Reading clue 3 WB key

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Answer Keys


01

A Neighborhood Garden

Theme Plants

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. Trash is something you throw away because you no longer
a. want

b. give

b. change

4. Your neighborhood is the
a. mall

5. A weed is a
a. wild

c. put
of a town or city where you live.

b. people

c. area

plant that grows quickly and kills garden plants.
b. dry

6. A pepper is a red or green
a. flower

it.

it from a place.

b. send

c. beautiful
that has an empty space inside.

b. fruit

1. ( lots of / and interesting stores / There are / parks ).
⇨ There are lots of parks and interesting stores.

c. protect

3. If you pull out something, you
a. remove

it.

c. make

2. If you turn something into something else, you
a. move

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. vegetable

2. ( will be / place / It / in the neighborhood / the nicest )!
⇨ It will be the nicest place in the neighborhood!

3. ( Small plants / the dirt / to push through / begin ).
⇨ Small plants begin to push through the dirt.

4. ( they / sunflowers, roses, and tulips / plant / On the other side, ).
⇨ On the other side, they plant sunflowers, roses, and tulips.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. They pull out

make a plan.

2. Emma and her friends

the weeds.

3. On one side they plant

the garden every day.

4. They water

tomatoes, carrots, and peppers.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. I don’t want to wear that (ugly / cute) dress.
2. Thank you for the (smart / delicious) dinner.
3. Can you help me (fall / push) this table?
4. My (plan / image) was to go to the museum with you.
5. She is going to the grocery (park / store) to buy some carrots.
6. After playing outside, the kid’s pants were covered in (dirt / air).
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. There is nothing there but trash and weeds.
⇨

2. They’ll turn the ugly place into a neighborhood garden!
⇨

3. There will be delicious vegetables and pretty flowers.
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UNIT 01 •

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02 Mexican Jumping Beans

Theme Plants

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. A larva is a young
a. bird

that looks like a small worm.
b. insect

a. nothing

b. something

b. cry

2. ( to a cooler place / the bean / causes / This / to roll ).
c. everything
.

b. running

6. If an insect lays eggs, it
a. pushes

4. ( breaks open / comes out / and the larva / The bean ).

c. similar to

5. If something rolls, it moves across the ground by
a. climbing

⇨ This will make more jumping beans.

a butterfly.

b. without

over.
c. turning

them out of its body.
b. pulls

⇨ This causes the bean to roll to a cooler place.

3. ( will make / more / This / jumping beans ).

c. laugh

4. A moth is an insect that is

a. next to

⇨ How can these beans move?

inside.

3. A joke is something that you say to make people
a. angry

1. ( these beans / can / move / How )?

c. plant

2. If something is empty, it has

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. shakes

⇨ The bean breaks open and the larva comes out.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. Moths lay

into a moth.

2. It lives

lay its own eggs.

3. It turns

in the empty space.

4. Someday, it will

their eggs in the beans.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. I wanted to drink (cool / hot) water after running.
2. I (grew / made) five centimeters last year.
3. He didn’t tell the (secret / event) of his success to anyone.
4. The girl is (giant / tiny), but she is carrying a big backpack.
5. Is there enough (hole / space) to put this table in your room?
6. She gave a smart answer to my (fool / silly) question.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Some beans can move around by themselves.
⇨

2. When the outside of the bean gets too hot, the larva moves its body.
⇨

3. As the larva grows, it eats the inside of the bean.
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UNIT 02 •

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03 Riding the Ducks

Theme Transportation

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If you point at something, you hold out your
a. head

b. finger

2. If you worry, you think about
a. happiness

3. A vehicle is a(n)
another.

a. animal

c. toe
that you have.

b. problems

c. questions

that is used to take people from one place to
b. toy

4. A skyline is the shape made by
a. buildings

toward it.

c. machine
or mountains against the sky.

b. clouds
b. quickly

and surprisingly.
c. easily

6. If something floats, it stays on top of the
a. ground

b. sky

1. ( looks / with wheels / It / like a boat ).
⇨ It looks like a boat with wheels.

2. ( They / on the water / like a duck / float ).

⇨ They float on the water like a duck.

3. ( his friend Jeremy / in Seattle / is visiting / Mark ).
⇨ Mark is visiting his friend Jeremy in Seattle.

