Get ready

1

Read the questions: "What do you know about Scotland? And the Scottish Games?". Pick out a country, a nationality and a noun that became a proper noun.

2

Which countries do you associate these games with?

3

Brainstorm from the title of the chapter.

4

Class the words in two categories: the words connected to Scotland and the words connected to Ireland.

Observe and listen

1

Match the vocabulary to the definition. Use the image to help you.

Let’s have fun

1

Pick out words starting with the /h/ sound.
💡 Tip: To pronounce the /h/ sound, push the air out, as if you were very tired. Imagine you just climbed a Highland Hill...

2

Now practice saying this riddle: “Hungry Hamish and his horse ate a hundred haggises. If the horse had half, how many haggises did Hamish have?”