1 SOCIAL LIFE

UNIT

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 IN THIS UNIT
Discuss relationships
in your life
Make your own
relationship circles
Compare how people
spend time with
friends
Explore ideas about
friends
Write sentences
about your best
friends

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SKILLS
READING
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The brother of the bride
is about to get wet at a
wedding in Uruguay.
Preview

WRITING
Capitalize and
punctuate sentences
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Capitalize proper
nouns
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GRAMMAR
Subject pronouns and
possessive adjectives

Simple present of be

CRITICAL THINKING
Categorize

CONNECT TO THE TOPIC

1. Where are the
people in the
photo?
2. Who do you like to
spend time with?

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WATCH

THE SOCIAL LIFE OF MANTA RAYS

A PREVIEW Look at the photo and read the caption. Watch the first part of the video. What do
you think the researchers learn about manta rays? 1.1
a. Manta rays have friends.
b. Manta rays have partners.
c. Manta rays like people.

B Watch the second part of the video. Check your answers in activity A. Then discuss the
questions in a group. 1.2
1. In what ways are manta rays the same as people?
2. How are manta rays different from people?

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Manta rays in Indonesia

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PREPARE TO READ
A ACTIVATE List the words you know for people in your life. Then compare your list with
a partner.

B VOCABULARY Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words.

(be) close (to) (v phr) family (n) member (n) part of (n phr) relationship (n)
draw (v) life (n) neighbor (n) partner (n) think about (v phr)

1. My is small. I have only one sister.

2. I work or go to school for a big the week. I have only one free day.

3. I my words before I speak.

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4. I am to my brother. I tell him everything.

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6. I have many
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because I live in a big city.

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7. I like to pictures.

8. People meet their in different ways. I met my husband at university.

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9. I have a good with everyone.

10. The of my class are from all over the world.

C PERSONALIZE Which sentences from activity B are true for you? Tell a partner.

REFLECT Discuss relationships in your life.

Complete the sentences so that they are true. Then share your answers with a partner.
Discuss the reasons for your answers.
1. I am close to
2. I know / don’t know my neighbors.
3. The people I work with are / are not my friends.

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READ

READING SKILL Preview

Previewing, or looking at a text before
reading, helps you to understand what you
read. Before you read, look at the title, images
(photographs, charts, tables, diagrams, etc.),
headings, and subheadings. Think about what
you know about the topic and what you think,
or predict, the reading is about.

A APPLY Preview the article. Look at the

title, headings, and subheadings. Then
answer the questions.
1. How many headings are there? A brother
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2. Which heading has subheadings? Paris, France

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3. What do you think the reading is about?
a. How to make friends
b. People you see and talk to
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c. Your relationships with people

B MAIN IDEAS Now read the text.

Choose the main idea.
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a. It’s fun and easy to make relationship

circles.
b. Relationship circles help us think about our
relationships.
c. We are close to many people in our lives.

C Put the topics in the order of the reading.

Create the relationship circles.
Use the relationship circles.
We have many people in our lives.

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 RELATIONSHIP
CIRCLES 1.1

1 Most people have up to 150 people in their lives. They are friends,
family, classmates, colleagues1, and neighbors. We are very close to
some of these people, but not to others. You can make relationship circles
to show your relationships.

How to Make Relationship Circles Heading

Circle 1: Your family Subheading

2 Write me. Draw a circle around the word. In the circle, write the names
of the people in your family. For example, your parents, brothers and
sisters, partner, and children.
Circle 2: People you are close to

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3 Draw another circle around the first Circle 4
circle. In this circle, write the names of
people who you are close to, but you do
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not live with. For example, these people
can be friends, cousins, aunts, and uncles.
Circle 3: People you see and talk to
Circle 3

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Circle 1
4 Draw another circle. Write the names
of people you see and talk to a lot. They Me
are not your family or close friends, but
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they are a part of your everyday life.

For example, they can be your teacher,
classmates, colleagues, or neighbors.
Circle 4: Other people
5 Draw one more circle. In it write the names of people you see for
different reasons, such as your doctor, a café worker, or the bus driver.