4. ( You / can see / from up there / everything ).
⇨ You can see everything from up there.

c. people

5. If something happens suddenly, it happens
a. loudly

A. Unscramble the sentences.

.
c. water

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. Mark is confused,

the window.

2. They get into

a strange vehicle.

3. Jeremy points out

into the lake!

4. The vehicle goes

he follows Jeremy.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. That’s an excellent (idea / think)!
2. A cat (followed / ran) the man into his house.
3. On my way to school, I (go / pass) the bakery.
4. Some people are swimming in the (lake / soil).
5. The tourist is (confused / angry) about the directions to the museum.
6. He just walked (on / through) the door.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. They ride in the vehicle through the city.
⇨

2. Mark is scared, but Jeremy tells him not to worry.
⇨

3. Mark takes lots of pictures to show his friends and family.
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04 Strange Little Taxis

Theme Transportation

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. A tourist is someone who is
a. learning

to have fun.

b. driving

1. ( a taxi / be / as comfortable as / may not / It ).

c. traveling

2. A traffic jam is a long line of cars that moves very
a. suddenly

3. A wheel is a
a. round

b. quickly

c. triangle

b. seats

5. A motorcycle is a vehicle with
a. one

b. two

6. If something is noisy, it makes a lot of
a. loud

on a road.

thing that helps something roll across the ground.

4. An engine is the part of a vehicle that gives it
a. power

⇨ It may not be as comfortable as a taxi.

c. slowly

b. square

b. soft

A. Unscramble the sentences.

.

c. space

2. ( get a chance, / take a ride / If / in a tuk-tuk / you ).
⇨ If you get a chance, take a ride in a tuk-tuk.

3. ( have / for passengers / and a backseat / They / three wheels ).
⇨ They have three wheels and a backseat for passengers.

4. ( they are cheaper / than taxis / because / Tuk-tuks are popular ).
⇨ Tuk-tuks are popular because they are cheaper than taxis.

B. Match the sentence parts.

wheels.
c. four

1. Tuk-tuks usually

through traffic jams.

sounds.

2. Tourists especially

enjoy tuk-tuks.

c. amazing

3. They can easily pass

don’t have any doors.

4. You’ll have

a lot more fun!

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. The birds are singing on the (roof / chair) of the house.
2. We stayed in a (cheap / slow) hotel.
3. I left my bag on the (backseat / door) of the taxi.
4. There were 300 (drivers / passengers) on the plane.
5. Please have a seat on this (comfortable / fast) sofa.
6. Give me a (chance / luck) to do it one more time.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. People use tuk-tuks as taxis in some South Asian countries.
⇨

2. Tuk-tuks’ funny name comes from the sound of their noisy engines.
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3. Riding in a tuk-tuk is an interesting way to look around a new city.
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05 Thunder and Lightning

Theme Weather

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. A town is a place where many people
a. build

b. travel

.

1. ( to go away / Thunder and Lightning / They / wanted ).
c. live

2. If you hurt someone, you cause the person to feel
a. smile

b. pain
b. bad
b. have

6. Your voice is the
a. image

b. sea

⇨ He pushed down houses and trees, and started fires.

c. wonderful
something.
c. like

5. Thunder is a very loud sound that comes from the
a. sky

2. ( and started / pushed down / houses and trees, / He / fires ).

.
effect on it.

4. If you complain, you say that you do not
a. know

⇨ They wanted Thunder and Lightning to go away.

c. energy

3. If you do damage to something, you have a
a. careful

when it rains.

c. ground

that you make when you are speaking or singing.
b. feeling

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. sound

3. ( in a loud voice / She / at him / yelled ).
⇨ She yelled at him in a loud voice.

4. ( badly / Lightning / and behaved / often got / angry ).
⇨ Lightning often got angry and behaved badly.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. She had a son

hurt people.

2. Sometimes he even

named Lightning.

3. The people in the town

his mother yell at him.

