English 6 SKILLS BOOK English For Me
BASIC EDUCATION6BSKILLS BOOKEnglishfor Me2015—2016MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SULTANATE OF OMAN
H. M. QABOOS BIN SAID, SULTAN OF OMAN
ContentsUnit 1Watching the worldpage 2Unit 2The world of foodpage 14Unit 3The story of storiespage 26Unit 4Great explorerspage 38Unit 5Time for fun!page 50Word playpage 62Membership CardName:
UNIT11Watching the worldRead and match.Look at Maha’s e-mail to Rose. Match the activities numbered in the e-mail tothe pictures on page 3 of your Holidays!Hello Rose,How areyou? It’sthe schoomy friendl holidayss today.and I’m playing withWe’re having a great time. Zshe’s reaeynab’s plly enjoyinlaying ongitthe swing.Maryam abeach [2].s [1],nd NailaThey’re loare walkinoking forit’s quitegosnhells. Thethewindy sosun is shinSaif is flyare playininginbg his kiteutg football[3]. Sami a[4]. They’rndAhemedmaking aWhat arelot of noisyou doinge!?Love,Maha12342
1Read and complete.Look at Vicky’s e-mail to Maria. Maria has dropped somethingon the e-mail. Complete the e-mail with thewords in the snowman.mmaria@ikc.coTo:mvicky@ikc.coFrom:!ld’s coSubject: Itintoday so I’mdnlagnEin][1side.It’scold to go outoto’siteusHow are you?ls becawriting e-maide.my bedroomplaying outsirey’ethsoe coldfriends like thrSome of myat each othe[2] snowballslen areMary and He[3] a’sulPawatch. It’s funny toin the gardennd.[4] on the pouzy’svery good. Ssnowman, it’sl, it looks very[5] down a hilareTim and Stevescary!u doing?What are yoHi Maria,Love,VickyNow listen and check your answers.2Match and complete.Look at the words in the frieze. Find the matching picture inthe Classbook frieze and complete the sentences.a. Ali and Fatma areb. Badr isc. Maryam istelevision.to music.a book.d. Mohammed and Said aree. Fuad isvolleyball.a letter.f. Rashid and Hamad areg. Muna ish. Ahmed isbikes.a picture.a photograph.3
1Listen and complete the chant.Look at the chant. Can you guess what words are missing?Listen and check your ideas.The Weather ForecastNow listen very carefully to what I say,Here’s the weather forecast for.In Oman the sun is shining,It’s really veryIn England it’s coldAnd raining quite a lot!,In France it’s snowingAnd very windy too,In Egypt it’s hotAnd the sky is very.In Spain it’s rainingAnd feels quiteIn Bahrain it’s very cloudySo I am told.,This is the weather forecast for today.Listen again tomorrow – have a nice day!2Read and complete.Read the chant and draw theweather symbols on the map.EnglandFranceSpainEgyptBahrain4Oman
1Read and think.spelling ‘–ing’ wordsLook at these 3 verbs. Think carefully about thespelling of these verbs when we add –ing.listenRYOU NGITIWRlisteningrunrunningrideridingWhat happens to each verb? Talk to your friendsand then try and explain the changes to your teacher.2Think and write.Look at the verbs in the globe. Sort them into the 3 different groups of spellingand write them in the correct space.3Complete the rules.With most verbs, we just add.With verbs that end with onewe double the last letter and add –ing.and oneWith verbs that end in –e, we take off theand add.5,
1Read, think and complete.Look at pages 4 and 5 of your Classbook. Complete these sentences about thethings you can see happening in the picture. Use the verbs on the whiteboardbelow to complete the sentences. Be careful – you must change them into thepresent continuous.1. Five boys arebasketball.2. One boy isthe teacher a question.3. Three boys areglasses.4. Nine boys aredown.5. Three boys are.6. Four boys areworld maps.7. The teacher isat the map.8. Two boys are2.Think and write.Look around your classroom or out of your classroom window. What can yousee happening now? Write 5 sentences about the things you can see happening.1.2.3.4.5.What are you doing now?3Think and write.Remove cut-out page 85 from the back of yourSkills Book. Complete the Here and Now Recordfor homework.6