How the Circles Help Us Think about People

6 Now use these circles to think about your relationships. Are there
members of your class you want to be friends with? Is there a friend you
don’t want to see as often? Do you want to put people in different circles?
This is a way to think about your relationships.

colleague (n) a person you work with

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D DETAILS Complete the sentences with no more than one word or number from the text.
1. We have up to people in our lives.
2. Relationship circles help us think about our to these people.
3. There are relationship circles.
4. Write me in the center of circle .
5. Names of friends go in circle .
6. Circle 3 is for people you and talk to a lot.

CRITICAL THINKING Categorize

We categorize things by putting them in groups. Categorizing can help us understand new
information. It can help us when we study.
For example, to study vocabulary, you can think about different categories:
Nouns: mother, father
Verbs: draw, write

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E APPLY Relationship circles are one way to categorize people. Here is another way. Complete
the chart with people from the reading and your own ideas.

Family
parents
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REFLECT Make your own relationship circles.

Make your own relationship circles on a separate piece of paper. Follow the instructions in
the text. Then share with a partner.

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PREPARE TO READ
A VOCABULARY Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words.

(be) like (v phr) clever (adj) important (adj) only (adv) special (adj)
choose (v) feel (v) need (v) same (adj) together (adv)

1. A best friend is a friend.

2. You your friends but not your family.

3. You a lot of friends to be happy.

4. Friends always like the things.

5. Most people are their parents. They think in the same way.

6. The most people in life are your family.

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7. My friend Sylvia is very ; she always does well on exams.

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8. It is more fun to do things

9. You can have

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one best friend, not many.

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10. Most people happy when they are with their friends.

B PERSONALIZE Which sentences from activity A do you agree with? Discuss with a partner.
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REFLECT Compare how people spend time with friends.

You are going to read about what a friend is. Look at the infographic and answer the questions.

What Do You Do with Your Best Friends?

Sit and Talk on the Message each Do something Play games

talk phone other active (e.g., sports) online together

41% 28%
57% 51% 34% 29% 19%
58% 55%
65%
Women Men

1. What two groups of people does the infographic compare?

2. Which group talks more with their friends?
3. Which group plays sports or games online with their friends?
4. Which activities in the infographic do you do with your friends?

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WHAT IS A FRIEND? 1.2

1 Friends are special. We can talk to our close DIFFERENT PLACES, DIFFERENT
friends about anything. We understand them, FRIENDS
and they understand us. We like to be together.
3 Around the world, people want different
But what is a friend?
kinds of friends. In Western countries like the
THE RESEARCH UK, people want friends who are like them.
They also want friends who don’t judge2 them.
2 A Snapchat report1 shows what 10,000 In Asian countries, friends are more different
people think about friends. The people are from each other. And it is important for a friend
13–75 years old, and they are from Australia, to be clever. The number of friends we have
France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, is different in different countries, too. People
the UAE, the UK, and the US. People in these in Western countries have an average3 of about
countries all say that friends are important.

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three best friends. Many people in the United
But they do not have the same ideas about what States say they have only one best friend.
a friend is. In Asia and the Middle East, people have an
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A P R E V I E W Read the title and
headings of the article and look at the
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photo. What do you think the reading

is about? Then read and check your
answer.
a. Personal stories about friends
and family
b. Information about friends around
the world
c. Instructions about how to make
friends

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THE REASONS FOR FRIENDS
4 We can be close to family as well as friends.
But friends are different. We choose them.
And they choose us. We spend time on these
relationships. People of all ages everywhere say
they really need friends. They say they feel
happy and loved after they spend time with
friends.
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report (n) a description of something
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judge (v) to decide whether someone or something is
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average (n) the number you get when you add two or
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Spending time
playing soccer in
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B MAIN IDEAS Choose the two main ideas.
a. Everyone has the same number of friends.
b. Most friends use Snapchat.
c. Friendship is important everywhere.
d. Friends are different in different places.

C DETAILS Read the statements. Write T for True or F for False.