4. You can hear

were very unhappy.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. He (behaved / believed) very badly toward the guests.
2. I couldnʼt hear you because of the (loud / quiet) music.
3. She (pushed down / pulled out) the boy, and he hurt his knee.
4. My friend (forgot / yelled) my name across the street.
5. When you (hear / see) the alarm, get out of the building quickly.
6. The children were all (successful / unhappy) about going back to school.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. A long time ago, there was a sheep named Thunder.
⇨

2. The king told the mother and son to live in the sky.
⇨

3. Today, you can still see Lightning do bad things when he’s angry.
⇨
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06 Summer and Winter

Theme Weather

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If something is straight, it does not
a. grow

2. A part is a(n)
a. list

.

b. stop

1. ( our part / from the Sun / leans away / When it is winter, ).
c. bend

2. ( if / What / the Earth / would happen / stood up straight )?

b. piece

3. ( to one side / leans / around the Sun / The Earth / as it moves ).

.

b. strong

a. feet

4. ( so / The sunlight is / weaker / it becomes / more spread out, ).

.

⇨ The sunlight is more spread out, so it becomes weaker.

c. soft

B. Match the sentence parts.

.

b. hands

c. shoulders

6. If you lean toward something, you move your body so it is
a. close

⇨ The Earth leans to one side as it moves around the Sun.

c. easy

b. hot

5.To stand is to be on your

⇨ What would happen if the Earth stood up straight?

c. outside

4. To heat up something is to make it become
a. cool

⇨ When it is winter, our part leans away from the Sun.

of something.

3. If something is weak, it is not
a. fast

A. Unscramble the sentences.

b. similar

c. natural

to it.

1. It is because the Earth

us directly.

2. The sunlight hits

winter cold.

3. That makes

doesnʼt stand straight.

4. We wouldn’t have

any seasons!

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. Summer is my favorite (month / season).
2. (Spread out / Take off) the map on the desk.
3. She likes walking in the morning (sunset / sunlight).
4. The bank is on the left (side / center) of the street.
5. I want to (know / become) everything about him.
6. A big bear slowly walked (in / toward) us.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Everyone knows that summer is hot and winter is cold.
⇨

2. It is cold because we get less heat from the Sun in winter.
⇨

3. This heats up the Earth, so the weather is hot in summer.
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UNIT 06 •

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07

A Birthday Baseball

Theme Special Days

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If you win a competition, you get a
a. goal

.

b. prize

1. ( has / on Saturday / a game / His baseball team ).
c. question

2. A problem is something that makes you
a. sleep

c. worry

3. An office is a room where people

a. study

b. wait

c. work

5. A field is an open
a. job

6. To solve is to find the
a. point

with your hand or a stick.

b. softly

c. carefully

that can be used for farming or playing sports.
b. building

c. area

to a question or problem.
b. answer

⇨ His baseball team has a game on Saturday.

2. ( Kerry / gives / a special gift / He ).
⇨ He gives Kerry a special gift.

3. ( as / Unfortunately, / Kerry’s birthday party / the same day / it’s ).

.

4. To hit something is to touch it
a. hard

.

b. fall

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. secret

⇨ Unfortunately, it’s the same day as Kerry’s birthday party.

4. ( to Kerry’s house / him / his father / quickly drives / After the game, ).
⇨ After the game, his father quickly drives him to Kerry’s house.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. I have the day off

and his team wins!

2. Carlos plays

this Saturday.

3. He hits a home run

really hard.

4. Kerry will love

this birthday present!

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. She hit a (home run / score) and went around all the bases.
2. Can I take the (day off / work off) tomorrow?
3. We (arrived / left) in Chicago at 7 p.m.
4. Our (game / team) got first place last season.
5. Emily and Sarah are twins, and I like them (both / one).
6. My brother got the (wrong / same) hairstyle as his favorite singer.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. If I drive you to Kerry’s house from the baseball field, you could do both.
⇨

2. I can help you solve your problem.
⇨

3. Don’t you have to go to the office on Saturday?
⇨
UNIT 07 •

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08 Chasing the Cheese

Theme Special Days

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. To reach a place is to
a. arrive

there.

1. ( Cheese rolling / ago / hundreds of years / began ).

b. live

c. leave

2. An annual meeting happens once a
a. month
a. highest

it to catch it.

5. If people gather, they come
a. back

6. An event is a thing that
a. happens

c. middle

b. run after

c. drive through
in one place to see or do something.

b. down

c. together
, especially something important.

b. forgets

⇨ People chase a wheel of cheese down a hill.

3. ( the cheese rolls / very difficult / really fast / because / This is ).

part of something.

4. If you chase something, you
a. fall into

c. year

b. lowest

⇨ Cheese rolling began hundreds of years ago.

2. ( down a hill / People / a wheel of cheese / chase ).

