What do these sentences describe? Write P for plants, A for animals or B for both next to each sentence below. They ve got roots.

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1 Unit Nture Lerning Link In this unit you will lern words nd phrses to help you tlk out the nturl world. to tell story using pictures. to write letter out dy out in the countryside. to use the Pst Simple ffirmtive (regulr nd irregulr vers). A Wht do these sentences descrie? Write P for plnts, A for nimls or B for oth next to ech sentence elow. They ve got roots. They die. c They ve got teeth. d They need wter. e They cn move round. f They grow. g They ve got legs. h They ve got leves. UNIT Nture 99

2 Reding Link B Red the fct sheet quickly. Who wrote The Dy of the Triffids? The Venus Flytrp C History The Venus flytrp tody In the 760s, mn clled Arthur Dos found some strnge plnts in North Crolin, USA. They were strnge ecuse they cught insects. They showed tht these plnts, Venus flytrps, te their food, just like nimls. Tody, Venus flytrps re very well-known. People often keep them in pots t home. You must look fter them, though. They need sunlight, soil nd lots of wter. How do they work? Venus flytrps hve got tiny hirs on They re usully their leves. open, nd insects like their smell. They go ner the leves nd touch the hirs. This mkes the trp close. After out ten dys, the trp opens gin, redy for nother insect. Strnge plnts in fiction For exmple, the writer John Wyndhm wrote story out strnge plnts in 9. In his ook, The Dy of the Triffids, the triffids were plnts with legs nd they hunted nd te people! Luckily, these plnts ren t rel! Red the fct sheet gin nd decide which sentence, or, goes in ech gp. Then Dos forgot out them. In the 970s, scientists studied them. Their roots must lwys e wet. They grow well in dry plces. These ren t good for the plnt. These re the trps. Then the insect cn fly wy. Next, the plnt slowly chnges the insect into food. The Venus flytrp is not populr plnt. There re lots of stories out plnts like the Venus flytrp. 00 UNIT Nture

3 Voculry Link D Complete the words. p (pr ) i (pr ) s s (sentence ) rin sun flower wild green c d e light house wter life pot HINTS Compound nouns re nouns mde from two or more words. Some re only one word (eg housefly) nd some hve got two words (eg grden centre). Circle the odd one out. 6 G (pr ) Mtch the words in - with the words in -e to mke new words. Write the words on the lines. F (pr ) E l niml fly ull rit islnd pig forest grss frm duck river sheep field utterfly cow hen lke ird Circle the correct words. 6 We must feed / forget our pet every dy. Do you sometimes look fter / in your neighour s plnts? Lots of flowers wter / grow in my grden. This ook is out round / strnge nimls. Don t leve / touch tht dog! It ites! There re two nests / eggs in the tree. UNIT Nture 0

4 Grmmr Link Pst Simple ffirmtive (regulr vers) Form I wtched you wtched he/she/it wtched we/you/they wtched I showed him the plnt. He touched the cow. They climed the tree. Spelling rules move moved trvel trvelled stop stopped study studied ut ply plyed Study. of the Grmmr Reference on pge efore you do the tsks. H Complete the sentences with the ffirmtive form of the Pst Simple. Use the vers in rckets. The nimls wter. (need) I cross the field two hours go. (wlk) Mum nd Dd the Blck Forest yesterdy. (visit) We gret TV progrmme out wildlife. (wtch) The oys to the islnd lst week. (trvel) 6 Dd strnge plnts t university. (study) I Complete the sentences with the ffirmtive form of the Pst Simple. Use these vers. listen rescue stop touch wnt We for lunch ner the lke. They to the irds in the trees. Polly pet for her irthdy. I one of the strnge insects. It felt horrile! We puppy from the river. It s OK now. Grmmr Link Pst Simple ffirmtive (irregulr vers) Ver Pst Simple write wrote find found fly flew lose lost know knew I found strnge plnt yesterdy. She wrote story out the countryside. The irds flew cross the field. HINTS Look t the list of irregulr vers on pge 8 efore you do the tsks. 0 UNIT Nture

5 J Complete the sentences with the ffirmtive form of the Pst Simple. Use the vers in rckets. We some gret plnts t the grden centre! (see) I sndwich on the ech. (et) Mum for wlk in the forest. (go) Json nd Mrk photos of the flowers. (tke) Boy home with strnge plnt. (come) K Rewrite these sentences in the ffirmtive form of the Pst Simple. The dog ites people. We feed the pigs. The ird flies fst. I grow flowers in my grden. George writes out nimls. Now look t. of the Grmmr Reference on pge for more informtion. Listening Link L Listen nd tick ( ) or. Wht does the womn usully do on Sundys? She goes for wlk. She goes to the ech. The wether in the countryside on Sundy ws riny. sunny. Disy ws scred of some insects. some cows. The womn forgot her moile phone. hndg. The children red mgzines. plyed footll. UNIT Nture 0

6 Speking Link M Look t the pictures nd tell the story. The story strts like this: Sm ws in the countryside. He hd some flowers for his Mum s irthdy. He ws very hot. Writing Link N Red the question nd put the prts of the letter elow into the correct order (-6). You re stying in the countryside. Write letter to friend out dy out. A See you soon! B After lunch, we went for wlk. We sw lots of cows in field nd then we st ner river nd we red our comics. C Love, Sue D It s gret here in the countryside. On Wednesdy morning, we went to Crsrook Frm. We fed the pigs nd then we hd soup nd fresh strwerries for lunch. It ws delicious! E Der Kte, F How re you? Are you hving good holidy? O Use the outline to write letter out dy out in the countryside. (0-70 words) Letter Outline Greeting Prgrph Prgrph Prgrph Ending Signing off Der (Kte), Ask out your friend. Sy how you feel out the countryside. Sy where you went for your dy out nd wht you did in the morning. Sy wht you did in the fternoon. See you soon! Love (Sue) HINTS When you write letter to friend, lwys sk how he/she is nd wht he/she is doing. 0 UNIT Nture Look ck t the Lerning Link. Wht did you lern?