1Read and answer.Is your Classbook closed? Read these questions and try and answerthem from memory.What is the woman in the green and red dress doing?How many boys are swimming?Are there any girls playing volleyball?What colour is the big ball?Is the boy playing the drum wearing a dishdasha or at-shirt and shorts?How many shells are there in the picture?Where is the woman reading a book sitting?Now check your ideas with the rest of your group.Were you correct? Go back to page 9 of your Classbook and find out.2Write and ask.Look at the picture on page 9 of your Classbook again.Write 5 different questions about the picture.1.2.3.4.5.Work with a friend. Ask your friend to close their Classbook. Now ask your 5questions. How many answers did your friend get correct?Now change roles.3Play a game.Work with your group. One person should mime an action and the rest of thegroup should try and guess what the person is doing.Are you brushingyour teeth?Are you washingyour face?Yes, I am.No, I’m not.7
1Read, think and complete.sPresent continuouWe use the present continuous to talk aboutactions happening now.Ali’s reading a book.EAGGULANMaryam and Fatma arewatching television.We make the present continuous with the present of theverb2and a main verb ending in.Read, find and write.Read these positive and negative sentences.She’s listening to music.She isn’t listening to music.Find 2 examples of positive and negative sentences in the unit. Write them here:3Read and complete.Complete the present continuous tables.I’mIhesheit’m n’t
4Read and think.We use the present continuous to ask questionsabout actions happening now.Is Khalfan eating a banana?Are Maha and Naila writing letters?1.We can answer present continuous questions with Yes or No ora short answer.Is Khalfan eatinga banana?Yes.No.Are Maha and Nailawriting letters?No, they aren’t.Yes, he is.2.We can answer ‘Wh–’ questions with just the information or afull sentence.Reading.A banana.What’s Khalfaneating?5What are Mahaand Naila doing?They’rereading.He’s eatinga banana.Read and complete.Complete the present continuous question and answer .aren’t.
1Listen and read the tongue twister.Listen to this tongue twister.Long ansd short vowel soundA hot fox sitting onrocks wearing longorange socks carryinga box of clocks.2Now listen and saythe tongue twisterwith the tape.SNDSOUListen, think and underline.Listen to this short vowel sound.Now listen to the tongue twister againand underline all the words in the tonguetwister that have this sound in them.3Listen and read the tongue twister.Now listen to this tongue twister.Tall Paul sitting on a wall playing with a small ball.Now listen and say thetongue twister with the tape.4Listen, think and underline.Listen to this long vowel sound.Now listen to the tongue twister again andunderline all the words in the tongue twisterthat have this sound in them.5Listen and sort.Listen to these words. They all contain the short vowel sound as in the word boxor the long vowel sound as in the word ball.Sort them into 2 different groups.ballbox10
1Read and think.Pronouns are words that areused in the place of nouns.PronounsRDSWORashid is doing his homework.He is learning about maps.He is a pronoun. It takes the place of the word Rashid.Pronouns are very useful words because they stop us fromrepeating our words. They make writing and speaking muchquicker and clearer.2Think and complete.You already use pronouns when you speak and write English. Look at thesentences below and use your knowledge to complete the information.In English,we use:for a boyfor a girlfor a thing or animalwith two or morepeople or things3Think and re-write.Look at these sentences. Write them again using pronouns.He1. Ahmed is sleeping.1.2. Alia is reading.2.is reading.3. The cat is climbing the tree.3.is climbing the tree.4. Paul and Jack are skiing.4.are skiing.4is sleeping.Think and complete.We useto take the place of11.