.

b. season

3. The bottom is the

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. rides

⇨ This is very difficult because the cheese rolls really fast.

4. ( this fun festival / Most people / to end / don’t want ).
⇨ Most people don’t want this fun festival to end.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. First prize is

got hurt.

2. In past years,

there were some problems.

3. Too many people

came to the event.

4. Some runners

the wheel of cheese.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. Their house is on top of the (hill / lake).
2. Who will be the (owner / winner) of the game?
3. I have been sick in bed for the (next / past) week.
4. We are going to (cross / float) this river by boat.
5. The letter (continues / finds) on the other side of the paper.
6. I won a (prize / money) of 100 dollars in the singing contest.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. People from around the world gather at Cooper’s Hill.
⇨

2. They try to catch a wheel of cheese before it reaches the bottom.
⇨

3. If no one catches it, the winner is the first person to cross the finish line.

⇨
UNIT 08 •

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09 A Roman Holiday

Theme History

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. An outdoor activity happens
a. inside

a building.

b. outside

2. If people or animals fight, they
a. hit

3. A spot is a certain
a. event

1. ( a kind of sport / as / used to / People / fight here ).

c. below

⇨ People used to fight here as a kind of sport.

, kick, or bite each other.

b. call

c. pass

where something happens.
b. place

b. know

a. bad

b. same

4. ( Rome / with our family / My sister Bonnie and I / are visiting ).

a. race

b. sports

.

c. remember
might happen.

c. different

6. A theater is a building or place where you watch

⇨ We put on ancient Roman clothes called togas.
⇨ It was the most popular meeting spot in ancient Rome.

c. island

5. If you are scared, you are afraid that something

2. ( We / called togas / ancient Roman clothes / put on ).
3. ( in ancient Rome / was / meeting spot / It / the most popular ).

4. If you wonder, you think about something you want to
a. read

A. Unscramble the sentences.

or shows.
c. plays

⇨ My sister Bonnie and I are visiting Rome with our family.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. We studied

we were ancient Romans.

2. We can see

our favorite part of the day.

3. We felt like

everything for real.

4. It was

ancient Rome at school.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. It is (exciting / lonely) to watch a soccer game with my friends.
2. The flowers look fresh, but they are not (real / true).
3. The café is a popular (shopping / meeting) place for girls.
4. My (favorite / most) character in the book is Peter Pan.
5. He studied about many (ancient / natural) kings.
6. I am going to (come / visit) my aunt’s house tomorrow.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. We wondered if the fighters were very scared.
⇨

2. We stopped at an outdoor theater called the Teatro Marcello.
⇨

3. We hope to learn more about the lives of ancient Romans.
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10

The Story of the Vikings

Theme History

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. To stay is to not move away or
a. arrive

a. land

.

b. start

2. If you sail, you travel on

1. ( to attack them / visited / The Vikings / other countries ).
c. leave

4. An adventure is an
a. exciting

⇨ The Vikings visited other countries to attack them.

2. ( many stories / left behind / of their adventures / They ).

in a boat or ship.
b. ice

b. family

⇨ They left behind many stories of their adventures.

c. water

3. A farmer is a person who owns or takes care of a
a. lake

⇨ Some of their words are now used in English.

c. farm

4. ( sailed away / people’s / They took / and then / gold and money, ).

or dangerous experience.
b. old

b. fire

b. real

⇨ They took people’s gold and money, and then sailed away.

c. easy

B. Match the sentence parts.

.

c. water

6. If you imagine something, you think of something that is not
a. interesting

3. ( their words / Some of / are now used / in English ).

.

5. A dragon is a large animal in stories that can breathe out
a. air

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. important

.

1. Imagine a big ship

gone now.

2. Can you guess

with a dragonʼs head.

3. The Vikings are

who is on it?

4. People still

remember the Vikings today.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. It is spring now, but it is (never / still) cold.
2. The boy hid (behind / front) the sofa.
3. She (bought / traded) her posters for his CDs.
4. The library is a short (line / distance) from my school.
5. A bear will (attack / keep) a person if it is surprised.
6. My parents are going to (walk / travel) to Europe next month.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. The Vikings lived in Northern Europe between 800 and 1066.

