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Answers
5 Learner’s own answers.
Learner’s Book 1.4 This is my friend
Starter unit 1 Learner’s own answers.

Getting started 2 Learner’s own answers.

Learner’s own answers. 4 Learner’s own answers.

3 Numbers 1–10 1.5 The alphabet

1 3 blue fish, 5 yellow fish, 2 green fish, 4 fish 2 Learner’s own answers.
with stripes
3 6 paper clips 1.6 What do you see?
3 Learner’s own answers.
4 a 7 paper clips
4 Learner’s own answers.
b 5 paper clips
c Learner’s own answers. Unit 2
5 Picture dictionary page 169 Getting started
Unit 1 Learner’s own answers.

Getting started 2.1 What do families do together?

Learner’s own answers. 1 Grandpa and Sam are playing games.
Grandma is making biscuits. Mum and brother
1.1 What do we do at school? are reading a book. Sister is talking to Dad on
1 Anna is six years old. Maria is six years old. the computer. She is making a card for Dad.
2 Learners point to the correct words.
1.2 In the classroom
3 th; the letters t and h.
2 a Fatima asks:
What’s your name? 4 ‘Mother’ rhymes with ‘brother’.
What’s your favourite colour?
2.2 At home
b Fatima’s friend’s name is Lena and her
favourite colour is pink. This is different 1 a I talk with my teacher: at school.
from Ben’s favourite colour. b I use a computer with my grandma: at home.
4 There is no clock in Matteo’s classroom. c I do maths with my class: at school.
5 Learners write their own class poem. d I sleep in my bed: at home.

1.3 Children around the world 2 Child 1: image 4; child 2: image 5; child 3:
image 1; child 4: image 3; child 5: image 2
1 Amira uses computers at school.
Marat reads at school. 3 Learner’s own answers.
Zak does maths at school. 4 a For Grandma: card with I love you, Grandma
2 Learner’s own answers. b For baby brother: toy with For my
3 By bicycle, bus, car, boat and walking. baby brother

4 Picture dictionary page 175 c For my sister: pencil with For my sister

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5 Learner’s own answers. Learners point to the two girls playing table
tennis/ping pong.
2.3 Let’s count!
Learners point to the girl bouncing a ball on
1 Picture dictionary page 168 the floor.
2 a There is 1 door. The girl can bounce the ball five times.
b There are 2 trees. 3 hit, kick, catch, bounce, roll, throw
c There are 5 flowers.
3.2 Can you do it?
3 There are two beds. There are six houses.
1 Learner’s own answers.
There is one door. There are five bowls.
There is one table. There is one computer. 2 Learner’s own answers.

2.4 What do you eat for breakfast? 3 a 6 biscuits

2 Learner’s own answers. b 4 strawberries
3 Suggested answer: I eat fruit. She eats noodles. c 3 grapes
4 Learner’s own answers. 3.3 Games from around the world
6 7 children like eggs. 3 children don’t like eggs. 3 Water can cover a rock, so water wins.
2.5 Short a A rock can hit a bird, so rock wins.
3 a The words all rhyme. They have the same
3.4 Where is the duck?
ending letters. They have a different
first letter. 1 a The duck is on the table.
b cap, clap b The duck is under the table.

2.6 Three families c The duck is next to the table.

1 Rice and chicken are in the shopping cart. 2 Learners follow instructions.
Carrots are next on the list. 4 Learners make up their own verse.
Kadar and his friends play football.
3.5 Short u
Mum makes a cake. Ana makes birthday hats.
5 Picture dictionary page 172
2 Learner’s own answers.
3.6 The Ker-PLUNK
3 Learner’s own answers.
2 a Rabbit is scared because of the noise.
4 Learner’s own answers.
b The nut falling in the pond makes the
5 Learner’s own answers. sound Ker-PLUNK.
Unit 3 c The rabbit, the frogs and the ducks
are silly.
Getting started
d The lion is wise.
Learner’s own answers.
4 a Learner’s own answers, e.g. Rabbit
3.1 Let’s have fun! looks worried.
1 Learners point to the two boys playing
football/soccer. b The ducks and frogs ask what is wrong.

