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Christine lindop wasborn in New Zealand and taught English in

France and Spainbefore settling in GreatBritain. Shehaswritten

or adapted more than thirty books, including The Turn of the

Screw andGreen P/anet in the Dominoes series. Inherfree time shelikes reading, watching films, andmaking mosaie.Sheis not

a skateboarder, but she likes watching the action at her local skatepark, and herfavourite sports arerugby andFormula One.

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Hannah Hannah'smother Michael

Story Charac

t

e

rs

Justin Hannah's father Michael's mother Owen Evan

A woman in the street

Conte

nts

Before Reading vi

_

No skateboard

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BEFORE READING

1 Hannah wants to be a skateboarder. In the story, all of these people help her. What do they do?

Hannah'smother and father Owen A woman in the street

Michael

Justin Evan

Match these sentences with the pictures and write the names. a Hehelps her to skateboard better.

b Hegivesher a helmet forherhead.

c .. Hegoes tothe skateparkwith her. d ... They give a skateboard toher.

e .. Hannahchanges after shewatches him.

f She smilesat Hannah and says,'Don't stop:

2 In this story, two people learn to do new things. Who are they? What do they learn to do?

Ii

---pe",,

_

n

_

I

_

learn

_

s

to "._

Chapter

J -

No skateboard

Ne

ar Hannah's

hous

e

th

e

re

's

a new skatepark

,

A

lot of

y

oung p

e

ople in th

e

to

w

n go ther

e

after school

w

ith

t

h

e

ir skateboards.

Thes

e

da

ys

H

a

nnah often go

e

s

t

her

e w

ith her cousin

Justin. Justin goes to school with her. Hannah doesn

'

t

like school ver

y

much

,

or getting up early. She' s always

l

a

te.

A

nd she do

e

sn

'

t ha

v

e m

a

n

y

fri

e

nds. But

w

ith

t

h

e

n

ew s

ka

te

p

a

rk

,

sh

e

'

s s

udd

en

l

y very

in

te

r

este

d in

s

k

ate

b

oa

rdi

ng

.

Th

e

o

nl

y t

h

ing is

-

Hannah

has no

sk

a

te

bo

ard

!

skatepark a placewhere peoplecan skateboard school students learnhere skateboard a board with little wheelsthatcan movefast; togoon askateboard cousin theson (ordaughter) of yourmother's (or father's)sister(or brother)

(4)

falloff 10 qOdOW,II,O,1I 'OIIH'llrlllq ',illlill'llIy trl k d(ll'wI Wdy Ollllovllltj 011 d',k,lIl'hodlil Jump te1110VC \ilddl'lIly 110mon pl.1( la adifferent plac ;wh nyou move suddenly from one place to

a different place birthday the

daywhen someone is a

yearolder maybe perhaps

Sometimes

[ustin

asks Han

n

a

h

,

'

Hey

,

do you want to

get on my skate

b

oa

r

d?' So

s

h

e

d

oes - b

u

t not for

l

ong

.

She

d

oesn't want to fall

o

ff

i

n

f

r

ont o

f

eve

r

y

b

ody

.

So

u

s

u

a

ll

y she watches the s

k

ate

b

oa

rd

e

r

s.

Owen

i

s fifteen.

He's

a good skate

b

oar

d

er

.

He can

d

o

a l

ot

of

t

rick

s.

'

1 lo

ve

Ow

e

n

'

s

s

kat

e

boardin

g,

'

Ha

nn

a

h

think

s

.

'

1

want to

jump

an

d d

o t

ri

cks

,

too.'

'W

h

y

don

't

y

ou ha

ve

a

s

k

a

t

e

b

o

ard

, Ha

n

n

a

h

?'

Ju

st

in

as

k

s

h

e

r

.

'

It

'

s

a new th

i

ng

f

or me

-

skate

b

oarding

,'

Hannah

answers. Then she

th

in

ks,

'

My birthday

'

s

coming.

Ma

yb

e 1

c

an t

al

k

to

M

om

a

nd

Da

d

.'

READING CHECK

Are these sentences true or false? Tick the boxes.

True False

a Thenew skatepark isnearHannah'sschool.

b Hannahis Justin'scousin. e Hannahhas a lot offriends. d Hannah

doesnt

have a skateboard. e Justin

doesn

t

have askateboard.

f Hannahdoesn'twant to falloff. 9 Hannah loves Owen's skateboarding. h ItisJustin'sbirthday soon.

o

¡

g

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

GUESS WHAT

What happens in the next chapter? Tick two boxes in

a,

b and c.

a For her birthday,Hannah has lOa skateboard.

