Fun Skills Be Curious Map
Fun Skills Be Curious Map
Fun Skills Be Curious Map
Fun Skills is the ideal companion for Be Curious. Use Fun Skills with extracurricular
English classes, or to supplement regular English classes.
This guide shows how to use the two courses side-by-side, matching units to the
following areas:
Topics
Vocabulary and grammar
Exam tasks – quickly identify a Fun Skills exam task that best fits each
Be Curious unit
Fun Skills and Be Curious are official Cambridge exam preparation courses for
Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers.
Level 1 Pre A1 Starters
FUN Skills
Adam Scott
Student’s Book
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Claire
Student’s Book Medwell
Unit 4 I’ve/You’ve got … Home Unit 3: have got Unit 3: Speaking Part 2
At home Have you got … ? bed, clock, computer, Unit 6: have got
Yes, I have. lamp, mirror Unit 10: rooms and furniture
No, I haven’t. Rooms
I/We/They haven’t got … bathroom, bedroom,
garden, kitchen, living room
Unit 5 He’s/She’s got … Body Unit 3: the body
My body Has he/she got … ? ears, eyes, hair, mouth, legs have got
Yes, he’s/she’s got … . Describing appearance Unit 7: adjectives Unit 7: Reading & Writing Part 5
No, he/she hasn’t got … big, small, long, short, beautiful
Unit 1 Where …? Classroom objects and people Reading & Writing Part 1 Unit 1: this, that, these, those Unit 1: Reading & Writing Part 1
Our new school Prepositions in, on, under, next to Extension of classroom objects Speaking Part 1 classroom objects
Where’s the crayon? Unit 3: prepositions
It’s on the desk. Where …?
Unit 4: singular and plural
Singular and plural nouns
nouns
this/these Unit 7: What’s this?
What’s this? Unit 8: prepositions
It’s a window.
What are these? They’re windows.
Unit 2 is/are Family Reading & Writing Part 2 Unit 1: is/are Unit 2: Reading & Writing Part 2
At school Who is she? Parts of the body have got Unit 12: Reading & Writing Part 2
She’s Jenny. She’s a girl. Unit 9: have got
Who is he? He’s Jim. He’s a boy. Unit 10: have got
have/haven’t got
I’ve got brown hair.
They haven’t got green eyes.
Have you got red hair?
Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
Unit 3 is/are + adjective Farm animals Reading & Writing Part 3 Unit 1: have got Unit 4: Reading & Writing Part 3
Fun on the farm adjective + noun Adjectives Unit 6: adjectives
He’s a nice cat. Unit 8: adjectives
They aren’t old chickens. Unit 9: have got
animals
has/hasn’t got
Unit 10: have got
It’s got long ears.
It hasn’t got small feet.
Has it got a long face?
Yes, it has. / No, it hasn’t.
Unit 1 Review: question words Telling the time A1 Movers Reading & Unit 1: question words Unit 5: Movers Reading &
Practice time how, what, when, where, which, who, why Activity verbs Writing Part 6 Unit 2: question words Writing Part 6
was/were + could activities
I could hop on one leg when I was four. prepositions of time
I couldn’t skip. Unit 4: sports activities
Unit 8: question words
Unit 12: activity verbs
Unit 2 Defining relative clauses Food and drink A1 Movers Listening Unit 6: food Unit 6: Movers Listening Part 5
What’s for It’s the place where I studied. Past simple irregular verbs Part 5 Unit 8: past simple + when
breakfast? Can you see the woman who Unit 10: past simple + when
is cooking in the kitchen?
They’re the mountains which
I climbed with my father.
Past simple + when
When we finished lunch we went to
the funfair.
Unit 3 Review of comparative and superlative Parts of the body A1 Movers Reading & Unit 10: at the hospital Unit 4: Movers Reading &
A healthy body adjectives, as … as Health problems Writing Part 4 Writing Part 4
I’m not as strong as you.
Jenny is taller than you.
Ivan is the strongest man here.
want/need + infinitive
I want to go to the party.
You need to drink.
I don’t want to drink.
Unit 4 Adverbs Natural features A1 Movers Reading & Unit 4: adverbs of manner
Fun in the jungle well, badly, loudly, quietly, quickly, slowly, Past simple verbs Writing Part 5 Unit 9: superlative adverbs
carefully, beautifully, hard, fast Unit 11: better (adverb) Unit 11: Movers Reading &
Comparative adverbs countryside vocabulary Writing Part 5
Elephants can move faster than snakes.
Monkeys can climb better than tigers.
Bears can run more quickly than monkeys.
Unit 5 be made of Describing clothes A2 Flyers Speaking Part 3 Unit 11: Let’s
Behind the scenes What’s it made of? Materials
It’s made of gold.
What are the wings made of?
They’re made of paper.
shall, could and let’s for suggestions
Shall we design some props?
Let’s design the sea.
We could use blue paper.
Unit 6 should/shouldn’t School subjects A2 Flyers Listening Part 1 Unit 5: my dream school
Classroom stars You should listen to your teacher. Extension of school be good at
You shouldn’t talk when your teacher’s vocabulary Unit 9: activities in the
giving the lesson. classroom
Should you copy in exams?
