Workbook Solutions: Story Writing with Roald Dahl | Year 3 English IGCSE (Cambridge) PDF Download

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1  Story writing with Roald Dahl
1.1 Setting the scene
1 Nouns: mountain, butterfly, book, office, 
rabbit, shirt, rain, computer. 
Adjectives: interesting, beautiful, young, happy, 
clever, sharp, blue.
2 Learners’ own setting ideas with appropriate 
nouns and adjectives.
3 Learners’ own pictures with appropriate nouns 
and adjectives labelling the picture.
1.2 Looking at a setting
1 Following words circled: bricks, roof, chimney, 
windows, window, sheet, newspaper, upstairs, 
place, path, wilderness, nettles, thorns, grass
2 Old, crumbly, pale, red, slate, one, small, two, 
little, front, larger, side, long, brown
3  human d w elling    a wild area
 slate      to hold something 
closely
 wilderness     very big, huge
 embracing       a grey rock used to 
make a roof
 enormous     a place where people 
live
1.3 Building a picture with words
1 Learners’ answers could include: 
house: mouse, louse, douse 
round: pound, sound, found 
would: could, should 
mouth: south 
loud: proud, cloud
3 Learners’ answers could include: 
I should tie my shoelaces before I trip up. 
We would like to play football after school. 
Could I borrow your ruler please? 
Please can I go out with my friends? 
You look very happy. 
What is your name?
1.4 Writing a setting
1 Possible answers: 
Same: there is a shopping centre; both have 
cars; both have people. 
Different: in one picture (A) it is sunny and in 
the other picture it is not (B); there are lots of 
people in Picture A but not in Picture B; one 
car has a window open in Picture A but not 
in Picture B; there is an umbrella in Picture B 
but not in Picture A.
2 Possible adjectives for Picture A: hot, sunny, 
busy, warm, happy  
Possible adjectives for Picture B: cold, wet, 
gloomy, dull, cloudy. 
3 Possible answers: 
Picture A 
It is a sunny day. The sky is blue so everyone 
feels happy. Some people are arriving. They are 
feeling cheerful as they walk towards the mall. 
Others have spent a busy time in the shops. 
They look tired as they walk back to their cars. 
Picture B 
It is a gloomy day. There is a thunder storm. 
The sky is grey so everyone feels miserable.  
The people who are arriving are feeling cross as 
they walk towards the mall. Other people are 
leaving. They look unhappy as they hurry back 
to their cars.
2  
When ou sounds like 
the oo in stood
When ou sounds like 
the ou in mouse
When ou sounds like 
the oo in too
When ou sounds like 
the ow in cow
would house through our
could shout you hour
should about cloud
out count
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1  Story writing with Roald Dahl
1.1 Setting the scene
1 Nouns: mountain, butterfly, book, office, 
rabbit, shirt, rain, computer. 
Adjectives: interesting, beautiful, young, happy, 
clever, sharp, blue.
2 Learners’ own setting ideas with appropriate 
nouns and adjectives.
3 Learners’ own pictures with appropriate nouns 
and adjectives labelling the picture.
1.2 Looking at a setting
1 Following words circled: bricks, roof, chimney, 
windows, window, sheet, newspaper, upstairs, 
place, path, wilderness, nettles, thorns, grass
2 Old, crumbly, pale, red, slate, one, small, two, 
little, front, larger, side, long, brown
3  human d w elling    a wild area
 slate      to hold something 
closely
 wilderness     very big, huge
 embracing       a grey rock used to 
make a roof
 enormous     a place where people 
live
1.3 Building a picture with words
1 Learners’ answers could include: 
house: mouse, louse, douse 
round: pound, sound, found 
would: could, should 
mouth: south 
loud: proud, cloud
3 Learners’ answers could include: 
I should tie my shoelaces before I trip up. 
We would like to play football after school. 
Could I borrow your ruler please? 
Please can I go out with my friends? 
You look very happy. 
What is your name?
1.4 Writing a setting
1 Possible answers: 
Same: there is a shopping centre; both have 
cars; both have people. 
Different: in one picture (A) it is sunny and in 
the other picture it is not (B); there are lots of 
people in Picture A but not in Picture B; one 
car has a window open in Picture A but not 
in Picture B; there is an umbrella in Picture B 
but not in Picture A.
2 Possible adjectives for Picture A: hot, sunny, 
busy, warm, happy  
Possible adjectives for Picture B: cold, wet, 
gloomy, dull, cloudy. 
3 Possible answers: 
Picture A 
It is a sunny day. The sky is blue so everyone 
feels happy. Some people are arriving. They are 
feeling cheerful as they walk towards the mall. 
Others have spent a busy time in the shops. 
They look tired as they walk back to their cars. 
Picture B 
It is a gloomy day. There is a thunder storm. 
The sky is grey so everyone feels miserable.  