2 O a schoolbag. 3 O something towear. b Hannah's olderbrother Evan ..

1 O laughsather.

2 O gives something nicetoher. 3 O is angry with her.

c Theweekend afterherbirthday,Hannah 1

O

laughs at Owen.

2

O

falls off herskateboard. 3

O

leavestheskatepark.

(5)

present something that yougive to someone grades the numbers or letters thatteachers give to schoolwork to show when it is good orbad honey something thatyou sayto someone youlove helmet ahard hat that people

wear whenthey skateboard

awesome very

good

Chapter Z - 600d

grades, better presents

On Hannah's

birthday

morning,

she opens her

presents.

There's a big present from her mother and

father. Hannah opens

i

t

fi

r

st, excitedly

.

'Wow!'

she cries

.

'A skate

b

oard! Thanks!

'

'

We

ll

,

your schoo

l

grades

are good,

Hannah,

,

her

mot

h

er says

.

'And it is you

r bi

rthday

... So hap

p

y

b

i

rth

d

ay,

honey!'

'

Now open that present

,

'

h

er

f

at

h

er says.

'It's f

r

om

Evan

.

'

Hannah opens

i

t

.

It' s a helmet.

'Awesome

!

'

Hannah

cr

i

es. But her older brot

h

er,

Evan,

l

a

u

ghs.

'You

l

ike watching skateboarding v

i

deos, 1know,

,

he

says.

'But do you

.

..

er

...

skateboard?'

'Yes, 1 do,' Hannah

says hotly, 'sometimes

-

on

[ustin's skateboard!

And 1 have

my

skateboard now.

So 1can do more

.

'

'

Can you jump

,

or do tricks?'

Evan asks.

'Can you go

fast and stay on?

'

'Du

h

!

'

Hannah answers he

r b

rother angri

l

y.

'

What

dumb q

u

estions!

'

'Evan,

honey,

please,'

the

ir

mother

says.

'It's

Hannah

'

s birthday

.

'

'01(

,

'

Evan says.

That

weekend

,

Hannah takes her new skateboard to

the skatepark with

Justin. There aren

'

t many

people

(6)

ground wewalk

onthis

awful verybad

'

OK!

Let

'

s

go

,'

Justin

says

.

T

h

e

two

cous

i

ns

b

egi

n

s

k

ateboard

i

ng

.

J

u

st

i

n

d

oes a t

ri

ck.

Hannah

skate

bo

ar

d

s

u

p and

d

own.

'

May

b

e

1 ca

n

jum

p

now

,'

she t

hi

nks. S

h

e goes faste

r.

T

h

e

n

s

h

e

jump

s

- bu

t s

h

e

f

a

ll

s

off h

e

r

s

k

ate

b

oar

d

.

W

h

e

n

Ha

n

nah is on t

h

e

g

r

o

un

d

,

s

om

e

bod

y

l

a

u

g

hs.

'

Oh

,

n

o! T

h

ey

'

re

l

a

u

g

hing at m

e

!

T

hi

s is

a

w

ful!

'

s

he

t

hinks. Sh

e get

s up qui

c

kl

y

.

'

I

'

m goin

g

,

' s

h

e te

ll

s

Ju

st

in

,

and

s

he l

eaves.

Just th

e

n

,

O

we

n

a

rri

ves

with hi

s f

ri

e

nd

s

.

T

h

ey'

r

e

l

a

ughing at

a

pi

ct

u

re

of Owen o

n

hi

s

phon

e

.

But

Han

n

a

h

's

f

a

r

away

now.

'N

o mor

e

sk

ate

b

oa

rd

i

ng

for me!

'

sh

e

think

s

.

READING CHECK

Choose the correct words to complete these sentences.

a

Hannahhasherbirthday presents in

t

he

(

[fi

orn

i®;

>

' evening

.

b Herschoolgrades are

bad / good

now. c The helmet is from her

mother / brother

.

d Hannah goes to the skatepark with

Justin / Owen

.

e When Hannahjumps at the skatepark,she

f

a

l

l

s

/ /

a

u

gh

s

.

f Hannah says,Tm

going /

cryinq'

9 Owen'sfriends are laughing at a picture of

Hannah

/

O

w

en.

h Hannah

n

eve

r

/ a/w

a

ys

wantsto skateboard again.

GUESS WHAT

What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes.

a Justin

1

O

goesto the skatepark.

2

O

staysat homewith his family. b Hannah. 1

O

sitsinthe sun. 2

O

falls off her skateboardagain. c A baby boy . , 1

O

islearning towalk. 2

O

islearning to speak.

