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READING & WRITING
ANSWER KEY

LEARNING

Australia • Brazil • Mexico • Singapore • United Kingdom • United States

UNIT 1 ANSWER KEY
CONNECT TO THE TOPIC (p. 3) B (p. 8)
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. NG 5. T
1. A group of men are working together to build
a barn. C (p. 8)
2. Answers to the first question will vary. 1. c, e
Community means the people who live in the 2. a, d
same area as me: my neighbors, people who 3. b, i
work in the shops, the people around me. 4. f, g, h

WATCH PREPARE TO READ

A (p. 4) A (p. 9)
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1. basic 2. sell 3. organization 4. company
1. They are making sweaters for elephants; we 5. goal 6. believe 7. hero 8. price 9. earn
don’t usually see animals wearing clothes. 10. project
2. It must get cold where they are.
READ
B (p. 4) A (p. 10)
1. F 2. T 3. F Answers will vary. Possible answers:
Check: fires, homes, schools, food
C (p. 4)
1. e. Uttar Pradesh B (p. 12)
2. h. the Elephant Conservation and Care Center 1. a 2. c 3. c
3. f. about 9 pounds
4. a. 7 C (p. 12)
5. c. 2–3
6. g. legs, back, and neck Name of Name of What they
7. d. Maya community organization do to help
8. b. 21 hero(es) (or How
they help)
PREPARE TO READ Woody RV4CampfireFamily help with
A (p. 5) Faircloth homes
1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. c 6. c 7. a 8. a 9. a Kim Lim, PichaEats sell food to
10. b Swee Lin help families,
Lee, and help children
Reflect (p. 5) Suzanne stay in school
Answers will vary. Possible answers: Ling
1. storms, fires, floods, accidents Zuriel Dream Up, Speak help girls stay
2. They hurt people, homes, and stores. Food / water, Oduwole Up, Stand Up in school
a place to stay, doctors / hospitals / medicine
3. crime, busy roads, diseases, dirty air / water WRITE
A (p. 13)
READ The Book Truck
A (p. 6)
helping animals in emergencies

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B (p. 14) home. The Book Truck gives books to teens. It
1. Project: The Book Truck is a community project in also teaches them to read better. People help the
Los Angeles, CA, USA. organization in different ways. Some people give
2. Problem: Some teenagers don’t read very well, books. Other people drive the truck to different
and some don’t have many books at home. areas of the city. Others go out with the truck.
3. Project actions: The Book Truck gives books to They tell kids about different books. The truck is
teens. It also teaches them to read better. always full of books. The kids choose any book that
4. Three ways people help: they want. With the Book Truck, more kids enjoy
a. Some people give books. reading.
b. Other people drive the truck to different areas
of the city. E (p. 16)
c. And others go out with the truck. They tell kids 1. use
about different books. 2. hurt
5. How the project helps: With the Book Truck, 3. end up
more kids enjoy reading. 4. don’t want / do not want
5. pays
C (p. 14–15) 6. take
1. is 7. make
2. are 8. helps
3. am not / ’m not
4. is not / isn’t / ’s not G (p. 17)
5. are / ’re TechWorks
6. are Do you believe we should help others? I think
7. are not / ’re not / aren’t it’s very important. I works for an organization
8. is / ’s called TechWorks. TechWorks helps young people
9. are not / aren’t learn about science. Some students not are are
10. is / ’s not / aren’t good with computers. TechWorks
haves has basic classes about computers.
D (p. 15) Students use computers for their projects. The
The Book Truck normal hours is are after school, from 3 p.m. to
The Book Truck is a community project in Los 9 p.m., but sometimes it is open later. Our goal at
Angeles, CA, USA. Some teenagers don’t read TechWorks is science education for everyone.
very well, and some don’t have many books at

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UNIT 2 ANSWER KEY
CONNECT TO THE TOPIC (p. 21) READ
Answers will vary. Possible answers: A (p. 28)
1. The orangutans look like a group of human Answers will vary.
friends laughing together. 1. They are unlikely because of their age difference.
2. Friends are important because they make your 2. Common interests could include comic books or
life better. superheroes (based on the image).

