This document contains a summary of the key for the Listening and Speaking 1 unit of the Q: Skills for Success Second Edition textbook. It provides answers and explanations for various listening exercises, activities, and vocabulary lessons within the unit. These include identifying characters, events, and locations from passages; differentiating between statements; recognizing humor styles; and demonstrating comprehension of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary concepts. The document aims to help students understand and review the main ideas and information covered in the unit.
This document contains a summary of the key for the Listening and Speaking 1 unit of the Q: Skills for Success Second Edition textbook. It provides answers and explanations for various listening exercises, activities, and vocabulary lessons within the unit. These include identifying characters, events, and locations from passages; differentiating between statements; recognizing humor styles; and demonstrating comprehension of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary concepts. The document aims to help students understand and review the main ideas and information covered in the unit.
This document contains a summary of the key for the Listening and Speaking 1 unit of the Q: Skills for Success Second Edition textbook. It provides answers and explanations for various listening exercises, activities, and vocabulary lessons within the unit. These include identifying characters, events, and locations from passages; differentiating between statements; recognizing humor styles; and demonstrating comprehension of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary concepts. The document aims to help students understand and review the main ideas and information covered in the unit.
This document contains a summary of the key for the Listening and Speaking 1 unit of the Q: Skills for Success Second Edition textbook. It provides answers and explanations for various listening exercises, activities, and vocabulary lessons within the unit. These include identifying characters, events, and locations from passages; differentiating between statements; recognizing humor styles; and demonstrating comprehension of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary concepts. The document aims to help students understand and review the main ideas and information covered in the unit.
Activity A., p. 74 Activity A., p. 78 Answers will vary. Possible answers: 2 a. schooling 1. Students’ favorite comedies are n/a b. family likely to be from their own cultures. 3 c. first professional writing job Encourage them to describe what n/a d. university the shows are about. 4 e. characters 2. Yes, I make a lot of people laugh; 1 f. birthplace No, I don’t tell jokes, but I like the Activity B., p. 79 jokes that other people tell. 2 a. schooling 3. The people are making origami hats not much formal schooling, 12 stopped out of paper. school Activity B., p. 74 n/a b. family 1. comedies on TV, comedians performing live, friends making each 3 c. first professional writing job other laugh, and silly physical London Monthly Magazine comedy (slapstick) n/a d. university 2. Answers will vary. 3. Answers will vary. 4 e. characters Ebenezer Scrooge, Oliver Twist, Nicholas PREVIEW THE LISTENING Nickleby, Polly Toodles Activity D., p. 76 1 f. birthplace Answers will vary. Possible answers: Landsport, England. February 12th I think they’re laughing at a movie. I Activity C., p. 79 think they are reading a funny joke. 1. a Activity E., p. 76 2. b Answers will vary. 3. b 4. b LISTENING 1 5. c PREVIEW THE LISTENING Activity D., p. 79 Activity A., p. 77 1. reading a. sense of humor 2. money b. however 3. his father had money problems c. huge 4. a big success d. professional Activity E., p. 80 e. comical 1. unusual, comical f. talented 2. describes g. hit 3. conversations h. describe 4. humor Activity B., p. 78 Answers will vary.
