Workbook Solutions: Friends and families | Year 2 English IGCSE (Cambridge) - Class 2 PDF Download

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1  Friends and families
1.1 Friends at school
Focus:
a Friends, 7; photographs, 11; families, 8; class, 5 
b families and photographs c Photographs d y 
e fly is the odd one out because the y is code for its 
letter name while the others are code for /ee/.
Practice:
a million, 7; brain, 5; approximately, 13;  
heart, 5 b brain and heart c The first and last 
letter sound/letters
Challenge:
Learners’ own responses
1.2 A family adventure
Focus:
happy–unhappy; zip–unzip; lucky–unlucky;  
pack–unpack; well–unwell. Each with un 
underlined.
Practice:
a Mr and Mrs Chen were normally tired from 
working all day. b Suddenly, the lights went out. 
c ‘Wow! It’s so dark in here,’ said Ben excitedly. 
d Luckily, Dad found a torch. e ‘I can fix the 
problem of Grandma’s melting ice cream cake,’ 
said Ben helpfully.
Challenge:
un– unusual (it was an unusual evening; it means 
‘not’ or the opposite of the rest of the word); 
re– recharge (Amy had recharged her tablet; it 
means ‘again’); –ful wonderful (it was a wonderful 
adventure; it means ‘a lot of’); –less useless (the 
torch was useless without batteries; it means ‘none’ 
or ‘not’)
1.3 Retelling and acting
Focus: 
a  It was an evening just like any other in the 
Chen family apartment.
b  Suddenly, the lights went off. It was a power 
cut.
c  Mr Chen found his torch, but it was only a 
small beam.
d  The apartment got hot and the fridge and 
freezer stopped working too.
e  Grandma’s ice-cream cake was going to melt.
Practice:
a ‘Is everybody okay?’ asked Mr Chen.  
b Amy had a good idea to use the light from her 
tablet. c Ben had a good idea to eat the ice-cream 
cake before it melted. d Later, the power came 
back on. e Then the problem was how to tell 
Grandma that they had eaten her cake.
Challenge:
Answers may include these or similar:  
a It was an evening just like any other. b Mr and 
Mrs Chen were tired from work and the children 
were busy playing on tablets. c Suddenly, the 
lights went off. The apartment was completely 
dark. d There was only a small beam of light from 
the torch. e The ice-cream cake will melt if it gets 
warm.
1.4  Describing what  
characters do
Focus:
1 tick: a, d Correct b: We searched all day for 
sticks, stones and shells. Correct c: The box was 
full of feathers, pebbles and seeds.
Practice:
a I collect stamps, dolls and joke books.
b  On the school trip I was in a group with 
Anish, Zoe, Paulo and Ann.
c At the zoo I saw monkeys and parrots. 
d  I have a collection of small things like coins, 
gems, petals and shells.
Challenge:
a  In my family I have a mum, a dad, a brother 
and a sister.
b  Beno, Omar, Hamidi and Zayan are my best 
friends at school.
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1  Friends and families
1.1 Friends at school
Focus:
a Friends, 7; photographs, 11; families, 8; class, 5 
b families and photographs c Photographs d y 
e fly is the odd one out because the y is code for its 
letter name while the others are code for /ee/.
Practice:
a million, 7; brain, 5; approximately, 13;  
heart, 5 b brain and heart c The first and last 
letter sound/letters
Challenge:
Learners’ own responses
1.2 A family adventure
Focus:
happy–unhappy; zip–unzip; lucky–unlucky;  
pack–unpack; well–unwell. Each with un 
underlined.
Practice:
a Mr and Mrs Chen were normally tired from 
working all day. b Suddenly, the lights went out. 
c ‘Wow! It’s so dark in here,’ said Ben excitedly. 
d Luckily, Dad found a torch. e ‘I can fix the 
problem of Grandma’s melting ice cream cake,’ 
said Ben helpfully.
Challenge:
un– unusual (it was an unusual evening; it means 
‘not’ or the opposite of the rest of the word); 
re– recharge (Amy had recharged her tablet; it 
means ‘again’); –ful wonderful (it was a wonderful 
adventure; it means ‘a lot of’); –less useless (the 
torch was useless without batteries; it means ‘none’ 
or ‘not’)
1.3 Retelling and acting
Focus: 
a  It was an evening just like any other in the 
Chen family apartment.
b  Suddenly, the lights went off. It was a power 
cut.
c  Mr Chen found his torch, but it was only a 
small beam.
d  The apartment got hot and the fridge and 
freezer stopped working too.
e  Grandma’s ice-cream cake was going to melt.
Practice:
a ‘Is everybody okay?’ asked Mr Chen.  
b Amy had a good idea to use the light from her 
tablet. c Ben had a good idea to eat the ice-cream 
cake before it melted. d Later, the power came 
back on. e Then the problem was how to tell 
Grandma that they had eaten her cake.
