ENGLISH FACTFILE - STUDENT'S BOOK 6 - UNIT 1

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la  UNIT 1 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a VI-a (anul 5 de studiu) intitulat PATHWAY TO ENGLISH – ENGLISH FACTFILE, Student’s Book 6, Editura Oxford University Press, Autori Alaviana Achim, Ecaterina Comisel, Felicia Dinu, Loretta Mastacan, Ruxandru Popovici si Elena Teodorescu, Editia 1997

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UNIT 1 : DIARIES

LESSON 1

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Ex.1/ page 8

a). nice; terrible; fantastic; bad; special; strange; lovely, etc. 

c-d). I had an ordinary holiday, but Mary had an exciting one because she learnt how to ride horses and climbed the highest mountain peak in the country.

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Ex.3 / page 8

Steve is showing Jane some holiday photos/ holiday snaps. 

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Ex.4 / page 9

a). cycling; walking; swimming

b). follows a rope through water; crawl through a tunnel

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Ex.5 / page 9

a). Followed a rope through water; went up the hill; ran in the race; crawled through a tunnel; went fishing; went canoeing.

LESSON 2

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Ex.1 / page 10

c) a diary

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Ex.3 / page 10

a). 1 e); 2 c)

b). Extract 2 was written on the day it happened (‘When I got up this morninh…’) Extract 1 was written later (‘One morning I realised…’)

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Ex.4 / page 11

a)     1 d  2 e  3 b  4 f  5 c  6 a  7 h  8 g

b)    Adrian’s problem is that he is very tired (worn-out)/ he feels like sleeping all the time.

c)     1. Adrian didn’t write on Tuesday (30^th of September), Wednesday (1^st of October) and Thursday (2^nd of October).

2. The people mentioned in the extract are: Adrian’s mother, his teacher of English Ms Fossington Gore, Dr Gray and Adrian himself.

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Ex.5 / page 11

b). The words mother, father, brother, sister, daughter have 2 syllables. The first syllable is the strongest.

        The words grandfather, grandmother, granddaughter have 3 syllables. The first syllable is the strongest.

LESSON 3

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Ex.1 / page 12

What time did you go to bed, Adrian?

Was it earlier or later than usual?

Why did you go to bed without eating your usual biscuits?

Which are your usual biscuits?

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Ex.2 / page 12

She didn’t stay with her friend’s family.

She didn’t visit interesting places.

She didn’t spend most of her time with them.

She made a lot of new friends.

They didn’t enjoy swimming most of all.

They didn’t go to see them three times.

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Ex.3/ page 12

Was it your idea to go to the seaside?/ Whose idea was it to go there?

Why did you stay so long?

Where did you stay? / Who did you stay with?

Did you visit interesting places?

Who did you spend most of your time with?

Did you make many new friends?

What did you enjoy doing most?

Did your parents come to visit often?

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Ex.4 / page 13

Because introduces reason.

So introduces result.

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Ex.5 / page 13

-         The museum was closed, so the children went to the Zoo. The children went to the Zoo because the museum was closed.

-         They called the doctor, because the child was ill in bed. The child was ill in bed, so they called the doctor.

-         The boy is buying/ bought a present, because it is/ was his friend’s/ his sister’s birthday. It is/ was the girl’s birthday, so the boy is buying/ bought a present for her.

-         It is raining heavily, so they can’t go outside/ play outside. They can’t play outside because it’s raining heavily.

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Ex.6/ page 13

a).

- John and I went fishing.

- his uncle George and his cousin Bobby.

- liked: Uncle George’s jokes, I caught the first fish.

- didn’t catch any more fish for the rest of the day, trainers got wet.

- learned how to hold the fishing rod, refused to take fish home.

b).

That day John had an idea: for him and me to go fishing on the river one mile away from the village. I agreed, and we started immediately because it was already late. We arrived in half an hour and to my surprise we found John’s uncle and his cousin on the bank, holding fishing rods. Bobby was a bit sad because he had no fish at the end of his line. Uncle George was very cheerful, he asked me if I liked jokes. I said yes, so, he started telling one joke after another. I was almost in tears with laughter. Suddenly, I felt my rod shaking, I pulled, and there was a fish, the first day, so I was extremely happy. But after that, uncle George, Bobby and even John started catching one fish after another and I didn’t. My trainers got wet and I didn’t like that at all. John’s uncle taught me how to hold and move the fishing rod better and so I caught another fish, a very small one. Bobby offered to give me some fish to take back home but I refused.

c).

Does John live in that village?

Did he know that his uncle and his cousin were already at the river?

Was it the first time you went fishing?

Why were your trainers wet?

Why did you refuse the fish Bobby offered?

LESSON 5

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Ex.1 / page 15

More than two hundred new kinds of chocolates and sweets were invented in Mr Wonka’s factory.

No ordinary people are working in his factory.