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STUDY SHEET 1
Previewing
Looking quickly before you read
- - movie poster
name of movie
aetors
type of movie
How to preview
Read the title and headings.
Notiee any names, dates, or numbers.
Study any pietures.
Notiee the type of text (article, poem, ete.).
Think
Where is the text fram?
What is the topie?
What do 1 know about this topie?
Practice
Preview a unit in this book.
What is the unit title?
What pietures are there?
What is the title of the main text?
What is the topie of the main text?
Tom's day
It was Saturday morning, and Tom was excited. There was an important soccer match and
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he was on the tearn! He got dressed and ate breakfast: however, he didn't finish it. He was
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toa excited. At II :00, he said goodbye to his parents and biked to the match. Tom could see
a lot of people ~ing by car and b~ They were coming to watch the match. Tom saw
his girlfriend, Maria. He smiled as she shouted "Good luck!" Then the match started. Tom
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hoped it ~ld be good; He wanted to win. _
Think
What is the previous subject?
Does this word refer to the previous subject?
Practice
Read this text. Who or what do the words in italics refer to?
Celebrating
Torn's tea m won the match. a They were all very happy. He quickly took a shower
because he wanted to see Maria. He ran to the front of the school. b She was waiting.
"Congratulations, Tom!" Maria said. e They decided to have lunch. They went to an Italian
restaurant. The food was great! What's more, d it was cheap! Then they watched a movie.
The movie was called The Ace. e It was interesting, and there was a lot of action. Finally,
Tom went home and told his parents the good news about his soccer match. f They were
very happy. He went to bed tired but happy.
a d
b e
e f
1 am a vegetariano That means 1 dori't eat meat. 1 think it's wrong to eat another animal. But
this makes life difficult for me. In school, there is meat in almost everything for lunch. 1 can
only eat salad, soup, and sometimes pizza. It's boring! It's unhealthy, toa. 1 want to eat tasty
food. 1 don't understand why everything has meat in it.
Topic
a The poor quality of food in many schools
b Problems that schoolchildren have if they are vegetarians
e The reasons why some children dori't want to eat meat
d The importance of eating healthy food
Think
Are any ideas repeated?
What is the text about?
Praetiee
Read this paragraph and identify the topic.
Some people are sad when they see animals in zoos. They think it is wrong to keep
animals in this way. They think the elephants, lions, and other animal s should be free. For
some animals, however, life in a zoo is the only life possible. In a zoo, they are safe. They
also have a lot of food, and they can get help when they are sick. The zoo is their home.
Perhaps the most important thing is the zoo itself. A good zoo will have happy, healthy
animals. In contrast, animal s in abad zoo will always be unhappy.
Inferring meaning
Understanding something that the writer does not say directly
~ - He's at work.
John carne into the office and sat down. Chris continued
working. He ddn't look up. Finally, John asked, "Where's
John thinks Chris my camera?" Chris stopped working. "What camera?" he
has his camera. asked. "You know what camera 1 mean!" shouted John. John is angry.
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Think
What do the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs describe?
What ideas do the words give?
What is the writer really trying to say?
Practice
Read this paragraph and underline the words that tell you ...
a Samantha is in the living room.
b Kenji was hot.
e Kenji was very tired.
"My feet!"
Kenji carne into the room. Samantha was sitting on the sofa watching television. She looked
at Kenji. His face was red and he was sweating. Slowly, Kenji sat down in a chair. He took
off his shoes. "Oh!" he said. "My feet!"
Scanning
Looking through a text quickly to find specifie information
What's en teevision?
3:15
News and weather
The Monday movie:
Distant Mountain
Animals and Us
6:30
6:45
7:30
Local news and weather
Cooking Tonight
Star Movie:
Gadget Woman
day
programs
3:45 Quiz Show 9:25 News
4:15 Homes On Display 9:30 Police Adventures
5:00 Pinky (cartoon) 10:00 Murder Mystery
5:05 Children's TV 11 :30 Farnous for Fifteen Minutes
6:00 News 11 :45 Goodnight, withJack Ross
How to sean
Quickly find the section you need.
