Activity Book Activities

1 Read and complete.

train for many months before they go to space. They practise moving in a zero chamber. They wear a heavy spacesuit for several hours every day. They use when they practise space walks. They learn to use the and to programme the.

2Listen and choose.

3 Read and order the instructions for a spacewalk.

1 Read and complete.

The spacecraft is travelling to another . The spacecraft has got many parts. It's got an for firing the shuttle into space. There are tanks for the engine. There are tanks for breathing. There are a lot of to see the controls. There’s a for the computer and a for communicating with . There’s a for checking supplies. There’s a in front of the instruments for the astronaut. There are for moving in zero .

2Listen and colour.

3 Look and match.

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4 Complete the riddles. Then choose the answers.

1 You can loud and

but it isn’t your .

What is it?

2 The new is .

The old is .

What’s the date?

1Listen and choose.

A city for the future

1 All buildings in the city be six floors high.

2 People grow food on the top of the buildings.

3 People use water tanks to collect rainwater.

4 The air be very clean. People use oxygen tanks.

5 People use cars. They travel by bus.

6 People use plastics. They recycle food waste.

2 Choose eight features for a flat in the future. Write Yes or No.

	bedroom	kitchen	living room	garden
computer
screen
radio
robot
smart lights

3 Look at the table and complete.

My flat 1 The

have

. 2 The

have

. 3 The

have

. 4 The

have

. Key 1 (green) Use the green words in the table. 2 (yellow) Use will or won’t. 3 (blue) Use the blue words in the table.

4 Ask and answer with a partner. Take notes.

Name:

Features of flat

	bedroom	kitchen	living room	garden
computer
screen
radio
robot
smart lights

5 Choose a room from your flat. Make a model and write a description.

1 Find a shoebox. Cut off the lid.

2 Cut out the door and the windows.
3 Paint the inside of the box.
4 Use recycled materials to make the furniture, for example, bottle tops, old card, aluminium foil.
5 Paint the furniture. Glue it into position.
6 Use Plasticine for extra features. My
This will be the best

in the city.
It will

.
It won’t

.
I made the model with

.

1 Read and answer.

1 Why are people living in a space colony? Because the Earth .
2 What is the problem in the space colony? They .
3 Why are the Earth robots worried about the humans? Because .
4 Why do the Earth robots open the secret door for the children? Because the children .
5 Where can the children play on Earth? The children can play.
6 What do the adults from Colony 369 promise? They promise they .

2 Read and complete with the number of days.

1 When there are 200 people in the space colony, they've got oxygen for days.
2 When there are 100 people, they've got oxygen for days.
3 When there are 400 people, they've got oxygen for days.
4 When there are 50 people, they've got oxygen for days.

3 Find words in the story that mean …

1 … to make very, very dirty.
2 … a new city a long way from the capital.
3 … a moving machine with a computer programme. It does human tasks.
4 … to make something so bad it cannot survive.
5 … to send and receive a message.
6 … to find a solution.

4 Make a promise tree for the future.

1 Use colouring pens to draw a big tree trunk with a lot of branches.

2 Use green paper and cut out leaves.

3 Write a promise for the future on a leaf.

4 Ask your friends and family to write promises on the leaves, too.

5 Glue the leaves on the tree.

5 Complete the story review.

Title:

Main characters: and

Places: and

Time: future / present / past

Problem: They .

Solution: They and they .

6 Write your opinion of the story.

• Do you like the children in the story? Why / Why not? • What do you think of the story? • Do you think this will happen in the future? Why / Why not?

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My opinion

1 Read and match.

Sound can have a high frequency or pitch. We hear this as a high sound, like a bird. There are a lot of waves in the graph for a high sound.
Sound can have a low frequency or pitch. We hear this as a low sound, like the bark of a big dog. There aren’t a lot of waves in the graph for a low sound.
Sound can be very loud with a high volume. When a sound is loud, the lines on the graph are taller.
Sound can be very quiet with a low volume. When a sound is low, the lines on the graph are shorter.