AK-14 Listening and Speaking 1 Q: Skills for Success Unit 4 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition
SAY WHAT YOU THINK 2. b
Say What You Think, p. 80 3. a Answers will vary. Possible answers: 4. a 1. because his characters have funny 5. a names, because he tells funny 6. b stories, because he makes sad 7. a situations seem funny 8. a 2. Students may like novels because Vocabulary Skill Review, p.83 they are exciting and funny or may drop the –ing; Interest dislike them because they focus less Activity C., p. 84 on the action than on story or Answers will vary. character development. WORK WITH THE LISTENING 3. Students may talk about famous Activity A., p. 84 people on TV or stand-up Answers may vary. Sample answers: comedians. They may be popular Put-down humor — make fun of because they say and do funny another person Bonding humor — bring things or because their humor people together through humor appeals to many people. Hate-me humor — make oneself the center of the joke LISTENING SKILL Laughing-at life-humor — find humor in all Activity A., pp. 80–81, A things 1. 15 Activity B., p. 84 2. 1812 or February 7th, 1812 Answers will vary. 3. 1817 Activity C., p. 85 4. London Monthly Magazine 1. c 5. 12 2. b Activity B., p. 81 3. c 1. all 4. a 2. eighth Activity D., p. 85 3. 1849 Answers may vary. Sample answers: 4. David 1. T 5. factory 2. F He thinks people with this humor 6. writer style probably don’t have many friends. NOTE-TAKING SKILL 3. T Activity A., p. 82 4. T Answers will vary. Possible answers: 5. F He says their humor style makes life Friends; Family; Comedians; Entertainers earlier. 6. T LISTENING 2 Activity E., p. 86 PREVIEW THE LISTENING Answers will vary. Sample answers: Activity A., p. 83 1. feel relaxed 1. a 2. communicate
AK-15 Listening and Speaking 1 Q: Skills for Success Unit 4 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition
3. hurt GRAMMAR 4. not afraid to be in front of an Activity A., pp. 89–90 audience 1. 1 go 5. make themselves the joke 2 orders 6. can find humor in everything 3 brings Activity F., p. 86 4 says 1. hate-me 5 replies 2. put-down 2. 1 is 3. laughing-at-life 2 asks 4. bonding 3 answers 4 thinks SAY WHAT YOU THINK 5 says Activity A., p. 86 3. 1 stops Answers will vary. Possible answers: 2 sees 1. It is important to have a sense of 3 tells humor because it helps you feel 4 says relaxed and make friends. 5 asks 2. Yes, my brother has “hate-me 6 looks humor.” He pretends to trip and fall Activity B., p. 90 so people will laugh at him. Answers will vary. 3. I have “laughing-at-life” humor. I always make jokes, even about sad PRONUNCIATION things. Activity A., p. 92 Activity B., p. 87 1. In the shop Answers will vary. A man walks (/s/) into a shop and sees Activity D., p. 87 (/z/) a little rabbit. He asks (/s/) the Answers will vary. shopkeeper, “Does (/z/) your rabbit bite?” VOCABULARY SKILL The shopkeeper says (/z/), “No, my Activity A., p. 88 rabbit doesn’t bite.” 1. huge The man touches (/ə /) the rabbit, and 2. funny the rabbit bites (/s/) him. 3. famous “Ouch!” he says (/z/). “You said your 4. feelings rabbit doesn’t bite!” 5. laugh The shopkeeper replies (/z/), “That isn’t 6. funny my rabbit!” Activity B., p. 88 2. At school Answers will vary. Sample answer: A five-year-old boy asks (/s/) his teacher 1. enormous; His new house is to help him put on his boots. The enormous. teacher says (/z/), “Of course,” and he 2. chuckle; The comedian made me starts (/s/) to help the boy. He pushes chuckle. 3. amusing; This book is really amusing. (/ə /) and pulls (/z/) on the boots, but
AK-16 Listening and Speaking 1 Q: Skills for Success Unit 4 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition
they don’t go on the boy’s feet. He gets
(/s/) very tired, so he takes (/s/) a rest. UNIT ASSIGNMENT The little boy says (/z/), “Teacher, these CONSIDER THE IDEAS aren’t my boots.” Activity B., p. 95 “Why didn’t you tell me?” the teacher “Well, that’s the fastest way.” asks (/s/). The boy replies (/z/), “They’re my brother’s boots. My mom made me wear them today.” The teacher pushes (/ə /) and pulls (/z/) on the boots some more, and finally, he gets (/s/) them on the boy’s feet. “OK! Now, where are your gloves?” he asks (/s/) the boy. The boy answers (/z/), “I put them in my boots!”
SPEAKING SKILL Activity A., p. 93 A man is at the doctor’s office. The doctor asks him, “What’s the trouble?” The man answers, “I hurt everywhere. It hurts when I touch my head. It hurts when I touch my leg, and it hurts when I touch my arm.” The doctor thinks for a moment. Then he says, “I know what’s wrong.↑ Your finger is broken!” Activity C., p. 94 1. A few minutes later, the waiter brings the soup to the table. The man says, “Excuse me. Your finger is in my wife’s soup.” The waiter replies,↑ “Oh, that’s OK. It isn’t too hot.” 2. The next day, the policeman sees the man’s car again. The penguin is still in the car. The policeman asks, “Why do you have that penguin? I told you to take it to the zoo!” The man looks at the policeman and says,↑ “I did that yesterday, and we had a great time! Today we’re going to the park!” AK-17