(7)

air thespace above and around things park abig gardenthat is openloeveryone tovisit

bench you ean sit on thisin a garden or park

Chapler

J - first

steps

The next day

,

[ustin stays at home with his family. But

Hannah walks past the skatepark

.

A lot of people are

doing tricks.

'1 can't skateboard there now,

'

Hannah thinks

.

She

watches Owen on his skateboard. He goes up in the

air and comes down again.

'He's awesome

,

' Hannah thinks. And I'm awful

.

'

She leaves the skatepark

,

and begins to walk home

through the park.

The sun is hot

.

Hannah sits down on one of the park

benches. The sun is in her eyes. So she closes them.

When she apens her ey

es a

gain

,

she sees a young

woman near h

e

r. She is sit

t

ing on the grass with h

e

r

baby boy

.

The little boy is trying to stand.

'

Goad

boy, Micha

e

l

,

'

his mother says

.

'Stand up now.

Yes, that

'

s right!

'

Michael stands up slowly

.

He takes one little step

and falls down

.

'

Come on

,

now, Michael!' his mother says. 'Don't

cry

.

Try again

.

'

Michael stops crying

and laughs.

He takes his

mother

'

s hand

,

and stands up ag

a

in

.

'

Good bo

y,

M

icha

e

l

,

'

his m

othe

r

s

ay

s.

Michael sits down sudd

en

ly

.

H

e

laughs

, a

nd

c1aps

his hands happily

.

grass it isgreen;

gardens and fields havea lotof iton theground baby avery youngchild try to begin to dosomething thatyoucan't doverywell step when you move from one footto the other fall down togo down suddenly ontothe ground clap tohit your hands together to show that you like something

(8)

Hanna

h

watc

h

es

the

m

f

or

f

i

ve

mi

n

u

tes

.

M

i

chae

l

s

t

ands

up

a

nd f

a

ll

s

do

wn, aga

in

a

nd

agai

n.

'

Tr

y

aga

in,

M

ich

ae

l

,'

hi

s mo

th

e

r

says

.

'He

do

es

n

't

st

op f

a

llin

g

.

B

u

t

i

t

d

o

e

sn

'

t

ma

t

ter,'

Ha

n

nah

t

hi

nks

.

'He gets

up

a

nd

t

r

ies a

g

a

i

n

-

ti

m

e

after t

ime.

A

nd

h

e's

no mor

e t

h

a

n

a

b

a

b

y.'

practice when

you dosomething

manytimes sothat youcandoitwell

Hanna

h l

eaves t

h

e park an

d

wa

lk

s

h

o

me

.

Sh

e

think

s

a

b

o

u

t

b

a

b

y M

i

chael.

'OK,' she says,

'I nee

d

so

m

e

mo

re

s

k

ate

b

oa

r

d

practice.

But where ca

n I

g

o for t

ha

t

?'

READING CHECK

Match the characters from Chapter 3 with the sentences.

a b

e

d

e

,4: f

~

,

,-- 9 h

Michael Michael's mother

Justin Owen

.

.

J.lAsti

.

Y.\

..

stays at home.

..thinks, Tm awful'

...goesup inthe air and comesdown again.

... is sitting on the grasswith her baby.

.. ... takes his mother's hand.

.. . ... ... .. says,'Tryaqain'

claps hishands.

..thinks about babyMichael when shewalks home. ... needs some more skateboard practice.

GUESS WHAT

What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. a Hannah finds aparking lot near her house.

b She does skateboard practice there in the morning. c She finds no carsin the parking lotwhen shevisitsit.

d Whenshe first tries jumping, she falls off herskateboard.

e Awoman on a bicyclelaughs atHannah.

f Somedayslater, Hannah jumps and doesn'tfall off.

9 Thatevening, Hannah tellshermother about her practice.

h Hannah is very happy when Evan comes in.

Hannah Ves No

o

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

o

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

(9)

alone with nobody block anumber of buildings together with streets all roundthem parking lot people leavetheir carshere

-Claapter

11-

Practice, practice, practice

'

Hmm. Let

'

s see. Th

e

skatepark

'

s

no good

,

'

Hannah

thinks.

'

I want to do my practice alone.

'

That ev

e

ning

,

she goes for a wa

l

k, Two blocks from

h

e

r

house there

'

s an office

b

u

il

ding. At half past f

i

ve

,

every

b

ody

i

n

i

t goes

h

o

m

e

.

