emily. / Lees de tekst over Emily.
Task 4.1 Answer the questions in your notebook. / Beantwoord de vragen in je schrift.
Task 4.2 Copy and fill in Emily's fact file in your notebook. / Kopieer en vul Emily's fact file aan in je schrift.
Task 4.3 Look up 5 unknown words in a dictionary. / Zoek tenminste 5 woorden die je niet kent op in het woordenboek.
Check your answers with the answer key / Controleer je antwoorden met het antwoordenblad.
Meet Emily!
Emily Grover is seven years old and she attends the 2nd grade. She lives with her parents and her two older brothers in Plockton village on the shores of Lochcarron; Scotland.
She has got long brown hair and green eyes. She is tall (for her age) and thin. She loves to walk through Plockton Bay and see the beautiful rocky hills in the distance. She also likes to read adventure stories and to play tricks on people. She doesn’t like going shopping, she prefers a good adventure.
Her favourite animals are the butterflies, but she doesn’t like flies at all. She is honest and friendly, but sometimes she is a bit naughty to her friends, because she is always playing tricks on them.
When she grows older, she wants to be a veterinary, just like her grandfather, or perhaps a lawyer.
Task 4.1
Answer the questions in your notebook. / Beantwoord de vragen in jeschrift.
1. What is Emily’s surname?
___________________________________
2. How old is she?
___________________________________
3. How many brothers has she got?
___________________________________
4. Where is she from?
___________________________________
5. What’s her nationality?
___________________________________
6. Does Emily live in a village or in a town?
___________________________________
7. What colour is her hair?
___________________________________
8. What colour are her eyes?
9. Is Emily fat or thin?
_________________________________
10. Does she like adventure stories?
_________________________________
11. What are her favourite animals?
_________________________________
12. What animals doesn’t she like?
_________________________________
13. Why is she a naughty girl?
Task 4.2
Copy and fill in Emily's fact file in your notebook. / Kopieer en vul Emily's fact file aan in jeschrift.
Task 4.3
Look up 5 unknown words in a dictionary. / Zoek tenminste 5 woorden die je niet kent op in het woordenboek.
Write them down in your notebook. / Schrijf ze op in je schrift.
Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden gebruik je om aan te geven dat iets van jou of van iemand anders is.
Voor (bijna) alle personen zijn in het Engels twee bezittelijke voornaamwoorden beschikbaar.
De eerste vorm (my, etc.) wordt bijvoeglijk gebruikt, dus voor een zelfstandig naamwoord:
This is my car. / Dit is mijn auto
De tweede vorm (mine, etc.) wordt zelfstandig gebruikt:
This car is mine. / Deze auto is van mij
Bijvoeglijk gebruikt
Zelfstandig gebruikt
I
My
Mine
You
Your
Yours
He
His
His
She
Her
Hers
It
Its
-
We
Our
Ours
You
Your
Yours
They
Their
Theirs
Task 6.1
Choice the correct answer. / Kies het juiste antwoord.
1. The bike belongs to me. It is ______ bike.
A. his
B. her
C. my
2. The bike belongs to him. It is ______ bike.
A. he
B. her
C. his
3. The bike belongs to her. It is ______ bike.
A. her
B. my
C. his
4. The bike belongs to you. It is ______ bike.
A. her
B. your
C. his
5. The bike belongs to us. It is ______ bike.
A. our
B. their
C. my
6. The bike belongs to them. It is ______ bike.
A. their
B. his
C. her
7. The house has a red roof. ______ roof is red.
A. Your
B. Its
C. His
8. We have a dog and a cat. They are ______ pets.
A.my
B.it's
C. our
9. Betty and Daniel have three children. ______ children are very nice.
A. Their
B. His
C. Her
10. Nadia has a new car. She washes ______ car every week.
Fill in : mine yours his hers its ours yours theirs
Task 7 Writing
Goals
I can say simple things about myself and my classmates.
Instructions
Copy and complete the letter in your notebook.
Show your letter to your teacher.
Letter
Dear Kelly,
______really like ______email.
My family consists of my __________,____________, ____________, _______ , ________ and myself. We live in a ____________ in ___________. My _________ is _________ years old and __________is __________ old.
My___________ name is _____________ and my ____________ name is __________.
