English Skills Answers Contents Reading Rescue 4 Writing 50 Activities 5 Language 51 Cloze 6 Grammar 7 Reading Elephants 52 Writing 8 Activities 53 Language 9 Writing 54 Grammar 55 Reading UFOs 10 Writing 56 Activities 11 Language 57 Cloze 12 Grammar 13 Reading The Bears 58 Writing 14 Activities 59 Language 15 Cloze 60 Grammar 61 Reading The Crocodile – 16 Writing 62 An Endangered Species Language 63 Activities 17 Cloze 18 Reading Apollo 13 64 Published by Collins Grammar 19 Activities 65 An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Cloze 66 77–85 Fulham Palace Road Writing 20 Language 21 Grammar 67 Hammersmith Writing 68 London Plant Survival 22 Grammar 69 W6 8JB Reading Activities 23 Cloze 24 Reading The Battle of Marathon 70 Grammar 25 Activities 71 Browse the complete Collins catalogue at Writing 26 Cloze 72 www.collinseducation.com Language 27 Grammar 73 Writing 74 Reading The Grand Canyon 28 Language 75 Activities 29 © HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2011, on behalf of the author Cloze 30 Reading An Intrepid Traveller 76 Activities 77 First published in 2006 by Folens Limited. 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She is below the fall because she is close to it but safe. off the bank and in a few 4. His efforts are described as powerful and he knows how to rescue the child. seconds reached the child 5. He jumps in “at once” and catches the child again “in one movement”. and caught it firmly. Then 6. It is too dangerous. he turned to swim back, but the swift-flowing 7. To listen for its heartbeat. water had got hold of 8. She sees it moving. him. Bravely he struggled 9. Write another title for the story. and lifted the child out 10. Write a paragraph about an accident that happened to you. of the water but his powerful efforts to stem the current were in vain. Write the words in italics in interesting sentences of your own. Each moment he was B Look up the words in your dictionary if you’re unsure of their meaning. carried still further down until he was on the brink of Summarise the story in your own words. the fall, which, though not C high, was the most Use about ten sentences. dangerous on the river. He raised himself high out of the stream with the vigour of his last struggle and then fell over into the abyss. Wordsearch: Dogs. Unscramble the words and find them in the grid. By this time the poor mother, as if she had anticipated the result, was already in a canoe, as D close to the fall as it was possible for her to go with safety. The canoe danced like a cockle-shell labrador s h e e p d o g r s p r a on the turmoil of waters as the mother stood with uplifted paddle and staring eyeballs awaiting 1. albrorad the reappearance of the child. 2. sapnile spaniel z k g i m j s n d l t o b terrier The dog came up instantly but alone, for the 3. ierretr l a p o o d l e a x e t r dash over the fall had wrenched the child from 4. obxre boxer his grasp. He looked around eagerly for a moment l g t q x i r b p i a t e 5. odopel poodle and then caught sight of a little hand raised above beagle e m h r n o r g l r e w t the boiling flood. In one moment he had hold 6. agelbe of the child again, and, just as the prow of the 7. cloiel collie s k j e g a m l e d s e t sheepdog mother’s canoe touched the shore, he brought the 8. eshepgod s e w x d h o s z p g i e child to land. 9. ttoriwelre rottweiler The mother sprang to the spot, snatched the 10. itsalaan alsatian u l r o q c x f a e s l s child from him and gazed in anguish on its jack russell deathlike face. Then she laid her cheek on its cold 11. ckasjusrell r g r b n d m n d p q e d breast and stood motionless. After a few moments 12. rdettsere red setter k a s s g w i p a h h r e she was conscious of some slight movement in the little body and a gentle motion of the hand. The c e p g z e x n t w n l r child still lived! Opening up her blanket she drew a b w m l q r e i r r e t the covering close around the child, and sitting down on the bank, wept aloud for joy. j z c n a i t a s l a l a Pretend you lost your pet. Draw an eye-catching poster that you will E post on the window in your local shop. 4 5 Cloze Grammar A Rewrite the passages using the words from the lists. Capital letters are used for: a) The start of a sentence – My father works very hard. b) The names of weekdays, months and festivals – The school is neighbour discovered fields country Africa sold found empire wearing years supplied capital wearing scene open from Monday to Friday. c) The names of people, a title when used with a name, titles of relations when used with actual names – Mary Jones is my wearing In 1430, the custom of a diamond as a personal ornament began when friend. Agnes Sorel started wearing one in the French court. For the next three hundred She shook hands with President McAleese. years , India supplied the diamond demand. In 1725, diamonds were found He met his Aunt Mary in town. in Brazil and this country became the next chief supplier of diamonds. In 1867, in South Africa , a poor farmer’s child discovered a pretty stone. A clever neighbour A Rewrite the sentences, putting in the capital letters. recognized it as a diamond, bought it, and when he sold it, diggers from all over 1. Last Sunday, Tom and Mary visited Aunt Jane. flocked to the scene . Within a year, three great diamond fields were found 2. Last Thursday, the school closed and remained closed until Monday. and the city of Kimberley, the capital of the diamond empire , was born. 3. Joan Smith and Michael Murphy are cousins. 4. Good Friday and Shrove Tuesday are dates in the Christian calendar. B searching immense exterminate covered control large 5. Mary and John Brown are my friends in school. sprayed grow crops square found 6. Mrs Singh met Mrs Prasad. 7. The Duke of Albany was a very rich man. Locusts: These pests are really large grasshoppers, and do 8. The Queen of England has reigned for a long time. immense damage to crops on the ground when they 9. We saw Uncle Tom’s new car. gather in large swarms. It is even worse when they 10. The lecture was given by Professor Makutsi. grow wings after about 40 days as “hoppers”, and fly in huge numbers searching for food. One East African swarm covered an area of 250 square miles! Scientists have Capital letters are used for: studied the behaviour of locusts, and have found that exterminate a) “I” when used on its own – I do not know why I failed my exam. it is best to them at the “hopping” stage with b) The names of places and words made from the names of places. sprayed poison on the ground. They are with poison from Many French people come to London in the summer. aircraft, and attacked with flame-throwers. What do you c) Titles of books, films, plays – Louis Stevenson wrote “Treasure think of this type of locust control ? Island”.