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Ministry of Education
EDITION
English for
Palestine
PUPILS book 6A
Authorship & Curriculum Supervisory Committee
Mr Ali Manassra (General Supervision) Ministry of Education
Mr Othman Diab Amer (Coordinator) Ministry of Education
Mrs Reem Ayoush Ministry of Education
Dr Samir M Rammal Birzeit University
Dr Hazem Y Najjar Bethlehem University
Mr Hassan Karableyeh Ministry of Education
Ms Rula Naji Khalil Ministry of Education
Ms Basima Adel Al-Arooqi Ministry of Education
Ms Ruqayyah Abdul-Rahman Abu Al-Rub Ministry of Education
Ms Lina Rasheed Bitar Ministry of Education
Ms Samiya Qasim Khaleel Obeid Ministry of Education
Authorship Supervisory Committee (original edition)
Dr Hazem Y Najjar (Head) Bethlehem University
Dr Salem Aweiss Birzeit University
Dr Omar Abu Al-Hummos Al-Quds University
Mr Othman Diab Amer (Rapporteur) Ministry of Education
My dictionary 68
Period 1
U NI T
1 My summer holiday
2 Listen and answer the questions. We played all day. Amy was very
Welcome back, Amy! tired. Then she had an accident.
1 I missed you. Did you have a 2 She fell down the stairs of the
nice time at summer camp? tree house and broke her arm.
Yes, I had a
great time, but I
missed you too!
Oh dear! What
happened to your arm? I fell down and broke it. How awful!
Amy and Ben came back to Palestine. Rania Amy climbed up the stairs of the tree house
and Amy were talking. and fell back down and then crashed into the
flowers. She banged her head and arm.
My friend Ann heard me fall. She Did you still have a good
3 4
called a teacher and I went to hospital. time at summer camp?
Amy told Rania about the accident. Amys friend Amy and Ben still had fun on their holiday.
called a teacher and Amy went to the hospital. Amys arm doesnt hurt anymore.
4
Unit 1 Period 2
1 Listen and circle the words you hear. Then match them
with the pictures.
1accident
a d
2awful
3bang Oh no!
e BANG
b
4back
5 summer camp f
c Welcome back!
6miss
g
7crash j
Teacher!
8tired
k
We still had fun!
9still
10fall
h
i l
11call
12stairs
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Unit 1 Period 3
1 Amy had an .
2 She was at a .
3 Rania said !
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Unit 1 Period 4
How did Amy break her arm? She fell down some
7
Unit 1 Period 5
How did it
happen?
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Unit 1 Period 6
Buuuuuzzzzzzzz
went a bee
OOOUUUUUCCCCHHHH she cried
How did Amy break her arm? Why did Amy fall?
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Unit 1 Period 7
7 need to sleep 5
8 to come again 6
1 be the same
2 very very bad
3 a holiday in the summer time
5 use the phone
8 a loud noise
10 fall very fast
Last summer
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Unit 1 Period 8
1 Welcome . 2 The boy ran fast and 3 The driver was very
We you. didnt see the glass door. .
Did you enjoy the He his He did not see the car
head. His mother cried and they .
? Oh no, how !
4 The man 5 How do you feel? said 6 The kittens tried to climb
the police. There was an the doctor. My head the .
, hurts, said One
he said. the man. down.
1 2
3 4
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Period 1
U NI T
2 Good friends
Rania was crying. She had a problem. Rania Fatima gave back Ranias favourite book. Rania
needed her book but Fatima left it at home. and Fatima were friends again.
Ben was very sad. Bilal said to Ben Go away! Ben and Omar wanted to play basketball.
Youre not my friend. Omar said We can find Omar saw Bilal. He invited Bilal to play. Ben
someone nice to play with. and Bilal were friends again.
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Unit 2 Period 2
1 Listen and circle the words you hear. Then match them
with the pictures.
