Table oF Comants TR MOCM UIC Leg ° FS event coach nod 3 cto sea shout whistle except for butterfly lay chase Ss eee laugh realize joy necklace shell crab BS Fiction / Animals dig cand Parents serious medical cheer up Ss Noh ee mail receive believe August adventure sail 38 Fiction / Leisure aed locate spot goat taste amount 26 4 SSE natural sugar uncomfortable fever checkup practice 8 FT eas eyechart —_ glasses eyesight street guess office 30 4 Fiction /Towns again bank story Tal w oNonfiction / History Fiction / Animals Nonfiction / Animals Fiction / Family Fiction / Clothes Fiction / Raising Money Nonfiction / World Records Nonfiction / Science ie candy success squirrel bite rat female hero crack nervous polka-dot weed cupcake husband secret volcano earth own wealthy nut stomach excellent probably steel homework teacher pay attention mow lemonade wife agree with hole liquid failure factory vegetable Pepper male produce rough newspaper favorite clown lawn garage sale couple record mile active rHow to Use This Book Each unit in Basic Reading 1200 Key Words includes eight parts plus additional review and consolidation activities in the workbook. These parts work together to lead students from visualizing the meaning of target vocabulary and thinking about the unit's topic to reading the passage and checking comprehension. In the follow-up activities to the comprehension check, students practice basic grammar points related to the passages, learn the meaning of a highlighted expression, and review target vocabulary. A summary of each section is presented here. Range from original stories to informative Lists key vocat poe eon) passages presented with either full-color with photographs that . A illustrations or photographs. An audio provide visual definitions * recording of each passage is provided on for the words reco Includes short explanations of the unit Presents short texts related to the unit’s topic, along with a key question to stimulate giving students exposure to new words and students' interest in the passage interesting informationIncludes two comprehension activities. The first focuses ‘on the main idea and details from the passage. A second activity summarizes the information from the passages through completion of a graphic organizer. Provides additional exposure to the target vocabulary of each unit in new contexts Allows students to study basic grammar rules through a variety of activity types Highlights an idiomatic expression or phrasal verb from the unit’s passage Provides additional reading fluency and vocabulary activities for each unit that can be completed as homeworkBits PTS Cy [tJ 0) 9 ileCheck lt ©) Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? @Arace b. A bike c. Ahelmet 2. The boys are about to the race. a. nod b. come c. start 3. What does the coach use to start the race? ry » & a. A flag b. Ahand c. Awhistle oe Put the information in the right places. @: He blows a whistle. b. He doesn’t hear his number. c. He starts to run. Mike}Learn it Choose the best answers. 1. Don't blow that a. line 2. His mother is a tennis a. coach 3. Ihave everything I need a. except for in the house. It is too loud. b. event ©) whistle b. event c. number running shoes. b. ready c. well Challenge It Study. Then circle the correct words. Language Point — Oo Coach is walking. Fred is waiting for the call. Present Continuous They are waiting at the line. Mike and Sam are running. 1. Sam and Fred (is /@ré) waiting at the line. 2. Coach (is / are) blowing the whistle. 3. The boys (is / are) nodding. 4. Everyone (is / are) running except for Fred. Find and circle the words from the reading. * come up _togo toward someoneA\ Sactl Cae » Look and Think a 7 / We are all good at something. What are you good at? New) Words track Q wk a One day, a 51!) i)) heard her farm friends talking. The chicken said, “I{/=-\) eggs for the farmer's wife.” The cow said, “I give milk for the farmer.” ual The robin said, “I sing beautiful songs for the farmer's family.” rv a 4 ) WW Nw/ afarm-fresh milk The butterfly didn’t have a gift. She wanted to go off to cry alone. But the farmer's kids kept @ijfeBiine) her. They were feline). Then the butterfly GEEIEES) something, Her gift was giving (fj to them. farm-fresh eggsCheck It } Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. A butterfly b. Ason c. Ateacher 2. The butterfly wanted to be a. alone b. big c. strong 3. What did the butterfly give? a 7 a. Beauty b. Joy c. Love e Put the information in the right places. a. It lays eggs for the farmer's wife. b. It gives milk for the farmer. c. It gives joy to the farmer's kids. ‘Cow Ghicken Butterfly - ry.Learn lt Write the correct words. 