Don't read every word. Only look for key words.
When you find what you need, read the sentence.
After you have the information, stop reading.
Think
What information do 1 want to find?
Where is the right place to look?
What words or phrases can help me?
Practice
Look quickly through the TV schedule above to find answers to these questions.
You have two minutes.
a How many movies are there?
b How many news shows are there?
e What time do es the Star Movie begin?
d What is the name of the cartoon?
e When do es Distoru Mountain finish?
f What can you watch at 9:30?
g How long do es Quiz Show last?
My education
In 1991, 1 started elernentary schoo1. 1 was five years old. 1 went to Gorsey Bank Elementary
Schoo1. After seven years, 1 went to Hanover Junior High. 1 stayed there until 1 was 15.
Then 1 went to Marymount High Schoo1. After 1 finished high school, when 1 was 18,
1 studied art for two years at my local community college. Then 1 graduated and got a job.
Think
How can 1 find out when this happened?
What happened before and after?
Practice
Look again at the text above. Complete these sentences.
a When the writer was five, she started _
b At 12, she went to _
e She studied there for __ years.
d She went to Marymount High School in 20__ .
e She graduated from community college when she was __ years old and got a job.
Main idea
aSome English dictionaries are bigger and better than others .
b Because there are a lot of dictionaries, it's difficult to choose a good one.
e It's important to choose the right dictionary for your needs.
Think
What is the topic?
What is the writers opinion about the topic?
Practice
Read this paragraph and choose the most suitable main idea.
Main idea
a There are many different reasons why people want to learn English.
b It's important to enjoy learning English.
e Success is more important than failure.
Skirnrning
Reading quickly to get a general idea
How to ski m
Read quiekly. Don't read every word, and don't stop!
Read the first paragraph.
Read the first and last sentenees of the other paragraphs.
Read the last paragraph.
Think
Whac is the topie?
What is the subjeet of eaeh paragraph?
What are the important words?
Practice
With a partner, Iook again at the text at the top of this page. Answer the three questions
in Think (above).
Cairo is the capital of Egypt. ~ Fact. No one can say that it is not.
Soccer is the best game in the world. ~ Opinion. Some pea pie may disagree.
Think
Is this always true?
Could anyone disagree with this staternent?
Practice
Read these statements and write F (fact) or O (opinion).
a The African elephant is the largest animal that lives on land.
b African elephants drink up to 160 liters of water in a day.
e African elephants have bigger ears than Asian elephants.
d The elephant is the most beautiful of all animals.
e An elephant might be a good pet.
f I think some elephants are happier in zoos.
g Elephants can live for up to 70 years.
Think
Which situation or event happened first?
What words can help me?
Practice
Read these sentences. Write e (cause) or E (effect) for each underlined phrase.
a 1 was hungry, so 1 ate a sandwich.
b Because of the noise from the party next door, 1 couldn't sleep.
c Helen was angry because Tim forgot to do the shopping.
d My printer is very old, so it dcesn't print very quickly.
e 1 couldn't go to work because 1 was sick.
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These shoes 1 bought were really cheap. ~
They were only $25! Last week they were
three times
~ $75. I'm pleased because 1 think 1 got
the price
/ a great barga(
worried~
George was very nervous. "We must ~
finish this work today," he said. ~
"E veryone 15... watng for .t. .,.,
iomorrow have to
will be toa late. It's vital."
Think
Do 1 really need to understand this word?
What words or ideas is it connected to?
Practice
Try to guess the meaning o each word in italics.
a The teacher told me 1 passed all my exams. 1 felt fantastic!
b 1 went skiing on my last vacation, but there was no snow! 1 was very frustrated.
e They canceled the baseball game because of a lack of interest. Nobody wanted to play.
d The weather was really cold last winter. The lake near my house [roze - 1played on the ice
for two weeks.