1problem
d
a 2 go away
3 understand
b e
4quiz
5cry
c
6 invite f
13someone
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Unit 2 Period 3
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Unit 2 Period 4
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Unit 2 Period 5
4 Why was Ben sad? d Amy and Rania (go) with her.
What did
you do?
What happened
in the end?
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Unit 2 Period 6
Go away! Im sorry.
What does a good friend not do? What is a problem with friends?
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Unit 2 Period 7
Down 7
1 rania lent her favourite book to fatima fatima left the book at home
Rania lent her favourite book to Fatima, but Fatima left the book at home.
2 rania asked for her book fatima did not have it
3 rania needed her book fatima did not understand
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Unit 2 Period 8
QUIZ TIME
You are a good friend when
You like football when
ds.
1 You say good things to your frien
1 How many times a week do you r
often sometimes neve
watch football?
12 34 56 2 You give back things when your
friends lend them.
2 Do you watch football on the TV?
often sometimes never
Yes No
.
3 You say bad things to your friends
3 How many times a week do you sometimes never
often
play football?
.
12 34 56 4 You share things with your friends
often sometimes never
4 Which football team do you like?
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Period 1
U NI T
3 Summer adventures
2 Listen and answer the questions. Oh Amy, what are you doing?
Why are you in the river?
2
1 You had some adventures last summer.
Oh it did! I went to Jericho and won a bike How wonderful! Well, we were riding
race. I was looking at my parents and sister horses in England when we lost our way.
when I fell off my bike. Everyone laughed. The clever horses took us back to the farm.
Omar was telling Ben about his biking holiday Ranias family went on holiday from the 15th
on the 14th of August. to the 18th of August. Amys family went
horse riding on the 30th of August.
3 Listen and say.
Ouch!
Everyday
How wonderful!
English
4 Listen and answer the questions. Oh, it did!
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Unit 3 Period 2
1 Listen and circle the words you hear. Then match them
with the pictures.
1fifteenth 6nineteenth
2twenty-first 7thirtieth
3thirteenth 8twentieth
4sixteenth 9fourteenth
5eighteenth 1
0seventeenth
a b c d e
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Unit 3 Period 3
2 Your birthday is on the fourteenth of March. My birthday is the next day on the .
3 We drove back from the farm the day after the twentieth, on the .
4 There are thirty one days in July, the last day is the .
6 Omar arrived in Jericho on the twelfth but he had an accident two days after, on the .
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Unit 3 Period 4
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Unit 3 Period 5
2 The wolf (chase) the sheep at the farm when they ran away.
1 Rania in the valley and her family doing What were? a She was playing in a boat.
2 was Omar in Jericho doing What? b They were hiking and watching birds.
3 was in the river Amy What doing? c He was riding his bike in a race.
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Unit 3 Period 6
What a summer
of adventures!
1 Listen and answer the
questions.
What were they doing? What was the sound of the bike?
What was the dog doing? What was the splash splash sound?
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Unit 3 Period 7
18
15th
th
eighteenth
turned
21st14th
when
13 th twenty-first
fifteenth
th st
1 Omars family were staying on the farm from the fifteenth (15) to the twenty-first (21 )
of July.
3 Amy was playing in the river on the of August when her boat
.
2 Think and write the Remember, use a CAPITAL letter at the start
of a sentence. Use a full stop at the end of a
correct sentences. sentence. Join the sentences using when.
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Unit 3 Period 8
1 We were camping on the 2 I was floating in the river 3 Omar was riding his bike in
, when my boat Jericho when he fell. It was
, . Ben the
and I were on a summer of August.
and camp, we arrived on the
of August. twelfth of August and it
happened the next day,
the of
August. What an
!
4 Omars dad was driving to 5 the second 6 The sheep were running
the farm when his wheel wheel burst Omars dad when the wolf
. The family was driving home on the
stayed on the farm five . them.
days, they travelled on the of July.
and left on
the twenty-first of July.
when
river
mum
boat
of the
in the
in the
gave
over.
cold.
but it was me a
I was very getting
I was
sweater
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Period 1
U NI T
4 Films I like
What happened
While the dog was chasing to the diver?