The people who are arriving are feeling cross as 
they walk towards the mall. Other people are 
leaving. They look unhappy as they hurry back 
to their cars.
2  
When ou sounds like 
the oo in stood
When ou sounds like 
the ou in mouse
When ou sounds like 
the oo in too
When ou sounds like 
the ow in cow
would house through our
could shout you hour
should about cloud
out count
2
4 Possible answers:
 1 beautiful  2 cheerful
 3 sandy   4 joyful 
 5 warm  6 delicious
 7 thrilled    8 wonderful
1.5 Looking at characters
1 Learners’ own answers. Learners should use 
adjectives to describe the colour of the boy’s 
clothes, adjectives to describe his hair, face and 
eyes beyond simple colour. Do they describe 
how he stands or what he might be thinking?
2 Learners’ character descriptions should include 
some of their adjectives from Activity 1. Some 
learners may only include information about 
appearance. Other learners should include 
information about what their character does. 
A few learners may include how the character 
feels or what he says.
3 friendly   enthusiastic
 happy   occupied
 kind   delighted
 busy   welcoming
 interested   considerate 
 excited   engrossed
1.6 What happens next?
1 
Words that mean 
enormous
Words that mean 
the opposite of 
enormous
big small
huge tiny
gigantic little
2 Possible answers:
Words that mean 
brave
Words that mean 
the opposite of 
brave
bold cowardly
courageous timid
fearless cautious
heroic fearful
Words that mean 
brave
Words that mean 
the opposite of 
brave
daring scared
adventurous faint-hearted
3 Learners’ own definitions, but examples might be: 
crocodile:   a large, scaly reptile with short 
legs and large strong jaws
 lunch:    a meal eaten in the middle of 
the day
 sharp:   a very fine point, sometimes at 
the end of a knife, needle or 
pencil
 gulp:  to swallow something quickly
 bitter:   have an unpleasant taste; the 
opposite of sweet
 greedy:   wanting to eat more and more 
food
 jungle:   a tropical forest with lots of trees 
and leaves 
 secret:   something that no one else knows
1.7 Looking at verbs
1 a  A verb can be called a doing, being or 
having word.
 b A sentence must have a verb in it.
 c  If something has already happened the verb 
is written in the past tense.
 d  If something is happening now the verb is 
written in the present tense.
 e  The most common verb in the English 
language is the verb to be.
2 a  He had a cup of chai after school.     past
 b The phone rings all day long. present
 c We are all here today.  present
 d  The baby owls learned to fly.              past
 e  Hida y a picked her friends for her  
cricket team.                                         past
 f  The tree outside my window grows  
very fast.       present
3  The words in bold should have been circled in 
each triangle. 
 am   ant   any
 arm   are   at
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1  Story writing with Roald Dahl
1.1 Setting the scene
1 Nouns: mountain, butterfly, book, office, 
rabbit, shirt, rain, computer. 
Adjectives: interesting, beautiful, young, happy, 
clever, sharp, blue.
2 Learners’ own setting ideas with appropriate 
nouns and adjectives.
3 Learners’ own pictures with appropriate nouns 
and adjectives labelling the picture.
1.2 Looking at a setting
1 Following words circled: bricks, roof, chimney, 
windows, window, sheet, newspaper, upstairs, 
place, path, wilderness, nettles, thorns, grass
2 Old, crumbly, pale, red, slate, one, small, two, 
little, front, larger, side, long, brown
3  human d w elling    a wild area
 slate      to hold something 
closely
 wilderness     very big, huge
 embracing       a grey rock used to 
make a roof
 enormous     a place where people 
live
1.3 Building a picture with words
1 Learners’ answers could include: 
house: mouse, louse, douse 
round: pound, sound, found 
would: could, should 
mouth: south 
loud: proud, cloud
3 Learners’ answers could include: 
I should tie my shoelaces before I trip up. 
We would like to play football after school. 
Could I borrow your ruler please? 
Please can I go out with my friends? 
You look very happy. 
What is your name?
1.4 Writing a setting
1 Possible answers: 
Same: there is a shopping centre; both have 
cars; both have people. 
Different: in one picture (A) it is sunny and in 
the other picture it is not (B); there are lots of 
people in Picture A but not in Picture B; one 
car has a window open in Picture A but not 
in Picture B; there is an umbrella in Picture B 
but not in Picture A.
2 Possible adjectives for Picture A: hot, sunny, 
busy, warm, happy  
Possible adjectives for Picture B: cold, wet, 
gloomy, dull, cloudy. 
3 Possible answers: 
Picture A 
It is a sunny day. The sky is blue so everyone 
feels happy. Some people are arriving. They are 
feeling cheerful as they walk towards the mall. 
Others have spent a busy time in the shops. 
They look tired as they walk back to their cars. 
Picture B 
It is a gloomy day. There is a thunder storm. 