_______ best friend is _____________ and ___________is _________________________old. _______ favourite things to do __________ and ____________.
Kind regards,
_________
Task 8 Duolingo
Goals
I can speak about my and other people's possessions.
Instructions
Ga naar Duolingo.
Maak de onderdelen 'Meervoud' en 'Bezittelijke Voornaamwoorden'.
The first time you watch. Make notes of what you see.
The second time you watch and listen. Make notes of what you see and hear.
While watching you do the following:
Write down all your thoughts, facts and emotions per item.
You may do it in Dutch but when you can, do it in English!
Task 10 Learn (leren)
Goals
I can count up to 101.
I can identify numbers and letters.
I can speak about my and other people's possessions.
I can say simple things about myself and my classmates.
Instructions
Deze week leer je de nummers 1 t/m 100 en de grammatica 'bezittelijke voornaamwoorden'.
Numbers
Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden
De woorden your en hers zijn bezittelijke voornaamwoorden. Zij geven aan dat iets van iemand is.
Voorbeeld
Is this your notebook or is it hers?
Is dit jouw schrift of is het van haar?
Er is echter wel een verschil: your is in bovenstaand voorbeeld bijvoeglijk gebruikt. Het zegt iets van het zelfstandig naamwoord ‘notebook’, dat er op volgt. Hers is in het voorbeeld zelfstandig gebruikt. Het vervangt een eerder genoemde zelfstandige naamwoord (‘notebook’).
Voor vrijwel elke persoon bestaan in het Engels dus twee bezittelijke voornaamwoorden: één die bijvoeglijk gebruikt wordt en één die zelfstandig gebruikt wordt. In onderstaand overzicht zie je welke waarbij hoort.
bijvoeglijk
zelfstandig
enkelvoud
my
mijn
mine
van mij
your
jouw, uw
yours
van jou, van u
his
zijn
his
van hem
her
haar
hers
van haar
its
zijn; haar
—
meervoud
our
onze
ours
van ons
your
jullie, uw
yours
van jullie, van u
their
hun
theirs
van hen
Lesson 2 Clothing
At the end of the week...
I can speak about the things I have got.
I can ask and answer simple questions about the things I have got.
I can give a simple description of my clothes.
Task 1 Before you listen and read
Goals
I can give a simple description of my clothes.
Instructions
List all the pieces of clothing you know in your notebook / Maak een lijst van alle Engelse woorden voor kledingstukken die je kent.
Then compare your list to one of your classmates. / Vergelijk jouw lijst met die van een klasgenoot.
Use a different color pen to add his/her items. / Gebruik een andere kleur pen om zijn/haar woorden aan jouw lijst toe te voegen.
Task 2 Listening
Goals
I can speak about the things I have got.
I can ask and answer simple questions about the things I have got.
I can give a simple description of my clothes.
Listen to the audio clip / Luister naar het geluidsfragment.
Then match the pieces of clothing that you hear to the correct person. / Combineer de kledingstukken met de juiste persoon.
Audio lesson 2 clothing:
Oefening: Listening task 1
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Match the pieces of clothing with the correct person.
Answer the question: What are they wearing? / Beantwoordt de vraag : Wat dragen ze?
Schrijf de Engelse woorden voor de kledingstukken bij de juiste persoon.
Kies uit de volgende woorden : Suit, Scarf, Hat, Jacket, Shirt, Shoes, Tie, Pants, Briefcase, blouse, skirt, socks , sweater, backpack, boots, jeans, sunglasses.
I have two teenage children who love shopping for clothes. They go to the mall with their friends every Saturday.
On school days, my son, Stan, likes to wear blue jeans and T-shirts. He only wears a suit on formal occassions like weddings or funerals. He feels comfortable wearing a jacket but not a tie. My daughter, Lily, likes to wear tight pants. She wears a dress or a skirt and blouse for parties or dinners. She doesn't feel comfortable in high heeled shoes and loves wearing casual and sporty clothes. When Lily visited her aunt in Texas, she bought cowboy boots, tight blue jeans and a cowboy hat.
In Winter, my children wear coats, hats and gloves on cold days. When they go skiing, they put on toques and mittens. Mittens are warmer than gloves. My son doesn't like rainy days because he has to wear a raincoat and carry an umbrella. My daughter loves to wear the scarf that I bought for her Birthday.