The

y

dr

i

ve a

ll

t

h

e

i

r cars

o

u

t of the

p

a

r

k

ín

g lot. 'Hey

,

I

can skateboa

r

d

h

ere!

'

Han

n

ah thinks

.

T

h

e ne

x

t evening

,

she takes her s

k

ate

b

oar

d

and

he

l

met with her.

'I'm going out for some skateboard practice

,'

she

t

ell

s

h

er mother.

S

h

e skateboards to the

p

ark

i

ng

l

ot

o

There are no

c

ar

s there. First

,

she s

k

at

ebo

a

rd

s s

l

ow

l

y. She is a

lo

ne,

a

nd n

o

b

ody

i

s watch

i

ng

.

'

T

h

is

i

s awesome!

'

she t

hin

ks

.

After an hour

,

she

goes

h

ome.

S

h

e skatebcards

most even

i

ngs. Soon she can go

fast

.

One e

v

ening

,

sh

e

tr

i

es jumping. She skateboards

ac

r

oss the park

i

ng

l

ot, and

j

umps. Suddenly

,

she is on

t

h

e g

ro

und.

A woman

i

s go

i

ng past on a

bic

yc

l

e. She sees Hanna

h

o

n

t

he

gro

und

, and sm

il

es

a

t

h

er

.

'B

a

d

lu

ck.' s

h

e ca

ll

s, 'T

r

y a

g

a

i

n

.

'

So

H

anna

h

tries once m

or

e - a

nd f

a

ll

s

off h

e

r

skate

b

oard aga

i

n

.

S

h

e

l

a

u

g

h

s, gets

up

, an

d

goes

h

ome

.

Two

d

ays

l

ater

,

Hannah is

b

ac

k i

n t

h

e

p

arking

l

o

t

o

S

h

e j

ump

s aga

i

n. T

h

is t

im

e s

h

e

d

o

e

s

n

't fa

l

l of

f

.

bad luck you say thiswhen something bad happensto somebody 13

(10)

A

t

h

o

me

t

h

at even

in

g

,

her mother

says,

'

You

'

re

h

a

pp

y a

b

o

u

t somet

hi

ng,

honey! Tell me. What

i

s it?

'

'

We

ll

..

.

,

'

Hannah

beg

i

ns,

'

don

'

t

l

aug

h

,

OK

?'

'OK.

'

"I'he

practice is he

l

p

i

ng

.

1 can do good

skateboard

jump

s

n

ow

.

Uh

.

.

.

us

u

a

ll

y.'

"

I'hat'

s wo

n

derf

ul

,

ho

ney!

'

Ju

st t

h

en

,

Evan comes

in.

'

Oh

,

no

!

' Hanna

h

t

hink

s. 'What

d

o es

h

e want?

'

9 Aftertwo days,Hannahcan always dogood skateboard jumps.

READING CHECK

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

o.\oY\e

a Hannah wants to doskateboard practicewi.t:h REr fl iel rd5: b There areno carsin the parking lot before half past five.

e Hannah walks tothe parking lot

d A woman ona skateboard smilesatHannah.

e She says,'Good luck'to her.

f When Hannah falls off again, she críes.

h Hannahistalking to hermother when Evangoes out

GUESS WHAT

e

O

Evan skateboards at theskatepark.

d

O

Alotofpeople visitthe skatepark in theearlymorninq

e

O

Evan helps Hannah with a good idea.

f

O

Hannahsometimes arriveslate at

sc

h

oo

l

.

What happens in the next chapter? Tick three sentences.

a

O

Evan doesn't talk to Hannah. b

O

Hannah has alot of bruíses.

9

O

Hannahneverthinks about baby Mi~~a.eL_' h

O

Justin tellsHannahabout'GoSkateboarding Day'.

(11)

Chapter

5 - Up

ear1v

'

He

y! How's yo

u

r new skate

b

oa

rd

?' Evan asks Ha

nn

a

h

nice

l

y.

T

h

e

i

r mother sm

il

es at t

hi

s

.

T

h

en she q

ui

ck

l

y

l

eaves

t

h

e

r

o

o

m.

'

Oh

,

i

t

'

s

n

ot

b

a

d

,'

H

a

nnah an

swers,

'

and the

h

e

lm

et'

s

awe

som

e, too

.

B

u

t

1ha

ve

a lo

t o

f b

r

ui

ses

n

ow

.

Look

.

'

E

v

an loo

ks at t

h

e

brui

s

e

s a

ll o

ve

r h

e

r

ar

m

s an

d

l

e

g

s.

'

O

u

c

h!