And then what
the cat, the mouse hid and
happened? He was fine! The dolphin rescued him!
watched it.
Amy told Rania about a funny cartoon. A dog Omar told Ben about a rescue film. A dolphin
was chasing a cat and a cat was chasing a rescued a diver when he got tired and stopped
mouse. And then an angry man got up when swimming. The dolphin kept the diver safe.
he heard the noise and chased them all.
While big green fish were fighting,
Oxen need to stay together the small orange fish took their food.
3 then they are safe. 4
1 Listen and circle the words you hear. Then match them
with the pictures.
1attack
a d
2diver
3ox
b e
4fight
5mouse
c f
6while
7together
g j
8push
h 9other k
10funny
11noise
i l
12safe
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Unit 4 Period 3
1 The dog chased the cat while the cat was chasing the .
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Unit 4 Period 4
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Unit 4 Period 5
1 The dog chased the cat while the cat (chase) the mouse.
3 The tiger attacked the young ox while the older oxen (eat).
5 Other divers watched the dolphin while it (push) the diver to the
top of the water.
6 The big green fish fought while the orange fish (hide) under the
plant.
3 tiger / attack / ox
3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about a film you saw.
What happened
next?
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Unit 4 Period 6
We were watching a
1 Listen and answer great film last night!
the questions.
Who was watching the film about fish? Who was watching the film about oxen?
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Unit 4 Period 7
2 the orange fish took the food the green fish were fighting
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Unit 4 Period 8
Help me!
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Period 1
U NI T
5 Revision
Once upon a time, there were two oxen. They The lion spoke in a quiet voice to the black ox
were very good friends. They ate and played while the brown ox was eating. The lion wanted
together. One day they were eating when a to eat the oxen but the two oxen together were
lion saw them. He was hungry. He wanted to very strong. He could not fight them together.
eat them. The lion had an idea.
Im stronger than the black You are not stronger Im the strongest!
3 ox. I always help him. 4 than me! Who do you Come and get me!
think you are?
The lion spoke to the brown ox while the The lion was clever. The lion watched the oxen
black ox was eating. The lion told the same while they were fighting. The oxen were getting
story to the brown ox. The lion wanted the tired when the lion attacked the brown ox. The
oxen to argue and fight. lion ate the brown ox. The black ox had no
friends. He was not strong. The lion attacked him
while he was sleeping. The lion ate the black ox.
2 Listen and say.
1 Once upon a time two oxen a the lion watched them while they were eating.
2 The oxen were b them argue and fight.
3 But they didnt know c very good friends. They did everything together.
4 The lion was clever, it made d were eating together.
1 2 3
The lion wanted to eat the two You are than The oxen and
. the brown ox. fought.
4 5 6
Go away!
The two oxen were not The lion the The lion and
. brown ox while they were was very happy.
not together.
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Unit 5 Period 3
Go away!
2 Bilal made Ben . He did not want to play with
Ben. Ben told Omar his . Omar
Bilal to play football with them. Now they are all good friends.
4 Read aloud.
Two oxen were very good friends. They were always together. While a lion was watching them
he had an idea. He wanted to eat them.
The lion said to the brown ox ,You are stronger than the black ox.
The lion said to the black ox, You are stronger than the brown ox.
The black ox told the brown ox he was stronger. The oxen argued. They did not stay together.
First the lion ate the brown ox. Then the lion ate the black ox. The lion was very happy.
This story tells you that
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Unit 5 Period 4
1
What are you playing?
Listen and answer
the questions.
Then what
What were
happened?
you doing?
Should I eat
ice-cream?
Yes, but only a little because its very Yes, you should. Rice and
sweet. Vegetable soup is good for you! meat are good for you because
they make you strong.