Challenge:
Answers may include these or similar:  
a It was an evening just like any other. b Mr and 
Mrs Chen were tired from work and the children 
were busy playing on tablets. c Suddenly, the 
lights went off. The apartment was completely 
dark. d There was only a small beam of light from 
the torch. e The ice-cream cake will melt if it gets 
warm.
1.4  Describing what  
characters do
Focus:
1 tick: a, d Correct b: We searched all day for 
sticks, stones and shells. Correct c: The box was 
full of feathers, pebbles and seeds.
Practice:
a I collect stamps, dolls and joke books.
b  On the school trip I was in a group with 
Anish, Zoe, Paulo and Ann.
c At the zoo I saw monkeys and parrots. 
d  I have a collection of small things like coins, 
gems, petals and shells.
Challenge:
a  In my family I have a mum, a dad, a brother 
and a sister.
b  Beno, Omar, Hamidi and Zayan are my best 
friends at school.
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c  My younger sister collects bugs, leaves and 
twigs.
d I collect games, quiz cards and jokes.
e I can make origami fish, swans, frogs and 
boats. 
1.5 Challenges and excuses
Focus:
swinging; checked; pushed; flying; landed.
Practice:
wanted/needed; needed/wanted; making; tied; 
jumped; wasted
Challenge:
Learners’ own including: had; had / thought 
of; looked / glanced; jumped / leapt; hanging / 
gliding; flying / gliding; jumped / soared; replied / 
muttered; yelled / urged
1.6 Brother trouble
Focus:
lemons, eggs, sugar and cream 
Practice:
Learners’ own ideas
Challenge: 
1 Best biscuit pudding
2 Crunch and crack pudding
3 Fancy filled pudding
4 Gorgeous glittery pudding 
5 Hot honey pudding 
6 Quick queen’s pudding 
7 Soft sugar pudding 
8 Tasty topped pudding 
1.7  Sequencing and adding  
to a story
Focus:
d, e, b, a, c 
Practice:
a What are you going to make?
b It will taste like a whole raft of lemons.
c Juice squirted in my eye.
Challenge:
pudding, kitchen, squeezed, lemon; Learners’ own 
sentences
1.8  Describing what  
characters say
Focus:
d, e, b, a, c 
Practice:
a What are you going to make?
b It will taste like a whole raft of lemons.
c Juice squirted in my eye.
Challenge:
pudding, kitchen, squeezed, lemon; Learners’ own 
sentences
1.8  Describing what  
characters say
Focus: 
1a Q; b S; c Q
2 Learners’ own responses
Practice: 
3 a Did you hear what I said?
  b Don’t stare, it’s rude.
 c I won’t tell you again.
 d Why do you not listen?
4 Learners’ own responses
Challenge:
a Shall I write it down for you?
b This is a wonderful gift.
c How did you know?
d Put all your stuff away now, please.
e Don’t whisper, it’s rude. 
1.9 Mum and daughter fun
Focus:
a “Eat your peas,” said Mum. / “Eat your peas!” 
said Mum. b “I don’t like peas,” said Daisy. c “If 
you eat your peas, you can have some pudding,” 
Mum said. d “I like green beans,” Daisy said. 
Accept the use of ! in any of the cases.
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1  Friends and families
1.1 Friends at school
Focus:
a Friends, 7; photographs, 11; families, 8; class, 5 
b families and photographs c Photographs d y 
e fly is the odd one out because the y is code for its 
letter name while the others are code for /ee/.
Practice:
a million, 7; brain, 5; approximately, 13;  
heart, 5 b brain and heart c The first and last 
letter sound/letters
Challenge:
Learners’ own responses
1.2 A family adventure
Focus:
happy–unhappy; zip–unzip; lucky–unlucky;  
pack–unpack; well–unwell. Each with un 
underlined.
Practice:
a Mr and Mrs Chen were normally tired from 
working all day. b Suddenly, the lights went out. 
c ‘Wow! It’s so dark in here,’ said Ben excitedly. 
d Luckily, Dad found a torch. e ‘I can fix the 
problem of Grandma’s melting ice cream cake,’ 
said Ben helpfully.
Challenge:
un– unusual (it was an unusual evening; it means 
‘not’ or the opposite of the rest of the word); 
re– recharge (Amy had recharged her tablet; it 
means ‘again’); –ful wonderful (it was a wonderful 
adventure; it means ‘a lot of’); –less useless (the 
torch was useless without batteries; it means ‘none’ 
or ‘not’)
1.3 Retelling and acting
Focus: 
a  It was an evening just like any other in the 
Chen family apartment.
b  Suddenly, the lights went off. It was a power 
cut.
c  Mr Chen found his torch, but it was only a 
small beam.
d  The apartment got hot and the fridge and 
freezer stopped working too.
e  Grandma’s ice-cream cake was going to melt.
