2A

Unit 1

Contents

Poster Chat Room MessagesP.4

Invitation Card Diary EntryP.10

ConversationP.34

P.32

P.30

Comic LetterP.24

Coupons Newsletter ArticleP.18

P.16

Unit 2

Word Games 1

Vocabulary Challenge

Reading Challenge

Word Games 2

Unit 4

Unit 3

Sample

Reading Intervention (with 4000 essential words)4

Exercise 1 Match the pictures with the correct words.

1.

• • football • •

A.

2.

• • badminton • •

B.

3.

• • basketball • •

C.

4.

• • tennis • •

D.

In this unit, we will learn the following vocabulary:VocabularyVocabulary

✶ Americans play a sport called ‘American football’ and they call football ‘soccer’.

1. My Hobbies

badminton basketball difficult easy

enjoy football lose painting

reading swimming tennis win

Sample

2A 5

Date:

Exercise 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

1. Jeannie likes with her sister.

2. Mr. Lloyd is good at .

3. The children like . 4. The children enjoy ice cream.

5. It is to hit the bullseye.

6. This sum is to do.

7. Every runner does not want to the race.

8. The boxer is happy to the match.

Sample

Reading Intervention (with 4000 essential words)8

Donald is reading some messages in an online chat room.

Passage 2Passage 2

Brazil is the only country that has competed in every World Cup Finals.

Topic: Swimming 4 March 6:41 p.m.I really enjoy swimming. I swim every day after school. I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. Swimming makes me strong.Posted by Yvonne

Re: Re: Re: Topic: Swimming 4 March 8:03 p.m.Football is the best sport in the world. I play football every day. It is exciting. Win or lose, I am happy when I play footballPosted by Jasper

Re: Re: Topic: Swimming 4 March 7:15 p.m.I like painting, too – but I am not good at it. I like reading. I can learn a lot from books. Books about jokes are my favourite. They make me laugh so loud!Posted by Carol

Re: Topic: Swimming 4 March 6:58 p.m.I don’t like swimming. There are always too many people in the pool. My favourite extra-curricular activity is painting. I like painting trees and flowers the most.Posted by Derek

Extra-curricular Activities

Scan the following sentence and infer the meaning.

Sample

2A 9

Answer the following questions.

1. How many people posted comments in the chat room?

A. 2 B. 3

C. 4 D. 5

2. How many times does Yvonne go swimming in one week?

A. 1 B. 3

C. 5 D. 7

3. Which of the following is Derek’s picture?

A. B. C. D.

4. How does Jasper feel about football?

A. Sad B. Angry

C. Bored D. Excited

5. Donald wants to leave a message in the chat room. Read the messages on P.8 and fill in the blanks with only ONE word.

I like football, too – but basketball is my favourite (i) . I think it is more (ii) than football.

6. What does Carol like doing?

Sample

Reading Intervention (with 4000 essential words)16

Word Games 1Game 1 Find the words in the wordsearch below.

B M N B V C X Z L N E W

K E N J O Y J H D G F D

S A A P O I U W I N Y T

R E W U Q W E R F T Y K

U I O P T A S D F F O G

H J K L Z I X C I O L V

B B U Y Y N F M C Q D W

E R T S Y U I U U P O P

A S A D F G H S L E E P

X E C V B N M E T Q W E

R R E A D I N G T Y U I

O P A S D P F G L O S E

cook

old

difficult

lose

win

sleep

beautifulbuyenjoy

new

reading

easy

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5.

6.

7.

9.8.

10.11.

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