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Notices (KET)

Read these sentences about the Art Gallery. Match these notices with the sentences below. Don’t take your dog to the gallery. Children don’t have to buy a ticket. Don’t take any photographs. You…

The past simple: regular verbs

SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED IN THE GARDEN We form the Past Simple of regular verbs by adding -ed to the verb. e.g. work = worked, talk = talked, help = helped Some verbs end in a consonant + -y. We…

Characters - The text and beyond

Which words could describe Axel and which could describe the Professor? Put Axel, Professor or both. adventurous calm clever curious impatient lazy middle-aged selfish thin young Explain your answers to…

Volcanoes - Volcanoes

How many people were killed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helen’s? How many times has Mount Redoubt in Alaska erupted since 1900? Which Japanese island is Mount Fuji situated on? When can you climb…

Listening - Activities

You will hear the second and third paragraphs of Part Three again. Some of the words are different! Choose the words you hear. One of the Emperor’s came to see me one day. He looked very worried and…

Reading

I stayed at the school until I was eighteen, and for the last two years I was a teacher. I then decided that I wanted to see more of the world, and so I advertised in a newspaper for a job. In my…

The text and beyond - Jane Makes a Choice

Jane Makes a Choice

Understanding the text - ‘A Merry Christmas, Mr Scrooge!’

‘A Merry Christmas, Mr Scrooge!’

Vocabulary - Go back to the text

The verbs in the list are all used in Chapter Eight. Put each one into the correct sentence below. Remember to change the form of the word if necessary. protect bury betray haunt whisper recognise join…