Practice:
a ‘Is everybody okay?’ asked Mr Chen.  
b Amy had a good idea to use the light from her 
tablet. c Ben had a good idea to eat the ice-cream 
cake before it melted. d Later, the power came 
back on. e Then the problem was how to tell 
Grandma that they had eaten her cake.
Challenge:
Answers may include these or similar:  
a It was an evening just like any other. b Mr and 
Mrs Chen were tired from work and the children 
were busy playing on tablets. c Suddenly, the 
lights went off. The apartment was completely 
dark. d There was only a small beam of light from 
the torch. e The ice-cream cake will melt if it gets 
warm.
1.4  Describing what  
characters do
Focus:
1 tick: a, d Correct b: We searched all day for 
sticks, stones and shells. Correct c: The box was 
full of feathers, pebbles and seeds.
Practice:
a I collect stamps, dolls and joke books.
b  On the school trip I was in a group with 
Anish, Zoe, Paulo and Ann.
c At the zoo I saw monkeys and parrots. 
d  I have a collection of small things like coins, 
gems, petals and shells.
Challenge:
a  In my family I have a mum, a dad, a brother 
and a sister.
b  Beno, Omar, Hamidi and Zayan are my best 
friends at school.
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c  My younger sister collects bugs, leaves and 
twigs.
d I collect games, quiz cards and jokes.
e I can make origami fish, swans, frogs and 
boats. 
1.5 Challenges and excuses
Focus:
swinging; checked; pushed; flying; landed.
Practice:
wanted/needed; needed/wanted; making; tied; 
jumped; wasted
Challenge:
Learners’ own including: had; had / thought 
of; looked / glanced; jumped / leapt; hanging / 
gliding; flying / gliding; jumped / soared; replied / 
muttered; yelled / urged
1.6 Brother trouble
Focus:
lemons, eggs, sugar and cream 
Practice:
Learners’ own ideas
Challenge: 
1 Best biscuit pudding
2 Crunch and crack pudding
3 Fancy filled pudding
4 Gorgeous glittery pudding 
5 Hot honey pudding 
6 Quick queen’s pudding 
7 Soft sugar pudding 
8 Tasty topped pudding 
1.7  Sequencing and adding  
to a story
Focus:
d, e, b, a, c 
Practice:
a What are you going to make?
b It will taste like a whole raft of lemons.
c Juice squirted in my eye.
Challenge:
pudding, kitchen, squeezed, lemon; Learners’ own 
sentences
1.8  Describing what  
characters say
Focus:
d, e, b, a, c 
Practice:
a What are you going to make?
b It will taste like a whole raft of lemons.
c Juice squirted in my eye.
Challenge:
pudding, kitchen, squeezed, lemon; Learners’ own 
sentences
1.8  Describing what  
characters say
Focus: 
1a Q; b S; c Q
2 Learners’ own responses
Practice: 
3 a Did you hear what I said?
  b Don’t stare, it’s rude.
 c I won’t tell you again.
 d Why do you not listen?
4 Learners’ own responses
Challenge:
a Shall I write it down for you?
b This is a wonderful gift.
c How did you know?
d Put all your stuff away now, please.
e Don’t whisper, it’s rude. 
1.9 Mum and daughter fun
Focus:
a “Eat your peas,” said Mum. / “Eat your peas!” 
said Mum. b “I don’t like peas,” said Daisy. c “If 
you eat your peas, you can have some pudding,” 
Mum said. d “I like green beans,” Daisy said. 
Accept the use of ! in any of the cases.
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Practice:
“I don’t like anything 
green,” said Daisy.
“Hurry up and eat your 
peas, Daisy!” shouted 
Mum.
Daisy said, “I don’t 
like the taste of 
green vegetables!”
Mum asked, “What do  
you like?” 
Challenge:
Answers may include different speech verbs. a “If 
you eat your lunch, you can have some pudding,” 
promised Mum. b “Eat with your mouth 
closed!” said Dad. c “Hurry up and eat your 
lunch,” instructed the man. d “Would you like a 
pudding?” asked the lady
1.10 Exploring language
Focus:
a lots of; b some; c any; d no; e more
Practice:
Learners’ own questions.
Challenge:
Learners’ own responses. If learners don’t have  
a die available and cannot make one, they should 
write numbers 1–6 on small bits of paper and  
put them in a pot. Shake them and pick one out 
each time. 
1.11  Planning and writing a funny 
family story
Focus:
a and / or; b or / but; c but; d but
Practice:
Answers include: a I’ll buy every supermarket 
and I’ll buy every sweetshop. b Y ou never have 
to go to bed again or go to school. c I will buy 
you anything you want, but I want you to eat your 
peas. d I do want all those things, but I don’t  
like peas.
Challenge:
Learners’ own sentences
1.12 Look back
Learners’ own answers