CHALLENGES UNit 5

Lesson A
A. Match the words with their meanings.
1. challenge J_ a. go up
2. climb a b. things you need for a particular purpose
3. cross g c. very surprising and wonderful
4. extreme i d. related to your body
5. mental e e. related to thinking and your mind
6. physical d f. something unusual and exciting to do
7. skill k g. go from one side of something to the other side
8. adventure f h. succeed in making something happen
9. equipment b i. very great in degree
10. goal L j. something that is new and difficult to do
11. amazing c k. activity that needs special knowledge and practice
12. achieve h l. something you hope to do after some time and effort

B. Write sentences about two events using the simple past tense and past continuous tense.
1. I/take a bath/I/hear the doorbell.
I was taking a bath when I heard the doorbell.
2. while/we/play tennis/it/start raining
While we were playing tennis it started raining
3. I/see an accident/while/I/wait for the bus
I was seeing and accident while I waited for the bus
4. she/walk to school/when/she/meet her friend
She was walking to school when she met her friend

5. our boss/talk on the phone/when/we/go into his office Javier

Our boss was talking on the phone when we went into his office
6. my brother/come home/while/I/watch a movie
My brother was coming home while I watched a movie

C. Write sentences about these people using the simple past tense and past continuous tense.

1. He was walking on the beach when he found a dollar

2. She was watching a play when the phone rang

Mimi

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Lesson B
A. Think about your biggest achievement, and fill in Column 1. Then think about a friend
or family member with an important achievement, and fill in Column 2.
1. What was the achievement? One
2. What were the steps in
achieving this goal?
3. What was the most difficult
part of the achievement?
Column 1: Column 2:
You Name:
of my greatest One of my mother's
achievements has been to achievements has been to
graduate from polytechnic of graduate from university,
Gregorio Urbanoo Gilbert , I although she had retired,
learned many things that she returned and was able
have served me and helped to finish it, which opened
me in the course of my many doors for her and
career, I went through many today she works on that
difficulties but I succeeded
The steps to achieve this were My mother told me that the
very difficult, there were steps to take in order to
times when I had to get up have a decision and want to
early and even in my free move forward, there were
time dedicate myself to doing times when she wanted to
assignments, getting together stop but she continued for
with my colleagues to do her and for us.
countless activities and give
the best performance
The hardest part to achieve it The most difficult part to
is the moment when we feel achieve for graduation is the
dejected of so many things difficulties that arise, which
that we have to do and impacted my mother who
achieve and it overwhelms us had us and who at one point
that is why it is necessary to was not working and despite
always have a positive everything she continued
mindset and support and achieved
ourselves to achieve it

B. Look at the achievements in exercise A and answer the questions.

1. Which achievement was more important? Why? I think both achievements were important
for me to feel proud of myself and my mother, to be able to achieve what we wanted

2. How do you feel about your achievement now? I am proud to be able to achieve it after so
many difficulties, I was able to learn a lot of valuable knowledge and thank all those teachers
who made us go through many difficult situations that they taught us to face

3. Did your achievement change your life? Explain your answer. Of course it changed my life, it
taught me to deal with many situations in life and to bear and face situations that I am living
today and at the time I lived, I learned many things that helped me and I am very grateful for

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C. Say each word out loud. Then check the column of the sound you hear.
/t/ /d/ /Id/
1. learned X
2. talked X
3. discussed X
4. helped X
5. wanted X
6. used X
7. decided X
8. stopped X

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Lesson C
A. Complete the sentences with a phrasal verb from the box. Be sure to use the correct tense.

set out give up watch out grow up run out of put up with keep on
1. We sometimes run out of coffee at home because we drink a lot of it and we forget to buy more.
2. I grow up in the country, and we always played outdoors all day when I was a child.
3. If you ride a bicycle in the street, you always have to watch out for cars.
4. Eric doesn’t play the drums very well, but he keep on practicing because he really wants to play in a
band someday.
5. It’s only 100 meters to the top of this mountain. You can do it! Don’t give up now!
6. My apartment is very cheap, so I put up with all the noise from the busy street outside.
7. Subaru Takahashi set out from Japan to cross the Pacific Ocean.