WATCH B (p. 29)

B (p. 22) paragraph 1: An 83-year-old store owner and a
1. d 2. c 3. e 4. a 5. b 14-year-old high school student in Singapore may
sound like a strange pair, but they are good friends.
C (p. 22) paragraph 2: Mr. Teoh and Kieyron are different in
a. 5. Be yourself. b. 2. Be open. c. 1. Be brave. many ways.
d. 4. Meet classmates. e. 3. Join in. paragraph 3: The two find out they have common
interests.
PREPARE TO READ paragraph 4: Their relationship changes the two
A (p. 23) new friends.
1. connect 2. research 3. improve
4. introduce 5. positive 6. stranger C (p. 29)
7. become 8. activity 9. casual 10. variety a. 2 b. 1 c. 4 d. 3

READ D (p. 29)

A (p. 24) 1. MT 2. MT 3. B 4. MT 5. MT 6. B
1. c. Ways casual friends help us 2. Answers will
vary. E (p. 30)

Bill Teoh Kieyron Maldini

B (p. 26)
1. Age is in his eighties is in his teens
paragraph 2: casual friends make us happy
paragraph 3: casual friends connect us to other 2. Living lives with lives with his
groups of people situation his son and family
paragraph 4: casual friends introduce us to a grandchildren
variety of new ideas 3. Adjectives seems unfriendly seems friendly
The concluding sentences in paragraphs 2 and 3 4. Job(s) is a(n) store is a student
say the main idea again. owner
is a(n) actor on a
C (p. 26) TV show
a. 4 b. 1 c. 3 d. 5 e. 2 5. Fitness / exercises every doesn’t like to
Exercise day exercise
D (p. 26) is very fit isn’t fit
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. NG 6. T 7. F 6. Interests likes bowling, likes video
badminton, video games, comics,
PREPARE TO READ games, comics, and superheroes
A (p. 27) and superheroes
1. find out 2. strange 3. common 7. Changes is more fit is more fit
4. happens 5. fit 6. decide 7. Afterward because of is happier is happier
8. opinion 9. successful 10. contact project

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WRITE D (p. 32)
A (p. 31) 1. My friend Maya is a very good student.
I admire my friend Hananah very much. 2. A good friend helps you in many ways.
3. Friendship teaches us many things.
B (p. 31) 4. A good friend is not hard to find.
Answers will vary.
1. Topic sentence: I admire my friend Hananah E (p. 32)
very much. 2. A good friend helps you in many ways.
2. Supporting sentences:
a. P hysical appearance (what friend looks like): F (p. 33)
tall and strong; has a nice smile 1. The woman is friendly. friendly woman
b. P  ersonality (type of person friend is): smart, 2. This story is interesting. interesting story
kind, and funny; good student 3. My parents are great. great parents
c. Actions (what friend does): helps me study; 4. Some friends are caring. caring friends
is there for me; makes me feel more positive; 5. Some clothes are colorful. colorful clothes
makes me laugh 6. Some people are lonely. Lonely people
3. Concluding sentence: My life is happier because
Hananah is my friend. G (p. 34)
1. older than 2. happier 3. darker than
C (p. 32) 4. more successful than 5. better
1. S 2. S 3. T 4. S 5. C 6. S 6. nicer than
Order of supporting sentences may vary. Possible
answer: I (p. 34)
My Friend Artun
A Great Soccer Player I admire my friend Artun very much. He is a
(3.) I admire my friend Hiro because he is a great teacher excellent an excellent teacher and always
soccer player. (2.) Hiro is very strong and fast. helps his students. He has excitings ideas about
(4.) He practices every day. (6.) Hiro also goes to teaching. His classes are interestinger more
the gym. (1.) He helps his teammates on and off interesting than most. A teacher has a difficult
the field. (5.) For these reasons, I think Hiro is an job, but it seems easy for Artun. He is more good
excellent soccer player. better at it than other teachers. Artun is a great
teacher and a wonderful person.