1 2. 3. 4. realize chasing utterly A__butterfly was flying from a pink to a yellow flower. Did you know that frogs and bugs eggs? We weren't the mice. We were running away! Now I how important it is to study hard. Challenge lt Study. Then circle the correct words. eee) --------------- Past Iwas working. We were singing. BR wn . Kids (was / were) laughing. . The butterfly (was / were) giving joy. . The robin (was / were) singing. They were talking. Continuous She was smiling. Farm friends (was / were) talking. x 13 Find and circle the words from the reading. * go off to leave; to go away fromWilma wanted to make a ees, so she went to the beach. She looked for {M8 and found a beautiful one. Then Wilma saw a Qe) Eliefelige) in the Gels). “Is this yours?” Wilma asked. “It was mine,” said the crab. “But I grew too big, so I left ity You can have it.” a-was happy. Now she had a special shell and a great story to tell ul parents}Check It ® Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. A beautiful shell b. A lost shoe c. Anew crab 2. The crab said the shell was a. Wilma’s home b. too small c. nota real shell 3. What will Wilma probably do with the shell? Ty! e . a. Cook it b. Paint it c. Putiton some string eo Match to put the story in order. . Wilma asked the crab about the shell. . The crab gave her the shell. Wilma was pleased. |. Wilma wanted to make a necklace. . Wilma found a beautiful shell.Learn lt Write the correct words. 1. Igave a silver to my mother. 2. Ow! The is too hot to walk on barefoot. 3. My don’t like it when I don’t study hard. 4. Our dog likes to in our garden. Challenge lt Study. Then circle the correct words. | ride a bike to the store. The store is too far. can't walk. | | The bike belongs to my sister. The bike is too small for my dad. | 1. Wilma went (to / too) the beach to look for shells. 2. The shell belonged (to / too) a crab. 3. The crab is (to / too) big now for the shell. 4. The crab gave the shell (to / too) Wilma. Find and circle the words from the reading. * look for totrytofind 4A Bo hges y got lots of birt ese Taste ae eae? > BBS thy) )CEI oo Danny Nickerson had a problem. His mom wanted to@ieey him ff. For Danny's birthday, his mother asked people to fie) cards to him. People started sending birthday car And they kept sending them! “ The cards came from all over the world. Danny (ei) more than =a birthday cards in the mail! He ond his mo af couldn’ ‘CED. Danny hod re bes sixth birthday ever. fof late (13 19Check It © Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. ANew Year's gift b. Birthday cards c. AChristmas tree 2. The cards for Danny came 5 a. by computer b. from his mother c. in the mail 3. How many cards did Danny get? >IK -=10K > 100K a. More than b. Around c. More than 1,000 cards 10,000 cards 100,000 cards oe Match the causes to the effects. Danny had a a. Danny had the best serious medical . 6th birthday ever. problem. q . His mom asked b. People all around people to send him the world sent birthday cards. . Danny got 150,000 cards in the mail.Learn It Read the clues. Then find and circle the words. —_Q © Tothinksomethingistrre @ To encourage; up aa em a © To send aletter @ To get or be given =) Challenge lt Study. Then write the verbs in the past tense. Present His mom wants to cheer him up. | Danny enjoys his birthday! i 1. Danny's mother asked people to mail cards to him. (ask) 2. People making cards for Danny. (start) 3. People around the world cards to him. (mail) 4. Danny more than 150,000 cards! (receive) Find and circle the words from the reading. *all over the world in many different countries AiFun on the Water, IN TeSWA A ele on) PNT Cre “: TI “o , : Look and Think This family is fishing on a boat 3 . TS Have you ever gone fishing? MS — enn Lo ors) hl - ary CG «4i ci A Last (WEN) I went on a newSRNatn d with my family. 