The top of the pyramid shows foods you Mr Alis class are talking about food. They
should only eat sometimes. The bottom of the can eat all the food but they should only eat
pyramid shows foods you should always eat. a little of some foods. That is good advice.
You shouldnt eat Why shouldnt we eat Lets go on a picnic! I prefer healthy
3 lots of fried food. lots of fried food? 4
food. We should take some bread,
vegetables, fruit and a little meat.
1 Listen and circle the words you hear. Then match them
with the pictures.
a b c d e
1
fizzy drink2 sweet3fried4
burger5 food pyramid
6 good advice
f 7prefer j
You shouldnt eat 8because
g lots of fried food!
9top
k
I dont like
ice-cream. I 10should
h fruit! l
I like soup 11 a little
i its healthy. 12soup m
13bottom
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Unit 6 Period 3
3 Amy healthy food. She wants to take bread and a little meat to the picnic.
5 You should always eat healthy food. You can see healthy food on the of the
food pyramid.
2 Why does Mr Ali say meat and rice are good for Omar?
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Unit 6 Period 4
Why should you eat healthy food? You should eat healthy food because
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Unit 6 Period 5
2 Rania shouldnt eat lots of fried food because it (make) her fat.
3 The children shouldnt drink fizzy drinks because they (be) very sweet.
4 Omar should have rice and meat because they (make) him strong.
eat / healthy
You should eat healthy food.
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Unit 6 Period 6
the questions.
a little lots What should you eat? What shouldnt you eat?
sometimes always
never How much should I eat? How often should I eat it?
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Unit 6 Period 7
Name of friends Whats your favourite food? What food dont you like?
Anna chocolate salad
I love salad!
3 Think and write sentences about your friends food and drink.
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Unit 6 Period 8
6 The
shows you food that is healthy and food that
is not healthy. It gives you
!
2 Work in groups of
three or four. Make
a poster showing
food that is healthy
and not healthy.
You should eat lots of fruit. You
should sometimes eat fried food.
You should not eat lots of sweet food.
You should eat a little ice-cream.
You should drink lots of water.
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Period 1
U NI T
7 The olive trees of Palestine
2 Listen and answer the questions. I love your olives! May I try one?
Grandpa, how old What do you do with them?
1 are these trees? 2
1 Listen and circle the words you hear. Then match them
with the pictures.
Please 1may
e
a I help?
2love
3soap
b 1,000 4 hundred (years old) f 1,000,000
5thousand
c
6million g
d 100 7north
h i j k l
8
harvest9
wise10
dish11
useful12oil
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Unit 7 Period 3
2 When you want to say you like something very much, you say you it.
3 The number one thousand is less than one but more than one hundred.
5 Ranias grandmother is also , she can make many useful things from olive oil.
2 Where can you find the biggest number of olive trees in Palestine?
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Unit 7 Period 4
How old are some olive trees? Some olive trees are
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Unit 7 Period 5
1 Some olive trees (be) more than 150 years old but you can harvest olives
from them.
3 Palestinian people (make) soap, oil and other useful things from olives.
Please do.
2 Think and write
the correct
questions.
Yes, of course.
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Unit 7 Period 6
Rania helped me
1 Listen and answer make soap.
the questions.
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Unit 7 Period 7
Down 6 7
1 2
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Unit 7 Period 8
1 2
1 We seeing you! Grandpa 2 Olive trees grew in Palestine more than five
wants you to help him make the olive years ago. Today
. there are of olive
trees in Palestine.
3 4
2
Palestinia
Work in groups of three olives f
n s have g
or thou
rown
s
e million
s
or four. Make a brochure There ar
of yea
r s.
a n d s of
You c
about olives. trees in an
of olive make
s oa p
ne.
f r om
Palesti
olives
.
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Period 1
U NI T
8 Signs around us
Sorry, mum!
Yes of course. Ben, be careful! You mustnt Oops, sorry! And look at that sign. I think
add lots of salt and pepper. Its not healthy! it says you mustnt make a fire here.
