oxford discover 3 studentbook answer key pdf

Student Book 3 Answer Key
Unit 1

O
Example:
Amy says, “There’s something outside!”
“What’s that noise?” asks Ellie. “Is it a monster?”
“It’s next to our tent!” screams Amy. “Help!”

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A
Example:
A scary story about nature.

Unit 2

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C
Student’s own answers
D
Example:
She loses her balance on a cliff.
She sees a boa constrictor in front of her.
E
Student’s own answers

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F
4, 1, 5, 3, 6, 2
G
Example:

1 No. Skipping is boring.
2 Help.    Help me!
3 Turn around and come back.
4 What can I do?
5 Skip!    Jump!
6 Run!

A
Student’s own answer

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C
Example:
1 The email is from David.
2 The email is to Kyle.
3 He stays with his Aunt Claire and Uncle Leo.
4 He goes with his mom and dad.
D
How are you?
What have you been doing?
Did you do anything fun last weekend?
E
Example:
Downtown Quito
The market in Otavalo

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H

girl goes walking, sees a boa constrictor
Student’s own answers
I
Student’s own answers
J
Student’s own answers
K
Student’s own answers
L
Student’s own answers

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F
1  c  2  e  3  a  4  f  5  b  6  d
G
Example:
Where did he go?
to Otavalo
Who did he go with?
his mom and dad
What did he do?
he hiked in the country,
went fishing, and went
shopping

When did he go?
on Saturday
How did he get there?
by bus

Why was it fun?
because they all bought
something

H
1 the suburbs
2 an urban area
3 a rural area

M
Student’s own answer
N
Example:
Character

What he / she says

wake up
suddenly

Amy

There’s something
outside!

hear a
noise

Ellie

What’s that noise?
Is it a monster?

see a big
shadow

Amy

It’s next to our
tent! Help!

Scary event

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I
Student’s own answers

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J
Example:
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Thursday
Friday
Saturday

visited my aunt and uncle in the
country and went hiking
played with my brother and sister
in the garden
made cookies with my grandma
watched a movie
went shopping with my mom and
bought a present for my friend
went to the beach
went to my friend’s birthday party

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L
Student’s own answers
M
Example:
Where did you go?
to the beach
Who did you go with?
my mom and my brother
What did you do?
we swam in the ocean,
read books, and ate ice
cream

When did you go?

on Friday
How did you get there?
by train
Why was it fun?
because it was relaxing
and the weather was great

N
Examples:
How are you?
What have you been doing?
Did you do anything fun last week?

Unit 3
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A
1  a backpack   2  a balloon

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C
Examples:
1 the poet’s first day at school
2 a surprise birthday party
D
Surprise
E
Student’s own answer

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F
1  h  2  e  3  a  4  f  5  b  6  g  7  d  8  c
G
Hear the noisy sounds!
See the bright lights!
See the beautiful colors!
Watch the happy children!

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I
a backpack
a balloon
J
Student’s own answers

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K
Student’s own answer
L
Student’s own answers
M
Student’s own answers
N
Examples:
as silly as a monkey
colorful like candy
O
Student’s own answer
P

Student’s own answer

Unit 4
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A
Student’s own answer

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C
1  Tina’s Blog – It’s About Time!   2  Our 24/7 world
D
We can have light all day and night because of the
light bulb.

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E
Tina gives information about something.
She gives her opinion about something.
She asks for readers’ opinions.
F
1  bad  2  good  3  bad  4  bad
G
Student’s own answer

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H
Example:
Topic: Stores open 24/7
Reasons it is a good idea
People can buy things

when they want
Stores can make a lot of
money
People go shopping at
different times, so stores
are quieter

Reasons it is a bad idea
People in shops work very
hard
The neighborhood is noisy
at night
People eat fast food and
don’t cook healthy meals

I
Student’s own answer

H
Student’s own answers

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I
Examples

J
Example:

Reasons it is
a good idea
People can buy
things when
they want.
Stores can
make a lot of
money.
People go
shopping at
different times,
so stores are
quieter.