In the summer, Lily and Stan usually wear shorts, tanktops and sandals to the beach. Sometimes on weekends, we go walking in the mountains so they wear hiking boots and thick woolen socks to protect their feet and toes.
Last Saturday, my children came home with a bag of clothes each. My son bought two sweaters, and a pair of leather shoes. My daughter bought a black belt to wear with her blue dress, a pair of grey pants and a matching jacket. She also bought a green blouse.
My children have no problem spending money. They think money grows on trees!
Questions
Wat draagt Stan graag als hij naar school toe gaat?
Wat draag Lily graag naar feestjes en etentjes?
Wie bezocht Lily in Texas?
Wat kreeg Lily voor haar verjaardag?
Wat dragen Stan en Lily meestal als ze naar het strand gaan?
Waarom dragen de kinderen stevige bergschoenen en dikke sokken?
Wat heeft Stan vorige week zaterdag gekocht?
Lily heeft vorige week zaterdag een grijze broek en een _________ gekocht?
Find the mistake, underline it and write it correctly.
Zoek de fouten in de zinnen op en schrijf ze op de juiste manier op in je schrift.
a. She have got a rabbit.
b. My fish is got a blue tail.
c. They haven’t a lot of homework.
d. I got two sisters.
e. You has got a lot of books.
f. Have got you a garden?
Describe all of the clothing of the people you see in the Timberland advertisement. / Beschrijf de kleding van de personen uit de Timberland advertentie.
Be as specific as possible. / Wees zo specifiek mogelijk.
Example / Voorbeeld : 'He has got a blue sweater'
Task 9 Duolingo
Instructions
Ga naar Duolingo en maak de vaardigheid 'Kleding'.
Task 10 Learn
Goals
I can speak about the things I have got.
I can ask and answer simple questions about the things I have got.
I can give a simple description of my clothes.
Instructions
Deze week leer je Engelse woorden en zinnen die te maken hebben met kleding. Ook leer je de regels van het werkwoord 'have (got)'.
Vocabulary
English
Dutch
Clothes
Kleding
Suit
Pak
Skirt
Rok
Coat / Jacket
Jas
Pants
Broek
Shirt
Overhemd
Dress
Jurk
Underwear
Ondergoed
Sweater
Trui
Shoes
Schoenen
Scarf
Sjaal
(to) Wear
Dragen
(to) Get dressed
Aankleden
(to) put on
Aantrekken
Phrases
English
Dutch
Excuse me, do you have a coat?
Pardon, heb jij een jas?
She wears a dress.
Zij draagt een jurk.
We wear skirts today.
Wij dragen rokken vandaag.
I like that shirt.
Ik vind dat shirt mooi.
The underwear is cheap.
Het ondergoed is goedkoop.
I have got lots of clothes in my wardrobe.
Ik heb veel kleding in mijn kledingkast.
Grammar
Quizlet
Leer de woordjes en zinnen met behulp van Quizlet.
Task 11 Cartoon
De cartoon opdracht maak je tijdens de les. Jouw docent zal de opdracht uitleggen en uitdelen.
Lesson 3 Body parts
At the end of the week...
...I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Task 1 Before you listen and read
Goals
I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Write as many English words related to 'Body parts' in your notebook. / Schrijf zoveel mogelijk Engelse woorden die iets met 'Lichaamsdelen' te maken op in je schrift.
Share and compare your list with as classmate. / Vergelijk jouw lijstje met die van een klasgenoot.
Add their words to your list. / Voeg zijn/haar woorden aan jouw lijstje toe.
Task 2 Listening 1
Goals
I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Listen to the song 'body parts' by Brendan Parker. / Luister naar het liedje 'Body parts'
Answer the questions. / Beantwoordt de vragen.
Brendan Parker - Body parts
Task 3 Listening 2
Goals
I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Listen to the audio. / Luister naar het audiofragment.
Do task 3.1 / Maak taak 3.1
Audio
Task 3.1
Task 4 Reading 1
Goals
I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Read the descriptions and draw the monsters in your notebook.
Use the answer key to check your drawing.
Description of monster 1.
It was a scary green monster with three heads.
The middle head had one eye, the left head two and the right head three.
All of its heads had two ears with one eye attached to it.
All of its heads had a mouth with lots of teeth and a long tongue sticking out.