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UNIT 3 ANSWER KEY
CONNECT TO THE TOPIC (p. 39) C (p. 43)
1. Answers will vary. Possible answer: a. 2
The man is using music to earn money. b. 5
2. Answers will vary. c. 1
d. 3
WATCH e. 4
B (p. 40)
1. F D (p. 44)
2. T a. 3
3. F b. 4
4. F c. 5
5. T d. 4
6. T e. 1
f. 3
C (p. 40) g. 2
Answers will vary. Possible answers: h. 2
1. pepper, pumpkin
2. cut, make holes, peel PREPARE TO READ
3. make and serve soup for the audience A (p. 45)
1. modern
PREPARE TO READ 2. culture
A (p. 41) 3. click
1. j. sound 4. volume
2. b. background 5. popular
3. a. actually 6. experience
4. e. memory 7. type
5. h. repeat 8. However
6. g. quiet 9. useful
7. i. solve 10. communicate
8. d. concentrate
9. c. certain READ
10. f. noisy A (p. 46)
1. The article is about video game music.
READ 2. Answers will vary.
A (p. 42)
1. Answers will vary. C (p. 47)
2. Answers will vary. Correct answers: learning Paragraph 2: First, video game music (or VGM)
vocabulary, solving problems, learning the works in a different, more interactive way.
alphabet, background music, songs and rhymes, Paragraph 3: Second, video game music is an
using no music at all important part of the music business.
Paragraph 4: Finally, research shows that video
B (p. 43) game music helps us do some things better.
1. b
2. c D (p. 48)
3. a a. 4
b. 3

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c. 2 C (p. 50)
d. 1 Underlined count nouns: song, title, bands,
e. 5 weddings, parties, instruments, guitar, violin,
accordion, trumpet, trumpets, song, house
E (p. 48) Circled noncount nouns: music, energy, music
1. b, e, h
2. a, d, g D (p. 51)
3. c, f, i 1. NC
2. C
WRITE 3. C
A (p. 49) 4. NC
México, lindo y querido is a wonderful mariachi 5. C
song. 6. NC
7. C
B (p. 50)
1. Topic sentence: México, lindo y querido is a E (p. 51)
wonderful mariachi song. 1. a
2. Supporting sentences: 2. A
a. Who sings it? Vicente Fernández sings it. 3. The
b. Where is it from? Mariachi music is from 4. a few
Mexico. 5. many
c. What instruments do they use? They use 6. a lot of
instruments like the guitar, the violin, the 7. a
accordion, and the trumpet. 8. Ø
d. What words describe it? The song is fast and
has a lot of energy. G (p. 52)
e. H  ow does it make you feel? It makes me feel Running to Music
happy. I like to listen to musics when I run. I usually
f. When do you listen to it? I listen to it when I wear the earphones. I play music with a words,
clean the house. and I sing along. Songs make me happy and give
3. Concluding sentence: If you want to hear some me many a lot of energy. I run faster when the /
fun, happy mariachi music, listen to México, a song is fast! An eExercise is always better with
lindo y querido. music.

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UNIT 4 ANSWER KEY
CONNECT TO THE TOPIC (p. 57) READ
1. Answers will vary. Possible answer: B (p. 64)
They are replanting the coral in places where 1, 4, 5, 6
it died to improve the health of the coral reef,
which is home to many fish. C (p. 66)
2. Answers will vary. 1. a 2. c 3. c

WATCH D (p. 66)

A (p. 58) 1. Planet Hunters
1. e 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. d 2. patterns of light
3. Veselin Kostov
B (p. 58) 4. two
a. 5 b. 6 c. 1 d. 4 e. 2 f. 3 5. (about) three months

PREPARE TO READ E (p. 66)

A (p. 59) Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. d. disadvantage
Advantages Disadvantages
2. b. collect
Volunteer Get experience Don’t get paid
3. e. free
work
4. h. report
Learn new Takes time
5. a. available
things
6. f. nature
7. i. task Internships Get job May not get paid
8. g. professional experience
9. j. unfortunately Might have to
10. c. diary Learn new skills move

READ Meet people

B (p. 60)
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. NG 5. T
WRITE
A (p. 67)
C (p. 60)
Project name: SquirrelMapper
a. 5 b. 3 c. 4 d. 1 e. 6 f. 2
Purpose of the project: Gray squirrels are more
common than black ones. Scientists want to know
D (p. 62)
the reason.
1. a 2. c 3. a
B (p. 67)
E (p. 62)
1. Topic sentence: I was a volunteer on a project
1. f 2. g 3. b 4. d 5. a 6. e 7. c
called SquirrelMapper.
2. Supporting sentences:
PREPARE TO READ a. Purpose of project: Gray squirrels are more
A (p. 63) common than black ones. Scientists want to
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. g 6. f 7. e 8. j 9. i 10. h know the reason.

