Workbook Solutions: Making The News

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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 4 WORKBOOK ANSWERS
10 Cambridge Primary English 4 – Burt & Ridgard © Cambridge University Press 2021
5  Making the news
5.1 Build your vocabulary
1 •  archaeologist n. one who studies 
archaeology
•  artefact n. an object that is made by a 
person, such as a tool or a decoration, 
especially one that is of historical interest
•  hieroglyphics n. a system of writing that 
uses pictures instead of words, especially 
as used in ancient Egypt
•  mummy n. a dead body that is prevented 
from decaying by being treated with 
special substances before being wrapped 
in cloth
•  papyrus n. a tall plant like a grass that 
grows in or near water, especially in North 
Africa, or paper made from this plant, 
especially by ancient Egyptians
•  pharaoh n. (the title of) a king of ancient 
Egypt
•  pyramid n. a group of ancient pyramid-
shaped structures built in Egypt as tombs 
(= places to bury people) for the pharaohs 
(= kings of ancient Egypt) 
•  scarab: a small object or jewel (= precious 
stone) in the shape of a beetle (= an insect 
with a hard shell-like back), from ancient 
Egypt
•  scroll n. a long roll of paper or similar 
material with usually official writing on it
•  sphinx n. an ancient imaginary creature 
with a lion’s body and a woman’s head
•  tomb n. a large stone structure or 
underground room where someone, 
especially an important person, is buried
2 
Word plural What 
happens
Another 
word with 
the same 
plural 
form
pyramid pyramids Add –s Learners’ 
own words
mummy mummies Change 
y to i 
and add 
–es
Learners’ 
own words
papyrus papyruses Add –es Learners’ 
own words
3 a papyrus b tomb c sphynx
 d archaeologist e scarab f artefact
 g scroll h hieroglyphics
4 Learners’ own paragraph
5.2 News features
1 a CLOSED
 b CLOSED
 c CLOSED
 d OPEN
 e OPEN
 f OPEN
 g CLOSED
2 a  Fact  b  Both  c  Fact   
d  Both    e  Both
3 a  Who? a professor   What? made an 
exciting discovery   Where? at the 
university   When? on Saturday
 b  Who? scientists   What? gathered for a 
conference   Where? Rome   When? at the 
weekend
 c  Who? students   What? uncovered a time 
capsule   Where? at school   When? during 
their history class yesterday
 d  Who? a treasure hunter   What? 
discovered a mysterious artefact   Where? 
in an abandoned tomb   When? recently
 e  Who? people interested in archaeology   
What? gathered for a talk   Where? at the 
museum   When? yesterday afternoon
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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 4 WORKBOOK ANSWERS
10 Cambridge Primary English 4 – Burt & Ridgard © Cambridge University Press 2021
5  Making the news
5.1 Build your vocabulary
1 •  archaeologist n. one who studies 
archaeology
•  artefact n. an object that is made by a 
person, such as a tool or a decoration, 
especially one that is of historical interest
•  hieroglyphics n. a system of writing that 
uses pictures instead of words, especially 
as used in ancient Egypt
•  mummy n. a dead body that is prevented 
from decaying by being treated with 
special substances before being wrapped 
in cloth
•  papyrus n. a tall plant like a grass that 
grows in or near water, especially in North 
Africa, or paper made from this plant, 
especially by ancient Egyptians
•  pharaoh n. (the title of) a king of ancient 
Egypt
•  pyramid n. a group of ancient pyramid-
shaped structures built in Egypt as tombs 
(= places to bury people) for the pharaohs 
(= kings of ancient Egypt) 
•  scarab: a small object or jewel (= precious 
stone) in the shape of a beetle (= an insect 
with a hard shell-like back), from ancient 
Egypt
•  scroll n. a long roll of paper or similar 
material with usually official writing on it
•  sphinx n. an ancient imaginary creature 
with a lion’s body and a woman’s head
•  tomb n. a large stone structure or 
underground room where someone, 
especially an important person, is buried
2 
Word plural What 
happens
Another 
word with 
the same 
plural 
form
pyramid pyramids Add –s Learners’ 
own words
mummy mummies Change 
y to i 
and add 
–es
Learners’ 
own words
papyrus papyruses Add –es Learners’ 
own words
3 a papyrus b tomb c sphynx
 d archaeologist e scarab f artefact
 g scroll h hieroglyphics
4 Learners’ own paragraph
5.2 News features
1 a CLOSED
 b CLOSED
 c CLOSED
 d OPEN
 e OPEN
 f OPEN
 g CLOSED
2 a  Fact  b  Both  c  Fact   
d  Both    e  Both
3 a  Who? a professor   What? made an 
exciting discovery   Where? at the 
university   When? on Saturday
 b  Who? scientists   What? gathered for a 
conference   Where? Rome   When? at the 
weekend
 c  Who? students   What? uncovered a time 
capsule   Where? at school   When? during 
their history class yesterday
 d  Who? a treasure hunter   What? 
