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Great Writing - Answer Key
Great Writing - Answer Key
ANSWER KEY
Unit 1 Sentences Activity 4, page 7
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GRAMMAR FOR WRITING
Activity 5, page 8
Activity 1, page 5 1. This animal is a bird.
1. Bananas are yellow. 2. It is a parrot.
2. Apples are red, yellow, or green. 3. This parrot has five colors.
3. What color is a carrot? 4. The head is red and white.
4. Rice is white. 5. This bird is very beautiful.
5. What color is cabbage? 6. It is very smart.
6. An eggplant is purple. 7. This parrot can talk.
7. Oranges are orange.
8. A watermelon is green and red. BUILDING BETTER VOCABULARY AND SPELLING
9. A blackberry is black.
Activity 6, page 9
10. Can you give an example of a white fruit?
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11. Broccoli is green.
12. What color are tomatoes? Activity 7, page 10
13. A lime is green. 1. apple
14. What color is a lemon? 2. man
15. What is your favorite fruit? 3. laugh
16. What is your favorite vegetable? 4. flag
Activity 2, page 6 5. bag
6. black / can
1. A watermelon is green and red.
2. Oranges are orange. Activity 8, page 10
3. What color is a carrot? 1. a; map
4. An eggplant is purple. 2. a; languages
5. What color is cabbage? 3. a; after
6. Bananas are yellow. 4. a; happen
7. Apples are red, yellow, or green. 5. a; bad
8. Rice is white. 6. a; have
Activity 3, page 7 7. a; and
8. a; that
1. My last name has five letters.
9. a; animal
2. My last name is Adams.
10. a; flag
3. My first name is Ann.
4. My first name has three letters. Activity 9, page 11
5. I come from Canada. 1. have
6. My family and I live in Vancouver. 2. ask
7. I like watermelons, apples, bananas, and oranges. 3. travel
8. A watermelon is green and red. 4. hand
9. An eggplant is purple. 5. language
10. Lemons are yellow. 6. at
11. An orange is orange. 7. thank
12. My favorite food is salad. 8. happen
9. back
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1. Frank lives and works in New York. Activity 10, page 101
2. Ducks swim and fly. 1. eo; people
3. Maria buys and cooks the food. 2. y; ninety
4. Erica listens to music and reads the newspaper on the 3. i; pizza
train. / On the train, Erica listens to music and reads the 4. ea; year
newspaper.
5. ea; leave
5. I wake up, take a shower, and get dressed before 7 a.m. /
Before 7 a.m., I wake up, take a shower, and get dressed. 6. ee; nineteen
6. Students in this class read several books, write two long 7. ey; money
reports, and take three big exams. 8. ea; dream
7. The professor teaches, has office hours, reads student 9. ea; beans
papers, and gives grades. 10. ea; mean
8. Norah writes new English words in her notebook, says
them five times, and thinks of an example sentence for Activity 11, page 102
each one. 1. baby
Activity 6, page 98 2. necessary
Answers will vary because of list order. Possible answers: 3. university
1. The flag of the United Arab Emirates is red, green, white, 4. only
and black. 5. clean
2. The flag of Brazil is green, yellow, and blue. 6. receive
3. The flag of Turkey is red and white. 7. city
4. The flag of Peru is red and white. 8. cheap
5. The flag of South Korea is white, black, red, and blue. 9. really
6. The flag of Oman is red, white, and green. 10. speak
7. The flag of Thailand is red, white, and blue. 11. believe
8. The flag of Colombia is yellow, blue, and red. 12. beach
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1. I was so happy when I heard your good news. Activity 9, page 187
When I heard your good news, I was so happy. Possible Answers:
2. You should read the bill carefully before you pay it. 1. Because I need to learn English to get a better job, I
Before you pay the bill, you should read it carefully. selected this school. / I selected this school because I need
3. We watched that long movie before we went to bed. to learn English to get a better job.
Before we went to bed, we watched that long movie. 2. When my family takes a trip, our dog stays at my friend’s
house. / Our dog stays at my friend’s house when my family
4. I washed my dish and put it in the cabinet after I ate lunch. takes a trip.
After I ate lunch, I washed my dish and put it in the cabinet. 3. Before everyone entered the office, they took their coats
5. Natalia did not speak any English before she went to off. / Everyone took their coats off before they entered the
England. office.
Before Natalia went to England, she did not speak any 4. If you work very hard this year, you will learn a lot. / You will
English. learn a lot if you work very hard this year.
6. My sister decided to buy those shoes when she saw the 5. After you add the onions and the other vegetables to the
low price. pan, you need to cover it. / You need to cover the pan after
When my sister saw the low price, she decided to buy you add the onions and the other vegetables to it.
those shoes. 6. Because we do not have an Internet connection, we cannot
use social media. / We cannot use social media because we
Activity 7, page 186 do not have an Internet connection.
1. a. If you eat more vegetables and less red meat, you may 7. When the weather in our area is very hot, no one wants
be healthier. to go outside. / No one wants to go outside when the
b. No comma necessary weather in our area is very hot.
2. a. No comma necessary 8. Because my new phone takes beautiful photos, I do not
need my camera anymore. / I do not need my camera
b. If you multiply the two numbers, the answer is 116. anymore because my new phone takes beautiful photos.
3. a. If a hurricane comes near our area, you should leave.
b. No comma necessary
4. a. No comma necessary
b. If there is meat in this soup, Linda cannot eat it.
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WRITING
Activity 16, page 224–225
Chores
mr. and mrs. hill and their four children live in a very big
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