1. A Snapchat report shows what 10,000 people think about friends.

2. The people in the report are all the same age.

3. In Western countries, people want friends who are not like them.

4. In Asian countries, people want friends who are different.

5. Everyone has the same number of best friends around the world.

6. Everyone says they need friends.

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REFLECT Explore ideas about friends.
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Answer the questions. Then share your answers with a partner.
1. Do you want friends who are like you or different?
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2. Is it important for your friends to be clever?
3. How many best friends do you have?
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Friends take a
ride in Vietnam.

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WRITE

UNIT TASK Write sentences about your best friends.

You are going to write five to seven sentences about your best friend or
friends. Use the ideas, vocabulary, and skills from the unit.

WRITING SKILL Capitalize and punctuate sentences

Capitalization and punctuation help the reader understand your writing.
Start sentences with a capital letter.
My best friend is a student.
My brother is clever.

End sentences with a period.

Her neighbor is 65.

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I have a special relationship with my uncle.

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A MODEL Read the sentences about someone’s best friends. Underline the
capital letters at the beginning of the sentences and the periods at the end.
What other word starts with a capital letter?
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My Best Friends
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I have two best friends.

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My first best friend is Sally.

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We are friends from home.

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We talk every week on the phone.

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Natasha is my other best friend.

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I am her classmate.
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We study together.
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B ANALYZE THE MODEL Match the sentences from the model to the questions.
1. How many best friends does the writer have? Sentence

2. What are their names? Sentences and

3. How does the writer know each friend? Sentences and

4. What do they do together? Sentences and

C EDIT Add capital letters and periods to the sentences.

1. i have one best friend
2. he is my friend from school
3. we have classes together
4. we also play soccer together
5. our relationship is important to me

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GRAMMAR Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives
Subject pronouns
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I, you, he, she, it, we, and they are subject pronouns. They take the place of nouns as the subject of
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Monica is my best friend. She is very important to me.

Kirk and Chad are friends. They are very different from each other.
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Possessive adjectives
My, your, his, her, its, our, and their are possessive adjectives. We use them with a noun to show
possession.
Farah is from Malaysia. Her best friend is from the UK.

D GRAMMAR Complete each sentence with the correct subject pronoun.

1. Mia is my sister. has five best friends.

2. Juan is my father. is in circle 1 of my relationship circles.

3. People in the United States do not have many best friends. have only one best
friend.

4. You and Amina are best friends. are like each other.

5. My best friend and I see each other a lot. like to be together.

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E GRAMMAR Complete each sentence with the correct possessive adjective.
1. I am twenty-five. friend is the same age.

2. My father is here. That is car.

3. You are a doctor. job is important.

4. Aisha is from France. mother is from Algeria.

5. My partner and I are happy. relationship is good.

F GRAMMAR Complete the sentences with the correct words.

1. I don’t think I have 150 people in I / my life.
2. You / Your brother is very nice. He / His has a lot of friends.
3. My friend is close to she / her family. She / Her often visits them.
4. My sister and I are not close. We / Our don’t talk very often.
5. We try to talk on the phone on we / our birthdays and other important days.

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6. Oh, you have new neighbors. What are they / their names?
7. I / My have good colleagues at work. They / Their help me a lot.
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8. My dog is part of my family. It / Its can go in circle 1!
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Chatting on the phone with
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 GRAMMAR Simple present of be
The verb be has three forms in the present tense: am, is, and are.

I am a student. I am not the teacher.

He/She/It is in my class. She is not a student.
We/You/They are happy. We are not in class now.

We can make contractions with the subject and be.

I’m (not)
he’s/she’s/it’s (not) OR he/she/it isn’t
we’re/you’re/they’re (not) OR we/you/they aren’t

We often use be with nouns and adjectives.

He is my friend. He is not happy.

Some specific uses for be are:

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job: She is a teacher. origin: We are from Venezuela.
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location: My friend is at home. time: It is 5:30.

G GRAMMAR Complete the sentences with the correct form of be. Then write the specific
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use of be (age, job, location, nationality, origin, or time).
1. My brother eighteen today.

2. Ella and Tomas at a café.

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3. The class at 9:00 a.m.

4. We doctors.

5. My friends speak Portuguese, but they from Portugal.

6. I Chinese.

WRITING SKILL Capitalize proper nouns

We use capital letters at the start of sentences. We also use capital letters for names, countries,
nationalities, languages, cities, months, days, and I.
I’m Abdullah. I am from Muscat in Oman. I speak Arabic. My birthday is May 19th.