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 b. S
 tep 1: First, I read the directions on the F (p. 70)
website. 1. were 2. contacted 3. communicated 4. didn’t
c. Step 2: Then I looked at pictures of squirrels. agree / did not agree 5. solved 6. stopped
d. S
 tep 3: I clicked on the number of squirrels in 7. worried 8. didn’t do / did not do
each picture, and I clicked on the color of the
squirrels. (I identified squirrels in 10 photos.) G (p. 70)
e. Step 4: Finally, I read the online discussion. Great Backyard Bird Count
3. Concluding sentence: I learned interesting I helped with the Great Backyard Bird Count
facts about squirrels by following these steps. (GBBC) last year. In the GBBC project, researchers
studyed studied the flight patterns of birds. First,
C (p. 68) I read about the project on the website. Then last
1. First, 2. Next, 3. After that, 4. Then 5. Finally, February, I go went outside for 15 minutes. I saw
eight different kinds of birds. I counted the number
D (p. 68) of each kind. I wrote the number down. Next, I
c. 1. In my science project, I studied the traffic on went online, and I created an account. I clicked
my street. on the place on a map. After that, I added my list
a. 2. My street is very busy, and I think it needs a of birds. I learned a lot about the birds in my own
traffic light. backyard. I didn’t knew know there were so many!
b. 3. First, I took my chair and phone outside from
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. H (p. 71)
f. 4. Then I counted the number of cars and took Step 1: b; Step 2: c; Step 3: d; Step 4: a
notes on my phone.
d. 5. I did the same thing every day for a week. I (p. 71)
g. 6. After that, I wrote a report about the week. Answers will vary. Possible answers:
e. 7. Finally, I emailed someone in town hall with 1. Topic sentence: The student was a volunteer on
the information. the Mosquito Mapper project.
h. 8. I learned to use a science project to help my 2. Supporting sentences:
community. a. Purpose of project: Help scientists understand
the dangers from mosquitoes
E (p. 69) b. Step 1: Get an app to record the research.
1. added 2. checked 3. collected 4. counted c. Step 2: Find and photograph a place where
5. drove 6. found 7. got 8. went 9. had 10. knew mosquitoes live.
11. learned 12. measured 13. planned 14. put d. Step 3: Photograph and identify young
15. read 16. reported 17. saw 18. studied mosquitoes.
19. took 20. wrote e. Step 4: Remove the place where mosquitos
live.
3. Concluding sentence: The student learned how
to identify and remove mosquitoes.

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UNIT 5 ANSWER KEY
CONNECT TO THE TOPIC (p. 75) 6. O; should use
1. Answers will vary. Possible answers: 7. O; should be
A food stylist makes food look good for
photographs and videos. It could be an PREPARE TO READ
interesting job if you like food and photography. A (p. 81)
2. Answers will vary. 1. g. options
2. d. includes
WATCH 3. a. carefully
B (p. 76) 4. f. negative
Check: banana, bread, cheese, chocolate, coffee, 5. i. select
fish, lemon, shrimp, strawberry, tomato 6. j. whole
7. b. diet
C (p. 76) 8. e. natural
1. F 2. T 3. NG 4. F 5. T 9. h. products
10. c. fast food
PREPARE TO READ
A (p. 77) READ
1. section 2. give up 3. label 4. menu A (p. 82)
5. encourage 6. attract 7. order 8. instead Answers may vary. Possible answers:
9. customer 10. convince 1. The photo shows people making decisions about
food. The article’s title is Decisions, Decisions
READ and is about food.
A (p. 78) 2. Similar ideas in both readings include: veggie
1. are not 2. don’t help 3. like burgers vs. beef, meat, plant-based food, vegan /
vegetarian food, people don’t like to be told what
B (p. 79) to do
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T
B (p. 83)
C (p. 79) 1. 5 2. 3 3. 2 4. 1 5. 4
Words that don’t work (crossed out): vegan,
low-fat, meat-free, light, vegetarian, Find us in C (p. 84)
the vegetarian section 1. O 2. F 3. F 4. O
Words that work (circled): juicy, delicious
D (p. 84)
D (p. 80) 1. companies 2. natural food 3. fast food
1. F; World Resources Institute / WRI 4. protein 5. fish 6. labels
2. O; delicious
3. F; 56 WRITE
4. F; a British study A (p. 85)
5. F; 13 Customers should read labels before they buy a
food product.

