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Welcome to London

Notting Hill

Carnival

Contents

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The Clacsons

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Look and play

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Report

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Hello! Welcome!

Art and imagination

An art lesson

Kieron Williamson Poster

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Smax

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Welcome to London!

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A prize holiday

Thirty days Personality

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The London Eye

Rhyme

Do you want to learn English with us? Let’s start! In Team Up you will find lots of news, games and cartoons…

Have fun!

Prince William

The Notting Hill Carnival Play with Let’s Start!

The Team Up editorial team

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The 2012 Olympic Games Hello! I’m Grammy!

In Team Up you will learn: • Present simple • Genitive -s • Future simple “will” • Ordinal numbers • Past simple • Expressing preferences • Superlative adjectives

The Nobel Peace Prize 2010: This year there will be a very special competitor: the Internet.

Internet for Peace

Answer on page 2.

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Means of Communication Match the two halves of the words to show five means of communication

1 2 3 4 5

news ra tele cine televi-

A ma B sion C paper D dio E phone

SOLUTIONS - Page 2: 1 C, 2 D, 3 E, 4 A, 5 B Page 4-5: A 1 true, 2 true, 3 false (a girl), 4 true, 5 true, 6 false (there are). B Across 1 yellow 2 blue, 3 red, 4 pink, 5 grey 7 green, Down 8 purple, 9 white, 10 black. C 1 eraser, 2 paintbrush, 3 canvass, 4 colour palette. D What is your favourite colour?

Page 6-7: 1 green, 2 white, 3 grey, 4 red + blue, 5 red + yellow. Page 8-9: B. 64 red telephone boxes. Page 12: 1 lives, 2 went, 3 studied, 4 enjoys. Page 13: 1 dancing, 2 costumes, 3 carnival, 4 competition, 5 parade, 6 colour. Page 14: TRUE OR FALSE? 1 false; 2 false; 3 true; 4 true; 5 true; 6 true. PRINCE HARRY: Chocolate. THE LONDON EYE: 1 Britain, 2 visitors, 3 gave, 4 banks, 5 metres, 6 sunny, London attraction: BIG BEN.

The Internet is the most important way of communicating.

Thanks to the internet, every day we talk, play, learn and meet new people and … we can create a better world. A world of peace.

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Art and imagination Today we’re painting this vase.

It’s difficult!

And the paintbrush!

Sarah, use your imagination…

Of course! Painting is easy!

What a horrible picture!

Red, yellow and green too…

Well done, Sarah!

This is real art! Well done, Sarah!

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Look and play

An art lesson A

colour? • What • your • is • favourite

True or False?

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1 A girl is painting.

2 A boy is drawing.

3 A boy is copying.

4 There is the colour grey.

DRAW

5 There are two colour palettes.

6 There are no watercolours.

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Find 10 colours in the table below.

P Y E L L O W S U B L U E R H B R E D E D A I L P I N K W N T A L G R E Y G E C E D G R E E N K COPY

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Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

1 You use it to erase something. …………………………………

grey

2 You use it when you paint.

brown

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3 You need it for a picture. …………………………………

4 Your paints are on this. …………………………………

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yellow

blue

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What does Sara say?

Put the words in the correct order and answer the question.

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a canvass

PAINT

a paintbrush

pink

a colour palette

white

watercolours a pencil

purple orange

black

an eraser

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Report

Kieron Williamson

He’s an English boy.

He’s 7 years old and he’s a true artistic genius!

Kieron Williamson lives in England. He’s only 7 years old but he’s already a great artist. He likes painting the English countryside in watercolours. His paintings are similar to the paintings of the famous painters Picasso and Monet.

Interesting fact The technique of painting with watercolours is very old. The Egyptians painted with watercolours in 1300 B.C.

present simple; expressing preferences (like/love + verb –ing)

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His mother says, “My son Kieron loves painting because he lives in a flat and he doesn’t have a garden. When he paints … he creates his own world”.

Kieron says, “I like painting because it’s interesting and fun. When I paint, I think of places that I can’t see”.

People from all over the world want to buy Kieron’s paintings. Kieron even sells his paintings in Canada and Japan. Keep up the good work, Kieron!

Game You can paint too!

1 BLUE 2 RED

+ YELLOW =

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3 WHITE

+ BLACK =

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4 _ _ _

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= PINK

5 _ _ _

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= PURPLE

= ORANGE

Answer on page 2.

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News

In March 2010, the London Eye celebrated its 10th birthday.

There was a big birthday party with an amazing firework display and the London Eye gave free rides to some of its lucky visitors!

The London Eye The London Eye is 135 metres tall and can carry up to 800 people.

