CONTENTS
4 VOCABULARY
The Geography Homework
6 TRADITION
Eggs, Bunnies and More: Easter Symbols
8 GRAMMAR
Buy Less, Be Happier
10 DISCUSSION
How Do You Stay Healthy?
11 THE ENVIRONMENT
We Can Help the Earth
12 LITERATURE / COMIC STRIP
And Then There Were None, Episode 3
14 GEOGRAPHY
Kiwi Country: Super Lady Looks for Superlatives
16 ANIMALS
Animals in Danger
17 FOLK TALE
On the Moon: A Māori Myth
18 PUZZLES
Puzzle Time
20 MAP
A Map of New Zealand
Extras
- Eggs, Bunnies and More: Easter Symbols, pp. 6–7
- Kiwi Country: Super Lady Looks for Superlatives, pp. 14–15
Solutions
The Geography Homework; pp. 4–5
TASK 1: 1 Their geography homework. / Drawing a map of Africa. 2 Its long neck; 3 To the zoo
TASK 2: coast 2; desert 6; east 15; forest 7; hill 10; island 1; lake 5; land 11; mountain 9; north 12; ocean 3; river 8; sea 4; south 13; west 14
TASK 3: 1 continent; 2 hill; 3 forest; 4 island; 5 river; 6 country; 7 coast; 8 desert; 9 north; 10 lake
The Riddle Answer: the letter E
TASK 4: A planet; B sky, moon, stars; C sun
Eggs, Bunnies and More: Easter Symbols; pp. 6–7
TASK 1: 1 Christians believe that Jesus died on Good Friday and came back to life on Easter Sunday. 2 You can also see a cross on hot cross
buns. 3 Lent is the 40 days before Easter. 4 Germans say that an Easter hare brings nice things to good children. 5 Eggs also represent the stone in front of the cave where Jesus’ body was. 6 In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other countries, people eat a lamb cake at Easter.
TASK 2: 1 chick; 2 Easter Bunny; 3 Lent; 4 chocolate; 5 lamb; 6 spring; 7 hot cross bun; 1C; 2E; 3A; 4F; 5G; 6B; 7D
Buy Less, Be Happier; pp. 8–9
1 a; 2 an; 3 the; 4 the; 5 a; 6 the; 7 the, the; 8 the; 9 some; 10 some; 11 some; 12 some
How Do You Stay Healthy? p. 10
TASK 1: ticks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9
Kiwi Country: Super Lady Looks for Superlatives; pp. 14–15
TASK 1: 1 5.1 million people; 2 Wellington; 3 Auckland; 4 more than 1.5 million; 5 Sky Tower; 6 Aoraki (Mount Cook)
TASK 2: 1 The All Blacks have won 77% of their games since 1903. 2 The All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, 2011 and 2015.
3 In 2019, South Africa won the World Cup. 4 The next World Cup is in 2023.
Animals in Danger; p. 16
1 2,000; 2 45; 3 4; 4 100
On the Moon: a Māori Myth; p. 17
1F; 2T; 3F; 4F; 5T
A Treasure Map; p. 18
Starting from the upper left corner and going clockwise: Go two miles to the north, two to the east and one south. Between the lake and
small hill. The treasure is under the big tree.
Wednesday; p. 19
1 witch; 2 siren; 3 gorgon; 4 vampire; 5 werewolf; 6 monster
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