My learning recordToday is:1How well can you do these things?21345?very, very wellvery wellOKnot surenot very wellunderstand and talk about things that are happening nowask and answer questions in the present continuous tenseread and understand short descriptions of what people aredoing nowwrite short descriptions about what people are doing nowwrite a cartoon story2What new words can you spell?12
3What did you learn in this unit?These are some things I’ve learned about this topic:These are some things I would like to learn about this topic:4What activities did you like in this unit?I liked:I didn’t like:5How well did you work with others?My work with my friends was:excellent6very goodgoodOKnot very goodgoodOKnot very goodHow well did you work?My work in this unit was:excellentvery good13
UNIT21The world of foodListen, complete and answer.Some of the information about time is missing.Listen carefully and write the correct information.When it is midday in London, it iso’clock in theafternoon in Oman. On the other side of the world in Sydney,it is alreadyo’clock in the.The world spins around all day long. It spinsthrough the light ofand intoLondonthe dark of the. We haveday time when the part of the world welive in is facing the.We have night time when our part of theworld turns away from the light of theCairosun. It takeshours for the worldto spin around one time.MuscatTry and work out the time.11.00It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoonin Muscat. What time is it in Tokyo?12.00in the evening.1.00Now listen and check.241074142.003.004.00
2Think and draw.Look at these clocks.It’s half past eleven inthe morning inLondon. What time isit in Cairo, Muscat andTokyo? Draw the timeson the clock faces.a12 11121039487 6 00010.00011.Ask and answer.Work with a friend to checkyour ideas. Ask and answerquestions about the time inthe different cities.What’s thetime in London?It’s halfpast eleven.Sydney4Complete and write.Remove cut-out page 79 fromthe back of this book. Draw thecorrect time on the clocks andwrite the time underneath.15
1Look and answer.Look at pages 12 and 13 of your Classbook and answer these questions.1. What’s Abbas doing?2. What’s Maria doing?3. What are Maha and Petra doing?4. What’s David doing?5. What are Ben and Maria doing?2Listen and draw.Listen to these children from the IKC talking about the time they usuallyhave breakfast. Listen carefully and draw the times on the clocks.1234What time do you usually eat breakfast?16
1Do a survey.Find out what your friends usually have for breakfast. Do a breakfast survey.What do you usuallyhave for breakfast?I usually havebread, yoghurtand a cup of tea.Foods and drinksName2Write.Write about what your friends usually have for breakfast. Write sentences likethese:What do you usually have for breakfast?17
1Read and underline.ous?Present simcontinuple or presentRead about Salim.Salim usually eats his lunch at 3 o’clock.EAGGUNALHe always eats chicken and rice andsome fruit for lunch.But .Salim is in Dubai on holiday today.He isn’t eating chicken and rice andsome fruit.He’s eating pizza and a big ice-cream!Now underline the main verbs in each sentence.2Think and complete.Read the text about Salim again. Use it to help you complete the missinginformation.Which should we use – the present simple or the present continuous? Completethe rules in A and underline the main verb in each sentence in B.ABWe use the presentfor things we do every day.Salim goes to school at7 o’clock.We use the presentfor facts.He is from Oman.We use the presentwith:Salim usually eats his lunchat 3 o’clock.usuallyalwaysHe always eats chicken andrice and some fruit for lunch.sometimesevery dayHe prays every day.Salim’s eating a bigice-cream.We use the presentfor actions happening now.18
3Read and complete.Read these sentences and complete them with the correct verb.1 Look! The sun.2 Maha usuallytea for breakfast.3 Be quiet! Salimnow.4 Tariq usuallybreakfast at 6 o’clock.5 Ito bed at 9 o’clock every day.6 Said and Ahmed4football now.Look and write.Look at the pictures and write sentences about what the characters usuallydo every day and what they’re doing now.Now1Every dayEverydaySNow2Every dayT3NowEvery dayItNow4What do you do every day? Draw a picture and write a sentence.What are you doing now? Draw a picture and write a sentence.Every dayNow19
1Read, listen and repeat.Listen to this sentence.oundsvowel sLong and shortMmm six big pink drinks!SNDSOUNow listen and say the sentence with the tape.2Listen and underline.Listen to this short vowel sound.Now listen to the sentence again and underline allthe words that have this short vowel sound in them.3Read, listen and repeat.Listen to this sentence.Mmm three cups of green tea for me!Now listen and say the sentence with the tape.4Listen and underline.Listen to this long vowel sound.Now listen to the sentence again and underline allthe words that have this long vowel sound in them.5Listen and repeat.6Listen and repeat the food rhyme.I eat pizzaWith cheese and peas,I don’t drink milk,So none for me please.Think and sort.Look at the words that areunderlined in the food rhyme. Sortthem into 2 lists – words that containthe short vowel sound and wordsthat contain the long vowel sound.short vowel soundI drink milkAnd I eat fish and chips,I don’t like grapes,They have too many pips.I eat beefAnd pizza too,I drink lots of milk,What about you?20long vowel sound
1Read and complete the table.beansteafruitmilkpizzatortillaspasta and blesRead the information about foods around the world on pages 16 and 17 of yourClassbook. Use the information to complete the table below. Use a 3 for thethings people in each country eat and drink and a 7 for things they don’t eatand en and complete.Look at the text below. It is the script from a radio programmeabout food. Unfortunately, the presenter dropped his coffee on thethe script. Listen to the radio programme and complete the script.Do you know what the world’s most popular food is? It is mostly grown in countriesin Asia such as China, Japan and India. It is grown in paddies, which arefields f looded with water. Can you guess? It’s.It’s no surprise that people in rich countries eat the most food. They eat a lot of foodsmade withand milk. People in poorer countries don’t eat verymuch, they eat more,andvegetables. People in different countries grow different kinds of foods. Some foodsgrow well in, sunny climates and some foods grow well in colderclimates. In the next programme we will talk about where different foods come from.I will leave you with an interesting fact though. Do you know what famous food isnamed after an English earl? I’ll give you a clue. One day he ordered a meal of twoslices of bread with meat in the middle. This kind of food was named after him. Canyou guess what it is? Yes, it’s theEarl of. The name of the man was the.21
1Read and think.When you see a newwordsFinding the meaning ofword, you can try andguess its meaning from the other words around it.You can also use a dictionary.Dictionaries tell us what words mean.They also tell us how to spell a wordand what kind of word it is.RDSWOLook at the definitions of these words.What do the letters n and v mean?dough [n] a mixture of flour and water used to bake breadknead [v] to press a mixture of flour and water with your hands to make bread2Think, find and write.Look at the definitions of these words. They are all words from page 19 of yourClassbook. Write the correct word next to each definition.[v] to press or twist something to get liquid from it2.[n] a container used for pouring liquids3.[n] a tool used for cutting4.[v] to remove the skin of a fruit or vegetable5.[n] a round container used to put food in6.[v] to cut food into small piecesThink and icepourgratekneadpeelspreadrollbreadFoods anddrinkscheeseLook at these verbs and foods. What verbs can you use with the different foods?milk31.