4 We went &jffiife}on the sea! a At first, big NES made our boat roll from side to side. I started to feel sick. Later, we (EReiet) a great fishing Beep. The waves were much smaller there. I easily caught two fish. My brother didn't catch any. He was unhappy because of that. But he enjoyed my fish for dinner! fishing poleCheck It ® Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. Awinter vacation b. A family trip c. Asweet dream 2. The fishing spot that they located a. didn’t have fish b. had big waves c. was great 3. How did her brother feel about fishing? a. Happy b. Unhappy c. Sick © Write the correct words. had a sailing adventure with her! family. easily * two fish. felt sick when the waves made the roll. enjoyed‘ the fish with her family. The girl...Learn it Choose the best answers. 1. Our winter vacation turned into a real a. locate b. adventure c. catch 2. She was afraid of the big , So she didn't swim. a. waves b. enjoys c. unhappy 3. This looks like a nice for us to have a picnic. a. dinner b. fish c. spot Challenge It Study. Then circle the correct words. ' Adjectives Adverbs \ { The test was easy. leasily found the answer. i \ She was happy. She danced happily. j 1. Sailing on the sea wasn't (easy / easily). 2. My family found a (great / greatly) fishing spot. 3. It was (easy / easily) to catch two fish. 4. My brother (happy / happily) ate my fish for dinner! Find and circle the words from the reading. * because of asaresuit of aaolen natural *, y 4 ESTTeloLs aS ma. Prey ; £ foe , Sa ae / TeWe get milk from cows and @Efeip. One cow gives about 100 cups of milk each day. One goat gives less than 20 cups of milk each day. Try them both. Do they B different? In fact, cow's milk has a higher Clatean of Geir) GWeten- : Some people feel (sfefelunielarele)(=} drinking it. Goat's milk has a lower amount of natural sugar. , It is easier for some people to drink. rela Col lau ae NegCheck It © Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. Kinds of pens b. Kinds of milk c. Kinds of phones 2. Milk has sugar in it. a. no b. bad c. natural 3. Which milk is easier for some people to drink? re a. Cow's milk b. Goat's milk c. Sheep's milk eo Put the information in the right places. @ It comes from animals. b. Itis drunk by people. c. It has more natural sugar. d . It has less natural sugar 1. Cow's Milk 3. Goat's MilkLearn lt Write the correct words. 1. High heels look good, but they are for me to wear. 2. The vegetables weren't fresh. As a result, the salad didn't good. 3. My uncle owns six horses and ten 4. The of sleep I get each night isn't enough. Challenge It Study. Then write the adjectives or comparative forms. (Geese ro) -—--—--—--—----------------------_-___________ . y Adjectives Comparatives | | The penis thin. The pen is thinner than the marker. | The watermelon is big. The watermelon is bigger than the apple. | 1. Cow's milk is in natural sugar. (high) 2. Goat's milk is in natural sugar than cow's milk. (low) 3. Itis for some people to drink it. (comfortable) 4. Cow's milk is for some people to drink than goat's milk. (hard) x 29 Find and circle the words from the reading. *in fact actually; really/\ Visit t© — the Doctor =z . | a (e) et Sul RLS The family is visiting a doctor. When did you last see a doctor? LyPrrock QF My sister had a high Dad took her to see a doctor. Ihad to go, too. After the , Dad and the doctortalked and talked! My sister and I got bored, So I helped my sister| reading: My sister read the letters on the I told her the ones she read wrong. Then the doctor said, “Your son needs That is how my bad was found!Check It ® Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. The boy's eyesight b. The doctor's fever c. The father’s problem 2. When the children were bored, they a. left the room b. played a game c. read an eye chart 3. What did the doctor say the boy needed? Ss C & a. Glasses b. Medicine c. Rest oe Match the causes to the effects. . His bad eyesight was His sister had a fever. found. . His dad took his sister and him to a doctor. . The kids got bored. 3. The doctor heard the . They read the letters boy's answers. on the eye chart.Learn It Choose the best answers. 