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B (p. 85) E (p. 86)
Answers will vary. Possible answer: In short, labels
Topic sentence: Customers should read labels can help customers decide on food products.
before they buy a food product.
Supporting idea 1: Supporting idea 2: F (p. 87)
Labels have important Labels also tell you 1. must not eat 2. could add 3. must include
information about about the kind of food 4. might convince 5. should read
nutrients. in the product. 6. shouldn’t order 7. should tell 8. can ask

Detail(s): They include Detail(s): For example,

G (p. 87)
information such as you can look for
1. should 2. must 3. must not 4. can
how many grams of fat, unnatural, processed
5. should, shouldn’t
sugar, and protein are ingredients or natural
in the food. ingredients, such as
I (p. 88)
whole grains.
The Best TV Commercials
Concluding sentence: To sum up, I think labels A successful TV commercial must makes
give very helpful information to customers. people feel good. One of the best TV commercials
of all time was a Coke ad. In the 1971 ad, many
C (p. 86) young people sang a song about peace and love. It
Answer will vary. Possible answer: Both sentences showed that people could come together and be
repeat the idea that reading labels is important for kind. Of course, it also showed we should to drink
customers. Customers and labels are repeated in Coke. In conclusion, I think every company should
both sentences. studying great commercials if they want to sell a
lot of products.
D (p. 86)
1. a 2. a 3. b

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UNIT 6 ANSWER KEY
CONNECT TO THE TOPIC (p. 93) READ
1. Answers will vary. Possible answers: The forest A (p. 100)
is in water, and the water looks like grass. Answers will vary. Possible answer:
2. Answers will vary. World Heritage Sites are places that are important
for their culture, science, or history.
WATCH
B (p. 94) B (p. 100)
bay, cave, island, ocean, river, rock, tunnel, valley 1, 2, 4, 6

C (p. 94) C (p. 102)

1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. NG 6. T 7. T 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. F

PREPARE TO READ WRITE

A (p. 95) A (p. 103)
1. b 2. a 3. g 4. h 5. j 6. d 7. e 8. i 9. f 10. c The bar graph shows why Americans went to parks
in 2018.
READ
A (p. 96) B (p. 104)
Answers will vary. Correct answers: 1, 2 Overall, people went to the park to relax more than
to play sports or race.
C (p. 96) Fifty-eight percent, About half (48 percent),
a. 5 b. 1 c. 6 d. 3 e. 4 f. 2 About a third, about 1 in 10

D (p. 98) C (p. 104)

c 1. Introduction sentence: The bar graph shows
why Americans went to parks in 2018.
E (p. 98) 2. Most important point: Overall, people went
1. Henry David Thoreau / Thoreau to the park to relax more than to play sports or
2. 140 race.
3. hospital patients / patients Detail 1: Fifty-eight percent went to the park to
4. two hours / only two hours / 2 hours / only 2 hours get together with family and friends.
5. more green space / green space Detail 2: About half (48 percent) relaxed at the
6. $6 trillion pool.
Detail 3: Many visited a park to walk or hike on
PREPARE TO READ trails.
A (p. 99) Detail 4: About a third went to community
1. wonderful 2. at least 3. damage 4. protect events.
5. region 6. history 7. list 8. tourist 9. site Detail 5: Only about 1 in 10 played team sports
10. replace or ran in races in the park.
3. Concluding sentence: In conclusion, more
B (p. 99) Americans went to the park to be with people
1. wonderful 2. region 3. at least and relax than to compete.
4. tourists 5. replacing 6. site 7. protect

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D (p. 105) climbing and to hike hiking were the most
1. More than half 2. One-fifth 3. About 1 in 10 enjoyable parts. About the same number of people
4. a small number visited the park because of the lakes, rivers, or
other places with water. Seeing animals were was
E (p. 106) important to a smaller number of visitors (7%).
1. to do 2. to go 3. Hiking 4. to visit 5. to see This graph shows most visitors want to go to parks
6. Shopping experiencing to experience nature.

G (p. 106) H (p. 107)

Visiting Parks in Canada Most important point: Norwegians enjoy many
The table shows the results of research about outdoor activities, but the most popular is walking.
Parks Canada visitors in 2017. Visitors enjoyed
Most important point: Students in Ghana mainly
to be being outdoors most of all. Experience
visit nature sites to enjoy nature (to look important
Experiencing nature was the main attraction for
to others is a close second).
about half the visitors (52%). For some (16%),