Bens mum is making a potato dish for the Ben and Omar are at the park. These signs
picnic. Ben is helping his mum in the kitchen. say you must not walk on the grass and you
must not make fires.
Rania, that sign says you Oh, I like these potatoes.
mustnt pick the flowers.
3 You boil the potatoes and add
4 in some onions and garlic.
Rania, stop playing with stones. Its easy! You fry the chicken in a little olive
You must wash your hands. oil. You must be careful, it gets very hot.
Rania, Amy and their mums are in the park. The mothers are talking about the things they
They are getting the picnic ready. should do to make nice picnic food.
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Unit 8 Period 2
1 Listen and circle the words you hear. Then match them
with the pictures.
1fire e
a
2boil
f
b 3 (be) careful
4 (get) ready
c
5salt
g !
Wash your hands. 6pepper
d
7stone
Its lunchtime!
h i j k l m
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Unit 8 Period 3
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Unit 8 Period 4
Where did the families eat their picnic? They went to the
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Unit 8 Period 5
What mustnt
you do in the
street?
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Unit 8 Period 6
1 Listen and answer Mmmm, this chicken
the questions. dish is good! How do
you make it?
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Unit 8 Period 7
1 Think and write sentences about the signs you see. Use
must and mustnt.
1
oh no be careful omar
look at that sign it says we mustnt
skate here
3
4
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Unit 8 Period 8
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Period 1
U NI T
9 Revision
The wise grandfather looked People went home and gave When everyone finished, the
at the boiling water. him all the things the wise wise grandfather took the
grandfather wanted. stone out of the soup, washed
it and put it back in his bag.
Then he went away.
2 Listen and answer the questions.
1 2 3
4 5 6
A grandmother said You The people gave the The people were not
can have these grandfather The grandfather went
The grandfather put the The grandfather put the
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Unit 9 Period 3
3 of olive trees grow in Palestine. Some olive trees are more than one
and fifty years old.
4 Read aloud.
One day I arrived in a town. I was very hungry. I said Could I have
some food, please?
The people were also very hungry. They said We have no food.
I thought and thought and said I know. I will make you some stone soup.
I made a fire and boiled some water. I put a big white stone in the water. Then I said Stone
soup is good with onions in it.
The people gave me what they had. I put garlic, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes in the water.
Then a grandmother gave me a chicken. I boiled the soup, it smelled good.
All the people came with their bowls. We all ate the soup together. They said Thank you for
making the soup. I said We made this soup together, its YOUR soup. This story tells you that
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Unit 9 Period 4
1 2
2 Palestinians grew and olives five years ago. Most of the olive
trees grow in the of Palestine. You can make lots of things from
olives.
What were Amy and Rania doing? What were Ben and Omar doing?
What mustnt the girls do? What mustnt the boys do?
What must the girls do? What must the boys do before lunch?
share (something)
smell (something)
Activities (verbs)
argue (with someone) turn (over)
understand (something)
attack (someone)
back (return)
Made from olives
bang (into something)
dish
be tired oil
burst (something)
What to do
call (for help) could
chase (someone/something) may
must
could (polite request)
mustnt
should
crash (into something)
shouldnt
cry
fall (down) Game
fight (someone) quiz
fry (food)
give back Condition
happen problem
harvest (food)
invite (someone)
lend (something)
Adjectives (words to talk about people, Im sorry.
food and places)
Its fine.
(how) awful
Its not healthy!
a little
Let me think.
fizzy (drink)
May I help you?
funny
Oh dear!
hungry
Oh dear, yes!
other
Oh good!
safe
Oh, it did!
still (remain)
Oh that hurt!
sweet
Ouch!
useful
Phew!
wise
Poor ox! Poor!
Sorry!
Conjunctions (used to join two ideas)
Thank goodness!
because
but Welcome back!
when What happened?
while
Who do you think you are?
Everyday English
Wonderful!
Be careful!
Yes, of course.
Come and get me!
Yes, sure.
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