The Earth we live on is mainly made up of two kinds of things living and non-living. People, dogs, plants, birds, etc., are living things while
stones, cycles, tables, aeroplanes, pens, etc., are non-living things.
This is the first of a series of eight graded workbooks which together form a complete English course for the Primary stage. One introductory workbook is also available for those who wish to begin the course at an easier level, making nine in all. The course provides exercise in spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, very simple grammar, sentence and paragraph composition and comprehension. As only limited scope is offered for free or creative composition, it is hoped that situations outside the course will be exploited as a means of extending it. . The course starts at the beginning of written English. At this stage a child can be expected to read and speak proper sentences, but cannot be expected to write them. Accordingly an assumption has been made that the beginner is able to write a complete sentence in answer to a question. On the contrary, throughout the earlier books every possible device has been used to give the child the power to do so by persuading him not only to copy sentences, but to complete, alter, join, rearrange, and build them.
In Japan, they don't do many crosswords. They do Su Doku instead. Thousands of puzzles are devoured in train carriages and waiting rooms every day. Yet, although the name is Japanese - roughly translating as ‘Number Place' – the puzzle itself, originally, may not be. A simpler version was created by Euler, the 18th-century Swiss mathematician, and today's Su Doku puzzle is thought to have evolved from that. All puzzles in this book were created by Wayne Gould, a puzzle enthusiast, and former Hong Kong judge. He came across Su Doku in a Tokyo bookshop, began making puzzles himself, and brought them to The Times.
Since the first puzzle appeared on the front cover of T2 on 12 November 2004, the daily back page Su Doku puzzle has become a phenomenon. Thousands enter the newspaper's competition each day and many readers have written in to say how much they enjoy the puzzles - including former Bletchley Park codebreakers who never miss a day, and computer enthusiasts who have created programmes to solve puzzles that they cannot.
Some readers, it is true, have been less delighted. Family feuds over who gets the back page at breakfast appear to have become commonplace.