1. My soccer team every day to win the game. a. practiced b. fever c. high 2. My grandmother has to wear to read a book. a. glasses b. talk c. practice 3. Reading in the dark is bad for your f a. eyesight b. sister c. eye chart Challenge It Study. Then write the correct words. Language Point + Help + Pronoun + Base Verb \ We help her prepare dinner. A boy helped his sister teading. (practiced) . He helps me new letters. (learned) . [helped her the letters on the eye chart. (reading) wn . The doctor helped him his eyesight. (checking) > 33 Find and circle the words from the reading. * have to. mustTroek J New Words Our Gitg Oren Ef _ Billy's town looks like this. {B Whats your town like? i, --— ay i a) Oe Ga 9 ou8 GGG 9 coe as CaBilly and his father were walking down the @igep- “Dad,” Billy said, “can youeiEs5 what the tallest building in our city is?” “City Hall?” asked Billy’s father. “Nope!” said Billy. “Is it my building?” “Guess GRID.” “Is it the new Gfaa building?” asked his father. “No, it isn’t!” said Billy. “I give up. What is the tallest building?” us “It’s the library,” said Billy, ] i. : a er “because it x onCheck lt ® Choose the best answers. ].. What is the reading about? a. Mountains b. Buildings c. Cars 2. The father thought about buildings that are ; a. full of books b. near City Hall c. very tall 3. What was the father's first guess? a. City Hall b. The bank c. The library © Complete the chart. library Billy. tallest Who? + '__ Billy and his father Where? + On the street + They talked about the tallest building in their 2 What? __- Billy said that the * building is not City Hall, his father’s office building, or the new bank building. + Billy joked that the * is the tallest building.Learn It Choose the best answers. 1. My father told me to put my money in the a. City Hall b. bank c. library 2. Don't tell me the answer. Let me , a. guess b. bank c. street 3. The door to the was locked, and the lights were off. a. coach b. fever c. office Challenge It Study. Then write the adjectives in the superlative form. Language Point ------- Se eran ~ H Adjectives Superlatives | / small terrible smallest the mostterrible | \ hungry serious hungriest the most serious 1. That is the building in our city. (tall) 2. City Hall is the building in our town. (high) 3. That house is the building in town. (small) 4. The new bank building is the building. (beautiful) > 37 Find and circle the words from the reading. * give Up to stop trying somethingLearn It o Write the missing letters. OO 7 | COO v (= co *,,8).000 “Mo * @ | oo0C 6 Match the meanings to the correct words or phrases. 1. aninteresting and exciting time + « a. adventure 2. not including; all but . « b. come up 3. to go toward someone . + c. except for 4. to stop trying something . « d. giveup 5. related to doctors or medicine + - &. gooff 6. to get or be given . « f. medical 7. togo away from . * g. receive 8. to think something is true . « h. believeoe Look at the picture. Then match to complete sentences. The girl « + isdigging . + a butterfly. ae The boy « . lay . + blue eggs. 3. 4 Robins + ischasing « + inthe sand. © Read the information and write the answers. For most kids, school starts in late _August. But I go to school in early August because of soccer. 1am on the school team. Our coach wants é us to start practicing as a team two weeks before school begins. Am I ~ sad about that? Nope, I love soccer! Ze = = SS 1. When do most schools start? 2. When does soccer practice begin? 3. Who wants to start soccer practice before school begins?Speak It © Circle the correct words to complete the dialogs. Then practice them with a partner. Q: What were the kids chasing? ‘A: They (was / were) chasing the butterfly! Q: What is the coach doing? A: He is (watching / watch) the race. Q: What is the woman looking for? ‘A: She is (look / looking) for a bank. © Talk with a partner. Ask and answer the questions. 1. Where can you see crabs, at the beach or in desert? 2. Who did you cheer up, your family or your friends? 3. Which do you like better, fishing or racing? Write It ® Complete the sentences. Use your own ideas. 1. As agift, I like to receive 2. Asagift, my friend likes to receive : 3. Asagift, likes to receivePlay the game in pairs or small groups. 1. Choose another player. Play “Rock, Scissors, Paper” three (3) times. How many times did you win? Move that many squares! 