⇨

2. They were famous for traveling long distances in their ships.
⇨

3. They sailed all around Europe to trade things.
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11

Knitting to Save Lives

Theme Helping Hands

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If you are shocked, you feel
a. happy

and upset.

b. sad

a. weak

.

b. excited

c. safe

3. If someone is poor, the person has
a. little

money.

b. enough

4. A center is a
a. building

c. a lot of

that people use for a certain activity.
b. game

5. If you are proud, you feel very
a. angry

1. ( a local / are visiting / volunteer center / They ).

c. surprised

2. If you protect someone, you keep the person

c. plan
about something that you have done.

b. happy

c. stressed

6. A volunteer is someone who does something because the person
to do it.

a. makes

b. visits

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. wants

⇨ They are visiting a local volunteer center.

2. ( by keeping them / The hats / warm / protect babies ).
⇨ The hats protect babies by keeping them warm.

3. ( so many babies / They / every year / didn’t know / die ).
⇨ They didn’t know so many babies die every year.

4. ( are sitting / several people / at a table / Inside the center, ).

⇨ Inside the center, several people are sitting at a table.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. They are

are shocked.

2. They know

all knitting.

3. The students

like to try?

4. Would you

they helped save a life.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. Please try the (local / fast) food when you visit a new place.
2. Two (million / several) people live in the city.
3. My grandmother (helped / knitted) a cool sweater for me.
4. Doctors try their best to (learn / save) people’s lives.
5. My father was (gone / born) in a small village.
6. It is nice and (cool / warm) here by the fire.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. They are making tiny hats for babies in poor countries.
⇨

2. The students sit down at the table and learn how to knit.
⇨

3. Each year, four million babies die soon after they are born.
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UNIT 11 •

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12

Help Homeless Pets

Theme Helping Hands

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. A cage is a place where people keep
a. food

.

b. plants

1. ( at the shelter / look forward to / We / seeing you ).
c. animals

2. If someone is homeless, the person has no place to
a. study

b. travel

a. has

3. ( please visit / If / our animal shelter / to help them, / you want ).
⇨ If you want to help them, please visit our animal shelter.

4. ( anymore / don’t want / Unfortunately, / their pets / some pet owners ).

something.

b. moves

b. dirt

b. keep

⇨ Unfortunately, some pet owners don’t want their pets anymore.

c. draws

B. Match the sentence parts.

off of it.
c. clothes

6. A shelter is a building where people or animals that need help can
a. stay

⇨ Together, we can make a better life for all our animals.

c. school

5. If you clean something, you wash
a. water

2. ( can make / for all our animals / we / a better life / Together, ).

.

and take care of.

b. home

4. An owner is a person who

⇨ We look forward to seeing you at the shelter.

c. live

3. A pet is an animal that you keep in your
a. center

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. buy

.

1. We take care of

homeless pets.

2. If you don’t have time,

to animals.

3. Before you get one,

you can still help.

4. Always be kind

make sure you are ready.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. We are (ready / sad) to go inline skating.
2. She has to (find / know) a place to live.
3. Can you help me (look for / look at) my cell phone?

4. I can’t finish the work (including / without) your help.
5. I’d like two tickets for (adults / people) and seven for children.
6. He studied hard for the test, but (finally / unfortunately) he didn’t pass.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Do you feel sad when you see dogs and cats without a home?
⇨

2. Weʼre looking for people to clean out cages or walk the dogs.
⇨

3. If you see someone hurting an animal, tell an adult.
⇨
UNIT 12 •

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13

Sweet Potato Music

Theme Music

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. A hole is a(n)
a. empty

space in something.
b. safe

2. A market is a place where people
a. make

b. grow

3. If you blow, you send out
a. air

b. words

1. ( it / will love / thinks / his sister / He ).
c. dirty

b. hit

5. A present is something that you
a. give

b. ask

b. glove

2. ( are / years old / Ocarinas / thousands of ).
⇨ Ocarinas are thousands of years old.

c. buy

3. ( it is easy / says / The woman / an ocarina / to play ).

from your mouth.

⇨ The woman says it is easy to play an ocarina.

c. signs

4. ( one woman / He / selling / sees / something strange ).
it.

⇨ He sees one woman selling something strange.

c. hear

B. Match the sentence parts.

to somebody on a special day.
c. explain

6. Jewelry is something small that you wear on your body, such as a
a. blouse

⇨ He thinks his sister will love it.

and sell things.