Topic
Stores open
24/7

My opinion
It is a good
idea because
people need
to do things at
different times.
Some people
work at night.

K
Student’s own answers
L
Student’s own answers

Unit 5
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A
Student’s own answers

Problem:
Aliens want to invade
the Earth.

Solution:
Stop the aliens from
landing on the Earth.

Problem:
A volcano is erupting
and people are in
danger.

Solution:
Rescue all the people
and take them to a
safe place.

Problem:

Someone steals a
famous painting from
a museum.

Solution:
Look for clues, find
the thief and return
the painting.

I
Student’s own answers

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K
Examples:
Setting
Characters
Problem
Solution

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C
1 Captain Electricity
2 Dr. Waste A. Lot
3 Captain Electricity
4 Dr. Waste A. Lot
5 Captain Electricity
D
Dr. Waste A. Lot is stealing the world’s energy.

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The world in the year 2300
A scientist, some aliens
The aliens want to invade the Earth
Find a way to make the aliens go back to
their planet

L
Examples:
Name
Dr. Carlos
Vilanova
Aliens

Description
a scientist
tall with dark hair
shy, intelligent, brave
short and green with a lot of arms and legs
greedy, intelligent

E
Student’s own answer
F
Example:
Captain Electricity flies to Planet Waste and he uses a
mirror on his suit to send the energy back to Earth.
G
1  S  2  S  3  W  4  W  5  S  6  S  7  W  8  S

M
Examples:
1 Some aliens from another planet want to invade the
Earth.
2 The aliens
3 Dr. Carlos Vilanova, a scientist
4 He discovers a special liquid that can destroy the aliens’
spaceships. The aliens are scared and go home.

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Unit 6

H
Problem:  A  Solution:  B

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A
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O
Example:

C
Who?
Five people: Tom
Baisden, Danny
Adamson, Jennie
Helman, Michael
Welke and Sarah
Shannon.
Where?
In Seattle in the
US.

What?
They started a rock
band for kids called
The Not-Its.

When?
In 2008.

Why?
Because kids like rock music, but
there weren’t any rock bands for
kids.

D
Student’s own answer

A

Student’s own answer

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Examples:
Type of Music
rock
pop
reggae
jazz
metal
soul

J
Example:
Band / Singer: Stevie Wonder

He is from the
US.
His famous
songs include
Superstition, Sir
Duke, Happy
Birthday, and I
Just Called To Say
I Love You.
He is blind.

W What I want
to know
When was he
born?
What was the
first song he
released?
What is his real
name?
How did he get
the name Stevie
Wonder?

K
Student’s own answers

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M
Student’s own answer
N
Student’s own answer

1964
1976

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E
7, 4, 1, 5, 2, 8, 3, 6
F

1  c  2  b  3  d  4  a
G
Student’s own answer
H
Student’s own answer

K What I know

1963

What?
He was born in Saginaw, Michigan in the US.
He moved to Detroit.
He released his first album, The Jazz Soul Of
Little Stevie. He was twelve years old. He was
called ‘Little Stevie Wonder’.
His song Fingertips Pt(2) was number one in
the charts.
He changed his name to ‘Stevie Wonder’.
He released the album Songs In The Key Of
Life. It was number one for fourteen weeks.

Unit 7

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Band or Singer
Maroon 5
One Direction
Bob Marley

Ella Fitzgerald
Iron Maiden
Stevie Wonder

When?
1950
1954
1962

L What I
learned

C
3
D
Do you take photos with your phone? (Student’s own
answer)
Do you take photos that you never print? (Student’s own
answer)
E
Student’s own answer

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F
You can take pictures with it.
It can hold ten pieces of paper.
It can print pictures.
You can post pictures online from the phone.
G
1  e  2  a  3  d  4  b  5  g  6  f  7  c

H
Student’s own answer

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Examples:
For home or school
A backpack that becomes
a desk.
For pets
A small camera so you can
see where your cat is and
what it’s doing.