2. Is there a number on the square? If yes, answer the question or move back to where you began. Did the cow lay eggs? . Does Coach blow a whistle? . What did Wilma want to make? . Who received many birthday cards? . When did the family go sailing? .. What milk has more natural sugar? . Who had a fever? . What building is new in Billy's town? PNOnNRwWNMilton Hershey loved to make candy. What kind of candy do you like?ma 3) i, Same N | i ¥ Milton Hershey found.a job he liked and worked hard at it. Hershey made chocolate and Gite). He started his @Ij) business at the age of 19. His first two candy shops wereffellice. But he learned from his mistakes and kept on trying. His third try was a @¥eeees! It made him a GEE man. After that, he built affeeis) and a town, Hershey, Pennsylvania! isCheck It © Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. A famous man b. A delicious food c. Anew candy 2. Hershey's first two businesses a. made him rich b. never failed c. didn't succeed 3. What did Hershey build in Pennsylvania? =a & a. A strange house b. A chocolate c. Afactory library eo Put the words in the right places. + He started his ' own business when he was 19. He had two candy shops that were 2 His third try was a * He built a factory and a“ Milton HersheyLearn It Write the correct words. failure success ) 1. The shop was a great , 80 the owner became very rich. 2. Almost two hundred people work in the near the town. 3. I. always have to brush my teeth after I eat 4 . Learning from often leads to success. Challenge It Study. Then circle the correct words. canguage roe) ———--——-—--— ee r Sequence Word: First, he boiled some water. Then he added the noodles and sauce. After that, he served the noodles in a bowl. Finally, his noodles were ready to eat! |. (Then / First), Hershey opened two candy shops at the age of 19. 2. (Finally / Then) he opened another shop and it was a success. 3. (After that / First), he built a factory and a town, Hershey, Pennsylvania! 4, (Finally / After that), everyone in the world enjoys his candy! > 45 Find and circle the words from the reading. * keep on _tocontinue without stoppingUne One)Sam the loved to visit Ann’s garden. Ann always put out some tasty for Sam. One day, Sam wanted to try something new. Sam saw red growing in the garden. They looked good. Sam took a of one. a His mouth became hotter and hotter! > His began to hurt. fle: He felt sick. Little did he know, he had eaten ared hot ! Poor Sam! _ Lina MH reali odanltiald 47Check It © Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. Agirl’s pet b. Proud parents c. Sam's curiosity 2. Eating the red vegetable made Sam's a. ears hot b. nose better c. stomach hurt » What did the squirrel bite? f a. A pepper b. A tomato c. An apple © Match the causes to the effects. Ann put out nuts. . Sam got sick. Sam wanted to try something new. . Sam enjoyed eating nuts. . Sam took a bite of a pepper. . The red vegetable was a hot pepper.Learn it Choose the best answers. 1. Be careful. That dog might you. a. squirrel b. bite c. garden 2. By looking at his symptoms, I think he has an upset a. vegetable b. hotter c. stomach 3. Ihave heard that are very good for our health. a. mouth b. nuts c. grow Challenge It Study. Then write the verbs in the past tense. Language Point - ——— ne ' Base do become begin put _ Past did became began put Ann some nuts out for the squirrel to eat. (put) . The squirrel’s mouth hotter and hotter. (become) . Then his stomach to hurt. (begin) RON Sam not know the red thing was a pepper. (do) > * put Out to set something in a place that is easy to get to Find and circle the words from the reading. 491 t i. f y eolil SS The boy has a pet rat. What J pet would you like to have? Ww ep 523) (Bare very smart. They make Geleuy pets. You can buy both iflBand (Brats as pets. You can get them when they are five weeks old. A pet rat will ijefelesi live for about two years. s Don't get just one. Choose two male or two female rats. ats like to live together. But don’t buy a male and a female to live together.Check It © Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. A dangerous pet b. An excellent pet c. Apet's food 2. Buy a pet rat when itis five old. a. days b. weeks c. years 3. How many years does a pet rat live? 2 Y sy a. Two b. Five c. Eight eo Put the words in the right places. females live together one g Let two males live'__together__. = Buy two? or males to live together. x) Keep * as a pet. Have a male and female * together. Don'tLearn It Write the correct words. 