MOSCOW INTERACTIVE
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Hi! My name is Lena and I’m eight. My family is big. We live in Moscow, in Sokolniki.
Now, meet my mummy! Her name is Liza. She is an economics teacher at Moscow University. My mummy is really clever. This is my daddy. His name is Oleg. He’s an important businessman.
This is my brother. His name is Sasha. He’s only four, but he is really funny and nice. Meet my grandma and grandpa. They are my mummy’s parents. They aren’t very old! I love them very much.
I have got a lot of aunts, uncles and cousins, too! We often go to the parks in Moscow, like Izmaylovo or Kolomenskoye. I think we are one big happy family!
Unscramble the letters. Write the words.
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1 Lena is eight years old. |
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2 Lena’s mummy is a teacher. |
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3 Lena’s brother is five years old. |
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4 Lena has got a lot of aunts, uncles and cousins. |
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5 Lena’s family is small. |
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Hello! I’m Tolya. I’m eight and I’m from Moscow. Meet my family! This is my mummy and daddy. Their names are Tanya and Misha. This is my little sister. Her name is Anna. This is our dog, Bob. He’s very funny!
Can you see me? I’m in the Central Park of Rest and Culture with my family. This park is big and green. You can see lovely trees and flowers here. Beautiful birds live in the trees here, too! The Moskva river is near the park. I go for walks in the park with my family.
My family is nice! I love my family!
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Hello! I’m Ruslan. Today is my birthday. I’m eight. This is my birthday party. My friends are here to wish me Happy Birthday. These are presents from my friends: a robot, a teddy bear and a big red ball. They are nice presents! And that’s my birthday cake. It’s a chocolate cake with strawberries on it. Yummy! There are eight candles on the cake. Can I blow out the candles? Oh, yes! Then my mummy, daddy and friends sing a song for me. After the birthday party, we go to the Mosquarium at VDNH. You can see fantastic fish there. What a great birthday!
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2 He has got a bike as a present. |
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3 There are strawberries on the cake. |
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4 You can see fish in the Mosquarium. |
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Read the text again and find Ruslan’s presents. Write yes or no.
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Complete the crossword puzzle with birthday words.
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Hi! My name is Tanya. Today is my birthday. I’m 1) 
. My mummy and sister come to my bedroom. They say, ‘Happy Birthday, Tanya!’ My daddy is in the kitchen. He is making a birthday 2) 
for me! This is a present from my parents. What is it? Wow, it’s a 3) 
! Look at my new bike! It’s very nice! Now, we are all at the Moscow Zoo for my birthday. Look! This is a 4) 
and these are ducks. They are very cute! Then, we all go to a café. Everybody has 5) 
and cake. We are all very happy. Birthdays are great!
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My name is Misha. I live in Moscow, in Ostankino. I can see the Ostankino Tower from my window. It is very high! It is fantastic at night during the Circle of Light festival. I’ve got a lot of friends, but my best friend is Nikita. Nikita is tall. He’s got red hair and blue eyes. He likes sports. He can play basketball very well. We like to walk at VDNH with my dog, Shelly. She is big and beautiful. She’s got long legs and a big head with fluffy ears. Nikita and Shellyare my best friends!
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1 Misha lives in .
2 He can see the Ostankino Tower from his .
3 His best is Nikita.
4 Nikita can play very well.
5 Shelly is big and .
6 Shelly has got ears.
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has got green eyes Name: ? |
can fly a kite Name: ?
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Hello! My name is Baily. I’m big and 1) 
. I’m yellow and 2) 
and I’ve got a big head. I’ve got four legs with big 3) 
, too! Children like me. I eat 4) 
. I like to walk, but I don’t like to run and play very much. I don’t live in a 5) 
and I don’t live in the sea. I live in the Moscow Zoo. What am I? That’s right. I’m a 6) 
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My name is Lena.
I go to a music school in the centre of Moscow, in Pokrovka Street.
My friends and I like music very much! I can play the guitar. Anton can play the guitar, too! Katya can sing very well and Pavel can play the recorder. And Masha can play the tambourine. We have a good time at music school!
We like to go to concerts with our teachers and parents. My favourite concerts are at the Moscow International Performing Arts Centre. There you can hear Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Jessye Norman, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and many others!
I love music!
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Read. Then point and say the colour.
1 The instrument you can shake 
is red.
2 The instrument you can hit 
is blue.
3 The instrument you can blow 
is green.
4 The instrument you can pluck 
is yellow.
You can shake the red tambourine.
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My name is Polina. I’m eight. I live in Moscow with my parents and my grandma. We live near the Botanical Gardens of MSU in Mira Avenue.
My grandma can do a lot of things. She can swim really well. She can dance and sing, too! She is a super granny! My daddy can’t swim and my mummy doesn’t like to swim. Every week, I go swimming with my grandma in the swimming pool at the Olympic Stadium. It is old but it is very beautiful! Olympic champions swim there.
I like to swim with my grandma. We are a team!
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Hi! My name is Dima. I’m eight. I live in Moscow with my parents. My cousin Matvey comes to Moscow to visit us. He is eight, too! Matvey likes animals very much so my parents take us to the State Darwin Museum.
In the museum you can see a lot of animals. There are animals that live in seas, forests and mountains!
You can see copies of skeletons of dinosaurs and also models of these wonderful animals. The models can move,
too! They are fantastic!
There is also a big butterfly collection! It is very old!
In the State Darwin Museum you can also draw a sand picture and pat a polar bear.
Come to the State Darwin Museum and have a lot of fun!
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2 Matvey is Dima’s uncle. |
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3 Matvey likes animals. |
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4 There is a spider collection in the State Darwin Museum. |
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5 You can pat a polar bear in the State Darwin Museum. |
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Where do the animals live? Look, read and choose.