The monster had three necks which were attached to its torso.
There was a large eye in the middle of his body with a red pupil.
It was so frightening!
The monster had two thin long arms with claws as hands.
Its legs were tiny tentacles.
The worst part of the monster was his long tail...
Description of monster 2.
My monster has a dark blue oval circle for a body with four light blue horizontal stripes. It has yellow ears shaped like rectangles with two orange fingers. He is wearing a pink, red, orange, yellow, yellow green, green, blue and purple clown wig. He has a yellow green mustache on his head. He has a dark green mouth. He has two white and black eyes, one big eye and one small eye. He has little dark blue feet.
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I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Read the text about Mary. / Lees de tekst over Mary.
Task 5.1 Answer the yes/no questions in your notebook. / beantwoordt de ja/nee vragen in je schrift.
Task 5.2 Answer the multiple-choice questions / beantwoordt de multiple-choice questions.
Check your answers using the answer key. / Controleer je antwoorden met de antwoordsleutel.
Text
This is Mary. She’s eleven. She’s got long brown hair and brown eyes. Her ears are small and her cheeks are chubby.
She gets up at 7 o’clock in the morning, has a shower, gets dressed and has breakfast. She usually has a toast and coffee. She doesn’t like cheese. Then the girl goes to school. She travels by bus. She has lunch at school with her friends. They sometimes have pizza and milkshake. After the lessons they play in the park and they like flying a kite. Mary goes home at 5pm. She has dinner with her mother and father. Her mother likes cooking! Mary goes to bed at 10pm.
The girl lives in the city. There is a swimming pool next to her house but her school is far. There are lots of shops and supermarkets in her street. There is a café behind her house and Mary goes there at the weekend with her family.
There is a market in front of her house. There are a lot of fruit. She likes eating watermelons and mangoes but she doesn’t like grapes. She likes vegetables.
Now the girl is in her bedroom. It’s big. There are two windows, there is a wardrobe in the room and there is her desk next to the window. There is a chair next to her desk. Now her room is a mess! There are her jeans on the floor and there is one sock on the sofa and one sock on the lamp. Her mother is angry. She says: You can’t go to the park, please tidy up your room! Put those jeans in the wardrobe and find the socks!
Mary likes doing athletics and playing table tennis. Going swimming is fun! But she doesn’t like playing basketball. She is very short!
In the summer Mary would like to go camping with her grandfather! She wouldn’t like to help her grandmother in the garden. It’s boring!
Task 5.1
1. Mary has got short brown hair.
2. She has a toast and coffee for breakfast.
3. The children don’t have pizza for lunch.
4. Her school is next to her house.
5. There is a café in front of her house.
6. Mary likes mangoes but doesn’t eat watermelons.
7. There is a desk behind the wardrobe in her room.
8. Her room is a mess.
9. There is one sock under the sofa.
10. Her mum is scared because there is a mess.
11. She doesn’t like playing basketball.
12. She would like to go camping with her grandfather.
Task 5.2
1. The girl gets up at
a) eight o’clock
b) seven o’clock
c)nine o’clock 2. She goes to school by:
a) car
b) helicopter
c) bus 3. There is a … next to her house.
a) supermarket
b) café
c) swimming pool 4. Mary doesn’t like eating
a) watermelons
b) potatoes
c) grapes 5. There is a chair
a) next to her desk
b) behind the wardrobe
c) under her desk 6. The girl’s mother asks the girl
a) to find the jeans
b) to go to the park
c) to clean the room.
I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Do task 6.1 , 6.2 & 6.3 to practice the vocabulary for parts of the body.
Task 6.1
Match the terms with their translation.
Task 6.2
Try to type what you hear.
Task 6.3
Learn the vocabulary for parts of the body.
Task 7 Writing and Speaking
Goals
I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Schrijf een eigen beschrijving van een zelf bedacht monster/dier.
Gebruik hiervoor tenminste 5 'body parts' en het werkwoord 'have got'.
Beschrijf jouw zelf bedacht monster/dier aan een klasgenoot.
Hij/zij probeert het zo goed mogelijk te tekenen wat jij hem/haar vertelt.
Geef hem/haar feedback.
Draai de rollen vervolgens om.