discovered a mysterious artefact   Where? 
in an abandoned tomb   When? recently
 e  Who? people interested in archaeology   
What? gathered for a talk   Where? at the 
museum   When? yesterday afternoon
CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 4 WORKBOOK ANSWERS
11 Cambridge Primary English 4 – Burt & Ridgard © Cambridge University Press 2021
 f  Who? an unknown intruder   What? a 
precious artefact was removed   Where? 
from the museum   When? on Monday
 g  Who? a team of archaeologists   What? 
discovered a mummy   Where? Egypt   
When? last week
4 Learners make up their own questions.
5.3 Making headlines
1 Learners choose their own headlines.
2 Example answers: ‘Missing treasure!’, 
‘Startling discovery’, ‘Lost and found’,  
‘Buried for later’
3 Learners make up their own headlines.
5.4 Ordering information
1 a  Last weekend, we took a bus trip. 
Beginning 
 b Next week, I’ll go to the library . Beginning
 c At lunchtime, we had a meeting. Beginning
 d Please be home before dark. End 
 e I’ll help you with your homework this 
afternoon. End
2 a  After the show, I can help you with your 
homework. 
 b In the holidays, let’s go to the history 
museum. 
 c At noon, you can buy a snack.
 d After breakfast, remember to pack  
your books. 
 e Every day, you should brush your teeth. 
3 a In no time at all, we arrived at the museum. 
 b In no time at all, we boarded the bus.
 c Without any warning, the bus arrived 
early.
 d For the rest of the day, everyone wandered 
around the museum.
 e This morning, I decided to catch the bus.
4 Learners’ own answers
5.5 Digging for meaning
1 Brazilian dance; Malaysian beaches; 
Taiwanese motorcar; Turkish airline; Polish 
music; Sudanese food 
2 Learners use their dictionaries to list any related 
words like pick – picket – picky – pickpocket – 
unpick
3 
noun adjective verb adverb
adventurer adventurous adventure adventurously
success successful succeed successfully
action active act actively
destruction destructive destroy destructively
4 Learners write their own sentences using the 
words in context.
5 palaeography; genealogy; anthropology; 
cartography; astronom
5.6 Browsing brochures
1 a  A brochure is a thin book with pictures 
and information usually promoting 
something.
b Any three of: pamphlet, booklet, leaflet, 
handout, flyer.
2 a Tourist attractions in Egypt
b people planning a holiday
c some facts and some opinions
d any two facts
e any two features – it differs from a 
newspaper because the information does 
not change daily.
3 Learners’ own research.
5.7 Explanations
1 It is an explanation because it makes 
something easy to understand and it is 
ordered.
2 a ‘This time’
b Possible sequence:
 First of all, the salt trader lays his big 
pieces of salt on the ground.
 Then, the Tuareg trader drums on his 
deba and sits under the mango tree.
 After a while, he puts some gold beside  
it and he walks away.
 Eventually, the gold trader puts some 
more gold beside the salt.
3 Example: The salt trader was a Tuareg from 
the desert north of Timbuktu. The salt trader 
laid his big pieces of salt on the ground. The 
Tuareg trader drummed on his deba and sat 
under the mango tree. 