Learners point to the girl throwing and c Learner’s own answers.

catching a beachball. 5 Learner’s own answers.
Learners point to the boy rolling a ball
towards a box.

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Unit 4 The girl is making a picture. She is using

5 green triangles, 5 red triangles, 5 yellow
Getting started triangles and 5 purple triangles.
Learner’s own answers.
4.4 Painting a mural
4.1 What are they wearing?
1 a The children are painting a picture.
1 Lucy is a princess with a pink dress.
b Liz is painting a red jet.
Grandma is a cook with a white hat.
c Emily and Ava are drawing a gold bridge.
Deena is a superhero with a silver jacket.
d Tina is cutting silver stars.
Mum is a pilot holding a plane.
e The teacher is not painting.
Dad is a clown with a colourful shirt.
Grandpa is a king with a crown. f Liz thinks the city is beautiful.
2 Tina is wearing a purple top/shirt/T-shirt,
4.2 Making puppets a white skirt and brown socks/shoes.
1 There are 15 socks and 15 gloves. Liz is wearing a green top/shirt/T-shirt, blue
There are 14 spoons. trousers and red socks/shoes.

2 Marcos and Rob are wearing red tops/shirts/

I’m making a crown
T-shirts, grey trousers and yellow hats/caps.
for my puppet. Marcos is wearing brown socks/shoes and
Rob is wearing green socks/shoes.
Emily and Ava are wearing orange dresses.
I’m making glasses
for my puppet. The teacher is wearing a white T-shirt, purple
jacket, purple shirt and blue shoes.
4 Learner’s own answers.
I’m making a skirt
for my puppet.
4.5 Short e

2 a Hen/pen
3 Learner’s own answers.
b Meg/egg
4.3 Colourful quilts with shapes c 
Learner’s own answers, e.g. ‘The bed
1 a There are 16 blue rectangles. is red.’
b There are 16 red triangles. 3 eggs, ten, hen
c There are 4 red squares. 4 There are 16 words with the short ‘e’ sound.
d There are 4 blue circles. 4.6 The Elves and the Shoemaker
e There are 20 red shapes altogether. 2 The Elves and the Shoemaker.
2 Mei Mei likes red, black and white. She’s The characters are the elves and the shoemaker.
cutting squares and circles.
The elves help the shoemaker by making
Kevin likes orange, purple and green. He’s new shoes.
cutting triangles and rectangles.
3 The shoemaker makes the elves new clothes.
3 I’m cutting blue squares (or rectangles).
4 Learner’s own answers.
4 The boy is making a paper quilt. He is using
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6 blue rectangles and 5 yellow rectangles.

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Unit 5 5.5 Short i

Getting started 1 chick

Learner’s own answers. Learner’s own answers, e.g. chairs, children

5.1 What can you find on a farm? 3 There are 13 words: This, fish, fix, things, is,
fixing, ship, it, swing, little, fins, wings and minute.
1 Dina is feeding the horse and goat. The cow
is in her stall in the barn. The chicks and hens Words with the sh sound: fish, ship
are eating under the tree. Mum is in the field.
Dad is driving the tractor. There are four new Words with the short i sound: this, fish, fix(ing),
lambs. Dina is going to see the new lambs. things, is, ship, swing, little, it, fin, wings, minute

3 hen, cow, goat, horse, sheep 5.6 The Little Red Hen
4 here, here, there 2 a Little Red Hen is picking wheat.
5.2 Living on the farm b Little Red Hen is grinding wheat.
1 a A boy is feeding the cow. c Little Red Hen is making bread.
b A girl is carrying a lamb. d Everyone is eating the bread.
c A girl is picking strawberries. e Chick and Duck are sweeping the floor
and washing the dishes.
d A farmer is driving a tractor.
3 Learner’s own answers.
e A boy and his grandma are planting seeds.
4 Learner’s own answers.
2 a They are planting seeds.

b She is picking strawberries. Unit 6

c He is driving a tractor. Getting started
d They are carrying lambs. Learner’s own answers.