'

he says

.

'

So do

yo

u

s

k

ate

b

oar

d

at

th

e

s

k

ate

p

ark now?'

'No,' Hannah

answe

r

s

.

"I

'

here are always a

l

ot of

people

there

.

B

ut

1 wa

nt

t

o

g

o u

p t

h

e walls. 1 wa

n

t to

tu

rn in th

e air, too

.

'

bruise a dark markonyourskin thatcomes after something hitsit wall something strong and thick thatyoucan goup on askateboard turn tomove round 16

'We

ll

,

1 go p

ast t

h

e sk

at

e

park

every

d

ay w

h

e

n 1

g

o

to

w

ork

.

T

h

e

r

e

'

s no

b

o

d

y

there in

t

h

e ear

l

y

morning

,

'

Eva

n

says.

'Eva

n

! That's an awes

o

me

id

ea!

'

Hannah

cr

i

es

.

'

1

can go t

h

ere before schoo

l

.

T

h

anks

.

'

Next

d

ay

,

Hannah

gets

up

at six o

'

c

l

ock

.

S

h

e

s

ka

te

bo

a

rd

s

f

or an

h

o

u

r

b

e

for

e schoo

l

.

'T

h

ís

i

s won

d

e

rful!

'

h

e

r moth

e

r

says a wee

k

l

ate

r.

'H

annah

'

s

up

ea

rl

y eve

r

y

morning th

ese

da

ys.

She

's

n

eve

r lat

e

for

sc

hool n

o

w!

'

So

m

e

tim

es Hanna

h

i

s

tired in

t

h

e m

or

n

ing

.

B

ut

then s

h

e remem

b

e

r

s

b

a

by

M

ich

ae

l

.

'B

ab

i

es get

up

ear

l

y, , s

h

e t

hink

s

.

'So 1 can get

up

ea

rl

y, t

oo

.

'

idea something

thatyouthink

(12)

¡

GO

sR

A TIIlOA

ROIH

~

DAy!

t

J

On

e

S

a

turday aft

e

rnoon

,

her cousin

Justin calls her

on

t

h

e

phone.

'

H

ey, H

annah

,

are

y

ou coming tomorro

w

?

'

C

oming where

?

What

'

s tomorro

w

?'

'

It

'

s [une 2 pt -

'

Go

Skateboardíng Day

'

.

People all

around the world are skat

e

boardíng,

I

'

rn going to

the skatepark with all my friends

.

Come with us.

'

'

OK!

'

Hannah

says

,

'

S

e

e you there

.

'

'

Don

't

forget

y

our

s

k

a

tebo

a

rd

,'

Justin sa

ys

.

'

[us

t

in

,

don

'

t b

e

du

m

b

,

'

H

a

nna

h

a

ns

we

r

s

.

around allrhe wayround world people live inalar ofdifferenr counrries here

READING CHECK

Choosethe correct words to complete these sentences.

a Evan asks about Hannah's

grad

es

/

r¡¡¡¡t

e

b

o

a

@

b Hannahlikesher

helme

t

/ bru

i

ses.

c Hannahwantsto go

u

p

/

o

v

e

r

thewalls onherskateboard. d Evangoes past the skateparkwhen he goes to

s

c

h

oo

l

/ w

ork.

e Hannah gets up at

six / eigh

t

o'clock.

f Sometimes Hannah is

h

un

g

r

y /

tir

e

d

in the morning.

9 'GoSkateboarding Day'is on

J

u

ne /

August

21st.

h Justin calls Hannah on the

radio

/

phone.

'Don't be

dumb / late;

HannahsaystoJustin.

GUESS WHAT

r

I

I

I

Gil SllftrmoAIDIRG DAy!

,

I

1/1,/::' 'Jl" (

¡

o r.ns: _~J.,

.

J

Hannah Justin Michael Owen

What happens in the next chapter? Complete each sentence with the correct name.

a . goes tothe skatepark with her skateboard.

b She sees. ... . there with his friends.

c does a tough trick.

d falls off his skateboard.

e asks,'How do you dothattrick?'

f ...says,

Youre

a realskateboarder now'

9 .walks home through the parkwith Hannah.

h walks acrossthe grassto his mother . ... asksabout babyMichael.

(13)

I

Claapter

& -

JI

reo' shateboarder

It's

[

une 21st

.

Ha

nnah

find

s

h

e

r

s

k

ate

b

oa

rd

a

n

d

h

e

lm

et

.

T

h

e

n

s

h

e g

o

es to t

h

e s

k

ate

p

ark

.