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H EDIT Find and correct two mistakes in each sentence.

1. My best friend am from china.

2. This is my sister. His name is suzy.

3. I’m kumari, and I live in colombo, Sri Lanka.

4. My brothers have the same birthday Their are twins.

5. we speak Arabic and english.

PLAN & WRITE

I PLAN Think about your best friends. Then complete the table.

Names How you know each other What you do together

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J FIRST DRAFT Choose two friends from activity I. Write sentences about them.

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K REVISE Use this list as you write your second draft.
Do you write how many best friends you have?
Do you write your best friends’ names?
Do you write how you know your best friends?
Do you write what you do together?

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L EDIT Use this list as you write your final draft on a piece of paper.
Do you use capital letters at the start of sentences and proper nouns?
Do you use periods at the end of each sentence?
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Do you use the correct forms of be?
Do you use the correct subject pronouns and possessive adjectives?
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M FINAL DRAFT Reread your final draft and correct any errors. Then submit it to your
teacher.

At the Museum of Selfies

in Los Angeles, CA, USA

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REFLECT
A Check ( ) the Reflect activities you can do and the academic skills you can use.
discuss relationships in your life preview
make your own relationship circles capitalize and punctuate sentences
compare how people spend time with friends capitalize proper nouns
explore ideas about friends subject pronouns and possessive
write sentences about your best friends adjectives
simple present of be
categorize

B Check ( ) the vocabulary words from the unit that you know. Circle words you still need to
practice. Add any other words you learned.

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB & OTHER

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family be close to clever AW only
life be like important together
member
neighbor
part of
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draw
feel
same
special
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partner AW need
relationship think about
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C Reflect on the ideas in this unit as you answer these questions.

1. Where can you meet new friends?

2. What ideas and skills from the unit will you remember and use?

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2 UNUSUAL HOMES
UNIT

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Compare different
homes
Analyze what makes
a home unusual
Think about machines
in your home
Discuss an unusual
home
Write sentences
about your home

SKILLS
READING

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WRITING
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Use adjectives

GRAMMAR
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There is / there are
Simple present

CRITICAL THINKING
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Rank

CONNECT TO THE TOPIC

1. What do you think
about this home?
2. Do you like where
Casa Flotante in you live now?
Mexico City, Mexico,
is tall and thin like
the trees around it.

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AUSTRALIA’S UNDERGROUND HOMES

A ACTIVATE Look at the illustration. List all the words you know for things
in a home in your notebook. Then compare your list with a partner.

B Watch the video and choose the main idea. 2.1

a. Coober Pedy is a small town in Australia.

b. People don’t know where Coober Pedy is.
c. Most of Coober Pedy is underground.

C Watch the video again. Discuss the questions with a partner. 2.1

1. Why does Coober Pedy have so many underground places?

2. Does living underground sound good to you? Explain.

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PREPARE TO READ
A VOCABULARY Look at the house in activity A. Then complete the
sentences.

bright (adj) cool (adj) inside (adv) river (n) unusual (adj)
build (v) floor (n) outside (adv) stairs (n) wide (adj)

1. There are flowers and trees the house.

2. This house is not near a or ocean.

3. There are five rooms the house.

4. The dining room, kitchen, and living room are on the first .

5. You take the to get to the bedroom.

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6. The wall of the living room is a color.

7. The windows are tall and .

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9. How long does it take to a house like this?

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10. The size of this house is for some people.

REFLECT Compare different homes.

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You are going to read about unusual homes. Look at the house in activity A
and answer the questions with a partner.
1. How is your home the same?
2. How is your home different?
3. Is there anything unusual about this house?

I have a house with two floors. My house has two bedrooms, not one. I think
the windows are unusual.

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A PREVIEW Read the title and headings and

look at the photos. Then answer the questions.