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UNIT 7 ANSWER KEY
CONNECT TO THE TOPIC (p. 111) B (p. 115)
1. Answers will vary. a. 2 b. 1 c. 5 d. 3 e. 4
2. Answers will vary. Possible answers: Success
means you can do something you want to do, D (p. 116)
and failure means you can’t. You might learn 1. improve 2. small 3. feelings 4. responsibility
more when you succeed because you know 5. essay 6. plan
what to do to succeed again the next time. You
might learn more when you fail because you can PREPARE TO READ
learn from your mistakes. A (p. 117)
1. f 2. e 3. b 4. h 5. c 6. g 7. d 8. i 9. j 10. a
WATCH
A (p. 112) Reflect (p. 117)
1. b 2. c 3. a 4. d 1. Job skills / education; How you act / think / feel;
Appearance; Communication skills
B (p. 112) 2. How you act / think / feel is the most important
Answers will vary. Possible answers: factor.
1. To face challenges means to confront or deal 3. Answers will vary. Possible answers: when your
with difficult situations. interview happens (first vs. last interview of the
2. The people in the photo are women, which can day; time of day; day of week), what time you
be a barrier, especially in science. There might arrive for the interview (late or too early), saying
be barriers in the environment where they work. something bad about an old boss / workplace,
looking at your phone during the interview,
C (p. 112) eating or drinking during the interview, etc.
1. T
2. F; She studies lions in Zimbabwe. READ
3. F; Her advice is to push through / keep going. A (p. 118)
1. Two. One person is writing to ask for advice.
PREPARE TO READ One person (the career coach) is writing to give
A (p. 113) information and advice.
1. pleasant 2. prepare 3. even 4. finally 2. Answers will vary.
5. recent 6. pay attention 7. motivated
8. feelings 9. depends on 10. amount B (p. 118)
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
READ 1. I need your advice., I feel terrible., I need help,
A (p. 114) What am I doing wrong?
1. c 2. I really don’t like this, show the problem
2. Answers will vary. Possible answers: They could
fail by not completing the course, or by not C (p. 118)
completing it before the rain starts and having a. 3 b. 5 c. 4 d. 1 e. 2
to quit. They could succeed by completing the
course before the rain starts. D (p. 120)
1. NG 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. NG 9. F 10. T