1Think about writing.nsWhy do we need to write? TalkWriting fortructioa purpose: insto your friends about the reasonswe need to be able to write.Look at this reason for writing. Can you add more?Why do we need to write?RYOU NGITIWRto tell someone howto do somethingREASONSA reason for writing is called a purpose.2Think and write.Remove cut-out page 77 from the back of your Skills Book. Make a list of allthe writing you have done in the last two days.teWh at I wrocarda birthdayto my friend3?Who re ad itA person who reads your writingis called the audience.my friendThink and discuss.Think of all the different kinds of writingyou read. Make a list in your group of allthe things you read every day.4Read, think and answer.Look at these ideas for writing instructions.Can you complete the sentences using the words in the pizza?To make your recipe instructions clear and easy to understand,you should try and remember the following ideas:1. We usually begin an instruction with a.2. We should write instructions in the correct.3. Instructions contain facts, so we use theto write instructions.4. We should write a list of all the things we need tomake a dish. These are called the.5. We should write a list of what to do in the correct order tomake a dish. These are called.23
My learning recordToday is:1How well can you do these things?21345?very, very wellvery wellOKnot surenot very wellunderstand and use the present continuousunderstand and use the present simpleread and understand factual information about food fromaround the worldwrite a reply to an e-mailwrite a recipe2What new words can you spell?24
3What did you learn in this unit?These are some things I’ve learned about this topic:These are some things I would like to learn about this topic:4What activities did you like in this unit?I liked:I didn’t like:5How well did you work with others?My work with my friends was:excellent6very goodgoodOKnot very goodgoodOKnot very goodHow well did you work?My work in this unit was:excellentvery good25
UNIT31The story of storiesRead and listen.People have always told stories. There are many different kinds of stories. Someare told to help us remember important events or people, others are told to tryand explain how things happen in the world.Some stories are told to try and teach us how to be good people and howto behave. These kind of stories are called fables. Fables are stories with amoral. A moral is a piece of advice to help us learn how to behave.The most famous writer of fables was a man calledAesop. He lived in Greece a long time ago. He gaveadvice to people about how they should behavethrough his stories about animals, birds and insects.The story you have just read – The Lionand the Mouse – is one of Aesop’s fables.Did you enjoy the story?What advice do you think Aesop is giving inthis fable?Write the moral of this story here:2Remember and complete.Try and remember the story to help you complete the sentences below.Use the words in the net.1. Lenny the Lion wasunder a tree.2. Marty the Mouse wasa locust for dinner.3. The next day, Lenny the Lion wasthrough the jungle.4. Marty the Mouse heard Lenny the Lion5. Now Lenny the Lion and Marty the Mouseare the best of.26.
2Read and label.Legends are another kind of story. They are usually stories aboutpeople who really lived. Sometimes, though, legends are all frompeople’s imagination.One of the most famous English legends is the story of Robin Hood.Many people believe that he really did live in Sherwood Forest inNottingham, England, but there are no facts to prove this.Do you know the story of Robin Hood?Look at these pictures of the main characters in the story.Write their name under their picture.312546Now listen and check.27
1Read, look and match.Look at these questions about what was happening in the story of Robin H
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