1. What do the photos show?

2. What are the headings?

3. What do you think the reading is about?

House NA, Tokyo, Japan

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Do People Really
Live There? 2.1

1 There are different houses around the world. Many houses look
the same as others, but some houses are different or unusual. Here
are a few examples.
Serbia
2 There is an unusual house in Bajina Basta, Serbia. It is a house
on a rock in a river. It is the eighth house on this rock. The river
destroys1 the house, and people build it again.
Australia
3 Coober Pedy, Australia, has underground homes. All you can see
from outside is the door. It can get very hot in Australia, but these
underground homes stay cool.

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Japan
In Tokyo, Japan, there is a house made completely of windows.
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People can see inside. The “House NA” is one big room but has
three floors.
Poland
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5 Warsaw, Poland, has a house that’s only 3.3 feet (one meter) wide.
The rooms in the Keret House are very small. The stairs to get to the
second floor are on the wall—the stairs are a ladder2.
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Saudi Arabia
6 The Bin Hamsan house in Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia, is a
special house. Bright blue, yellow, orange, green, and red paint cover
the outside walls. The inside walls also have a lot of bright colors.
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destroy (v) to pull or break down
2
ladder (n) moveable steps

B APPLY Skim the text. Then check your

READING SKILL Skim prediction in activity A.
We skim to get the general idea of a text. To
skim, look through the text quickly. C MAIN IDEAS Read the text. Then
Read the title. choose another title for the text.
Read the headings. a. Beautiful houses around the world
Read the introduction.
b. Houses in unusual places
Read the first sentence or two of each
paragraph. c. Unusual houses around the world

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D DETAILS Read the text again. Complete the table.

Place Why it is unusual

Serbia on a rock in a river

Australia

Japan

Poland

Saudi Arabia

CRITICAL THINKING Rank

Ranking is putting things in order by different criteria. For example, we can rank
things by preference, size, age, etc. Often, 1 is your first choice.
Favorite room
1 = bedroom

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3 = living room
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E APPLY Rank the homes in order of how unusual they are. 1 is the most
unusual. Then rank the homes in order of how difficult they are to live in. 1
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is the most difficult. Use the country name for each home. Compare your
answers in a small group.
Most unusual Most difficult to live in
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1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

REFLECT Analyze what makes a home unusual.

A home can be unusual for many reasons. Write one example for each
reason.
Color: bright colors Shape:

Cost: Size:

Place: Other:

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PREPARE TO READ
A ACTIVATE List adjectives you know that can describe a home. Share your list
with the class.

Large, small, beautiful, and red are adjectives I know to describe a home.

B VOCABULARY Read the sentences. Choose the correct definitions for the
words in bold.
1. We need electricity to turn the lamp on.
a. (n) energy for lighting and heat b. (n) energy for play

2. We need gas to cook on our stove.

a. (n) power source for cooking and heating b. (n) energy we get from food

3. I hope the new paint color will change how my kitchen looks.
a. (v) to know something will happen b. (v) to want something to happen

4. It is hard to see in this room. We need another light in here.

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a. (n) thing that helps us see in the dark b. (n) thing that makes a room dark

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5. Dishwashers, washing machines, and microwaves are common machines in a house.
a. (n) something to make work harder b. (n) something to make work easier

6. I have a problem with my refrigerator. It doesn’t keep my food cold.

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a. (n) a good thing b. (n) a bad thing

7. My brother can show you how to use your new computer.

a. (v) to teach b. (v) to learn
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C VOCABULARY Match the words with opposite meanings.

1. regular (adj) a. modern

2. traditional (adj) b. with

3. without (prep) c. unusual

REFLECT Think about machines in your home.

You are going to read about someone who uses special machines at home. Answer
these questions about your home. Share your answers with a partner.
1. What machines do you have in your home?
2. What machines use electricity?
3. What machines use gas?
4. Without electricity and gas, I can’t:

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A PREDICT Look at the photo. Read

the caption and the title of the article.
What do you think this text is about?
a. A different way to live
b. How to make gas
c. Life in Kenya

B Skim the text and check your answer to

activity A.