Example
George has got short curly hair. He´s wearing glasses. He´s got round eyes and a small nose. He´s got a big mouth
Task 8 Speaking
Goals
I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Ask you teacher for the 'Guess who' worksheet.
Play 'Guess who' with one your classmates.
Rules
Each player gets one yes or no question per turn and may only guess (to win the game) once per game. If a player successfully guesses their opponents hidden character then they win; if their guess is wrong then they lose.
Task 9 Reading
Ga naar het oefenprogramma voor lezen en luisteren en maak 3 opdrachten.
Task 10 Learn
Goals
I can give and understand simple descriptions of the body.
Instructions
Deze week leer je woorden en zinnen die te maken hebben met 'The Human Body'
Vocabulary
English
Dutch
Body
Lichaam
Head
Hoofd
Face
Gezicht
Eye
Oog
Nose
Neus
Ear
Oor
Mouth
Mond
Tongue
Tong
Neck
Nek
Shoulder
Schouder
Chest
Borst
Stomach
Maag
Back
Rug
Arm
Arm
Hand
Hand
Knee
Knie
Leg
Been
Ankle
Enkel
Foot
Voet
Phrases
English
Dutch
My body has got many bodyparts.
Mijn lichaam heeft veel lichaamsdelen.
Her hair is brown.
Zij heeft bruin haar.
I have got 10 fingers.
Ik heb tien vingers.
My best friend has pretty eyes.
Mijn beste vriend heeft mooie ogen.
Did you hurt your knee?
Heb je jouw knie pijn gedaan?
My muscles ache.
Ik heb spierpijn.
The dentist checks my teeth.
De tandarts controleert mijn tanden.
It has got a big mouth.
Het heeft een grote mond.
It also has two big ears.
Het heeft ook twee grote oren.
Quizlet
Lesson 4 What's he like?
At the end of the week...
You can give simple descriptions of people's appearances.
You can give simple descriptions of people's personalities.
Task 1 Before you listen and read
Goals
You can give simple descriptions of people's appearances.
You can give simple descriptions of people's personalities.
Instructions
Lees de beschrijvingen.
Schrijf alle woorden die iets zeggen over de personen in je schrift.
Wat betekenen de woorden in het Nederlands volgens jou? Zet jouw betekenis achter het woord.
Zoek de woorden vervolgens op in het woordenboek. Schrijf de betekenis uit het woordenboek achter het woord.
Description 1
What’s up people?. I’m Michael. I´m tall and handsome, my hair is, brown and straight. My face is round. I´m patient and kind of lazy. I like anime , hip hop and I always wear a cap.
Description 2
Hey Guys! My name is Caroline. I´m thin and sporty, my hair is long, straight and brown, my eyes are brown and expressive. I´m talkative and noisy. I love pony tails and shorts. I like rock music
Task 2 Reading 1
Goals
You can give simple descriptions of people's appearances.
You can give simple descriptions of people's personalities.
Instructions
Read the text.
Task 2.1 Answer the Yes/No questions.
Task 2.2 Answer the open questions.
Task 2.3 Complete the sentences.
Check your answers with the answer keys.
Text
Hi, Friends! Let me introduce my sister. Her name is Sophia and she is 23 years old. She is absolutely beautiful! The boys are very fond of her!
She has got long black hair, blue eyes, and a pretty little nose. Her eyelashes are extremely long. She’s got very nice white teeth. She’s about 176 cm tall and she weighs 56 kg. She’s slim and she has got long legs, but her feet are quite small.
She goes to university where she studies economics. Sophia is very clever that’s why she gets a lot of money from various scholarships.
I can’t mention any negative features about her. She’s very kind, she pays attention to her friends (she has many!). She’s usually cheerful and likes jokes a lot.
My sister is very helpful. She helps me with my homework and always helps my parents around the house.
In her free time, she works as a model for a big and famous company.
She often goes jogging to keep herself fit and healthy.
My parents are very proud of her
Task 2.1 Yes/No Questions
Yes , No or doesn't say?
1 Sophia is a student.
2 She looks like her mother.
3 She is extremely tall.
4 Her legs are long.
5 The boys don’t like her.
6 She’s very intelligent.
7 Sophia goes to Oxford University.
8 She is a positive character.
9 She doesn’t have a lot of friends.
10 In her free time she does some sports.
Task 2.2
Answer the questions in English.