4. If you cover something, you put something over it to hide or
a. close

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. ring

.

1. Some people are selling

they are “ocarinas.”

2. An ocarina is

a kind of flute.

3. The woman says

paintings and jewelry.

4. Tony tries, and

beautiful sounds come out!

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. I woke up to the (point / sound) of my alarm clock.

2. She is playing some old songs on the (flute / wood).
3. The (artist / scientist) drew a picture for the tourists.
4. The colors of this (painting / meeting) are amazing.
5. I don’t know why he said such a (strange / natural) thing.
6. The shop (opens / sells) the best ice cream in the city.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Ocarinas look like sweet potatoes with holes in them.
⇨

2. There are ocarinas with five holes, and others with as many as twelve holes.
⇨

3. Just blow into it and cover some holes with your fingers.
⇨
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14

Harpsichords and Pianos

Theme Music

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If something is slim, it is not
a. tall

or thick.

b. short

1. ( you press / sounds / When / come out / these keys, ).
c. wide

2. A key is one of the parts that you push with your
a. foot

b. finger

a. plays

b. shows

c. keeps

b. sports

5. If you press something, you
a. push

.
c. music

it with your fingers or hand.

b. blow

6. A hammer is a part inside a piano that
a. cuts

on a piano.

, or sings music.

4. An instrument is a thing used for playing
a. game

⇨ When you press these keys, sounds come out.

c. head

3. A musician is a person who writes,

b. has

A. Unscramble the sentences.

2. ( are hit / In a piano, / by small hammers / the strings ).
⇨ In a piano, the strings are hit by small hammers.

3. ( there is / Did you know / instrument / a very similar )?
⇨ Did you know there is a very similar instrument?

4. ( inside both instruments / actually come / from strings / They ).
⇨ They actually come from strings inside both instruments.

B. Match the sentence parts.

c. cover

1. Everyone has seen

a piano before.

a string to make a sound.

2. The sounds don’t

come out of the keys.

c. hits

3. There are

slimmer than piano keys.

4. Harpsichord keys are

some other differences, too.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. Could you (know / pull) the curtains close, please?
2. One of the guitar (sounds / strings) is broken.
3. The two tables are very (important / similar) in size and design.
4. You can have fun and (hit / learn) English at the same time.
5. When we look in a mirror, our image is (reversed / strong).
6. It is (new / traditional) to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Pianos and harpsichords both have black and white keys.
⇨

2. The colors of the keys are reversed on a harpsichord and a piano.
⇨

3. Some musicians are learning to play the traditional harpsichord again.
⇨
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15

Charlie’s New Business

Theme Business

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If you are stressed, you feel very
a. scared

.

1. ( you / some help / want / Do / now )?

b. excited

2. If you want something else, you want
a. cheap

c. worried

b. special

2. ( Charlie’s new bike / a chance / She / to ride / wanted ).

b. chance

b. money

b. angry

b. in and out

⇨ Charlie was walking several dogs each day.

c. reason

4. ( something / wanted / else / She ).

for things or services.

⇨ She wanted something else.

c. gift

B. Match the sentence parts.

.

c. happy

6. If people shake hands, they hold each other’s hand and move it
a. up and down

3. ( several dogs / Charlie / each day / was walking ).

to take it.

5. When you smile, you move your mouth to show that you are
a. sad

⇨ She wanted a chance to ride Charlie’s new bike.

c. another

4. If you pay someone, you give the person
a. help

⇨ Do you want some help now?

thing.

3. If you offer something, you give someone the
a. answer

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. front and back

.

1. He started

enough money.

2. He didn’t have

Sandy half of the money.

3. He wanted

his own business.

4. Charlie offered

all the money for himself.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. She cut the cake into (another / several) pieces.
2. Thatʼs a (fair / loud) price for this nice bag.
3. There are (enough / empty) cookies for everyone.
4. My mom works in the fashion (business / work).
5. We grew up (better / together) in the same village.
6. (Half / Tiny) of the students got a perfect score on the test.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Charlie walked other people’s dogs and they paid him.
⇨

2. Sandy saw Charlie trying to walk many dogs at once.
⇨

3. When they worked together, walking the dogs was much easier.
⇨
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16

The Red Paperclip

Theme Business

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If something is impossible, it cannot
a. come

.

b. happen

a. cooking

a. help

c. cooling
it to happen.

b. make

c. want

4. A doorknob is a round handle that you
a. bend

5. To post something online is to
a. put

6. A record is the
a. fair

to open a door.

b. push

c. turn
it on the Internet.

b. gather

⇨ Kyle published a book about his experience.