The sky is grey so everyone feels miserable.  
The people who are arriving are feeling cross as 
they walk towards the mall. Other people are 
leaving. They look unhappy as they hurry back 
to their cars.
2  
When ou sounds like 
the oo in stood
When ou sounds like 
the ou in mouse
When ou sounds like 
the oo in too
When ou sounds like 
the ow in cow
would house through our
could shout you hour
should about cloud
out count
2
4 Possible answers:
 1 beautiful  2 cheerful
 3 sandy   4 joyful 
 5 warm  6 delicious
 7 thrilled    8 wonderful
1.5 Looking at characters
1 Learners’ own answers. Learners should use 
adjectives to describe the colour of the boy’s 
clothes, adjectives to describe his hair, face and 
eyes beyond simple colour. Do they describe 
how he stands or what he might be thinking?
2 Learners’ character descriptions should include 
some of their adjectives from Activity 1. Some 
learners may only include information about 
appearance. Other learners should include 
information about what their character does. 
A few learners may include how the character 
feels or what he says.
3 friendly   enthusiastic
 happy   occupied
 kind   delighted
 busy   welcoming
 interested   considerate 
 excited   engrossed
1.6 What happens next?
1 
Words that mean 
enormous
Words that mean 
the opposite of 
enormous
big small
huge tiny
gigantic little
2 Possible answers:
Words that mean 
brave
Words that mean 
the opposite of 
brave
bold cowardly
courageous timid
fearless cautious
heroic fearful
Words that mean 
brave
Words that mean 
the opposite of 
brave
daring scared
adventurous faint-hearted
3 Learners’ own definitions, but examples might be: 
crocodile:   a large, scaly reptile with short 
legs and large strong jaws
 lunch:    a meal eaten in the middle of 
the day
 sharp:   a very fine point, sometimes at 
the end of a knife, needle or 
pencil
 gulp:  to swallow something quickly
 bitter:   have an unpleasant taste; the 
opposite of sweet
 greedy:   wanting to eat more and more 
food
 jungle:   a tropical forest with lots of trees 
and leaves 
 secret:   something that no one else knows
1.7 Looking at verbs
1 a  A verb can be called a doing, being or 
having word.
 b A sentence must have a verb in it.
 c  If something has already happened the verb 
is written in the past tense.
 d  If something is happening now the verb is 
written in the present tense.
 e  The most common verb in the English 
language is the verb to be.
2 a  He had a cup of chai after school.     past
 b The phone rings all day long. present
 c We are all here today.  present
 d  The baby owls learned to fly.              past
 e  Hida y a picked her friends for her  
cricket team.                                         past
 f  The tree outside my window grows  
very fast.       present
3  The words in bold should have been circled in 
each triangle. 
 am   ant   any
 arm   are   at
3
 be   bee   bed
 where   were   warm
 wash   was   want
 was   win   with   
 in   is   it
 art   all   are
 went   want   was
1.8 Speech in texts
1 a  Words that Miho said: Where are you 
going?; Where have you been?; I have been 
so worried; Nothing is that important; Boys 
should do what their mother tells them to 
do; Y ou are a good boy!
 d  Words that Yuu said: I’ll be back later, 
mother; I’m sorry; I had forgotten 
to do something important, but then 
I remembered it; But this was very 
important!; I had forgotten to get your 
present. But then I remembered. Look!
2 shrieked, shouted, demanded, mumbled, 
complained, declared, stated
3 Learners’ own answers.
1.9  Sequencing events
Encourage learners to select a story they have read 
recently or know very well. 
1 Learners’ own answers. Remind learners that 
they are not to write the whole story; they 
should only write a one or two sentences for 
each of the six points on the story mountain. 
2 Learners’ own answers.
3 Learners’ own answers.
1.10  Planning a story
Learners’ own answers.
1.11  Writing a story
1 Marco loved riding his bike but he was getting 
too big for it. He needed a new bike but he 
knew his papa didn’t have enough money. One 
day he saw a notice for a bike race. The prize 
was a new bike. Marco wanted that new bike 
but first he would have to win the race on his 
little bike.
2 
Word
Difficult 
bit
Word
Similar 
word
Similar 
word
was wa was want
wand, 
watch
said ai said again
rain, 
afraid, 
stain
there ere there where were 
3 Learners’ own answers.
1.12 Improving your story
1 Learners’ own answers.
2 Learners’ own answers but possible dialogue 
might be:
 Girl: I wonder what it could be? 
Boy:  I hope it’s something we can play with 
together.
3 ‘Where are we going?’ asked Anja. 
‘Shall we going back to my house to make 
some sweets?’ Jonah replied. 
Jonah had just remembered it was his 
grandmother’s birthday the next day. He 
wanted to make something for her. 
‘What a great idea,’ laughed Anja. ‘I could 
make some sweets for my brother too. It was 
his birthday next last week.’