1 What does Sophia do?
2 Where does she study?
3 How can you describe her?
4 Why are her parents proud of her?
Task 2.3
Complete the sentences with words from the text.
1 Sophia _____________ blue eyes and long black hair.
Read the Story 'The Wicked Uncle'. / Lees het verhaal over 'The Wicked Uncle'.
Answer the questions in your notebook. / Beantwoord de vragen in je schrift.
Questions
This story is about _____.
The main character's name is _____.
At the beginning of the story, _____.
In the middle of the story, _____.
At the end of the story, _____.
The Wicked Uncle
It was Mum and Dad’s Crystal Anniversary, which meant that they had been married for 15 years. To celebrate, Dad was taking Mum away for a long weekend to a secret, romantic location. The children, Jeremy and Jemima, were going to stay with Aunty Jane. Only Aunty Jane was a bit scatterbrained, and she forgot all about her promise to look after her sister’s children, and she also arranged to go away that weekend. And so she couldn’t look after the kids after all.
“Well I suppose I could ask Jeff,” said Dad.
“Oh no, anybody but Jeff,” said Mum.
But as it turned out, there was nobody else but Jeff to be found at such short notice.
Jeff was Dad’s brother. The children hadn’t seen him since they were very small, and Mum called him their “wicked Uncle” because he always forgot their birthdays. Sometimes he sent cards and a ten pound note – but always at completely the wrong time of year.
“I bet he is awfully wicked,” said Jemima, “because Mum really really doesn’t like him at all. I think he went to prison.”
“Or perhaps he was a pirate.” said Jeremy hopefully.
But when Jemima asked Dad if Uncle Jeff had been to prison, Dad said that no he hadn’t, at least, not as far as he knew. But he didn’t say it like he was surprised she had asked. I mean, if somebody asked you if somebody you knew had been to prison, you might at least try to sound a bit surprised. But Dad didn’t.
Uncle Jeff arrived late on Friday night, and in the morning, when Jeremy looked out of the window he saw a red sports car parked in the drive next to Dad’s big blue estate car. A taxi came very early to pick up Mum and Dad and take them to the airport. Later, Jemima and Jeremy got up and made their own breakfast, but Jeremy didn’t eat his at the kitchen table like he was supposed to. Instead, still in his pyjamas, he took his toast and jam into the living room and switched on the television.
“You know that Mum doesn’t let us watch TV on Saturday mornings,” said Jemima. “because they only show rubbish.”
“Well Mum isn’t here. She’s enjoying a weekend of freedom from us,” said Jeremy.
“I bet Uncle Jeff will tick you off,” said Jemima.
At about about ten o’clock, Uncle Jeff came into the living room just as an army of tanks was being destroyed by robots from the Planet Zeeton.
“Bang! Pehow! Poook!” said Uncle Jeff, like a lot of guns and explosives going off. Jeremy looked up at him in amazement. Dad never said anything like that.
“Scuse me kids,” said Uncle Jeff. “I need a cup of strong black coffee before I can face the world – Now where’s the kitchen? Oh, I’m your Uncle Jeff by the way,” and he disappeared down the corridor. A little later, he returned and asked, “Well what are we going to do today?”
“Homework,” said Jemima.
And Uncle Jeff said, “Bor-ing. What’s the world coming to? Don’t kids these days get up to any mischief?”
“Let’s go and buy some computer games” suggested Jeremy.
“Could do,” said Uncle Jeff thoughtfully. “But I had something a bit more outdoors in mind. Come on. Get dressed and I’ll take you on a surprise treat.”
A little later, they all got into Dad’s estate car. Jeremy was supposed to be strapped into a child seat for safety, but he asked cheekily, “can I drive?” and Uncle Jeff said, “well alright, but only on the driveway.” Jemima protested that her little brother didn’t know how to drive a car, but Uncle Jeff said that it was never too early to learn, and he let Jeremy sit on his lap and hold the steering wheel. But just as Jeff was starting the engine, Jeremy moved the gear stick, and the car leapt forward with a great crunching noise. There was a burning smell and smoke started to come out of the bonnet.
“Whoops, there goes the clutch,” said Uncle Jeff. “I don’t think Dennis is going to be too pleased. Perhaps we won’t mention this little incident to your dad. We’ll just let him think that your mother broke the car. Well, what shall we do now?”