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Do you like animals? I like animals very much. 1) 
, dogs, horses, foxes and even bats. They are all fantastic!
My father works at the Moscow State Circus in Vernadsky Prospekt. The 2) 
is big and beautiful. Come with me! Let me show you around!
The arena of the circus is very big but you can see it from each seat in the hall. The arena can turn into a swimming pool or a 3) 
! The animals at the circus can do amazing tricks. You can see funny monkeys, clever Siberian tigers, cute little dogs and even 4) 
! I like the shows with 5) 
. They fly into the air and land on 6) 
or carry small boxes with flowers. They are very clever!
The Zapashny brothers run the Moscow State Circus. They are famous lion tamers. They go on tour all around the world with the circus.
What a great life!
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In the centre of Moscow you can visit a building that looks like a palace. It’s got big windows and a glass roof. It’s amazing!
Welcome to 
! It’s a big shopping mall with 200 shops. In the centre of you can see a big, beautiful fountain. Muscovites and visitors to the city love this place. I like it, too! I go there with my parents and we always buy ice cream. My favourite ice cream is vanilla ice cream. Yummy! Mummy likes strawberry ice cream, and Daddy and my younger brother like chocolate ice cream. We all think it’s the best ice cream in Moscow! Come to and try it!
Read the text again and correct the sentences.
1 GUM looks like a circus.
2 GUM has got small windows.
3 There are 300 shops in the shopping mall.
4 There is a big kiosk in the centre of GUM.
What flavour of ice cream do they like? Follow, find and write.
1 Vera likes ice cream.
2 Maksim likes ice cream.
3 Boris likes ice cream.
4 Olga likes ice cream.
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Many big cities have their own cakes. St. Petersburg has Leningradsky cake. Budapest has Esterhazy cake and New York has New York cheesecake. And now Moscow has its own cake, too! It’s called Moskva cake!
Moskva cake is fantastic! Muscovites say it is the best cake for Moscow.
Do you like caramel? Do you like nuts? Then try Moskva cake! You can try it in a café or buy it from a supermarket. Call your friends and have tea and cake together. Yummy!
Cake Maths!
1 Divide the cakes in two equal groups.
A How many cakes are there?
B How many groups of cakes are there?
C How many cakes are there in each group?
2 Divide the cakes in three equal groups.
A How many cakes are there?
B How many groups of cakes are there?
C How many cakes are there in each group?
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Hi! My name is Denis. I’m seven. I live in Moscow, in Krylatskoe.
It is winter now in Moscow. Winter is my favourite season because I can ski and skate. Today my family and I are in the new Zaryadye park in the centre of Moscow. Wow, it’s fantastic here!
Mummy, Daddy and my brother are riding down the Pskovsky Hill on sleds. I’m climbing an ice rock. It’s great fun!
Look! We are sitting on the green grass and enjoying fantastic views. The Kremlin is so beautiful! Are we cold? No! We are sitting in a special warm place with a glass roof!
Come to Zaryadye park and have fun!
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1 How old is Denis?
2 Where does Denis live?
3 What’s his favourite season?
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2 It’s a big house ... a glass roof. |
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3 Look! They’re sitting ... the grass. |
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4 Denis’s brother likes riding ... the hill. |
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Hi! My name is Nastya. I live in Moscow with my parents and 1) ITESRS . We live in Kuzminki. It’s 2) MSUEMR now! Summer is my favourite 3) OSNESA because it’s warm and I don’t go to 4) OLOSHC ! Today it’s warm and 5) USYNN , and my sister, my grandpa and I are in Kuzminki Park.
My grandpa and I are playing table tennis. I love table tennis! My sister is playing volleyball with her friends. My grandma loves to 6) LWKA in the park, too! She likes to watch the 7) RUSLERQSI there. She gives them nuts to eat! Summer in Kuzminki Parkis a lot of fun!
Over to you: What can you do in Zaryadye park? What can you do in Kuzminki park? Tell the class.
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Look! This is my sister Oksana. Oksana and I are in Tsaritsyno park. It’s winter. Winter is our favourite season because we love snow. The park is white with snow. There is snow on the trees and grass. We are not making a snowman, we are throwing snowballs at each other.
Now we are walking near the pond. We are looking at the ducks. The ducks come to play with us so we give them
bread.
Today, Oksana is wearing a pink jacket, a red hat and blue jeans. She is wearing her new winter boots, too! They are black. I’m wearing my new brown jacket, a black hat and black jeans. I think we look very nice in our winter clothes!
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2 There is snow in the park. |
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3 The children are making a snowman. |
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4 There are frogs in the pond. |
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5 Oksana is wearing a pink jacket. |
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6 Oksana’s boots are red. |
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1 Olga is wearing a red and yellow dress. |
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2 Inna is wearing a red dress and yellow shoes. |
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3 Boris is wearing a white T-shirt and blue shorts. |
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4 Yuri is wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. |
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5 Max is wearing a white T-shirt and a blue cap. |
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Hi! My name is Olga. Today is my Mummy’s birthday. She is thirty-five. I’ve got a 1) 
for her. She loves to read, so this wonderful 2) 
is for her! It’s a book about the history of Moscow. Look at my mummy! She is so beautiful! She is wearing a pink 3) 
and white 4) 
. She looks great! My daddy is taking us to the Bolshoi Theatre for Mummy’s birthday. Mummy wants me to take off my 5) 
and put on a smart dress. I don’t like dresses but I want to make Mummy happy. Now I’m wearing a dress, too! It’s white and 6) 
. Oh, it’s not bad! Look at me. I look good, too!
Over to you: Answer the questions.
1 When is your birthday?
2 When is your mummy’s birthday?
3 When is your daddy’s birthday?
4 When is your best friends’s birthday?