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 LIFE OFF
THE GRID 2.2

1 Thomas Henry Culhane is a National Geographic

Explorer. He does not live in a traditional home. He
lives in an RV1. The RV has a kitchen, bedroom, and
bathroom. Culhane lives there with his wife, Enas.
They live “off the grid.” This means they don’t get
electricity or gas from a utility company2. They use
simple3 machines to get electricity from the sun and
gas from food waste4. They do this because they want
to protect the environment5.
2 Sometimes there are problems if the machines
don’t work well. For example, without electricity, the
lights don’t work. And without gas, there is no hot
water. However, the Culhanes can usually repair the

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machines quickly.
3 On some weekends, Culhane’s home is a classroom.
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loves to teach people how to live this way, but Culhane
and Enas are students, too. Every day, they learn new
things about this way of life.
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4 Culhane also teaches people in different countries.
He shows them new ways to get natural energy6. He
shows local governments how to change food into
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energy.
5 Why does Culhane do all this? He wants to be an
example. He wants to show other people that they can
live like he does. And he hopes that one day life off the
grid will be regular for more people.
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RV (n) recreational vehicle; a van or truck that people can live in
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utility company (n phr) a company that sells gas, water,
or electricity
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simple (adj) not complicated
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food waste (n phr) food we don’t eat
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protect the environment (v phr) to care for the natural world
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natural energy (n phr) energy from the sun, wind, water,
and so on, that is used to provide light or heat or to make
machines work

T. H. Culhane shows how

to make gas from food
waste in Kenya.

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C MAIN IDEAS Read the text. Choose the main idea.
a. Culhane doesn’t want other people to live like him.
b. Culhane lives and teaches to protect the environment.
c. Life off the grid is easy for Culhane and Enas.

D DETAILS Read the statements. Write T for True or F for False.

1. Culhane and Enas get electricity and gas from a utility company.

2. Sometimes, Culhane and Enas don’t have lights or hot water.

3. Culhane teaches students about life off the grid in schools.

4. He teaches people how to live in an RV in different countries.

5. Culhane lives off the grid because he wants to be an example for others.

REFLECT Discuss an unusual home.

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Work with a small group. Discuss your answers to these questions.
1. What is unusual about Culhane’s home?
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2. What are some regular things people do at home to protect the environment?
3. Do you think Culhane’s way of life is becoming more regular for other people?
m
Culhane with a biodigester,
a simple machine to make
gas from food waste
Sa

TK

30 UNIT 2
WRITE
UNIT TASK Write sentences about your home.

You are going to write five to seven sentences about your home. Use the
ideas, vocabulary, and skills from the unit.

GRAMMAR There is / there are

We use there is and there are to say something exists. Use there is for one
thing. Use there are for two or more things.
There is an unusual house in Bajina Basta, Serbia.
There are many unusual houses around the world.

A MODEL Read the sentences about someone’s home. Underline the

examples of there is and there are.

e
pl
I live in a regular house.
MY HOME
m
It is old and quiet.

I have one neighbor.

Sa

My house has five rooms and one floor.

There are two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a living room inside.

There is a big tree outside my bedroom window.

The tree has a swing.

B ANALYZE THE MODEL Read the sentences again and complete the table.

Kind of home # of rooms Floors Inside Outside Special / unusual

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C GRAMMAR Complete the sentences with the correct form of be.
1. In Serbia, there a house on a rock.

2. In Australia, there homes underground.

3. There a lot of natural light in the “House NA” in Tokyo.

4. There stairs on the wall in the Keret House in Poland.

5. There bright colors on the walls of the Bin Hamsan house in

Saudi Arabia.

GRAMMAR Simple present

We use the simple present to write about things that are true, habits, and
routines. Use the base form of the verb with I, you, we, they. Use the -s form
of the verb with he, she, it.
I live in a regular house. Culhane lives in an RV.

e
Students learn from Culhane. Culhane learns more every day.

pl
The verbs be and have are irregular in the simple present.
I am at home.
You/We/They are at home.
I/You/We/They have an apartment.
It/The apartment has two bedrooms.
m
He/She/It is at home.

D GRAMMAR Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verbs.
Sa

You will use one verb twice.

get hope live teach

have like need use

T.H. Culhane 1 an unusual home. He 2 in an

RV with his wife, Enas. They 3 electricity and gas from special

machines. Culhane and Enas 4 electricity for their refrigerator,

washing machine, and TV. Their stove 5 gas to work. Sometimes,

Culhane and Enas 6 problems, but they 7 living

this way. Culhane 8 other people how to live like this, too. He
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to help change the world.