No, you shouldn’t.
be good at + noun/gerund
I’m good at maths.
Are you good at sport?
I’m not very good at drawing.
Unit 7 When and if clauses (zero conditionals) Jobs A2 Flyers Reading & Unit 5: be like
When I grow up … When you dance, you look in the mirror. Personality adjectives Writing Part 1 Unit 7: when clauses
If you win, you get a big prize. Unit 9: jobs
If William wins, he wants to buy a fantastic
new camera.
look like, be like
What does your grandad look like?
He’s very tall and he’s got short, grey hair.
What’s your uncle like?
He’s very friendly.
Unit 8 Future with be going to Directions A2 Flyers Speaking Part 1 Unit 3: places in town
City break I’m going to take my umbrella. Places in town
It isn’t going to rain.
What are we going to see first?
Prepositions of movement
across, into, out of, over, past,
round, through
Unit 9 before, after, when clauses Adjectives A2 Flyers Reading & Unit 1: when clauses
Let’s travel! Rose got really wet before I gave her On holiday Writing Part 7 Unit 11: before
my umbrella.
He ran really fast when Fred came out of
the trees.
After we met Grandma’s sister in China,
we ate the fantastic noodles.
-ed/-ing adjective endings
excited/exciting
interested/interesting
Unit 1 Comparative adjectives, adverbs and as … as Clothes Reading & Writing Part 1 Unit 5: as … as
In style On the first site, the shoes were much more Parts of clothes Listening Part 1
expensive.
I took the T-shirt out of the box as quickly as
I could.
The present simple with future meaning
The bus leaves at quarter past six.
Unit 2 The first conditional Technology Reading & Writing Part 2 Unit 8: first conditional
Future technology If my mum says it’s OK, then I’ll go. Verbs for using Speaking Part 1
The zero and first conditional computers
If the floor is dirty, a robot drives around and
cleans.
If I’m hungry, I’ll ask the freezer, ‘What ice cream
have we got?’
Unit 3 The passive (present simple) Sports Reading & Writing Part 5 Unit 1: team sports
Jim-nastics Dog surfing competitions are organised by Sporting actions, Listening Part 2 Unit 3: sports
people all around the world. people and shall
Modal verbs equipment Unit 4: might
Birch may have made a mistake. Unit 5: shall and could
This could be the most important point today. Unit 9: might
The ball might go into the net! Unit 8: shall
Shall we watch that goal again? Unit 11: the Winter Olympics
the present passive
Unit 12: could
Unit 4 The present perfect with how long, Accidents and Reading & Writing Part 4 Unit 11: how long, for and since
Be careful! for and since illnesses Listening Part 4
I haven’t been well for a week. Health and medicine
She’s had a problem with her heart since April.
The present continuous for future plans
We’re taking her to the vet this evening.
Unit 5 Rather and prefer Cooking ingredients Reading & Writing Part 7 Unit 2: cooking equipment
Fun foods I prefer carrots to broccoli. Cooking actions and Listening Part 5 Unit 5: food
I’d rather have salmon. equipment Unit 9: prefer
The passive (past simple)
The sandwich wasn’t made from bread.
It was made from two cookies and some ice
cream.
Unit 6 A lot of, lots of, a few, a little, many, much Home Reading & Writing Part 6 Unit 1: tag questions
Environmentally There’s a lot of water from our town’s river. The environment Speaking Part 2 Unit 2: around the house
friendly There are lots of fish living in the water. Unit 6: different environments
Many people don’t believe me.
My house doesn’t use much electricity.
When we have a little rubbish, we try to use it.
We only throw away a few bags each year.
Tag questions
Everyone recycles a lot, don’t they?
You couldn’t recycle, could you?
Unit 7 needn’t, have to, should, ought to, must, mustn’t Feelings and emotions Reading & Writing Part 3 Unit 5: should
Feeling it I have to wait until I’m older. Well-being Listening Part 3 Unit 8: have to
If your parents say you can’t have a snake, you
must listen to them!
You mustn’t get a snake without telling your
parents!
You needn’t worry if some of your ideas aren’t
very good.
You should try to be satisfied with what you have.
You ought to write about something you love.
such … that / so … that
It’s so fun that my mum and I always laugh a lot!
It’s such a relaxing place that I once fell asleep
there!
Unit 8 Indirect questions A tour of a city Reading & Writing Part 4 Unit 7: planning a holiday
Pretty cities Do you know how many paintings there are? Visiting new places Reading & Writing Part 5 places in town and the
used to/didn’t use to countryside
They used to make the air very dirty. Unit 8: Do you know …?
Today the trains are electric, but they didn’t use
to be.
Unit 9 Causative have/get TV and film genres Reading & Writing Part 6
Lights, camera, Mum’s having a special superhero cake Television Reading & Writing Part 7
action! made for me.
The second conditional
If I had $250 million, I’d buy cameras and
costumes for the actors.