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16 Listen and write T (true) or F (false). 5

1 Sean is an architect.

2 James Craig was 22 years old when he

designed Princes Street.

3 He designed the gardens and squares

in Edinburgh.

4 Princes Street is bigger than Queen

Street and George Street.

5 King George’s sons were called

Frederick and Giles.
Princes Street, Edinburgh

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17 Listen and number the pictures about Sandra’s birthday in the 4

correct order. There’s one picture you don’t need to use.

a b c

d e
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18 Listen and write Adam or Lucy. 5

1 wanted to go to the lake.

2 didn’t find a present.

3 travelled to a big city.

4 didn’t like the weather.

5 stayed inside with friends.

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4 Read and complete the sentences with one or two words. 5

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]
Dear Duncan,
Thank you for your lovely postcard. I really liked the picture on it, but your
granny didn’t. She doesn’t like monsters!
How funny! I visited Loch Ness when I was your age. I went with my dad
– your great-grandfather! We looked for Nessie, too. We went on a boat
around the lake with a fisherman, but nothing happened. We noticed
something moving in the water far away. We went closer, but there wasn’t
anything. We laughed – perhaps it was a big fish.
Yes, we had a great time at the weekend. We visited your mum and dad on
Sunday – they miss you a lot! We watched TV and had lunch in the garden.
We talked about you all the time.
See you next Friday!
Love,
Granddad Gerry

1 Duncan’s grandfather monsters.

2 Granddad Gerry went to with his dad.

3 Granddad Gerry also Nessie.

4 Granddad Gerry had with Duncan’s parents.

5 Duncan’s parents Duncan.

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5 Read and write T (true) or F (false). 6

LIFE IN ROMAN TIMES

Toys: Children in Roman times
In 117 AD, the Roman Empire was very
played with toys similar to the
big and important and it covered lots
ones you have: balls, dolls, toy
of different countries including today’s
animals and board games.
Spain, France, Germany, Greece,
They also had small letters to
Turkey, Egypt and Croatia. Part of
practise their spelling.
Britain was also Roman and Scotland
was too, but for a shorter time. The Food: Romans liked eating
Romans were famous for building bread, vegetable soup, fish
very good roads, bridges and dams*, and meat like sausages. Poor
for their laws and their language. But people didn’t have meat very
what was life really like back then? often and they didn’t have
Let’s have a look. a kitchen in their house.
They cooked their food at
School: Not all children had money
a bakery or had something
to go to a school in the town or have
to eat in the market. Did you
a teacher at home. Even fewer girls
know that there was ice cream
went to school; it was mostly boys
in those days?
who did. In poor families, the
*dam = a very strong wall that stops a river
children worked to help their
parents.

1 Countries like Spain and Germany were part of the Roman Empire.
2 The Romans were very good builders.
3 In Roman times, girls usually had teachers at home.
4 Toys in Roman times and toys today are not very different.
5 Rich Romans had sausages and fish.
6 Poor Romans didn’t eat at all.
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6 Where did they go? Read and write E (Edinburgh), G (Glasgow) 5

or S (Stirling).

THREE GREAT PLACES IN SCOTLAND

Edinburgh: Come and visit this great there are so many things you can do here:
city. There are many green parks to have visit the Botanic Gardens or the museums
picnics in and a fantastic castle to visit. and galleries. The first football museum
Come in August for the International in the world is here!
Festival of Music, Dance and Theatre. The Stirling: Stirling is a small Scottish town,
streets in the city centre are filled with but it’s got a lot of history. Visit the
performers, colours and music. Every day National Wallace Monument. Here you
for three weeks, there are shows and can see the sword that Wallace, the real
plays for everyone. Braveheart, used. On a sunny day, come to
Glasgow: Bigger than any other city in Blair Drummond Safari Park and see the
Scotland, this is the place to spend your wild animal reserves and shows.
holiday. Edinburgh is perhaps prettier,
but

1 Simon: ‘I loved the Sea Lion show! I had a great time!’

2 Tracey: ‘I wanted to walk in the park, but it was cloudy. I went
to the sports museum instead.’
3 Peter: ‘My family and I went there in August. My children really

liked the wildlife.’

4 Rachel and Fred: ‘We didn’t want to spend our holiday in a big
city. We went there because we are both actors.’
5 Joe: ‘I like quiet places so I always go somewhere else in August.

This year, I went to see a little bit of Scottish history.’

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7 What did Mario and Sylvia do in Edinburgh last summer? Look 8

at the example. Write questions using the words in brackets.
Look and write the short answers.

1 Did they stay in a castle? (they) No, they didn’t.

2 shopping? (Sylvia)

3 photos in the castle? (Mario)

4 zoo? (they)

5 a koala? (they)

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8 What did they do? Look and complete the sentences using the 6
verbs in the past simple. Write two or three words in each gap.
below

clean walk play read listen watch

1 On Saturday, we 2 Yesterday, she 3 On Monday, they

and and and

. . .
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9 Read and write the correct words. 6

Last weekend, I 1 to the beach with my

friends. We 2 a really nice time! It was
a beautiful, sunny day. The beach isn’t far away so we
3 there. We played football, but we
4 swim because the water was cold. We
helped a little boy. He was lost and we 5
his mum. She was very happy to see him! What did
you 6 last weekend?

1 a go b went c didn’t go

2 a had b has c have

3 a didn’t walk b don’t walk c walked

4 a not b don’t c didn’t

5 a looked for b looked c watched

6 a doing b do c did

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10 Look and name the everyday activities. Use the verbs in the 5
below.
boxes

talk work share look after help

1 2 3 4 5

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11 Now say what he/she did last week. Ask questions using the verbs
in the boxes below. 5

visit use walk listen watch

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