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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 4 WORKBOOK ANSWERS
10 Cambridge Primary English 4 – Burt & Ridgard © Cambridge University Press 2021
5  Making the news
5.1 Build your vocabulary
1 •  archaeologist n. one who studies 
archaeology
•  artefact n. an object that is made by a 
person, such as a tool or a decoration, 
especially one that is of historical interest
•  hieroglyphics n. a system of writing that 
uses pictures instead of words, especially 
as used in ancient Egypt
•  mummy n. a dead body that is prevented 
from decaying by being treated with 
special substances before being wrapped 
in cloth
•  papyrus n. a tall plant like a grass that 
grows in or near water, especially in North 
Africa, or paper made from this plant, 
especially by ancient Egyptians
•  pharaoh n. (the title of) a king of ancient 
Egypt
•  pyramid n. a group of ancient pyramid-
shaped structures built in Egypt as tombs 
(= places to bury people) for the pharaohs 
(= kings of ancient Egypt) 
•  scarab: a small object or jewel (= precious 
stone) in the shape of a beetle (= an insect 
with a hard shell-like back), from ancient 
Egypt
•  scroll n. a long roll of paper or similar 
material with usually official writing on it
•  sphinx n. an ancient imaginary creature 
with a lion’s body and a woman’s head
•  tomb n. a large stone structure or 
underground room where someone, 
especially an important person, is buried
2 
Word plural What 
happens
Another 
word with 
the same 
plural 
form
pyramid pyramids Add –s Learners’ 
own words
mummy mummies Change 
y to i 
and add 
–es
Learners’ 
own words
papyrus papyruses Add –es Learners’ 
own words
3 a papyrus b tomb c sphynx
 d archaeologist e scarab f artefact
 g scroll h hieroglyphics
4 Learners’ own paragraph
5.2 News features
1 a CLOSED
 b CLOSED
 c CLOSED
 d OPEN
 e OPEN
 f OPEN
 g CLOSED
2 a  Fact  b  Both  c  Fact   
d  Both    e  Both
3 a  Who? a professor   What? made an 
exciting discovery   Where? at the 
university   When? on Saturday
 b  Who? scientists   What? gathered for a 
conference   Where? Rome   When? at the 
weekend
 c  Who? students   What? uncovered a time 
capsule   Where? at school   When? during 
their history class yesterday
 d  Who? a treasure hunter   What? 
discovered a mysterious artefact   Where? 
in an abandoned tomb   When? recently
 e  Who? people interested in archaeology   
What? gathered for a talk   Where? at the 
museum   When? yesterday afternoon
CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 4 WORKBOOK ANSWERS
11 Cambridge Primary English 4 – Burt & Ridgard © Cambridge University Press 2021
 f  Who? an unknown intruder   What? a 
precious artefact was removed   Where? 
from the museum   When? on Monday
 g  Who? a team of archaeologists   What? 
discovered a mummy   Where? Egypt   
When? last week
4 Learners make up their own questions.
5.3 Making headlines
1 Learners choose their own headlines.
2 Example answers: ‘Missing treasure!’, 
‘Startling discovery’, ‘Lost and found’,  
‘Buried for later’
3 Learners make up their own headlines.
5.4 Ordering information
1 a  Last weekend, we took a bus trip. 
Beginning 
 b Next week, I’ll go to the library . Beginning
 c At lunchtime, we had a meeting. Beginning
 d Please be home before dark. End 
 e I’ll help you with your homework this 
afternoon. End
2 a  After the show, I can help you with your 
homework. 
 b In the holidays, let’s go to the history 
museum. 
 c At noon, you can buy a snack.
 d After breakfast, remember to pack  
your books. 
 e Every day, you should brush your teeth. 
3 a In no time at all, we arrived at the museum. 
 b In no time at all, we boarded the bus.
 c Without any warning, the bus arrived 
early.
 d For the rest of the day, everyone wandered 
around the museum.
 e This morning, I decided to catch the bus.
