CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY MATHEMATICS STAGE 1 UNIT 1 LANGUAGE WORKSHEET ANSWERS

Unit 1 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 1A
1 one bus six flowers
two oranges seven books
three bananas eight balls
four apples nine dots
five fish ten pencils

2 a 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
b 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
3 a Learners should have put a ring around the oranges and apples.
b Learners’ own estimates
c 6 (2 oranges and 4 apples)
4 7
5 2

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Language worksheet 1B
1 a 1 The ducks are before the lion.
2 The rabbit is between the ducks and the frogs.
3 The lion is after the ducks.
4 There are more than two frogs.
5 There are fewer than ten ducks.
6 Seven animals like the water.

2 a pairs

b odd numbers

c equal

d more than

e less than

3 Learners’ patterns should show: red, blue, blue, yellow, red, blue, blue, yellow

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Unit 2 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 2A
1 tin, bucket, jam jar – cylinder
ball, sun, orange – sphere
block, box – cube
2 Learners should have coloured the cylinder blue, the cube yellow and the sphere red.

Language worksheet 2B
1 a circle
b triangle
c square
2 a The motorcycle has got 2 circles.
b The sun has got 4 triangles.
c There are 4 squares on the house.
d There are 3 squares and 2 triangles.

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Unit 3 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 3A
1 a whole part
apple strawberry
egg bread
orange watermelon
onion banana
carrot cake
pear

b A whole apple, a whole egg, a whole orange, a whole onion, a whole carrot,
a whole pear, a whole strawberry, part of a loaf of bread, part of a watermelon,
part of a banana, part of a cake.
c Learners should have drawn a line to cut each of the foods in half.

Language worksheet 3B
1

2 a Look at my new pair of shoes!

b This is not a whole cake!
c One ice cream for you and one ice cream for me. We’re equal.
3 There are 8 children altogether.
Each child makes 1 tick .
4 children like carrots and 4 children don’t like carrots.
An equal number of children like and don’t like carrots.
Half of the children don’t like carrots.

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Unit 4 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 4A
1 a The lion is taller than the ducks.
b The ducks are taller than the rabbit.
c The frogs are shorter than the ducks.
d The rabbit is taller than the frogs.
2 a The monkey is the shortest.
b The boy is the thinnest.
c The elephant is shorter than the giraffe.
d The giraffe is the tallest.
e Granny is taller than the monkey.
f The boy is shorter than the elephant.
g The giraffe is thinner than the elephant.

Language worksheet 4B
1 a yes
b yes
c no
d yes
e no
f yes
2 a The taxi
b Learners’ own answers

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Unit 5 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 5A
1 a 1 Let’s count!
2 Let’s subtract!
3 Let’s add!
4 Let’s count!
5 Let’s add!
6 Let’s subtract!

Language worksheet 5B
1 a First
b Then
c Now
2 a I disagree. (They’re in box 2.)
b I agree.
c I agree.
d I agree.
3 Learners’ own answers

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Unit 6 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 6A
1 a

b 1 The mouse is first/1st. c 1 The rabbit is after the mouse.

2 The elephant is ninth/9th. 2 The elephant is before the sheep.
3 The sheep is tenth/10th. 3 The giraffe is after the horse.
4 The monkey is sixth/6th. 4 The cat is after the panda.
5 The rabbit is second/2nd. 5 The horse is after the monkey.
6 The cat is fifth/5th. 6 The bear is before the cat.
Language worksheet 6B
1 a The black chair is on the table.
b The white frog is between the teddy bear and the paint pot.
c The glue is next to the girl.
d The paintbrush is in the paint pot.
e The table is behind the boy.
f The teddy bear with eyes is in front of the girl.
g The sun is behind the girl.
h The boy is under the tree.
2 Learners should have drawn a red apple on the table, a blue ball below
the table, a white cat beside the table, a grey cloud above the table and
a green tree behind the table.

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Unit 7 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 7A
1 a group: animals
sets: animals that can swim, animals that can fly
b 1 small animals
2 animals that can jump/crawl
c 1 the ducks
2 not the ducks
3 not the ducks
4 the ducks
Language worksheet 7B
1 a ‘Children who dance’ should be in the label pointing to the circle,
‘Children at a party’ should be in the label outside the circle.
b 1 5
2 7
3 12
4 no

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Unit 8 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 8A
1 a six o’clock
b ten o’clock
c half past one
d half past nine
e four o’clock
2 Ana eats breakfast at seven o’clock.

Ana goes to school at half past eight.

She goes to piano lessons at four o’clock.

She arrives home at half past five.