S

h

e's exc

i

te

d.

'Ca

n

1

do

t

hi

s

?'

s

h

e

think

s.

'

H

mmm

.

1

d

on

'

t

kn

ow

.

Bu

t

1

ca

n

t

r

y

!

'

A

t th

e s

k

ate

p

ar

k

,

H

a

nnah

see

s Ju

st

i

n w

i

t

h

s

om

e

friend

s. S

h

e g

o

es ove

r

t

o th

e

m.

'

He

y

, H

a

nn

a

h

,

'

Ju

st

in

s

a

ys

.

'Watc

h

t

hi

s

. O

we

n

's

doin

g a very t

ough tríck

.

'

Ow

e

n

goes

up

t

h

e w

all and

t

urn

s

.

He

go

es very

h

igh. Every

b

o

d

y st

ops and

wa

t

c

h

es

.

'Wow!

' Han

n

a

h

says. '

He

's awesome

.

'

tough noteasy high farup from the ground

Owen

d

oes a d

i

f

f

erent tríck now

.

It's an easy trick

,

but th

i

s t

i

me

h

e

f

al

I

s off his skateboard. He walks past

Hannah and smi

l

es at her

.

'

Ever

y

bod

y

fa

l

Is off sometimes,

'

Owen says

.

'

Sure,

'

Hannah a

n

swers.

'

How

d

o yo

u

do t

h

at t

ri

ck

?

1

want to

l

earn

i

t

.

'

'

P

u

t your r

i

g

h

t foot

h

e

r

e,

'

Owen te

lI

s her. 'T

h

e

n

push w

i

t

h

yo

u

r

l

ef

t f

oot

.

'

O

we

n h

e

lp

s Ha

n

na

h

w

i

t

h

t

he t

ri

ck

.

'

OK

,

'

Hannah says

.

'1

need some more pract

i

ce with

t

hat

,

but thanks.'

'Y

ou

'

re a

r

eal

s

kateboarder

now

, Ha

nnah

,

'

Justin

te

lIs her quietIy after that

.

sure when you

wantto sayyes' lo somebody, you

saythis

push to move

something away from you

real true

---._--

--

--~

(14)

Later, Hannah and Justin walk home through the

park.

Hannah sees baby

Michael

again. He

is walking

across the

grass to his mother. This

time

he

doesn'

t

take

her hand, and he do

e

sn

'

t f

all down.

'H

ello,

'

says Hannah. She smiles at him.

'Can you do it again?' says

Michae

l

's mother. The

baby laughs and claps his hands.

'Again!'he says.

And he stands up.

Justin and Hannah wa

l

k away.

'Who's that?'

Justin asks.

'Now? Oh,

a little baby

,

' Hannah answers, '

but

maybe

one day

a

really

good

skateboarder!'

READING CHECK

Putthe sentences in order. Number them 1-10.

a

O

Owen falls down.

b

O

Hannah smiles at baby Michael. c

O

Owen smiles atHannah.

d

O

Hannah goes to the skatepark.

e

O

Baby Michael says,'Againl'and

stands up.

f

O

Owen helps Hannah with thetrick.

9

O

Owen does a tough trick.

h

O

Hannah meets Justin.

O

Hannah andJustin walkhometogether.

I

T

l

Hannah takes herskateboardand helmet

2 Match the firstand second parts of these sentences.

a Hannah is excited b She seesJustin

c When Owen goes up the wall, d Owen's trickis easy,

e Owen tells Hannah

f Hannah needs more practice 9 Justin saysto Hannah, h Baby Michael's mother says,

Michael claps his hands

1 with the new trick.

2 everybody stops and watches.

3 whenshe goestotheskatepark.

4 'Put your right foot here:

5 andstands up.

6 'You're a real skateboardernow' 7 with some ofhisfriends. 8 'Canyoudo it aqain?'

(15)

cmmt

Chanq

e

s

in people

1 Complete this text about Hannah with the words in the box.

a skateboardand a helmet alwayslate for school doesn't have askateboard

fallsoff her skateboard grades are better

hasmore practice on herskateboard sees baby Michaél in the park

teaches anew trick to her

When the storybegins,Hannah isa) She isinterested inskateboarding, but sheb) Aftersheworksharder

atschool,here) .. . . .... Onher birthday, she has

d). . ... . . . . from hermother, father andbrother.

One dayatthe skateparkshee) .. . 'No more skateboarding for me"shesays.

The change in her happens when shef). .. .... .... . ... ... ... . .. He falls

down, but hegets upand tries again.