For fun
A robot that tidies up your
toys.
Other

J
Student’s own answer
K
Student’s own answer

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M
Examples:
Now you can …
amazing
But you can print photos right from the phone, too!
It’s easier than chewing gum!
You have to have it today!
Buy one now and get 50 free pieces of photo paper.
N
Student’s own answers
O
Student’s own answer

Suggestions:
You can also cut the sandwich into squares.
You can also use white bread.

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J
Student’s own answer
K
Student’s own answer
L
Example:
8 mushrooms

Unit 8

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A
Examples:
an instruction manual for a phone, camera, etc.
instructions for a craft project
instructions for growing seeds

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C
sugar, flour, strawberries, lemons
D
Example:
Preheat the oven because you have to wait for the oven to
become hot.
E
Example:
It shows people what the dish needs to look like when it’s
finished.
F
Student’s own answer

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Mushroom omelette

25g butter
M
First,
Example:
Slice the mushrooms.

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N
Example:
First
Slice the
mushrooms.
Beat the eggs.
Add the
mushrooms to
the eggs.

G
1  c  2  a  3  b
H
Examples:
1 It isn’t a complete sentence. There isn’t a verb, a capital
letter or a period.
2 It’s a complete sentence and the verb is in the
imperative. The sentence doesn’t use ‘you’.
3 It’s a complete sentence. It uses ‘you’ and ‘can’.
I
Example:
Carla’s peanut butter and banana sandwich

O
Example:

Ingredients:
2 pieces of brown bread, butter, peanut butter, 1 banana,

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Instructions:
First, spread butter on two pieces of brown bread.
Then spread peanut butter on one piece of bread.
Next, cut the banana into slices.
Put the slices on the peanut butter.
Then put the other slice of bread on top.
Last, cut the sandwich into triangles.

3 eggs

Next
Melt the butter
in a pan.
Put the mixture
into the pan
and cook the
omelette on one
side.

Last
Turn it over and
cook the other
side.

Add some cheese
Suggestions
Serve it with salad

Unit 9
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A
Student’s own answer
C
1c 2a 3d 4b
D
Examples:
1=2 2=2 3=3 4=3 5=3 6=2

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E
Example:
1935: Earle was born.
1948: Her family moved to Florida and she became
interested in the ocean.
1956: She finished college and became an
oceanographer.
1977: She followed whales near Hawaii, Australia, and
Alaska.
1979: She walked on the sea floor at a record-breaking
depth.
1980: She started Deep Ocean companies.
1990: She started reporting on the planet’s oceans.

Today:She works at the National Geographic Society.
F
Student’s own answers

2
B
1  funny  2  fishy  3  smoky  4  creamy  5  furry
6  bouncy

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3
B
Ends with -le
Ends with -al

beetle
oval

gentle
hospital

C
1  handle  2  festival  3  journal  4  triangle  5  bubble
6  principal / principle

4
B
1  television  2  celebration  3  division  4  reflection

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G
Example:

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Explorers

Athletes

Christopher
Columbus

Usain Bolt

Friends &
Family
My
grandmother

Other
Salvador
Dalí

H
Example:
Person: Christopher Columbus
K What I know
He sailed to
America in 1492.

He was Italian.

W What I want
to know
When was he
born?
When did he go
to sea?

L What I learned

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J
Example:
1451He was born in Genoa, Italy.
1464He went to sea and learned to sail a ship.
August 1492 He started his famous voyage after King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
paid for it.
October 1492 Columbus’s ships arrived in the Bahamas.
March 1493 He arrived back in Spain.
1493–1502 He made three more voyages to different
parts of the Americas.
1506
He died in Spain.
K
Student’s own answer

Spelling Master Class
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5
B
Examples:
1 expensive
This pen was very expensive.
2 thermometer
My mom took my temperature with a thermometer.
3 electricity
After the storm, there was no electricity in the city.

6
B
interesting; boring; tiring; freezing

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7
A
They all end in ‘ful’.
1  useful  2  careful  3  thoughtful  4  harmful
C
1  fearful  2  colorful  3  cheerful  4  playful

8
B
1  tomatoes  2  shelves  3  teeth  4  wolves  5  feet
6  fish

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9
B
Student’s own answers

1
B
1  hiking  2  constrictor  3  scary  4  screamed

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