B. Write sentences with too, enough, or not enough.

1. Alex can’t get a driver’s license this year. (he/old) He isn’t old enough.
2. I decided not to get a new computer. (it/expensive) it is too expensive
3. I can’t hear the sound on the TV. (it/loud) it is not loud enough
4. We’re going to the beach to go swimming today. (the water/warm) the water is warm enough

5. My little sister can cook spaghetti for dinner. (the recipe/easy) the recipe is too easy

6. I need something bigger to carry my books. (this backpack/big) this backpack is not big enough

7. Diana isn’t going to eat lunch today. (she/busy) she is too busy
8. I never walk to school. (it/far from my house) It is too far from my house

C. Oliver wants to walk across the Sahara Desert. Do you think he can do it? Write sentences with too,
enough, or not enough.
1. (old) He’s too old to walk across the desert.
2. (strong) He is not strong enough
3. (heavy) He is too heavy
4. (rich) He is rich enough
5. (your own idea) He is not energy enough

Oliver

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UNIT 3 D

How Do
You Spell . . .

S pelling English words isn’t easy, but a boy in Indiana, USA, set a very difficult goal
for himself. Thirteen-year-old Sameer Mishra wanted to become the best speller in the
whole country and win the National Spelling Bee.
A spelling bee is a spelling contest for elementary school students in the United States.
In a spelling bee, students stand in a line and spell words that the teacher pronounces.
If they make a mistake, they must sit down. The last student who is standing is the
winner. Every year, there are big spelling bees for cities and states. The winners go to
the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.
This year, 288 students from the United States, Canada, and other English-speaking
countries entered the National Spelling Bee. In the contest, students have to spell very
long, difficult, and unusual words from a very large dictionary. Students spend months,
or years, preparing. Sameer spent at least four hours every day learning new words. He studied 23 pages of the dictionary
each day, and his sister helped him practice.
The final night of the National Spelling Bee was on TV. The students spelled 24 of the first 25 words correctly, including
words like brankursine, cryptarithm, and empyrean. Then they started making mistakes. Finally, there were only two students
in the contest: Sameer and a boy named Sidharth Chand. Sidharth made a mistake in the word prosopopoeia. To win,
Sameer had to spell one more word correctly: guerdon. Sameer correctly spelled out “g-u-e-r-d-o-n” and became the best
speller in America. (What does guerdon mean? A reward!)
Sameer won $40,000 to pay for his university education—he hopes to become a doctor. He has many other interests besides
spelling. He plays the violin and enjoys video games. His parents are from India, and they are very proud of him. “I told my
mom I was going to do the bee,” Sameer said. “And if I was going to do it, I was going to win it one day.”
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A. Fill in the missing words to make a summary of the article.

A spelling bee is a contest for elementary school students who speak English. They have to spell
difficult words. All the students stand up. The teacher says a word . The first student has to
Spell it. If the student spells the word wrong, he or she must sit down . At the end of the
spelling bee, the winner is the last student who is standing. There are spelling bees for schools,
Cities , and states. Every year, there is a big national spelling bee in the city of Washington D.C .
This year, the Winner was Sameer Mishra. He studied the dictionary for Four hours
every day!

B. Read the article again. Circle T for true or F for false.

1. Sameer didn’t make any mistakes in the spelling bee. T F
2. The words in a spelling bee are words that we use every day. T F
3. You can see a spelling bee on television. T F
4. Students prepare for a long time before the National Spelling Bee. T F
5. Sameer’s family helped him before the spelling bee. T F
6. Sameer won a violin and computer games in the National Spelling Bee. T F

C. Answer the questions.

1. How do you remember the spellings of English words? I learn how to say each word although at the beginning I learned
phonetics

2. How many new words can you learn in one day? 5 words per day
3. Do you think you could win a spelling bee? Why, or why not? If iam prepared I thin I could win a speeliing bee

D. Write about a person you admire. What challenges did this person face? What did he or she achieve? Why do you
admire this person?

I admire my mother a lot for getting ahead, since she was little my mother had to work because she lost her mother at an early
age, and she continued studying although she had us, she continued on and was able to progress and have a good job, my
mother went through many difficulties that thank God we did not pass, I admire the courage that she had to want to move
forward despite weighing many things

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