2. ( the doorknob / exchanged / for a camping stove / He ).

.

b. building

3. If you hope something, you

1. ( Kyle / about his experience / a book / published ).
c. move

2. A stove is a thing that you use for

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. follow

⇨ He exchanged the doorknob for a camping stove.

3. ( on the Internet / of the paperclip / a picture / He / posted ).
⇨ He posted a picture of the paperclip on the Internet.

4. ( to trade it / He / for / wanted / something better ).
⇨ He wanted to trade it for something better.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. Kyle MacDonald had

a red paperclip.

result in a sport or an event.

2. After 14 trades,

but Kyle didn’t care.

b. best

3. It sounded impossible,

on his blog.

4. He posted all of the information

his dream came true.

c. enough

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. She will (publish / spend) her first book soon.
2. The local events are (read / listed) in the newspaper.
3. She has no (experience / work) with babysitting.
4. He usually doesnʼt (care / take) what other people think.
5. We (exchanged / thought) phone numbers before we left.
6. I found some (information / instrument) about sea animals on the Internet.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Kyle hoped to exchange the paperclip for a house in one year.
⇨

2. He started by trading his paperclip for a fish-shaped pen.
⇨

3. His experience was also listed in Guinness World Records in 2008.

⇨
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17

The Ghost Baby

Theme Mystery

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If something is terrible, it makes you feel very
a. curious

b. unhappy

c. proud

2. If you are hungry, you want to
a. buy

3. A bench is a
a. long

5. A flashlight is a
a. warm

c. make

seat for two or more people, usually made of wood.
b. round

c. comfortable
c. same

light that you can hold in your hand.
b. dark

c. small
about something and canʼt relax.

b. worried

1. ( was / She / a ghost baby / it / said ).
⇨ She said it was a ghost baby.

2. ( about / were talking / a ghost / All the students ).
⇨ All the students were talking about a ghost.

3. ( the kitten / to keep / Hannah / decided / as a pet ).
⇨ Hannah decided to keep the kitten as a pet.

4. ( Hannah and Marcy / at the playground / met / That night, ).

idea.

b. exciting

6. If you are nervous, you are
a. sad

something.

b. eat

4. If you agree, you have the
a. silly

.

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. brave

⇨ That night, Hannah and Marcy met at the playground.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. It cried

in ghosts.

2. There’s a ghost

in our school.

3. Soon, they heard

a terrible sound.

4. She didn’t believe

on the playground at night.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. She doesn’t (hear / believe) the story in the newspaper.
2. They can’t play on the (gym / playground) because of the rain.
3. The sad movie made her (cry / laugh).
4. He gave her the book and she (kept / heard) it.
5. All the children were scared by his (ghost / long) stories.
6. She was (free / afraid) to go near the huge dog.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Let’s meet at the playground tonight.
⇨

2. Hannah pointed her flashlight under a bench.
⇨

3. Marcy was nervous, but she agreed.

⇨
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18

Looking for Atlantis

Theme Mystery

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. If something is great, it is very
a. important

or excellent.

b. old

b. water

3. If something is large, it is
a. big

⇨ Other people think it’s at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea.

3. ( He / including / about many things, / math and science / wrote ).

in size.
b. half

b. remember

b. press

6. If you are smart, you are very good at
a. writing

2. ( it’s / of the Caribbean Sea / Other people / at the bottom / think ).

c. stairs

b. protecting

⇨ He wrote about many things, including math and science.

c. small

4. ( about Atlantis / These days, / many books and movies / there are ).

.

⇨ These days, there are many books and movies about Atlantis.

c. understand

5. A bridge is a thing that is built over a river so people can
a. cross

⇨ Atlantis is one of the biggest mysteries in history.

.

4. A mystery is something that people do not
a. create

1. ( one of / is / in history / Atlantis / the biggest mysteries ).

c. terrible

2. If something sinks, it goes down under the
a. field

A. Unscramble the sentences.

.

B. Match the sentence parts.

c. turn

1. The city was

a very strong army.

things.