“Can we go in your sports car?” asked Jeremy.
“Well, so long as I drive,” said Uncle Jeff. And they all got out and went over to Uncle Jeff’s car. It was rather cramped in the back seat, even for the children, and there certainly wasn’t room for Jeremy’s safety seat. He reversed out of the drive at quite a pace, and soon was roaring down their street so that all of their neighbours must have heard them. Then Uncle Jeff turned on some loud music and opened the sun roof. His style of driving was not at all like Dad’s. He zipped in and out of traffic and shot through lights just as they were turning from orange to red. Jemima thought he was an irresponsible driver, but she didn’t say anything because that wouldn’t be polite. Jeremy said, “can we go faster Uncle Jeff?” And Uncle Jeff put his foot on the pedal and they went even faster. He took them out of town, and down a dual carriageway into the countryside. Eventually he turned up to what looked like a farm track. A sign read: “Clay Pigeon Shooting.”
When they stopped and got out of the car, Uncle Jeff opened up the little boot and took out a long leather pouch. Jeremy realised that there was a gun inside. “Oh, can I hold it?” he asked. And Uncle Jeff said “Maybe.”
Clay Pigeons aren’t real pigeons, but disks that are shot out of a machine and fly through the air. If you are shooting you try to smash the disk. But it’s extremely difficult to hit a moving target, and requires lots of skill.
Uncle Jeff made sure that Jeremy and Jemima were kitted out with ear protectors because gun-fire is really loud and can make you deaf. They also had to wear goggles in case a bit of clay flew into their eyes.
They stood in a field and when Uncle Jeff called “pull” a clay pigeon flew out of a kind of bunker. Uncle Jeff smoothly followed the target with his gun and squeezed the trigger. There was a loud bang and the smell of gun powder in the air. He missed. But he called out “pull” again and another target flew through the air. This time he hit it and the clay smashed into pieces.
“Can I have a go? Can I have a go?” begged Jeremy.
And Uncle Jeff showed him how to hold the shotgun broken open at the middle so that it couldn’t go off by accident. And then he showed him how to hold it in firing position so that its kick wouldn’t hurt his shoulder. The shot gun was almost as big as Jeremy, but he thought that holding it was the coolest thing ever.
“Pull” he shouted, and a pigeon flew through the air. He followed it and squeezed the trigger. The gun went “boom” and it jumped as if it had a life of its own. Jeremy missed by a mile. But he was very excited, and as soon as Uncle Jeff had loaded a new cartridge into the barrel, he called “pull” again and another pigeon flew through the air and he missed one more time. In fact, however many times he tried, Jeremy couldn’t hit the target.
And then Jemima had a go. And do you know what? She was really good at shooting. She smashed the target about four or five times.
Even Uncle Jeff was impressed. “Better than doing homework, eh?” he said as they squished back into his car. Jeremy and Jemima thanked their uncle for their treat.
“It was really wicked,” said Jeremy.
“Well it was fun,” said Jemima. “But I don’t think you should have taken us clay pigeon shooting without asking Mum first.”
“How do you know I didn’t ask her?” said Uncle Jeff.
“Because she would almost certainly have said “no” said Jemima. “And by the way, please drive more slowly and carefully. There are children in the back, you are the responsible adult.”
Uncle Jeff slowed down and promised to drive carefully. And Jemima felt better because she realised that safety was even more important than being polite or worrying about causing offence.
When they got back to town, Uncle Jeff took them to a Turkish Kebab restaurant for lunch, and Jeremy tried hot chilli sauce which burnt his mouth. He had to eat loads of ice cream afterwards to cool off.
But when they got back to the house, Uncle Jeff searched in vain through his pockets for the front door key. And then he realized that he must have got it mixed up with his own from home. They were locked out.
“Is there a way in the back?” he asked. And they tried the side gate and found that it was open.
The french doors at the back of the house were firmly closed. But there was a window open just above the extension that had been added to the back of the house only last year.
“It’s a pity. I think I’m too heavy to climb onto that roof” said Uncle Jeff.