Later,Hannahg).. ... ..... . ... . .. . .... . . ..... in a parking lot.Whenshe falls off it,

she triesagain.Soonshecan jump andturno

Inthe end,Hannah skateboards at theskatepark with all the skateboarders.Owen

h) She isa real skateboarder nowl

2 HowdoesHannah's brother Evan ehange in the story? Usethese notesto write a text about him on page 25. When / story / begin/ Evan/ not be nice/ to Hannah/.

He/ give/ present / to her, but he / ask / dumb questions /. Hannah/ be angry / with him /. Thechange / happen / when/ mother / say /

nor

be / awfultoHannah' /.

Later / Evan/ ask/ Hannah/about / skateboarding /.

Soon / he/ be looking / at/ bruises and/ talking /about / skateboard practice /.

In the end/ Evan/ have / good idea.He / tell/ sister/do/ practice /in / skatepark before school/.

24

3 How do these people ehange in the story? Choose one of them.

Write notes in the box.

Owen Michael Justin

When the story begins

The ehange happens when Later

In the end

4 Write a text about your eharaeter from your notes. Use the texts in 1 and 2 to helpyou.

(16)

~

An important day

1 Read this text about 'Go Skateboarding Day' and complete the table below.

'Go Skateboarding Day' happenson June21steveryyear.The

home of 'Go Skateboarding Day' is California, in theUnited States.

Now you can find it in Brazil,China, France,Poland, Portugal,and

many more countries.

On thisday,skateboardersmeeton the streets and in

skateparks.Why dothey come? Becausethey want to skateboard

together. Often people watch the skateboarders andgive mone

y-fornew skateparks, orfor children's homes or old people's homes. Some skateboarders wear a 'GoSkateboarding Day' T-shirt

When they are skateboarding, they meet old skateboarding friends

and make new friends.AIIaround the world, skateboarders can't

wait for 'Go Skateboarding Day'l

m,,;::;§!¡i VIfl;! K, ".

Whenis'Go Skateboarding Day'7 Whereisitshome? -, -,

(T).)

....:

.

....

.

'

~-,:!::::. )

... : ": :

{::

.

.

.

.

¡

:

.... ....

...

/",:;.:> '<,

Inwhich countries can you find it now?

Where do people meet? Whydo they come? What dopeople oftengivemoneyfor onthis day? What dosome skateboarders wear? Whodoskateboardersmeet?

2 Read the notes about 'World RunDay~and complete the texto

When is'World Run Day'7 early November

Where is its home7 Long Beach, New York, the United State s

In which countries can youfindit now7 Afghanistan, Australia, India, UK,and more

Where dopeople rneet? streets, parks

Why do they come? want to run together

What do people give money for on thisday? sick people, people without homes

Whatdo some runners wear? 'World Run Day'T-shirt

Who do runners meet? old running friends

'World Run Day' is in every year.Thehome of'World Run Day'

is. . in the Now you can

find itin

... and many more countries.

On this day, runnersmeet on. . .. .. ..and in Why

dothey come? Because they. . .. Often people watch

the runners and give money - for or for .

Somerunners weara. . When people are

running, they can meet. ... . . . .. . . . ..and makenew ones. AII

aroundthe world, runners

cant

wait for 'World Run Day'1

3 Now find out about another world day and write about it.

World Snowboard

D

,

oy - Dece_mber 18th

J

International

SurJing

Doy -

June 21st

J

(17)

WORDWORKl

1 Find words from Chapters 1 and 2 to match the pictures.

a .

s.ko

.

.

+epC\r

.

:K

.

d . b .

e

.

.

.

c

f .

2 Match a word or phrase from the box with the underlined words in each sentence.

awesome awful birthday cousin dumb grades ~

a Owen can do interesting things on his skateboard. . ..

t

r

.

iC

ks

.

.

b JustinisHannah'smother's brother's son. . .

c Hannahwaits forher daywhen sheisayear older.

d Hannah workswellat schooland getsgood numbers from herteachers . e WhenHannahfallsoff herskateboard,shethinks.'Thisis verybad'

f The skateboard andhelmet are very good presents.

9 Evan'squestions are notvery good, Hannahthinks .

28

WORDWORK2

These words don't match the pictures. Correct them.

~

~~)'~

,~

~)~{

~

1\ 1,'

a

ssep

.

.

.

.

bench

.