4 Learners’ own answers
5.5 Digging for meaning
1 Brazilian dance; Malaysian beaches; 
Taiwanese motorcar; Turkish airline; Polish 
music; Sudanese food 
2 Learners use their dictionaries to list any related 
words like pick – picket – picky – pickpocket – 
unpick
3 
noun adjective verb adverb
adventurer adventurous adventure adventurously
success successful succeed successfully
action active act actively
destruction destructive destroy destructively
4 Learners write their own sentences using the 
words in context.
5 palaeography; genealogy; anthropology; 
cartography; astronom
5.6 Browsing brochures
1 a  A brochure is a thin book with pictures 
and information usually promoting 
something.
b Any three of: pamphlet, booklet, leaflet, 
handout, flyer.
2 a Tourist attractions in Egypt
b people planning a holiday
c some facts and some opinions
d any two facts
e any two features – it differs from a 
newspaper because the information does 
not change daily.
3 Learners’ own research.
5.7 Explanations
1 It is an explanation because it makes 
something easy to understand and it is 
ordered.
2 a ‘This time’
b Possible sequence:
 First of all, the salt trader lays his big 
pieces of salt on the ground.
 Then, the Tuareg trader drums on his 
deba and sits under the mango tree.
 After a while, he puts some gold beside  
it and he walks away.
 Eventually, the gold trader puts some 
more gold beside the salt.
3 Example: The salt trader was a Tuareg from 
the desert north of Timbuktu. The salt trader 
laid his big pieces of salt on the ground. The 
Tuareg trader drummed on his deba and sat 
under the mango tree. 
CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 4 WORKBOOK ANSWERS
12 Cambridge Primary English 4 – Burt & Ridgard © Cambridge University Press 2021
5.8 Diary doodles
1 Example answer: A diary is personal, written 
in the past tense and uses informal language.
2 Example answer: Similarities: both give an 
account; both use the past tense; both present 
facts and opinions; both use inverted commas. 
 Differences: a diary is personal, but a 
newspaper is public; a diary is written by 
the person, but a newspaper is written by 
a reporter; a diary style is informal but a 
newspaper style is formal.
3 Y esterday, I was helping my mum wash the 
dishes. She was wearing her precious diamond 
ring that my father had made for her. (My 
grandfather actually mined the diamond 
himself at the famous Kimberley Hole in 
South Africa!) As she let the dishwater out of 
the sink, the ring slipped off her finger and 
washed down the pipe. She was distraught! 
“Oh no!” I thought. I jumped off the chair  
I was using to reach the sink and ran outside 
to where the water flowed into the outside 
drain. There was no sign of the ring. Lifting 
the drain grid, I put my hand into the dirty 
water and felt around the edge of the drain. 
To my mum’s amazement the ring had caught 
on the drain’s rim and I was able to reach 
down to it and give it back to her. The really 
good news is that she says I can have it when 
I’m older!
4 Learners’ own diary extract
5.9 Point of view
1 a  My group decided to go exploring and  
I was keen to join them. (first person)
b They packed their bags and caught a bus 
to the old ruins. (third person)
c We came to an old temple and to our 
surprise it was locked. (first person)
d Why do you think it was there? Do you 
think it was abandoned? (second person)
e I decided to leave the group and explore 
by myself. (first person)
f Would you have done the same? (second 
person)
g They were worried when they realised 
someone was missing from their group. 
(third person)
h I didn’t stay away too long because I knew 
everyone would worry about me. (first 
person)
i You will be glad to know that everything 
worked out. (second person)
j Their bags were still in the bus with the 
driver and he was waiting for them.  
(third person)
2 Learners write their own sentences.
3 Learners write their own diary entry.
5.10 Direct speech
1 Learners write their own direct speech.
2 Learners’ own sentences
3 a  She asked me, ‘Should we go look for 
treasure?’
b He yelled, ‘Watch out!’
c He suggested, ‘Let’s go and see what’s  
in the old house.’
d ‘This is an amazing discovery!’ the 
scientist was heard saying.
e ‘Will you help me?’ she asked politely.
 f ‘This looks odd,’ I thought to myself.
5.11 and 5.12 Report the news
1–3 Learners plan and write their own  
news report.