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Language worksheets: Unit 1 answers

Language worksheet 1A
Language worksheet 1A should be done after the learners have read and worked on the
When the Sea turned to Silver book description. It contains both lower- and higher-level
questions with a focus on the learners identifying key words and phrases. You can use it
to assess how well learners can identify relevant information to answer questions and
how well they read and understand in context.

Answers
1 The Tiger Emperor has kidnapped her grandmother.
2 They must find a ‘Luminous Stone That Lights the Night’ to give the emperor.
3 Little but a brightly coloured jacket and a jade bracelet.
4 Lady Meng and her sea dragon horse, BaiMa (and possibly the Sea King).
5 From the grand palace in the City of Bright Moonlight to the Sea King’s palace
at Sea Bottom.
6 Winter lingers because the Black Tortoise of Winter is trapped by an
unknown force.
7 Using them as tools/aids to help her.
8 The fantasy in their adventures and the stories seem to come together.
9 Possible answer: Maybe they are clues telling them important things about
their adventures and quest to rescue Amah and the world. Accept any
well-reasoned answer.
10 Learner’s own answers.

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Language worksheet 1B
Language worksheet 1B could be used at the end of Activity 4 in Session 1.5.
It provides further practice for the learners on choosing more descriptive words for
impact. You can also assess how well they manage the activity, recognising synonyms
and using a thesaurus. It is designed to extend their vocabulary so encourage them to
make a note of new words or words they would like to use again in their wordbooks.

Answers
1 walked – ambled
said – muttered
jumped – leapt
laughed – guffawed
smiled – grinned
2 Possible answers:
frown: scowl, glare, glower, grimace
red: scarlet, ruby, crimson, cherry, ruddy, burgundy
pale: light, pallid, colourless, wan, pastel, ashen, soft
3 Learner’s own answers
4 moved stealthily
slept peacefully
waved frantically
rumbled angrily
rocked perilously

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Language worksheets: Unit 2 answers

Language worksheet 2A
Answers
1 a We are going to the library. statement with a full stop
b Show the new student where to go. command with a full stop
c Can I help you? question with a question mark
d The project is due today. statement with a full stop
e Be careful! command with exclamation
2 Example answers:
a We watched a pod of dolphins swim by.
b Last year I visited Madagascar.
c A camel stores fat in its hump, not water.
d The Earth is made up of sea, land and sky.
e The driest places on Earth are the hot and cold deserts.

3–4 a Watch the concert tonight.

b Fetch me the key.
c Go to the park.
d Ride a bike in the rain!
e Do the homework in class.
(Any reasonable/correct wording and pronunciation is acceptable.)

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Language worksheet 2B
Answers
1 a live
b sea
c belong to
d rounded
e blend in
f camouflaged
g very
h threatened

2 Words used in the sentence Other words that fit Word class

belong to are part of verb

very extremely adverb

live exist, swim, are found in verb

rounded curved, arched adjective

camouflaged concealed adjective

sea marine adjective

threatened endangered verb/adjective

blend in merge with verb

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Language worksheets: Unit 3 answers

Language worksheet 3A
This worksheet should be done after the learners have worked on the kennings and
kenning poems in the first half of Unit 3. It can be used in a differentiated manner by
allowing some learners to be more independent in their brainstorming and planning.
These learners should also take more care over their final draft and include all the
required techniques. You can work with other learners to think of questions relating to
characteristics to help stimulate their ideas for kennings. If they find it too hard to use
alliteration and rhyme as well as the rhythm, use your discretion over what they should
include in their final version. Their main aim is to produce creative kennings.

Answers
1–2 Learner’s own answers.

Language worksheet 3B
This worksheet could be used after reading the poem about colours in Activity 1
in Session 3.4 What is colour? It will stimulate learners to think about different words
for colour in advance of brainstorming words for a colour of their choice. Point out
that some of the words are also ‘gemstones’ – with the name of the stone also being
used as a colour. If they are unsure of the colour in any of the words represent,
encourage them to use a dictionary or a thesaurus to check. They should write
down any new words in their wordbooks to use again at a later stage in their
own writing.