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Reflect (p. 120) Try, Try Again
Answers will vary. Possible answers: One of my greatest childhood successes started
out as a failure. I joined the track team in school.
I liked running. 1Also, I wanted more exercise. I
wasn’t tall like most short-distance runners, so the
Recent Both Soccer coach put me in longer races. 2However, I wanted
college coach
failure in a job to run in the shorter, faster races. I thought the
graduate kids’ coach
identified 100-meter race was very exciting. My coach finally
event planner mistake tried wrong
put me in a 100m event. I came in last. It was a
didn’t pick up took approach with
author kids terrible performance. What did I do? I began to
responsibility
improved made another coach run every day, both short and long distances. 3In
organizational changes to talked to her addition, I exercised to improve my strength. 4For
skills improve changed instance, I jumped onto a high box every day. I
approach became much stronger. I also became much faster.
5
Finally, after weeks of work, my coach put me in
another short race, and I won! I learned something
In a good interview response, the person identifies important. If you want something very much and
a mistake, takes responsibility for it, and shows you work very hard, you can achieve your goals.
how she / he learned from it.
D (p. 123)
WRITE a. 1 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2 e. 6 f. 3
A (p. 121)
Topic sentence: One of my early failures taught me E (p. 124)
an important lesson about asking for help. 1. has experienced
2. has played / ’s played
B (p. 121) 3. have had
1. Background information (2 sentences): In my 4. has owned
science class, everyone had to give an important 5. has had
presentation. Most of the final grade for the 6. has not stopped / hasn’t stopped
class depended on the presentation. 7. have missed / ’ve missed
2. Story of the failure (7 sentences): For the 8. have lost / ’ve lost
assignment, the teacher told us to include graphic 9. have been / ’ve been
information. There were a few things I didn’t 10. have failed / ’ve failed
understand about the assignment. Unfortunately,
as I prepared, I didn’t ask any questions. I also G (p. 125)
didn’t ask for help. In the end, I didn’t include the The Hardest Challenge
right kind of data, or use graphs. The presentation One of the hardest challenges I have faced
was terrible. I almost failed the class. is moving to another country. I have always be
3. Lesson learned (2 sentences): Since then, I have been close to my family and friends. My parents
changed the way I prepare. Now, I ask questions have helped me in many ways. They’ve encourage
when I don’t understand something, and I also encouraged me. My friends have always been there
ask for help when I need it. for me also. Living far away from them was very
4. Concluding sentence: It was a hard lesson to difficult, and I felt very alone. Since my move, I try
learn, but now I am a better student. have tried to stay in contact with family and friends
as much as possible. We communicate by text and
C (p. 122) video chat. It not has has not / hasn’t been easy,
Underlined answers will vary. but I’ve grown stronger because of this challenge.
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CONNECT TO THE TOPIC (p. 129) The writers communicate by using all lowercase
Answers will vary. Possible answers: letters, repeated letters, all capital letters, many
1. People make video diaries to describe what exclamation points, and no end punctuation. The
happens in their lives and how they feel. first message is very casual, the second is perhaps
2. Now we can see who we’re communicating upset or bored, the third might be angry, and the
with. For example, we couldn’t see people on last one is excited.
the telephone, but we can see people on a
video. It’s quicker to communicate using the B (p. 133)
Internet, too. For example, writing letters was 1. T 2. NG 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. T
very slow, but with social media, it’s very fast—
it’s in “real time.” C (p. 134)
1. letters, spaces, punctuation, and emoji
WATCH 2. Teenagers (especially girls and young people in
B (p. 130) cities)
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 3. a new word
4. People
C (p. 130)
Answers will vary. Possible answers: D (p. 134)
People are walking down the street, wearing coats 1. d 2. e 3. b 4. c 5. f 6. a
and hoods. A woman is waiting at the bus stop.
There is some traffic waiting at a light. Some cars Reflect (p. 134)
and a bus are driving past. A car beeps its horn. Answers will vary. Possible answer: I don’t believe
Two men are talking to each other. One man greets it. / I DON’T BELIEVE IT / I don’t belieeeve itttt!!!!
a woman. A man wearing a diving helmet and
carrying a giant squid toy walks by. PREPARE TO READ
A (p. 135)
D (p. 130) 1. polite 2. text messages 3. distance
No, the text messages do not always use correct 4. immediately 5. reply 6. suggestion
capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. 7. interrupt 8. enough 9. choice 10. still
Answers for the notes will vary. Possible answers:
Me too; Any requests?; Please get a pizza with READ
pineapple; sorry; he just finished teething.; He still B (p. 137)
drinking apple juice?; Anybody bringing dessert?; 1, 3, 4, 7
We’ve got dessert covered
C (p. 138)
PREPARE TO READ a. 4 b. 3 c. 3 d. 2 e. 4 f. 2 g. 4
A (p. 131)
1. sort 2. purposes 3. generation 4. probably D (p. 138)
5. shout 6. technology 7. generally 8. informal 1. Texting 2. People
9. comments 10. required
WRITE
READ A (p. 139)
A (p. 132) EFL 103, Section 2—Project Topic
Answers will vary as to what each person is saying.

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B (p. 140) 3. ’re not going to use / aren’t going to use / are
1. Subject: EFL 103, Section 2—Project Topic not going to use
2. Greeting: Dear Dr. Sharma, 4. ’s not going to assign / isn’t going to assign / is
3. Body: not going to assign
a. Identify self: This is Halima Jones from your 5. ’re going to study / are going to study
EFL 103, Section 2 class. 6. ’ll join / will join
b. Give background information: I’m working on 7. won’t start / will not start
the project for next week, and I have some 8. ’ll need / will need
questions. 9. will change
c. State purpose / Ask a question: I’m going to 10. will provide
be at school tomorrow. Will you be available to
meet sometime in the afternoon? E (p. 142)
4. Concluding sentence(s): Thank you for your 1. reading 2. to give 3. won’t 4. are 5. be
time. I look forward to hearing from you.
5. Closing: Best regards, G (p. 142)
Hey Dear Professor Tsao,
C (p. 140)
I’m in Eng 203. I’m studying for the final test, and I
1. ’m emailing / am emailing 2. are trying 3. ’re not
have some questions. Will we having have to write
listening / aren’t listening / are not listening
a paragraph on the final?
4. ’m preparing / am preparing 5. ’re not muting /
aren’t muting / are not muting 6. ’s planning / is Also, I am / ’m going to Peru next week. I will not
planning to be here on Friday for the final. Is it possible to
take the test early?
D (p. 141) CU L8R Best regards / Sincerely,
1. are going to miss Tomas Milan
2. ’m going to reply / am going to reply

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