2. Many people are

called Atlantis.

c. learning

3. They had

still looking for Atlantis.

4. He wrote a story

about a great and powerful city.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. They sailed across the (land / ocean).
2. My brother joined the (army / city) last year.
3. You should learn the (bottom / history) of your country.
4. We are going to (build / play) our house near the lake.
5. There are nine people on the team, (calling / including) me.
6. The country will be rich and (powerful / weak) in the future.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. Plato was one of the smartest people in ancient Greece.

⇨

2. If you wanted to find it, where would you look?
⇨

3. But suddenly, the city sunk into the ocean in just one day.
⇨
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19

Leo the Lion

Theme Stars

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. A fierce animal is very
a. angry

or ready to attack.
b. weak

1. ( Hercules / too / Everyone / would fail, / thought ).

c. large

2. A group is a number of people or things that are
a. different

b. popular

a. lose

a. warm

c. create

clothing that you wear over your clothes.
b. thin

5. An act is something that you
a. do

.

it in your memory.

b. keep

4. A coat is a piece of

c. colorful

b. dream

b. tired

2. ( people / Hercules’s brave act / Hera / to remember / wanted ).
⇨ Hera wanted people to remember Hercules’s brave act.

3. ( his strong skin / through / couldn’t pass / Their swords ).
⇨ Their swords couldn’t pass through his strong skin.

4. ( We / the group of stars / known as Leo the Lion / can still see ).
⇨ We can still see the group of stars known as Leo the Lion.

B. Match the sentence parts.

.
c. have

6. If someone is brave, that person doesn’t feel
a. afraid

⇨ Everyone thought Hercules would fail, too.

c. together

3. If you remember something, you

A. Unscramble the sentences.

.
c. sad

1. He only used

in the world.

2. He was the strongest man

to fight him.

3. Hercules bravely walked

into Leo’s cave.

4. People tried

his hands.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. Bats live in the (cave / pond).
2. I forgot to (bring / pass) my umbrella.
3. Her (smile / skin) burns easily in the sun.
4. The soldiers pulled out their (hands / swords) and began to fight.
5. He is just a little kid, but he can lift (huge / tiny) rocks easily.
6. Venus is the ancient Roman (queen / goddess) of love.
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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. A long time ago, there was a fierce lion called Leo in ancient Greece.
⇨

2. A goddess named Hera sent Hercules to kill Leo.
⇨

3. When Hercules came back out, he was wearing Leo’s skin as a coat.
⇨
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20 Make Your Own Solar Eclipse

Theme Stars

Vocabulary Practice

Sentence Practice

A. Choose the best answer to complete the definition of each word.

1. A line is a
a. long

, thin mark.

a. lose

1. ( happens / how / Let’s / see / it ).

b. small

2. If you form something, you

c. pretty

b. make

c. complain

4. If you miss something, you
a. fail

c. room
to use a chance to do it.

b. agree

c. learn

5. If you turn on something, you make it start
a. fighting

6. Solar power is energy made by the
a. sun

.

b. changing

c. working
.

b. wind

⇨ This is what happens during a solar eclipse.

3. ( Put / an orange / on a table / and a golf ball ).

.

b. hand

⇨ Let’s see how it happens.

2. ( is / a solar eclipse / during / what happens / This ).

it in some way.

3. If you hold something, you have it in your
a. bag

A. Unscramble the sentences.

c. water

⇨ Put an orange and a golf ball on a table.

4. ( about 60 cm / from the table / away / Stand ).
⇨ Stand about 60 cm away from the table.

B. Match the sentence parts.

1. They should be 20 cm

away from each other.

2. Hold a flashlight

the flashlight.

3. Turn on

at table level.

4. The flashlight, golf ball, and orange

should form a straight line.

B. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. He visited the palace (during / until) his trip.
2. We will move to the new house in the (front / middle) of March.
3. I go to school (after / between) 8 and 8:30 a.m.
4. The water (price / level) of the lake got higher after the heavy rain.
5. A strange thing (happened / passed) to me yesterday.
6. Steveʼs (shadow / voice) made a dark shape on the sidewalk.

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C. Translate each sentence into your language.

1. During a solar eclipse, it gets dark in the middle of the day.
⇨

2. Look at the golf ballʼs shadow on the orange.
⇨

3. If you get a chance to see a solar eclipse, don’t miss it!
⇨
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