.

e park b parkinglot c baby 9 bench

2 Complete the sentences with words from Chapters 3 and 4.

a Hannahwants to skateboard al 0'0e.

b Hannahneedsmore __ a__ i_e on herskateboard.

c Owencango up in the__ rand comedown again.

d Michael'smother says,'Michael, __ y aqain.

e The woman on the bicycle says,'_'a_ _u__ ' when Hannah falls off. f The office building istwo b_o_k _from Hannah'shouse.

f falldown

d clap.

h grass

(18)

WORDWORK3

1 Find words from Chapters 5 and 6 in the skateboards tomatch the pictures.

~

~

~

a

.

.

..

bru

i

se

..

b .............. ,.

e

..................

~

~

~

~

d ..................

e

......•........ f .

.

.

~

...

2 Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

a+ettI'T'Ct high real sure tough

a 'Go Skateboarding Day' happens onJune21st all.. o..r.-OtA.V\d .. the world.

b Very good skateboarders cando ...tricks.

c Hannahcan dotríckslShe'sa skateboarder now.

d Owencanjump.. .... in theair on hisskateboard.

e !'answersHannah when Owensays,'Everybody falls off sornetimes.

GRAMMAR

CHECK

There is and there are

We usethere isandthere areto talk about things and people in a place.

We usethere is(orthere's) with a singular noun, andthere arewith a plural noun. There'sa bigpresentfrom hermother and fatheron the table.

Therearesomepeopleat the skatepark.

Negative forms arethere lsn't andthere aren't. Thereisn't

a

ear in the park, and there

aten:

any bicycles.

Complete the sentences with

there

ls,

there are, there isn't

or

there aren

'

t.

a Near Hannah's house...

+nere

is

.

..

a newskatepark.

b some trees near the skatepark.

c .. any girlskateboarders at the skatepark.

d ..askateboard under Justin's armoCan you see ir?

e .oneskateboarderin the air, and everybody's looking at him.

f Attheskatepark,... . ... any cars.

9 ..asmile on Hannah's face when shefalls down.

h some skateboarders on the walls.

. . a baby ona skateboard.Don't bedurnbl

(19)

GRAMMAR

CHECK

Possessive adjectives

Weusepossessive adjectives to say who something belongs to.

Hannah thinks, 'Mybirthday's coming soon.'

Therearepossessive adjectives forthe different personal pronouns.

singular plural

my we our

you your you your

he his they their

she her

it its

2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

Her his Its My Our their Their yetrr your

a

E

v

a

n

..

'

..

..

~Ql.(r. ideais

a

w

e

s

o

r

n

e:

b Thishelmet is nice . colours are

a

w

es

or

ne

.

too. . e ' momreallylistens to me; Hannah thinks. d 'LookatOwen. Ilove .

ska

t

eboa

r

dmq.

e Tmsorryfor Hannah . bruisesareterrible:

f 'WatchOwen and his friends.

. . . ... . . .tricks are really veryqood.

g 'Hey,Hannah, new

skateboardis awesorne!'

h daughter has very good

qrades,Hannah's Mom and Dadthink.

'Evanand Hannah arewith .

cousin Justin,Hannahsmomsays.

32

GRAMMAR

CHECK

Time clauses with before, after, and when

Wecan put before, after andwhen clauses at the start of the sentence or atthe end. Whenatime clause goes first in a sentence, weput a comma (,) after it.

Betote

Hannah goes to school, she does some skateboarding practice.

Hannah does some skateboarding practice

beiote

she qoes to schoo/.

AfterEvan comes into the kitchen, his mother goes out.

His mother goes out of the kitchenafterEvan comes in.

WhenEvan goes to work,he goes pastthe skatepark.

Evan goés post the skateparkwhenheqoes to work.

Thelinker before links alateraction with an earlier action; after links an earlier action with alater action; when linkstwo actions near in time. Often with when, thefirst action is the reasonfor the second action.

3 Complete the sentences with before, after and when.

a

Vlhe

.

v:\

Hannahgets on Justin's skateboard, she doesn'tstay on it for long.

b Hannah'sbirthdayarrives,she talkstoher mother and father.

e sheopensthepresentfrom hermotherand father,Hannah opens Evan's

presenttoher.

d Evanasksdumb questions, Hannah isangry with him.

e Hannah isexcited shetakes her newskateboard to the skatepark.

f Hannahsits down on a bench. . sheleavestheskatepark.

9 .Michaelfalls over,he gets upagain.

h .Hannah tellshermother allabout her practice, she ssys.Dont lauqh. .Justin callshiscousin,hetellsher about'Go SkateboardingDa/ Everybody stops andwatches Owendoeshis trick .

-

-.

_

---

-

-

-_

._~

.

--..

----

.

--.

.-33

(20)

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