32 UNIT 2
 WRITING SKILL Write simple sentences
A simple sentence has one idea. It has a subject and a verb. The subject comes
before the verb and can be a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. The verb agrees
with the subject.

S V
Diego lives in an apartment.
I live in a house.
There is one bedroom.
Our homes are small.

Note: If there is the subject, the verb agrees with the noun or noun phrase after
the verb. (There is one bedroom. There are two bedrooms.)

E APPLY Circle the subject and underline the verb in each sentence.

We live in a small apartment. There are four rooms. My favorite room is my

e
bedroom. It is big and quiet. My home has a dining room. It is large. We cook in
pl
the kitchen. We eat in the dining room. There is an elevator. It is old and noisy.

There is a garden. It is small and quiet.

m
F APPLY Check the correct sentences. Rewrite the incorrect sentences. Add a
subject or a verb.
1. There five rooms.
Sa

2. We cook in the kitchen.

3. My home many windows.

4. I have a quiet garden.

5. She in a small house.

6. Are two large rooms.

7. We eat in the dining room.

8. My parents lives in an old house.

9. There is flowers in the garden.

10. There is a big tree in the yard.

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G Choose the correct subject or verb.
1. We / He lives in an apartment.
2. My parents have / has an unusual home.
3. I / You are happy in a small house.
4. It am / is a big house.
5. There is / are large rooms.
6. There is / are a bedroom on the first floor.

WRITING SKILL Use adjectives

Adjectives describe nouns. We use them to add information to our
sentences. Adjectives make our writing more interesting.

Adjectives can come before nouns.

The new apartment has a beautiful garden.

e
Adjectives can come after the verb be.

pl
My home is big, but the bedrooms are small.

H APPLY Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

m
1. is / there / kitchen / a / big

.
Sa

2. apartment / the / noisy / is

3. quiet / my home / has / a / garden

4. are / the / bedrooms / small

5. stairs / new / I / want / to build

6. large / are / windows / there / dining room / in / the

34 UNIT 2
I EDIT Find and correct the mistakes in each sentence.
1. I lives in a house small.
2. There is big three bedrooms.
3. It a new house.
4. We has a bathroom cold.
5. There old stairs and a large entrance.

PLAN & WRITE

J PLAN Think about your home. Then complete the table.

Kind of home
Rooms

Floors

e
Inside

Outside

Special / unusual
pl
m
K FIRST DRAFT Use the information from activity J to write
sentences about your home.
Sa

WRITING TIP
Start a writing habit! Write every day for five to ten minutes. Write about
what you do and how you feel. Send emails and text messages in English.
Writing gets easier with practice.

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L REVISE Use this list as you write your second draft.
Do you write the kind of house you have?
Do you write the number of rooms and floors it has?
Do you write about what is inside?
Do you write about what is outside?
Do you write about something special or unusual?

M EDIT Use this list as you write your final draft.

Do you use capital letters at the start of each sentence?
Do you use a capital letter for I and proper nouns?
Are there periods at the end of each sentence?
Do you have a subject and a verb in each sentence?
Do the subjects and verbs all agree?
Are adjectives in the correct places?

e
N FINAL DRAFT Reread your final draft and correct any errors. Then
submit it to your teacher.

pl
Inside an apartment in Turkey
m
Sa

36 UNIT 2
REFLECT
A Check ( ) the Reflect activities you can do and the academic skills you can use.
compare different homes skim
analyze what makes a home unusual write simple sentences
think about machines in your home use adjectives
discuss an unusual home there is / there are
write sentences about your home simple present
rank

B Check ( ) the vocabulary words from the unit that you know. Circle words you still need
to practice. Add any other words that you learned.

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB & OTHER

electricity build bright inside

e
floor hope cool outside
gas show regular without
light traditional AW

machine
problem
pl unusual
wide
m
river
stairs

C Reflect on the ideas in the unit as you answer these questions.

Sa

1. Is the home where you live regular or unusual?

2. What is the most helpful thing you learned in this unit?

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