Listening and Speaking 3 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 8 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

The Q Classroom SAY WHAT YOU THINK

Activity A., p. 175 p. 179
Answers will vary. Possible answers: Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Students may say a person can be successful by earning a 1. Yes, because people who have seen both success and failure
lot of money, by discovering or inventing something, or by can better teach others about how the different experiences
being happy and content with his or her life. compare.
2. Students should support their answers with specific 2. A friend of mine in high school tried to start a business at
examples from their lives. the age of 15. She learned from failure that you need some
3. This person is opening a new business. Opening a business experience to succeed in business. Now she owns her own
takes a lot of knowledge, planning, and saving money business and it is doing well.
and/or getting business loans. So this person has already 3. No. A lot of people just get discouraged and give up. They
been successful in many ways before even opening a new don’t learn anything.
business.
LISTENING SKILL
Activity B., p. 175 Activity A., p. 180
Answers may vary. Possible answers: Take … as an example
1. Sophy says that people can be financially successful, For example,
successful in school, or have a good family life. Yuna also as an example
talks about success and failure in school, and that both
teach us how to work better. Felix adds that people can Activity B., p. 180
be successful by having good friendships. I agree with the Answers may vary. Possible answers:
students because people might have different ideas about 1. president of student council / yearbook editor
what is important to them. 2. imagined people were calling him a loser
2. Marcus thinks we learn more from failure than success. 3. that leadership has to be earned / he wasn’t ready
He explains that when he fails at something, he knows he 4. had a chance to make friends / enjoy some events / learn
needs to learn a lesson and pays more attention. When he is about college life
successful, he is less likely to consider why. LISTENING 2
LISTENING 1 WORK WITH THE LISTENING
WORK WITH THE LISTENING Activity A., p. 183
Activity A., p. 177 Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Harry Potter; poor 1. Before his accident — No instructor or anyone to guide him;
2. failure; directing Teachers and classmates discouraged him; Spent a lot of
3. materials; plant time alone
2. After his accident — Daily activities tricky because he’d lost
Activity C., pp. 177–178 his eyesight and leg; Had to give up time on hobbies and
1. b time with friends
2. a
3. b Activity B., pp. 183–184
4. b 1. c
5. a 2. a
3. c
Activity D., p. 178 4. b
1. T 5. c
2. F, The male expert on the panel says that the main lesson
from Rowling’s experience is, “Don’t let failure blind you.” Activity C., p. 184
3. F, Lee’s films are internationally known. 1. T
4. T 2. F, He first won an award for invention at the age of 12.
5. F, Thomas Edison created a longer-lasting light bulb. 3. T
6. T 4. F, He sees failure as a friend.
5. F, His view of success changes almost every day.
Activity E., pp. 178–179
1. b Activity D., p. 184
2. a 1. King Abdullah
3. c 2. Guidance
4. a 3. wife
5. c 4. 30,000
6. a 5. one million
7. b Activity E., p. 184
8. c Answers will vary. Possible answers:
9. c All apply to Mohannad. Hard work and determination are the
10. b most important.

ANSWER KEY 1
Listening and Speaking 3 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 8 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

Activity F., p. 185 GRAMMAR

Answers will vary. Possible answers: Activity A., p. 189
1. I agree because you learn from your failures. / I disagree 1. Have you ever entered
because failures will discourage you. 2. have
2. Students should describe examples from their lives and 3. came
explain what they learned from the events. 4. Did you enjoy
5. was
Activity G., p. 185
6. haven’t won
1. prize
2. sightless PRONUNCIATION
3. appealing Activity A., p. 190
4. collision 1. Speaker 2
5. incapacity 2. Speaker 1
6. unbelievably 3. Speaker 2
7. invent 4. Speaker 1
8. motivation
9. helpful SPEAKING SKILL
10. problematic Activity A., pp. 191–192
1. Sorry, I don’t get what you mean.
WORK WITH THE VIDEO 2. I’m trying to say is
Activity A., p. 186 3. What do you mean exactly?
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 4. to give you an example
1. Strong winds, heavy rain, pushing sea water in (storm surge), 5. Do you think you could say a bit more about that?
lightning, tornadoes 6. Can you give an example, please?
2. They can put protective barriers around their houses. They
can put boards over their windows. They can leave the area
if they have transportation.

Activity B., p. 186

1. b
2. b
3. c

Activity C., p. 186

Answers will vary. Possible answers:
We might learn to build stronger protections. / We might learn
to better prepare for natural disasters.

SAY WHAT YOU THINK

p. 187
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. The panel members talked about dealing with rejection,
trying multiple times, and letting failure help you make
choices. Mohannad did all of this.
2. Students’ own answers. Answers/explanations should
include examples.

VOCABULARY SKILL
Activity A., p. 187
1. review
2. irresponsible
3. dislike
4. coworker
5. imperfect
6. antisocial
7. multinational
8. dishonest
9. impatient
10. irregular
11. reapply
12. multimedia

ANSWER KEY 2