Workbook Solutions: Let's have a Party | Year 3 English IGCSE (Cambridge) - Class 3 PDF Download

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4 Cambridge Primary English 3 – Lindsay & Ruttle © Cambridge University Press 2021
2  Let’s have a party
2.1 Looking at celebrations
1 Possible answers: party, food, special clothes, 
lights, fun, families, friends, presents, 
decorations, games.
2 Possible definitions include:
 a  ceremony: (a set of) formal acts, often 
fixed and traditional, performed on 
important social or religious occasions
 b  festival: a special day or period, usually in 
memory of a religious event, with its own 
social activities, food, or ceremonies
 c  anniversary: the day on which an 
important event happened in a previous 
year
 d  fiesta: a public celebration in Spain 
or Latin America, especially one on a 
religious holiday, with different types of 
entertainment and activities
 e  carnival: (a special occasion or period 
of) public enjoyment and entertainment 
involving wearing unusual clothes, 
dancing, and eating and drinking, usually 
held in the streets of a city.
3 
2.2  W riting lists
1 Learners’ own answers but are likely to 
include: write invitations, prepare games, 
put up decorations, buy popcorn, buy juice, 
choose a date, decide where to hold the party, 
decide who should come, make cakes, buy 
food, organise some music, put up balloons, 
make party hats.
2 Lists should include: the date of the party, 
where it is, time it will start, time it will finish, 
the reason for the party, whose party it is, 
who is sending the invitation. Lists may also 
include: what to bring, when to reply, what to 
wear.
3 Learners’ own answers but could include: 
dance, talk, eat, drink, have (fun), celebrate, 
play (games), laugh, give (presents), open 
(presents), receive (presents).
2.3 Fiction or non-fiction?
1 a  Fiction: a book or story about imaginary 
characters and events; a book that is not 
about real people and not about facts.
 b Non-fiction: writing about real events and 
facts.
2 Learners’ own answers.
3 a non-fiction
 b  it is set out on different lines; it has facts 
about when and where the event is; it tells 
you to RSVP
 c to invite someone to a party
 d the person being invited to the party
 e invitation text
4 a non-fiction
 b  it has a heading numerical list, linking/
sequencing words: ‘First, Then, Finally’ 
and instructions, it has facts about how 
long to cook the cake for and how much 
of the ingredients you need
 c  to tell you how to make a cake
 d  someone who wants to bake a cake and 
doesn’t know what they need or what they 
have to do
 e  instruction te xt
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4 Cambridge Primary English 3 – Lindsay & Ruttle © Cambridge University Press 2021
2  Let’s have a party
2.1 Looking at celebrations
1 Possible answers: party, food, special clothes, 
lights, fun, families, friends, presents, 
decorations, games.
2 Possible definitions include:
 a  ceremony: (a set of) formal acts, often 
fixed and traditional, performed on 
important social or religious occasions
 b  festival: a special day or period, usually in 
memory of a religious event, with its own 
social activities, food, or ceremonies
 c  anniversary: the day on which an 
important event happened in a previous 
year
 d  fiesta: a public celebration in Spain 
or Latin America, especially one on a 
religious holiday, with different types of 
entertainment and activities
 e  carnival: (a special occasion or period 
of) public enjoyment and entertainment 
involving wearing unusual clothes, 
dancing, and eating and drinking, usually 
held in the streets of a city.
3 
2.2  W riting lists
1 Learners’ own answers but are likely to 
include: write invitations, prepare games, 
put up decorations, buy popcorn, buy juice, 
choose a date, decide where to hold the party, 
decide who should come, make cakes, buy 
food, organise some music, put up balloons, 
make party hats.
2 Lists should include: the date of the party, 
where it is, time it will start, time it will finish, 
the reason for the party, whose party it is, 
who is sending the invitation. Lists may also 
include: what to bring, when to reply, what to 
wear.
3 Learners’ own answers but could include: 
dance, talk, eat, drink, have (fun), celebrate, 
play (games), laugh, give (presents), open 
(presents), receive (presents).
2.3 Fiction or non-fiction?
1 a  Fiction: a book or story about imaginary 
characters and events; a book that is not 
about real people and not about facts.
 b Non-fiction: writing about real events and 
facts.