It stands on the banks of the River Thames, very near Parliament and Big Ben. It is one of Britain’s most popular tourist attractions and more than 3.5 million visitors ride on the London Eye each year.

On a sunny day, you can see around 40 km from the top of the London Eye!

How tall? You guess!

The London Eye is the same height as ‌

A The Eiffel Tower B 64 red telephone boxes C 3 elephants Answer on page 2.

A prize holiday Here are our holidays!

What are you doing?

Careful!

There’s a letter in the top.

Join the letters to make the name of a city!

We can go to some wonderful places!

My tummy hurts!

I don’t like this drink!

Come on!

Let’s start!

Oh…! We’ve got the same letters!

Holidays?

What are you talking about?

Hey! This is the right city!

Fantastic!

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Rhyme

Thirty days Thirty days has September,

And all the rest have thirty-one,

April, June, and November;

Except in leap year, that's the time

February has twenty-eight alone,

When February's days are twenty-nine.

Do you know the names of the other months?

They are January, March, May, July, August, October and December.

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He’s fun and sporty and his grandmother is the Queen of England!

He’s Prince Harry!

Prince Harry Prince Harry’s full name is Prince Henry Charles Albert David. He is 26 years old and his birthday is 15th September. He lives in London with his older brother, Prince William.

Prince Harry went to school at Eton College, near London. He studied art, geography and art history.

He loves exciting sports; he enjoys skiing, motor-biking and go-carting and is very good at rugby and polo.

He also likes playing computer games!

present simple; past simple; expressing preferences (love/like/enjoy + -ing)

Personality

Game Insert the correct verbs to complete the sentences about Prince Harry.

LIVES

WENT

STUDIED

ENJOYS

1 Harry .................................. in London with William, his older Brother.

2 He .................................. to school near London.

3 Harry .................................. geography, art history and art at Eton College.

4 He .................................. sports such as skiing, go-carting and rugby.

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Answer on page 2.

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Welcome to London!

On Saturday the carnival opens with traditional Caribbean music and dancing.

Sunday is Kids’ Day and children dress up in different costumes and parade through the streets. There is a competition and the children with the best costumes win a prize!

Game

Rearrange the letters to make 6 nouns from the text above.

1 DACNNIG

4 COOMPITETIN

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2 COMESSTU 3 CAVILNAR

On Monday there is the main parade.

Hundreds of people dress up in brightly coloured costumes and parade along the streets of Notting Hill. Red, yellow, blue, green … there is every colour you can possibly imagine – and more!

5 PRADAE 6 CLOURO

Answer on page 2.

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past simple, present simple, superlative adjectives.

It began in 1966 as a celebration of Caribbean music and culture and it is now the biggest street carnival in Europe. Every August, millions of visitors come to see the Notting Hill Carnival in London, which lasts for three days!

Play with US!

Have you read "Team Up"? Now you can play!

True or False?

1 Kieron Williamson lives in Ireland.

T F

2 His house has a big garden.

T F

3 Kieron paints his pictures with watercolours.

T F

4 His mother says, “When Kieron paints …

he creates his own world”.

T F

5 Kieron says, “When I paint I think of places that I can’t see”. T F 6 Kieron sells his paintings in Canada and Japan.

T F

Prince Harry A = M C = E E = 7 H = Z L = 8 O = 4 T = G

Prince Harry’s favourite food is:

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The London Eye 1 The London Eye is one of ....................’s most popular tourist attractions.

2 More than 3.5 million ....................

ride on the London Eye each year.

3 To celebrate its 10th birthday, the London Eye

.................... free rides to some of its lucky visitors.

4 The London Eye stands on the ....................

of the River Thames.

5 The London Eye is 135 .................... tall.

6 On a .................... day, you can see 40km from

the top of the London Eye.

Complete the crossword and find the name of another London tourist attraction.

1 2 3 4 5 6

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Guy Fawkes’ Night Remember, remember the fifth of November … it’s Guy Fawkes’ Night in Britain!

Traditions In 1605, thirteen men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London because they wanted to kill the King of England. But the plan failed when Guy Fawkes, one of the 13 men, was caught on 5th November that year. The English people were very happy that their king was safe and they celebrated by lighting bonfires (small fires made with wood and sticks) around London. Now, every year, on 5th November, British people celebrate Guy Fawkes’ Night.

On 5th November, all around the country, people meet to watch amazing firework displays and they see the bonfire burn. They cook potatoes and sausages on the bonfire and eat a traditional dessert called Parkin cake.

Children also learn the Guy Fawkes’ nursery rhyme which goes like this: “Remember, remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason why gunpowder, treason Should ever be forgot”

Can you learn the rhyme too?

Complemento operativo allegato al volume TEAM UP 1. Non vendibile separatamente. © ELI 2010

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