1. Kate isn't at school, so she is sick. 2. Ilearned that only birds lay eggs. 3. The two factories many kinds of pens. 4. My uncle set a trap to catch a Challenge It Study. Then circle the correct words. (Gaiigtoge Point) ~———————————---___________ fo 1am thirsty and hungry. ) Linking He wants water but not cake. | Words You can use a fork or spoon. 1. Get two, (and / but) don’t buy a male and female to live together. . Some kinds of rats do not see well (and/ but) have great noses. 2 3. Rats are very smart (and / but) make good pets. 4. 53 - Choose two male rats (but/ or) two female rats as pets. Find and circle the words from the reading. *a lot of many; large numbers ofa Look and $Y This father and son study together. F What do you do with your father or mother?25 is My father is my (ire. He works hard in a@E&Jfactory. His hands are (fej) and full of GES. I know he is tired after work. But he always helps me with my CEMENT in the evenings. After doing homework, we read the GEIS xVand talk about it. I have a chance to hear stories Py from around the world! I would love to spend every day with him. He's my hero! headlineCheck It ® Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. Anice father b. A father’s dream c. Asteel factory 2. After work, the father and his son a. go to the factory b. read the newspaper c. cook dinner 3. What is rough and full of cracks? dL, a. The father's b. The son's cc. The father’s nose ears hands oe Put the information in the right places. a. He works in a steel factory. b. He has homework. c. He has rough hands. ' d. He is the son's hero. | e. He reads the newspaper with his father. i f. He loves to spend time with his father. } 56Learn it Write the correct words. ( cracks homework rough steel LA car is heavier than a plastic car, 2. After she picked up the shell, she realized it had in it. 3. I finished all of my except for science. 4. The goat's fur feels , but the cat's fur feels soft. Challenge It Study. Then write the verbs in the positive or negative form. | Positive Negative I like it. I don't like it. ' \ She knows it. She doesn’t know it. 1. My father hard, so he is tired in the evening. (work) . He me so that I will get good grades. (help) 2 3. My father me to read the newspaper alone. (want) 4. . Spending every day with my father bad to me! (sound) psn 57 Find and circle the words from the reading. *be full of tobe filed or covered withDt tavelry bole ra 3 5 favorite polka-dot O Look and Think g Ee te ods 7 hiss a teacher and her students. ua) What do you think they are feeling , ~~ ae at the end of class?et: Li ola Sarah was Geel. It was her first day as a @ereaey. Sarah put on nice pants and her (ENS re] polka-dot Raiaa Then Sarah left for school. Her first class was great! Sarah's students (fee) close to her. They had a lot of fun together. As Sarah was leaving the classroom, a student came up to her. “Teacher, you are so beautiful,” he said. “You look just like a Ce 000. WT striped 59Check It © Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. Achild’s red shirt b. A teacher's first class c. Aclown's teacher 2. Sarah was happy that the students in class. a. paid attention b. cleaned their c. sang and desk danced 3. What did the student say Sarah looked like? w a. Aclown b. An artist c. Ateacher eo Match to put the story in order. « a. Sarah felt nervous. * b. Sarah walked into her kindergarten class. + c. Astudent said Sarah looked like a clown. + d. The class paid attention to her. * @. Sarah put on her polka-dot shirt.Learn It Choose the best answers. 1. Iwas about speaking in front of the class. a. beautiful b. nervous c. polka-dot 2. The and students are leaving the classroom together. a. clowns b. teacher c. kindergartens 3. Please to me when I'm talking to you. a. look like b. pay attention c. puton Challenge It Study. Then circle the correct words. — Adjectives | a girl + a pretty girl an apple + a red apple \ a panda + a lazy panda an elephant + a big elephant 1. Sarah put on (nice / first) pants and her favorite shirt. 2. Her favorite shirt was the (red / nervous) polka-dot shirt. > 61 3. Sarah was leaving the (together / quiet) classroom. 