5 a horse  d fish  f strawberry 6.2 What do you hear?

are living things.
3 Learner’s own answers.
5.3 Life cycles 4 a–c  Learner’s own answers.
2 a corn   b tree   d flower 5 Learner’s own answers.
4 Learner’s own answers.
6.3 Using your five senses
5.4 What is happening on the farm? 1 Picture A
1 above: tomatoes, peppers, beans
a There is 1 boy and 2 girls.
in: carrots, onions, potatoes
b There are no teachers.
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c There are 2 drums.
3 a No, they’re not.
d The boy is playing the drums.
b No, she’s not.
e Learner’s own answers, e.g. There are
4 Learners draw and write about their plant. 2 triangles.
5 a Yes, it is Picture B
b No, they’re not a There is 1 boy and 1 girl/teacher.

c No, it’s not b There is a teacher playing the saxophone.

6 cow, dog, sheep, chicken, horse, duck c There are 3 drums.

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d The boy is playing the triangle. 3 The side feels like a wall.
e Learner’s own answers, e.g. There is The tail feels like a rope.
1 triangle.
The trunk feels like a snake.
2 Learner’s own answers. The leg feels like a tree.
3 Learner’s own answers, e.g. The ear feels like a giant fan.
a ball: hard, round 5 a They can hear it.
b pencil: hard, short b They can feel the dots.
c bat: hard, flat 6 Learner’s own answers.
d paper clip: hard, flat
Unit 7
e socks: soft, short
Getting started
6.4 Sweet and loud Learner’s own answers.
1 a apple
7.1 How do we travel around?
b banana 1 Learners point to slide, tower, river, car, plane.
c watermelon
2 I can climb up a tower.
d kiwi
I can slide down a slide.
e orange
I can float down the river.
2 Sweet: banana, strawberry, mango
Not sweet: lemon, carrot, bean I can drive a little car.
Juicy: lemon, strawberry, mango I can fly in a plane.
Not juicy: banana, carrot, bean
3 float, fly, slide, climb, drive
4 quiet, loud, high, low
4 Learner’s own answers.
6.5 Short o
7.2 Vehicles
1 Learner’s own answers, e.g. The frog is on
the box. 2 Learner’s own answers.
2 a 3 3 Has wheels: motorcycle, bus, plane
b 2 Doesn’t have wheels: boat, train, snowmobile
c 1 7.3 Make a helicopter and a plane
3 Four words have the short o sound: pot, hot, 2 Learner’s own answers.
popcorn and pop.
4 Learner’s own answers.
4 There are 14 words: hop/s, Bob, frog, pond,
stop, odd, tock, fox, clock, rock, bop, flop, 5 Learner’s own answers.
on, of.
7.4 Describing things
5 Picture dictionary page 174
3 Learner’s own answers.
6.6 Five Friends and the Elephant
7.5 Long e spelling ee
2 Learner’s own answers, e.g. Because they are
blind/cannot see. They need to use their other 1 a The letters ee make a long e sound.
senses to learn about the elephant. b ‘Tree’ and ‘knee’ rhyme.

c wheel

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2 Other question words beginning with wh are 3 a There are three shops.
what, where and who.
b Answers will vary. For example, bread in
3 A boy brushing his teeth; three sheep, one is the bakery.
asleep; bees; a girl planting seeds kneeling/on c Stop.
her knees; a jeep making a beep beep sound;
a wheel; a tree. 8.2 Around the city
4 What do bees make? A Jeep goes 3 Learner’s own answers.
Where do sheep sleep? BEEP BEEP.
4 fourth door: yellow, fifth door: red, sixth door:
What sound does a Bees make honey. yellow, seventh door: red, eighth door: yellow,
Jeep make? Sheep sleep in ninth door: red, tenth door: yellow. The
a field. pattern is red, yellow, repeated.