2 Learners’ own answers.
3 a non-fiction
 b  it is set out on different lines; it has facts 
about when and where the event is; it tells 
you to RSVP
 c to invite someone to a party
 d the person being invited to the party
 e invitation text
4 a non-fiction
 b  it has a heading numerical list, linking/
sequencing words: ‘First, Then, Finally’ 
and instructions, it has facts about how 
long to cook the cake for and how much 
of the ingredients you need
 c  to tell you how to make a cake
 d  someone who wants to bake a cake and 
doesn’t know what they need or what they 
have to do
 e  instruction te xt
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2.4  Following instructions
1 a  verbs: make, need, measuring, do, mix, stir, 
mix, use, push, knead, put, keep
 b sequencing words: then, finally
2 a First fold the card in half.
 b Next fold the small card.
 c  Stick the small card into the big card.
 d Then draw a picture.
 e Finally stick the picture on the small card.
3 Possible answers include: headings, bullet 
points, numbered points, command verbs, 
sequencing words, list of what you need, 
instructions in order. 
2.5 Writing an invitation
1 a landing 
 b stooped
 c bumping
 d reading 
 e helped
 f meeting
2 Possible answers to complete the sentence: you 
just add the –ed or the –ing; you don’t need to 
change the end of the word.
3 a tuning
 b burying
 c flapping
 d tipping 
 e saving 
 f skating
 g towing 
 h rubbing
 i behaving
4 a Taila plans a party.
  Taila planned a party. 
 b She invites all her friends.
  She invited all her friends. 
 c She wants to play lots of games.
  She wanted to play lots of games.
 d She cooks some lovely food.
  She cooked some lovely food.
 e Her friends arrive.
     Her friends arrived.
 f  She dances with her friends.
    She danced with her friends.
2.6  Following and writing 
instructions
1 Learners should tick: a Then walk to the 
traffic lights; c Be kind to each other; d Turn 
left after the letterbox; f Add the milk and stir. 
2 classroom, fingernail, letterbox, midnight, 
outside, teapot, understand, upstairs
3 Learners’ own sentences. All sentences should 
be instructions and include a compound word.
2.7  Contents pages and 
indexes
1 a Text A
 b index
 c at the beginning of a book
 d at the end of a book
 e recipe book
2 a Nutty banana whirl, Orange refresher
 b page 31
 c 24, 28, 31
 d 31
 e carrot, butter, sugar
3 a no
 b  Possible reasons: it starts at page 28; it 
stops at page 33; some of the items in the 
index start before page 28 (start at page 
6); some of the items in the index are on 
pages after page 33 (pages 34, 35, 37)
2.8 Making lists
1 Learners’ own answers.
2 Answers from Activity 1 arranged in 
alphabetical order.
3 Learners’ own answers.
2.9 Giving instructions
1 Learners’ own answers.
2 Learners’ own answers.
3 No written answers needed.
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4 Cambridge Primary English 3 – Lindsay & Ruttle © Cambridge University Press 2021
2  Let’s have a party
2.1 Looking at celebrations
1 Possible answers: party, food, special clothes, 
lights, fun, families, friends, presents, 
decorations, games.
2 Possible definitions include:
 a  ceremony: (a set of) formal acts, often 
fixed and traditional, performed on 
important social or religious occasions
 b  festival: a special day or period, usually in 
memory of a religious event, with its own 
social activities, food, or ceremonies
 c  anniversary: the day on which an 
important event happened in a previous 
year
 d  fiesta: a public celebration in Spain 
or Latin America, especially one on a 
religious holiday, with different types of 
entertainment and activities
 e  carnival: (a special occasion or period 
of) public enjoyment and entertainment 
involving wearing unusual clothes, 
dancing, and eating and drinking, usually 
held in the streets of a city.
3 
2.2  W riting lists
1 Learners’ own answers but are likely to 
include: write invitations, prepare games, 
put up decorations, buy popcorn, buy juice, 
choose a date, decide where to hold the party, 
decide who should come, make cakes, buy 
food, organise some music, put up balloons, 
make party hats.
2 Lists should include: the date of the party, 
where it is, time it will start, time it will finish, 
the reason for the party, whose party it is, 
who is sending the invitation. Lists may also 
include: what to bring, when to reply, what to 
wear.
3 Learners’ own answers but could include: 
dance, talk, eat, drink, have (fun), celebrate, 
play (games), laugh, give (presents), open 
(presents), receive (presents).
2.3 Fiction or non-fiction?
1 a  Fiction: a book or story about imaginary 
characters and events; a book that is not 
about real people and not about facts.
 b Non-fiction: writing about real events and 
facts.
