Workbook Solutions: People in the News | Year 6 English IGCSE (Cambridge) - Class 6 PDF Download

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2  People in the news
2.1 Making headlines
1 Example answers:
 a A new season – A NEW TEAM!
 b PANIC as lights go out …
 c 100% vote ‘YES’
 d Rain, rain, go away …
 e Is there thyme to cook?
2 Example answers:
 a A new team has been selected.
 b  Something went wrong with the power 
and people were left in the dark. 
 c  There was a referendum and everyone 
agreed on the outcome.
 d  It has been rainy and gloomy for a long 
time. 
 e Something about using herbs in cooking. 
3 Learners’ own examples and notes.
2.2 Read all about it
1 Facts underlined:
 a  Punishment is a penalty for wrongdoing 
and I think it should be used sparingly.
 b  There are 24 hours in a day but I think 
some days feel too short.
 c  I think vegetables are delicious and they 
contain lots of vitamins.
 d  I think it is good to get up early when  
the sun rises in the morning.
 e  I think kids should do compulsory sports 
because exercise makes you fit.
2 Learners’ own work.
3  a sick b lie c bad d crashed e ruined f naughty 
g disastrously h fail 
4 Learners’ own work.
2.3 Layout and purpose
1–3 Learners’ own work.
2.4 Report a story
1  Example answer: Both broadcasts and articles 
report news that is current and interesting 
to the general public. Both include facts, 
opinions and quotations of things people 
have said. Since news is about what has 
already happened, both use the past tense 
but sometimes a live broadcast is about 
something that is taking place at that time so 
the reporter might use the present tense. In a 
live broadcast, the reporter may use a more 
friendly or familiar register than in a written 
article. 
2  Example answer: Speak clearly, look at the 
audience/camera, give the facts, answer the 
5W1H questions.
3 Learners’ own work.
2.5 Explore biographies
1 Learners’ own words and definitions.
2  Poorna Malavath is a brave young girl who 
believes that with confidence and focus you 
can achieve anything, no matter who you 
are. She is a true example because she is the 
youngest person in the world to summit 
Mount Everest.
  At the age of 13 when most children are at 
school, playing games or watching TV , she had 
her eyes fixed on making a difference in her 
community and changing the views of society . 
Her story is an inspiration to anyone from any 
background, young and old. 
  On 10 June 2000, Poorna Malavath was born 
in a small village in India where her parents 
worked on a farm. She attended the local 
school that taught mountain climbing as a 
subject. This sparked her desire to take up the 
ultimate challenge – to climb Mount Everest, 
a mountain on which many lives have been 
lost.
3 Learners’ own summary.
2.6 and 2.7 Make a start
1 a they – the apples
 b he – the interviewer, them – the questions
 c they – the guides, them – the climbers
 d whose/her – the brave girl
 e myself – I, we – my team and I
 f this – the school, she – the young climber
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2  People in the news
2.1 Making headlines
1 Example answers:
 a A new season – A NEW TEAM!
 b PANIC as lights go out …
 c 100% vote ‘YES’
 d Rain, rain, go away …
 e Is there thyme to cook?
2 Example answers:
 a A new team has been selected.
 b  Something went wrong with the power 
and people were left in the dark. 
 c  There was a referendum and everyone 
agreed on the outcome.
 d  It has been rainy and gloomy for a long 
time. 
 e Something about using herbs in cooking. 
3 Learners’ own examples and notes.
2.2 Read all about it
1 Facts underlined:
 a  Punishment is a penalty for wrongdoing 
and I think it should be used sparingly.
 b  There are 24 hours in a day but I think 
some days feel too short.
 c  I think vegetables are delicious and they 
contain lots of vitamins.
 d  I think it is good to get up early when  
the sun rises in the morning.
 e  I think kids should do compulsory sports 
because exercise makes you fit.
2 Learners’ own work.
3  a sick b lie c bad d crashed e ruined f naughty 
g disastrously h fail 
4 Learners’ own work.
2.3 Layout and purpose
1–3 Learners’ own work.
2.4 Report a story
1  Example answer: Both broadcasts and articles 
report news that is current and interesting 
to the general public. Both include facts, 
opinions and quotations of things people 
have said. Since news is about what has 
already happened, both use the past tense 
but sometimes a live broadcast is about 
something that is taking place at that time so 
the reporter might use the present tense. In a 
live broadcast, the reporter may use a more 
friendly or familiar register than in a written 
article. 
2  Example answer: Speak clearly, look at the 
audience/camera, give the facts, answer the 
5W1H questions.
3 Learners’ own work.
2.5 Explore biographies
1 Learners’ own words and definitions.
2  Poorna Malavath is a brave young girl who 
believes that with confidence and focus you 
can achieve anything, no matter who you 
are. She is a true example because she is the 
youngest person in the world to summit 
Mount Everest.
  At the age of 13 when most children are at 
school, playing games or watching TV , she had 
her eyes fixed on making a difference in her 
community and changing the views of society . 
Her story is an inspiration to anyone from any 
background, young and old. 
  On 10 June 2000, Poorna Malavath was born 
in a small village in India where her parents 
worked on a farm. She attended the local 
school that taught mountain climbing as a 
subject. This sparked her desire to take up the 
ultimate challenge – to climb Mount Everest, 
a mountain on which many lives have been 
lost.
3 Learners’ own summary.
2.6 and 2.7 Make a start
1 a they – the apples
 b he – the interviewer, them – the questions
 c they – the guides, them – the climbers
 d whose/her – the brave girl
 e myself – I, we – my team and I
 f this – the school, she – the young climber
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2 Example answers:
  Amelia Earhart was born in 1897 on 24 July in 
a small town in Kansas, US.
  In 1932, she became the first woman to fly 
solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  She was also the first person to cross the 
Atlantic Ocean twice.
  In 1937, on 2 July, she went missing in a plane 
over the Pacific Ocean.
 She was declared dead in 1939, on 5 January.
3 Learners’ own work.
2.8 Another life
1 Learners’ own words and definitions.
2 Answers:
 
1 bio 6 both
2 auto 7 both
3 bio 8 bio
4 auto 9 auto
5 bio 10 auto
3 Learners’ own work.
2.9 Conduct an interview
1–3 Learners’ own work.
2.10 Practise reporting
1 a  “I had an amazing experience,” she told 
the interviewer when she returned.
 b  A classmate said of her friend, “She 
is brave and focused and a wonderful 
friend.”
 c  The children chanted, “She’s our hero,” as 
they gathered to greet her.
 d  Her parents commented, “We are 
overjoyed and very proud of her.”
 e  The headline “Welcome home!” filled the  
front page.
2 Example answers.
 a Everyone said that they were ready to go.
 b  She declared that their adventure had 
begun the day before/already begun.
 c  The teacher told the children that they 
must have completed the homework by the 
following day .
 d  The mother told her son that he should 
(have) packed/pack his bags for school.
3 Learners’ own sentences.
2.11 and 2.12 Write a news 
article
1–3 Learners’ own work.