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Answers
1 O A B E U E W C P N C F Z T X
I W S U L T R O U E A R Q C N
S A P P H I R E C D L G A W W
E A R D M D Z Y R L I Y O Q E
X U M S N R E P E O L R F T S
P W O E K O M R T G B I A V C
T N O H T S L L T C S L F R A
O S R L K H Q B U Z O K U T R
R U B Y L D Y D B C D F Y E L
R V I O L E T S O J Z E F N E
U N A K H A Y H T E D A J E T
S A H N Z L C D L A R E M E E
S V S U I N E E R G C W B G H
E Y R M J Q W P A G J L S P I
T E E M Z Y Z S Y C S M C R F

Blue: azure, navy, sapphire

Brown: chocolate, coffee, russet
Green: emerald, lime, jade
Purple: amethyst, violet, lilac
Red: scarlet, crimson, ruby
Yellow: golden, buttercup, blond
2 Learner’s own answers

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Language worksheets: Unit 4 answers

Language worksheet 4A
Answers
1 His parrot.
2 Possible answers: upset, depressed, annoyed, bored, surprised.
Accept all reasonable suggestions.
3 Madison talks, he is good at crosswords and board games, he can mimic people,
he is a fund of useful information, he gives interesting and expert tuition.
4 Ace.
5 The writer means there are going to be lots of surprises in store.
Accept all reasonable suggestions.
6 One of the main characters is a bird with feathers.
7 Madison is not just a parrot that talks a lot.
8 Learner’s own answers – but must include the fact that he talks a lot.
9 The text in the speech bubble and the star.
10 They wonder what they ever did without him.

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Language worksheet 4B
Answers
1–2 Possible answers:
Note that the wording will vary depending on the dictionary used.
mimic [n] – someone who is good at mimicking other people (copying the way
someone talks and behaves, usually to make people laugh).
Note: mimic can also be a verb but in the context of the blurb it is a noun.
escapade [n] – exciting and sometimes dangerous experience.
outrageous [adj] – shocking or extreme.
talent [n] – natural ability to do something.
yarn [n] – long story that is probably not true.
tuition [n] – the teaching of one person or of a small group of people.
3 Learner’s own answers.

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Language worksheets: Unit 5 answers

Language worksheet 5A
Answers
Learners can use one-word answers for the closed questions and full sentences
for the open questions.
1 a Lifelike model; b reconstruction; c fascinated; d specialist; e foyer
2 The head and face is on display.
3 Scientists read the hieroglyphics on the coffin.
4 Scientists think he died from old age or an age-related illness.
5 Probably.
6 A specialist in facial reconstruction.
7 He was fascinated with the challenge of reconstructing the face of someone
who lived thousands of years ago.
8 Any reasonable answer based on the text: For example: This project is worth learning
about because it shows how scientists have helped us learn about the past. The
project was done in 1990 so it was probably one of the first of its kind. There are
no photographs from ancient times so the reconstruction gives an idea of
what the man looked like without having a photo.

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Language worksheet 5B
Answers
1 scientist, traveller, typist, fisherman, lawyer, journalist.
2 Example answers:
history: historic, historian, historical
write: writer, written, writing
graph: graphics, graphical, grapheme, photograph
mystery: mystical, mystic, mystify
3 Learner’s own answers.
4 French cars, North African desert, Greek olives, Spanish dancing, Antarctic snow,
Roman temple.

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Language worksheets: Unit 6 answers

Language worksheet 6A
Answers
1 a The Jumblies are characters in a poem, with green heads and blue hands.
b Strange/odd/different/weird.
c At sea on a winter’s morning, on a stormy day.
d Sea is used five times; it rhymes with ‘we’ or ‘Jumblies’.
e A sieve – round, with holes in, not very big.
f Line 9 – But we don’t care a button, we don’t care a fig!
g Their friends felt doubtful/nervous/unsure.
They said they would all be drowned.
h Learner’s own answers (based on the details in the text).
2 Learner’s own work.