Using a dictionary
Looking for new words in a dictionary
frequency (the most important and frequently
occurring words are highlighted in red and have
p~artof speech ~l' 2, or 3 star rating [3 stars~= most commonD.
how to pronounce
the word
excellent /'eksalant/ adj *** extremely good: explanation
The food was absolutely exce//ent. -excellentlyadv
Think
Does this word have more than one meaning?
Which meaning do 1 need?
Practice
Study the example. Complete the information below.
Part of speech: _
Pronunciatian: _
Examplesentence: _
Meaning:
verb~ ~adjective
adverb~ ~noun
Think
What is the ending of the word?
Does the word describe anything?
How does the word relate to the sentence?
Practice
Write the part of speech for each word. Then use the words to complete these sentences.
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KEY VOCABUlARY SKlllS
STUDY SHEET 4
Word groups
Words that are related to the same theme or idea
the therne
Think
Which words are connected?
What is the theme?
What other words may be connected?
Practice
What group do each set of words belong to?
a car truck plane bus train
b golf baseball soccer basketball tennis
e London Seoul Taipei Tokyo Moscow
d mouse keyboard disk monitor screen
e orange juice milk coffee soda water
Synonyrns
Words that have similar meanings
Think
Is there a difference in meaning?
Why has the writer used this particular word?
Practice
Find two pairs oi synonyms in each texto
a 1 watched a movie on TV last night. It had some famous actors, but it was terrible. 1 was
surprised to see so many stars in such an awful film.
b When Jake plays tennis, he wants to win every match. Whenever he loses, he gets angry.
His brother Craig is different. He doesn't get mad when someone else succeeds. I'd rather
play tennis with Craig!
e 1 believe you dori't have to be rich to be happy. 1 have a very wealthy friendo 1 think he may
be a millionaire, but he complains al! the time!
d Young-Joo bought a new cel! phone last week. At first, she found that the instructions were
not easy to understand; however, she discovered it's very simple to use. She's happy with it
because it's better than her old one.
Suffixes
Added to the end of words to make new words
Recendy, 1 bought a new TV. It was a great improvement on the old one.
recent (adjective) - recently (adverb) improve (verb) - improvement (noun)
Think
How do es the suffix change the part of speech?
What meaning does the suffix give the word?
Practice
Add a suffix to each word. Then write the part of speech.
a respect
b visit
e different
d excite
e fashion
f tired
Collocations
Groups of words that are often used together
1 went shop ing yesterday. In the supermarket, 1 saw an old friend from college.
We hao luncn together and talked for hours. 1 had a great time.
Think
Which words go together?
Do they sound natural together?
Practice
1 Use these words to complete the sentences.
Prefixes
Added to the beginnings of words to change their meanings
givest.he~
opposite . ~
meaning 1 was unprepared and failed my exam last means "do again"
week, so 1 have to r ~
Think
Is the part of speech the same?
What meaning does the prefix give the word?
Practice
Add a prefix to each word.
Antonyrns
Words that have opposite meanings
lave ~ hate
come~ go
big ~ small
Think
Is there a difference in meaning?
Why has the writer used this particular word?
Practice
1 Read this text. Choose the best antonym for each word in italics.
1 am an athlete. Last week 1 was 1 sick. 1 couldn't run very 2 quickly. 1 also felt very
3 weak. When 1 entered an important competition, 1 4 lost. 1 decided to take some
5 traditional medicine. Now, 1 feel 6 better!
2 Match each word with a word that has the opposite meaning.
a cheap 1 sell
b happy 2 easy
e buy 3 different
d difficult 4 miserable
e similar 5 interesting
f boring 6 expensive
Think
How many meanings does this word have?
Which meaning do 1 want?
Does the example show the meaning 1 want?
Practice
Look again at the dictionary definition. Then write the number of the correct meaning of
crash in these sentences.