Macmillan English 6 Unit 14 worksheet Teaching notes Skills and ...
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Macmillan English 6 Unit 14 worksheet Teaching notes
Skills and language practised Skill
Language
Activity 1
Spelling
age words
Activity 2
Language building
circle the correct age word
Activity 3
Grammar
reported speech
Activity 4
Grammar
reported speech
Follow-up activity Organise students into groups. Get them to play Report it! One student makes a statement in the present tense. The next student reports what the first student says and says something else. The next student reports that and so on. Example: Student 1: I like chips! Student 2: She said that she liked chips. The sky is blue. Student 3: She said that the sky was grey. I’m hungry! Student 1: She said that he was hungry. I make dolls. Student 2: She said that she made dolls. We are talking.
Answers
1
Complete the age words in the crossword.
b
a
5 marks
n
d
a
g
e
v
i
l
l
a
g
e
a
r
r
i
a
g
d
a
m
a
g
e
v
o
y
a
g
e
g
e
s
village
[½ mark]
carriage
[½ mark]
damage
[½ mark]
voyage
[½ mark]
luggage
[½ mark]
manage
[½ mark]
stage
[½ mark]
garage
[½ mark]
cage
[½ mark]
wreckage
[½ mark]
c
l
u
g
g
g
a
g
e
m
a
n
a
g
e
s
t
a
g
e
a
r
a
g
e
c
a
g
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w
r
e
c
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6 2
3
4
Read the sentences and circle the correct word. 1 cage
[1 mark]
2 wreckage
[1 mark]
3 manage
[1 mark]
4 package
[1 mark]
5 wage
[1 mark]
Change the sentences.
5 marks
5 marks
1 Mum said she didn’t like apples or bananas.
[1 mark]
2 Nada said she couldn’t come to my party next week.
[1 mark]
3 Ali shouted that there was a snake in the grass.
[1 mark]
4 Dad asked me to tidy my bedroom before dinner.
[1 mark]
5 Ramez said he would help me with my maths homework.
[1 mark]
Write five sentences about what Dr Astro said in the interview.
5 marks
Example answers: Dr Astro said that space rubbish consisted of ordinary litter. Dr Astro said that it included tools, plastic bags, broken pens and paint. Dr Astro said that astronauts sometimes threw rubbish out of spacecraft. Dr Astro said that metal and paint often broke off rockets and satellites. Dr Astro thought that there were nearly 600,000 pieces of space rubbish. For each question, award ½ mark for the correct structure and ½ mark for punctuation.
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/macmillanenglish © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
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Macmillan English 6 Unit 14 worksheet Teaching notes
Skills and language practised Skill
Language
Activity 1
Spelling
age words
Activity 2
Language building
circle the correct age word
Activity 3
Grammar
reported speech
Activity 4
Grammar
reported speech
Follow-up activity Organise students into groups. Get them to play Report it! One student makes a statement in the present tense. The next student reports what the first student says and says something else. The next student reports that and so on. Example: Student 1: I like chips! Student 2: She said that she liked chips. The sky is blue. Student 3: She said that the sky was grey. I’m hungry! Student 1: She said that he was hungry. I make dolls. Student 2: She said that she made dolls. We are talking.
Answers
1
Complete the age words in the crossword.
b
a
5 marks
n
d
a
g
e
v
i
l
l
a
g
e
a
r
r
i
a
g
d
a
m
a
g
e
v
o
y
a
g
e
g
e
s
village
[½ mark]
carriage
[½ mark]
damage
[½ mark]
voyage
[½ mark]
luggage
[½ mark]
manage
[½ mark]
stage
[½ mark]
garage
[½ mark]
cage
[½ mark]
wreckage
[½ mark]
c
l
u
g
g
g
a
g
e
m
a
n
a
g
e
s
t
a
g
e
a
r
a
g
e
c
a
g
e
w
r
e
c
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/macmillanenglish © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
k
a
e
1
6 2
3
4
Read the sentences and circle the correct word. 1 cage
[1 mark]
2 wreckage
[1 mark]
3 manage
[1 mark]
4 package
[1 mark]
5 wage
[1 mark]
Change the sentences.
5 marks
5 marks
1 Mum said she didn’t like apples or bananas.
[1 mark]
2 Nada said she couldn’t come to my party next week.
[1 mark]
3 Ali shouted that there was a snake in the grass.
[1 mark]
4 Dad asked me to tidy my bedroom before dinner.
[1 mark]
5 Ramez said he would help me with my maths homework.
[1 mark]
Write five sentences about what Dr Astro said in the interview.
5 marks
Example answers: Dr Astro said that space rubbish consisted of ordinary litter. Dr Astro said that it included tools, plastic bags, broken pens and paint. Dr Astro said that astronauts sometimes threw rubbish out of spacecraft. Dr Astro said that metal and paint often broke off rockets and satellites. Dr Astro thought that there were nearly 600,000 pieces of space rubbish. For each question, award ½ mark for the correct structure and ½ mark for punctuation.
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/macmillanenglish © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
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