“But I can,” said Jeremy. And since there was no other way into the house, Uncle Jeff agreed to lift Jeremy up onto the roof of the porch. He started to scramble up towards the window. But when he got to it, he found that the window was stuck and he couldn’t get it open any more. But there was a higher window that was fully open, and Jeremy thought that he might be able to climb up to that one by getting up onto the garden wall.
“Oh no” called out Uncle Jeff when he saw what Jeremy was trying to do. “That’s too dangerous”.
But Jeremy didn’t listen. He was on the top of the garden wall and now he was trying to stretch across to the high window. But the stretch was too far and he didn’t make it. He fell down to the roof of the porch. The extension to the house hadn’t been made very well by the builders and Jeremy went straight through the roof of the sun room. He landed on top of Mum’s tomato plant.
“Oh,” said Jeremy.
“Oh dear,” said Jeff.
“I don’t think Mum’s going to be pleased,” said Jemima.
A nosy neighbour saw what had happened and called the police. He told them:
“There’s a boy who’s just got in through the roof, and a man holding what can only be a gun. Then there’s a lass too. She looks really mean.”
“What makes you say it’s a gun sir?” asked the policeman.
“Well I was in the army for fifteen years and I think I know what a gun looks like,” said the neighbour.
It wasn’t often that people with guns tried to break into houses in that area. In fact, Jeremy and Jemima lived on one of the sleepiest and most peaceful streets you could imagine. But the police officer who took the call decided to send an armed response unit just to be on the safe side.
It took Jeremy a few minutes to get over the shock of falling through the roof. He wasn’t badly hurt, but he had cut and bruised himself and he had earth in his hair and looked quite a sight. The police car screeched up the drive just as he was letting Uncle Jeff and Jemima in through the front door.
“Armed Police Officers, Freeze!” shouted the policeman.
And Uncle Jeff said: “Don’t shoot. I’ve got a licence for this gun.”
Uncle Jeff, Jemima and Jeremy spent the rest of the day at the police station. Jemima and Jeremy were allowed to sit in the waiting room with a policeman and a policewoman sitting on either side of them. They weren’t allowed to talk to each other. Uncle Jeff was taken down to the cells before being interviewed. He gave them his brother’s mobile phone number, but since Mum and Dad were in Paris on a romantic weekend, they had both turned their mobile phones off for the day. It was 10 O’Clock at night before they managed to persuade the police that they weren’t a gang of criminals and could go home.
On Sunday, they all got up rather late.
“Well what shall we do?” asked Uncle Jeff.
“Homework” said Jemima. And Jeremy agreed that they both needed to do their homework. After that, Jemima asked Jeff if they could make a carrot cake, and they got one of Mum’s recipe books out and they all did the mixing and baking. The result wasn’t too bad. Then they went out and bought some flowers from the stall for Mum and Dad. Then they read books and went to bed at seven o’clock.
“Well,” said Uncle Jeff to himself as he watched the football match on TV. “I think a Wicked Uncle has an important role to play in the upbringing of every child. They won’t forget this weekend in a hurry. I’ve set the kids a great example of how NOT to behave.”
And he had. But funnily enough, Mum and Dad never asked him to look after the kids for the weekend again.
Writing ´A letter to a friend'
Instructions
Look at the exam question and letter and do the exercises to improve your writing skills.
Reading 'Foreign exchange emails'
Instructions
Look at these emails between a student and his friend who is studying in Scotland, then do the exercises to improve your reading skills.
Task 1
Are the sentences True or False?
1. Fran is in Edinburgh now.
2. Fran is staying at Simon’s house.
3. Fran has been busy since he arrived.
4. Fran strongly dislikes the host family’s children.
5. Fran has been to Edinburgh Castle.
6. Fran thinks the street performances are expensive.
Task 2
Write the informal word or phrase from the box next to the word or phrase with the same meaning.
1. Dear
2. How are you?
3. lots of
4. quite
5. slightly
6. pleasant
7. spend time with friends
8. all right
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This is Mary. She’s eleven. She’s got long brown hair and brown eyes. Her ears are small and her cheeks are chubby.
Description 2 
To celebrate, Dad was taking Mum away for a long weekend to a secret, romantic location. The children, Jeremy and Jemima, were going to stay with Aunty Jane. Only Aunty Jane was a bit scatterbrained, and she forgot all about her promise to look after her sister’s children, and she also arranged to go away that weekend. And so she couldn’t look after the kids after all.
