Creative minds
Fiona Miller * Maria Olsson
2 UNIT
All aboard!
Time to take a ride through the history of trains.
How it all began
The first trains did not have engines, whistles or steel tracks! In the early 1500s, miners in Germany and England used horses to pull wagons full of coal on wooden rails. Those wooden rails did not last long. These days, railway tracks are made of steel.
Full steam ahead
In 1825, the world’s first passenger train hit the tracks! It was a steam train called Locomotion No. 1, which was built by George Stephenson. He didn’t just build the train, he built train stations too.
Steel rails are tough and can handle a billion train wheels before you need to replace them! Fun fact
Stephenson’s most famous steam train was the Rocket. It was very fast for its time (48km/h) and people were scared they wouldn’t be able to breathe!
Fun fact
Coal wagon
Steam train
Hello diesel
Diesel engines came along at the beginning of the 20th century –and by the 1950s, they were used all over the world.
A single diesel engine can pull a train that weighs more than 1,600 elephants!
The future
Have you heard of maglev trains? They don’t touch the tracks at all: they float above the rails using magnets! The future of trains looks fantastic!
Going electric
The world’s first electric underground – called the Tube in the UK – opened in London in 1890. Soon, other cities like Paris and New York built their own underground systems.
Fast forward to 1964 when Japan launched the electric Shinkansen bullet train that runs above the ground. Nowadays, modern bullet trains can reach speeds of up to 320 km/h.
The Shinkansen is such a smooth ride that you can balance a coin on its edge inside the train while it is going at full speed.
Diesel train
Tube carriage
Maglev train
After reading
1 Answer the questions
1. Why are steel rails better than wooden rails?
2. What is George Stephenson famous for?
3. What made the diesel engine more popular than the steam engine? It was quieter. more powerful. cheaper.
4. In the text, you learn about four power sources for trains. What are they?
5. The title of the text is All aboard! What does that mean? Write an explanation in your own words.
6a. What kind of text is All aboard ?
an instruction an informative text a diary
6b. Explain why.
bullet train • diesel engines • maglev trains
London underground • wooden rails • Locomotion No.1
3 Match definition with word
1. To start or set something in motion.
2. A line of rails on a railway.
3. A piece of metal that is used as money.
4. A person who works underground.
5. Another word for a trip.
6. The outer point of a surface.
7. Another word for change.
8. A cloud that rises from boiling water.
A underground
B tracks
C coin
D wooden
E launch
F replace
G ride
H miner I edge J single K steam
4 Write the correct adjective
wooden • scared • single • smooth • modern full • tough • famous • fast • electric
1. George Stephenson was a inventor.
There are two extra choices.
2. When the first passenger trains were launched people were .
3. The first rails were .
4. If a diesel engine is strong enough, it can carry a huge load.
5. What is slow today could be really yesterday.
6. Steel is a material which is hard to break.
7. Maglev trains are the most trains.
8. The Tube in London is .
5 Fill in the blanks
Let’s take on the brand-new roller coaster, Monster Magnet.
As soon as we are all , Monster Magnet hits . At first, we move slowly uphill but as soon as we reach the top, we go downhill at full . It’s really a Monster ride so let’s fast to us having an ice cream afterwards instead. a ride
Grammar rules
T his / That / These / Those
This is my scooter. That bike, over there, is my sister’s. These sneakers are mine. Are those headphones, over there, yours?
Fill in the blanks
Near: this (singular) these (plural)
Further away: that (singular) those (plural)
1. Is your pencil? this • these • that
2. is my new coach. Those • That • These
3. Can you see stars? that • those • these
4. apple is sweet. These • Those • This
5. Do shoes look good? these • this • that
Who
/ Which
The house, which we live in, is dated. The people, who I live with, are young and fun.
Fill in the blanks
Who for people
Which for things and animals
1. The dog, is begging for food, is not mine.
2. The food, the dog stole, is yours.
3. The headphones, I bought yesterday, are broken.
4. My baby sister, is quite cute, is also annoying.
5. The woman, is standing by the whiteboard, is our teacher.
6. The horror movie, we watched yesterday, still haunts me. this
Verbs in the past tense
to ... Yesterday I ... I have ... play played played be was/were been build built built grow grew grown stand stood stood break broke broken sell sold sold fall fell fallen
Fill in the blanks
Use the verbs from the list above.
Regular verbs play + ed = played
Irregular verbs follow no rules
It was time for me to move out of the family home. It in front of me, quaint and colourful, the house that my parents bit by bit.
I up here and I am the last of the family to move out.
I have great memories of living here! I could still hear my mum’s voice when my sisters and I in the garden. “Who from the tree this time?” or “Who the window?
I will find out!” It was such a pity when I the house. My parents are long gone now and my sisters live in different places so it has hard for me to afford on my own. I am sure the next family will create their own wonderful memories.
Practise More!
Läsförståelse och ordträning i engelska åk 6
Skills Practise More är en serie arbetsböcker med fokus på läsning och ordträning. Fyra intresseväckande faktatexter är utgångspunkten för arbete med läsförståelse och ord. Texterna är skrivna på två nivåer vilket ger möjlighet till differentiering.
Varje kapitel innehåller varierade läsförståelseuppgifter, språkutvecklande övningar och grammatikövningar. Arbete med varje kapitel avslutas med en aktivitet som främjar kommunikation. Till båda nivåerna finns hörförståelseövningar på Practise More Elevwebb.
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