5 Picture dictionary page 173 5 The ninth flower is purple.

6 please, keep, sheep, bee, Jeep, sleep 8.3 City living

7.6 Travelling around 1 Suggested answers: tall buildings and short
buildings, a park with flowers and trees, a girl
2 There are 5 wheels on the white truck. eating an ice-cream, and a rubbish bin
3 tractor, boat/ship, underground train, tricycle, 3 Learner’s own answers.
unicycle, truck, wheelchair, skis, zorb.
Learner’s own answers. 4 You can buy bread in a bakery.

4 You can see an elephant at a zoo.

People-powered Motor-powered
vehicles vehicles You can play on a slide at a park.
bicycle tractor 5 Picture dictionary page 175
tricycle boat/ship
6 Learner’s own answers.
unicycle underground train
wheelchair truck 8.4 This or these?
skateboard 2 This town has a library.
skis Where is it?
zorb Here it is.
That town has a bakery.
(Wheelchair could also be categorised as Where is it?
motor-powered.) There. Next to the school.
This town has a big park.
5 a Stay safe on the Underground. Stay
That town doesn’t have a park.
behind the yellow line.
b Stay safe in your car. Wear a seat belt! 8.5 -y endings
c Stay safe on your bike. Wear a helmet! 1 a my: one syllable

6 Learner’s own answers. b city: two syllables

2 baby: two syllables – long e
Unit 8
cry: one syllable – long i
Getting started
fly: one syllable – long i
Learner’s own answers.
carry: two syllables – long e
8.1 What can you see, hear and do?
2 one syllable: roads, shops happy: two syllables – long e
two syllables: pavements, traffic, bus stop sky: one syllable – long i
three syllables: traffic light

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3 a The sky is blue today. 4 It is hot and sunny.

b I cry when I am sad. Is it snowy and cold.

c I can carry my teddy bears. 5 Learner’s own answers.

d Look! I can fly! 9.2 Day by day

e A baby is very small. 3 Learner’s own answers.
f I’m not sad. I’m happy! 4 Suggested answers: In the morning, I wake up
and get dressed.
4 small/little
In the afternoon, I do maths at school and
5 a missing words: go, sad, old, goodbye play with my friends.
b The opposite of stop is go: photo pair 2. At night, I eat dinner and go to sleep.
The opposite of happy is sad: photo pair 1. 5 Picture dictionary page 172
The opposite of new is old: photo pair 4.
9.3 Facts about water
The opposite of hello is goodbye: photo 2 Animals that live in water: frog, crocodile,
pair 3. turtle, fish, whale.
c happy: long e sound 3 Learner’s own answers.
dry: long i sound
4 Learner’s own answers.
d rhyming words: no – go, bad – sad,
cold – old, dry – goodbye. 9.4 Things that float
8.6 Sing a Song of People 1 a The apple floats.

2 Learners point to the correct image within b The paper clip doesn’t float.
each picture.
c The paper boat floats.
3 In the first picture the goose is on the bus.
d The pear doesn’t float.
In the second picture the goose is on the train.
2 Learner’s own answers.
In the third picture the goose is next to the
traffic light. 9.5 Long a spellings – ai and ay
In the fourth picture the goose is sitting at a 1 rain, away, again, day, play
table under an umbrella.
2 a It’s a rainy day.
4 Learner’s own answers.
b Let’s paint a snail.
5 Learner’s own answers.
c Let’s play with the train.
Unit 9 3 stay, play, rainy, day, snail/s, playing, say, wait,
away, hooray
Getting started
Learner’s own answers. 9.6 The Song of the Toad
2 a Real
9.1 Why is water important?
b Make-believe
1 Suggested answers: rain, people with
umbrellas, wind blowing the umbrellas, coats c Real
and hats, a little boy in a yellow raincoat, a
yellow rain hat and red boots, jumping in a d Real
puddle, green grass, flowers and a tree e Make-believe
3 sunny, hot, rainy, cloudy, cold, windy 5 Learner’s own answers.

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