She eats dinner at half past six.

She goes to bed at eight o’clock.

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Language worksheet 8B
1 a and b
1 Monday, Tuesday
2 Wednesday, Thursday
3 Friday, Saturday
c Sunday
2 a Wednesday
b Thursday
c Saturday
d Monday
e Tuesday

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Unit 9 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 9A
1 fourteen (to be matched to balloon with 14)
twelve (to be matched to balloon with 12)
sixteen (to be matched to balloon with 16)
eighteen (to be matched to balloon with 18)
nineteen (to be matched to balloon with 19)
eleven (to be matched to balloon with 11)
fifteen (to be matched to balloon with 15)
seventeen (to be matched to balloon with 17)
thirteen (to be matched to balloon with 13)
2 13, 15, 17, 19

Language worksheet 9B
1 a odd
b no
c yes
d no
e yes
f no
g Learners’ own answers
2 10, 16, 13, 15, 14, 18
Suzie has 18 seeds.

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Unit 10 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 10A
1 Learners should have coloured in the shapes following the directions on the sheet.
2 a Both these shapes have six faces. cubes and cuboids
b This shape has one curved surface and 2 flat faces. cylinder
c This shape is not a 3D shape. circle
d This shape has five faces. square-based pyramid
e This shape hasn’t got flat faces. sphere

Language worksheet 10B

1 2D: rectangles, circles, triangles, squares
3D: spheres, pyramids, cubes
2 a no
b yes
c no
d yes
e yes
3 Learners’ own answers

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Unit 11 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 11A
1 a second picture
b second picture
c first picture
d second picture
e second picture
2 a 10/ten
b 5/five
c the same

Language worksheet 11B

1
1 a of 8 = 4
2
1
b of 4 = 2
2
2 a Half of six equals three.
b Half of twelve equals six.
3 a a whole ice cream
b half a bottle of milk
c half a film
d a whole carton of eggs
e half the family

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Unit 12 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 12A
1 measuring jug – capacity
bathroom scales – mass
thermometer – temperature
ruler – length
2 a The cow is heavier than the dog.
b The rabbit is lighter than the dog.
c The cat is heavier than the snail.
d The dog is lighter than the cow.
e The elephant is the heaviest.
f The snail is the lightest.

Language worksheet 12B

1 capacity – My backpack is full. I can’t take any more books.
mass – I don’t have many apples. My bag is very light.
temperature – This is the hottest day of the year!
length – This snake is 2 metres long!
height – I am 80 centimetres tall.

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Unit 13 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 13A
1 a counting on
b doubling
c finding the complement
d subtracting
e grouping

Language worksheet 13B

1 ‘coin’ label pointing to whole coin, ‘value’ label pointing to number on coin,
‘banknote’ label pointing to whole banknote, ‘price’ label pointing to the price
on ice cream van menu.
2 a one, five 6
b two, five 7
c five, five 10
d ten, one 11
e two, two 4

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Unit 14 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 14A
1 a block graph
b pictogram
c Carroll diagram
d list
e table
f Venn diagram
2 a block graph
b Carroll diagram
c Venn diagram
d list
e table
f pictogram

Language worksheet 14B

1 a Sports Music Art
Emma  
Jake 
Carlo  
Emin  

b 1 4
2 4
3 2
4 sports
5 music
6 Jake

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Unit 15 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 15A
1 Month Day Time Part of the day
March Tuesday half past two morning
September Saturday four o’clock evening

2 months and days

3 What time is it? It’s half past three.
It’s nine o’clock.
What day is it? It’s Saturday.
It’s Thursday.
What month is it? It’s November.
It’s January.

Language worksheet 15B

1 a Wednesday
b Saturday
c April
d Monday
e August
f November
2 Learners’ own answers. Please note that the learners can provide the
closest hour or half hour in respect to time.

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Unit 16 Language worksheet answers

Language worksheet 16A
1 a The car is behind the tent.
b The sheep is in front of the tent.
c The sign is above the tent.
d The car is below/under the stars.
e The tent is between the deer and the sheep.
2 a 4, b 1, c 3, d 5, e 2

Language worksheet 16B

1 a The potatoes are to the left of the tomatoes.
b The onions are to the right of the carrots.
c The birds are to the right of the boy.
d The tomatoes are to the right of the potatoes.
e The chilli peppers are to the left of the green beans.
2 a 1 game
2 lamp
3 cupcakes
4 sofa
5 window
6 rug
Note: There are sometimes a number of other possible answers in
addition to the one given. Feel free to explore these with learners.
b Learners’ own answers

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