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Language worksheet 6B
Answers
1 Adjective Comparative Superlative
1 late later latest
2 little less least
3 nice nicer nicest
4 mad madder maddest
5 good better best
6 thin thinner thinnest
7 big bigger biggest
8 curious more curious most curious
9 dry drier driest
10 juicy juicier juiciest
11 tricky trickier trickiest
12 silly sillier silliest
13 many more most
14 important more important most important
15 bad worse worst
16 difficult more difficult most difficult

The irregular comparative adjectives are: little, less, least; good, better, best; many,
more, most; bad, worse, worst.
2 Learner’s own answers.

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Language worksheets: Unit 7 answers

Language worksheet 7A
Answers
1 a She gazed out of the window. where
b Every morning, I eat breakfast. when
c Lorcan ran like the wind. how
d My mother called me, waving her hand. how
e Underneath my bed, I keep a box of photos. where
2 Learner’s own answers.
3 Learner’s own answers.

Language worksheet 7B
Answers
1 Words that sound the same but are spelled differently with different meanings.
2 a piece; b muscles; c course; d wrap; e berry
3 Last week, Omar decided to build a plane to enter a competition he had heard about
at school. He found it hard to choose what material to use. In the end, he made it all
out of wood and painted it blue. He won the competition.
4 One day, as Lori was eating her serial cereal, she heard someone at the gait gate.
She was shore sure it was her friend, so she didn’t weight wait to finish her breakfast.
Instead, she ran upstairs to decide what to where wear as they were going strait
straight out for a picnic. The son sun was shining but the whether weather forecast
had said hale hail might be on the weigh way.

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Language worksheets: Unit 8 answers

Language worksheet 8A
Answers
1–3 Learner’s own answers.

Language worksheet 8B
Answers
1 Any reasonable answers. For example:
cook – bake, fry
mix – combine, blend
cut – chop, slice
cool – freeze, chill
wash – clean, rinse
melt – heat, soften
2 Any reasonable answers. For example:
product: the thing you want to sell
persuade: try to convince someone to try something
promote: be positive about something and tell others about it
audience: the people you want to convince to buy your product
compete: to sell your product you must compete with other products

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3 a Mothers everywhere love our easy-to-cook meals.

b Our brand-new range of sugar-free drinks will sweeten your day.
c This nine-year-old chef is making waves in the kitchen.
d The whole family will enjoy these healthy, old-fashioned meals.
e You’ll want to try this child-friendly cookery book.

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Language worksheets: Unit 9 answers

Language worksheet 9A
Language worksheet 9A should be completed after the learners have written their
extra stanza for ‘The Mist’ poem in Session 9.2, Activity 2. It can be used in a
differentiated manner by allowing some learners to be more independent in their
brainstorming and planning. Remind learners to choose words carefully – thinking of
more interesting synonyms and words that alliterate or sound like rain. Work with
groups of learners who are finding it difficult to think of words and descriptions for
rain. Ask them questions about rain and guide them to use their answers in their
planning. When learners write out the final version, encourage creativity over the
shape. Remind them lines can be any length and dotted about to create the
impression of rain, much as lines in ‘The Mist’ in Unit 9 were of different lengths giving
an image of rolling mist.

Answers
1–2 Learner’s own answers.

Language worksheet 9B
Language worksheet 9B could be used to enhance the learners’ vocabulary for animals
before they look at the poem ‘Rooster and Hens’ in Session 9.3. Encourage them to think
of words that describe the ways in which animals move and sound, which would be
useful in a poem. Onomatopoeic words would be particularly interesting although it is
not necessary to mention the term. Language worksheet 9B could be used in a
differentiated manner by allowing some learners to work in pairs, especially those who
have to use a dictionary to understand some of the words in the box. Spend time with
these learners and encourage them to describe what the animals look like to help them
visualise images for the similes they write.

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Answers
1 horse: neigh, trot, gallop, hoof
tiger: roar, prowl, hunt, stripes
whale: whistle, swim, dive, fins
peacock: caw, strut, fan, feathers
frog: croak, leap, jump, amphibian
2–3 Learner’s own answers.

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