2 Learners’ own answers.
3 a non-fiction
 b  it is set out on different lines; it has facts 
about when and where the event is; it tells 
you to RSVP
 c to invite someone to a party
 d the person being invited to the party
 e invitation text
4 a non-fiction
 b  it has a heading numerical list, linking/
sequencing words: ‘First, Then, Finally’ 
and instructions, it has facts about how 
long to cook the cake for and how much 
of the ingredients you need
 c  to tell you how to make a cake
 d  someone who wants to bake a cake and 
doesn’t know what they need or what they 
have to do
 e  instruction te xt
5 Cambridge Primary English 3 – Lindsay & Ruttle © Cambridge University Press 2021
2.4  Following instructions
1 a  verbs: make, need, measuring, do, mix, stir, 
mix, use, push, knead, put, keep
 b sequencing words: then, finally
2 a First fold the card in half.
 b Next fold the small card.
 c  Stick the small card into the big card.
 d Then draw a picture.
 e Finally stick the picture on the small card.
3 Possible answers include: headings, bullet 
points, numbered points, command verbs, 
sequencing words, list of what you need, 
instructions in order. 
2.5 Writing an invitation
1 a landing 
 b stooped
 c bumping
 d reading 
 e helped
 f meeting
2 Possible answers to complete the sentence: you 
just add the –ed or the –ing; you don’t need to 
change the end of the word.
3 a tuning
 b burying
 c flapping
 d tipping 
 e saving 
 f skating
 g towing 
 h rubbing
 i behaving
4 a Taila plans a party.
  Taila planned a party. 
 b She invites all her friends.
  She invited all her friends. 
 c She wants to play lots of games.
  She wanted to play lots of games.
 d She cooks some lovely food.
  She cooked some lovely food.
 e Her friends arrive.
     Her friends arrived.
 f  She dances with her friends.
    She danced with her friends.
2.6  Following and writing 
instructions
1 Learners should tick: a Then walk to the 
traffic lights; c Be kind to each other; d Turn 
left after the letterbox; f Add the milk and stir. 
2 classroom, fingernail, letterbox, midnight, 
outside, teapot, understand, upstairs
3 Learners’ own sentences. All sentences should 
be instructions and include a compound word.
2.7  Contents pages and 
indexes
1 a Text A
 b index
 c at the beginning of a book
 d at the end of a book
 e recipe book
2 a Nutty banana whirl, Orange refresher
 b page 31
 c 24, 28, 31
 d 31
 e carrot, butter, sugar
3 a no
 b  Possible reasons: it starts at page 28; it 
stops at page 33; some of the items in the 
index start before page 28 (start at page 
6); some of the items in the index are on 
pages after page 33 (pages 34, 35, 37)
2.8 Making lists
1 Learners’ own answers.
2 Answers from Activity 1 arranged in 
alphabetical order.
3 Learners’ own answers.
2.9 Giving instructions
1 Learners’ own answers.
2 Learners’ own answers.
3 No written answers needed.
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2.10 Planning a game
1 Possible order of instructions: 2/7/4/1/6/3/5
2 Learners’ tips could include: list of equipment, 
numbered points, headings, short sentences, 
command verbs.
3 Possible improvements could be:
 a  if the player in the middle calls out ‘Fruit 
Basket’, everyone must find a new position
 b  the player in the middle calls one of the 
group names and everyone must find a 
new place quickly. The last player to find a 
place must stand in the middle.
2.11  W riting instructions
1 a  Things the writer has done well: learners’ 
answers could include: used short, simple 
sentences; set every point on a new line; 
used some command verbs.
 b  Things the writer could improve: learners’ 
answers could include: number each 
instruction; start each instruction with a 
command verb or sequencing word.
 c  Learners’ own answers.
2 Possible answers: 
 First, sit in a circle.
 Everyone be quiet. / Listen carefully.
 Get your paper mouse.
 Hold onto your mouse’s tail.
 Someone has the cone. / Next, one player has  
a cone.
 The player with the cone must bang the cone 
down on the mice.
 Try to pull your mouse out. / Now everyone 
must try to pull their mouse out. 
3 Learners’ own answers. 
2.12  Improving your instructions
1 Possible answers: 
 a  need to be simple; need to be in order; 
need to include any equipment; need to 
start with command verbs or sequencing 
words
 b Learners’ own answers.
2 Possible instructions:
 Dear Mbeke
 Y ou are invited to Lisha’s birthday party.
 It will be at the New Club, Ikwere Road
 on 18th November 
 at 3 pm until 5 pm. 
 (possibly included: Come dressed as an 
animal)
3 Possible answer: From my house I will turn left 
into New Road, and walk past the houses and 
shops on my right. When I reach Ikwere Road 
I will walk over the crossing and then turn 
right and walk past the park and the School. 
I will follow the road round to the right and 
New Club will be in front of me.