4. “You are a (look / beautiful) teacher,” a student said. Find and circle the words from the reading. * put on to dress in; to wearal mow LTT) Coty Soro) TT telaToLo ame olkel* | we ® Lisa worked all summer. She did chores at home. She watered plants and changed the toilet paper. Ee. 31)|/-%) weeds -1n1-| mowed lawns: for her neighbors. She baked © ===)!" and made Teustelnrele|-onsell Lisa earned $1,185. “I'm going to help some children S— in Africa. I need to make more money,” said Lisa. After a [ie <|5, she collected enough money to help them. “Lisa, where’s your bed?” cried her mom. aThe man is giving this girl money. Why is he paying her?Check lt o Choose the best answers. 1 What is the reading about? a. How Lisa makes money b. What to buy c. Where Lisa lives . With her money, Lisa wants to help some a. pets b. children c. plants . What did Lisa NOT do to make money during summer? & 00° ww ee ouo a. Baked cupcakes b. Mowed lawns c. Washed cars oe Put the words in the right places. g + Lisa mowed the ' lawns. Lisa * cupcakes. © + Lisa® all of the money. , a . Didn't Lisa bought something nice forLearn lt Write the correct words. 1 2. 3. 4. How often do you have to the lawn? She didn't have a cake on her birthday; she had There are a lot of in our lawn! I don't drink because I dislike sour drinks. Challenge It Study. Then circle the correct words. 2. 3. 4. Future with be going to Tam going to help some children. We are going to get up early. He is going to buy a new phone. They are going to go to the park. Lisa (is / are) going to bake cupcakes to sell. 1 (am / is) going to make more money to help People. It (is / are) going to rain tomorrow. They (is / are) going to watch a movie tonight. Find and circle the words from the reading. * make money to earn money eea Words a | LYE -Jolalo) ¢ £7 y @ | rc “e +o & es i couple La ob secret ” \/ ; a err ~ a agree iia) Rete) Me MULLS These people are married. Can you guess how long they have been married? recorda "Ann and John Betar are @itietents) and Gi. They got married in 1932. They have been married for over eighty-three years! They are the longest-married Gefjsyyin America. What's their (fii to a happy marriage? “Understanding one another,” answered Ann. “And always @RIErige RU your wife,” added John. The world (@efre) for the longest marriage is eighty-six years. You're close to the world record, Ann and John!Check It ® Choose the best answers. ie What is the reading about? a. Adventure b. Marriage c. Failure 2. John’s secret is to a. agree with his wife b. get married young c. have lots of kids 3. How many years is the world record in the reading? a. Less than b. Eighty years c. More than eighty years eighty years e Put the words in the right places. + They have been married ' eighty years. + They are the longest married couple in ‘ ; + They try to® and agree with each other. They will have a world record if the stay married a little * Ann and John BetarLearn lt Read the clues. Then find and circle the words. hous band) @ The best achievement ¥ gf ai twos | © Amarried man — WwW po gdi s © A married woman | | noabeg fe @ Two married people ers huer Se D) g ¢ o u pte Lire ecor dt Challenge It Study. Then circle the correct words. Language Point» - Gerunds Revealing secrets is bad. Protecting his wife is good. Singing makes me feel peaceful. Exercising helps you stay healthy. 1. Agreeing with each other (helps / helping), too. 2. Setting the world record (is / are) not easy. 3. Becoming the longest-married couple in the world (has / have) some benefits. 4. Understanding one another (is / are) important. Find and circle the words from the reading. * get married to become husband and wife 9Volecnya New Words _ aay. ) Rl el BULLS These are mountains and volcanoes. What do volcanoes do? nsss Imagine a Are you thinking of a mountain? A Volcano is a kind of mountain. But it isn’tjust a mountain. It has a deep [ife)inside it. This hole goes down into the There is hot rock there. Sometimes a volcano shoots this % liquid rock out the hole. Then we say the volcano is The largest active volcano on earth is in Hawaii.Check It © Choose the best answers. 1. What is the reading about? a. Hawaii b. The sea c. Avolcano 2. Ina volcano, you can find a. hot liquid rock b. miles of mountains c. shooting rocks 3. Which of the following can be found in Hawaii? A yN a. The most b. The deepest c. The largest volcanoes volcano hole active volcano © Write the correct words. out the liquid rock when it is active. can have a? that goes miles into the earth. may have hot liquid s down in its hole. Avolcano ...Learn li Choose the best answers. 1. No one thought the was active until smoke came out of it. a. perhaps b. largest c. volcano 2. agree with the idea that old people need to stay a. rock b. active c. earth 3. You can walk to the bank from here. It is less than a(n) away. a. mile b. inside c. deep Challenge It Study. Then circle the correct words. Language Point» == Prepositions He is not in the room. He walks into the room. The cat is on the bed. 1. Avolcano is a mountain with a hole (in / on) it. 2. Avolcano’s hole goes miles (on / into) the earth. 3. An active volcano can shoot liquid rock (into / on) the air. 4. [> . Hawaii has the largest active volcano (on / in) earth. Find and circle the words from the reading. * think Of to see in one’s mind; to imagine paLearn It ® Write the missing letters. 8) woe #00) *@oo “4 joo ‘BA oo. * &)-c000 © Match the meanings to the correct words or phrases. 1. many . * a. get married 2. to continue without stopping + « b. alotof 3. the best achievement . .c. wife 4. to wear . « d. record 5. amarried woman . + e. keepon 6. to become husband and wife « « f. husband 7. to imagine . « g. think of a married man h. puton© Look at the picture. Then match to complete sentences. l (i f rae The boy « + isbiting « + inclass. 2. The . . pays + a polka-dot woman attention dress. 3. a The girl « + iswearing « * adonut. © Read the information and write the answers. Rats... Squirrels... * are active during the day. + don't make good pets. + will probably bite. + usually eat nuts. * are active at night. + make excellent pets. + don't usually bite. * can eat nuts, 1. Which animal will do things during the day? 2. Which animal would probably hurt you with its teeth? 3. What is a food that both of these animals eat?Say It ® Circle the correct words to complete the dialogs. Then practice them with a partner. Q: What did Sam eat? A: He (ate / eat) a red hot pepper! Q: Do all rats see well? ‘A: Some of them don't see well (or / but) have great noses. Q: What is John's secret to a happy marriage? A: (Agreeing / Agreed) with his wife is the secret. e Talk with a partner. Ask and answer the questions. 1. What did Milton Hershey make, candy or coffee? 2. Who is your hero, your father or grandfather? 3. What's the secret to a good grade, playing or studying? Write lt ©) Write the words in the correct order. 1. when they are / You can get rats / five weeks old. 2. around the world! / hear stories from / I have a chance to 3. Sarah's students / attention to her. / paid closePlay the game in pairs or small groups. 1. Choose another player. Play “Rock, Scissors, Paper” three (3) times. How many times did you win? Move that many squares! 2. Does the square say “Do it!”? If yes, act like you are doing that thing or move back to where you began. 3. Is there a number on the square? if yes, do one of the following for the picture with that number. Then move the given number of squares, Spell it = 1 square Say the meaning of it = 2 squares Make a sentence with it = 3 squaresBasic Reading Basic Reading is a nine-level series designed to move young students of English from the Teen Ronee CRG eel Ce a oc We etn Ue systematically reinforce high-frequency words and sentence structures while focusing learning Peet cement mice ane eR Cn ccc develop reading fluency as they broaden their understanding of various English word forms, Perea Renae eae mune ta gn cn Mec Lo which aid in reading comprehension. Basic Reading prepares readers for the demands of academic material at higher levels. be eee eth et keane cence Cd Pres ee eee eae ee Rae ar Ro Uy Deen UU eR eee aC lace Be ein eke enec nce ier euk ke nea none Pee raieinicc usa ric sicag * Two review units per book, with reviews in the first three books featuring original songs COVE Re rare tk oa erer cg Pe Metco aN at tea SLs Basic ~ Beginner Repetition of high-frequency vocabulary through interesting passages Beginner ~ High Beginner Consolidates students’ understanding of grammar and word usage High Beginner ~ Intermediate Comprehension activities in both textual and graphic formats