n Whaes the year?
Vocabulary Write the years in numbers or words.
1. twenty ten 2010 5. 1982 nineteen eighty-two
2. nineteen oh·four 6. 2006
3. two thousand eight 7. 2013
4. nineteen seventy-seven 8. 1998
fl Talking about the past
Grammar Complete the conversations with was, wasn't, were, weren't, did, or didn't.
1. Rick So, Dina, did you grow up here in Miami?
Dina Yes, I ____ , but we born here. My sister
and I born in Puerto Rico, and we moved here
when we kids.
Rick So, ____ you study English when you ____ in
school in Puerto Rico?
Dina Yes, we - for a few years - but we really
learn English until we came here.
Rick Wow! And now you speak English better than I do - and
I born here!
2. Thomas When were you born, Grandma?
Grandma born in 1934.
Thomas Really? ____ you born here in Los Angeles?
Grandma No, I . Your grandfather and I ____
both born in China.
Thomas So when ____ you come to the U.S.?
Grandma My family move here until I ____ 13 years old.
Thomas Really? So ____ you sad to leave all your friends
and family in China?
Grandma Yes, we ____ . But we ____ sad for long. We soon made friends and everything.
Thomas That's good. When Grandpa born?
Grandma He born in 1933, but he says he ____ really born until 1952.
Thomas Why does he say that?
Grandma Because that's when he met me!
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Growing up •@•Ii
8 A life story
Grammar Complete the story with the words in the box. You can use some words more than once .
.I ago for from in last long then to until when
This is a picture of my best friend, Mi-young. I took it a few years ago
Mi-young and I met 1994. We were very young we
became friends. Mi-young is a very interesting person. She was born in Busan,
South Korea, 1990. Her family moved to the U.S. she was
three years old. They lived in Chicago Mi-young was 15.
____ they moved to New York City. I cried a long time after
they moved.
Mi-young didn't live in New York because she came back to Chicago
for college she was 18. We were roommates at the University of Chicago ____
four years - 2008 2012. We graduated and shared an apartment ____ a few
j
months. ____ she got a great ob in Phoenix, Arizona, and moved there. I really missed her, but
guess what? month she called and said there's a perfect job for me at her company. So I'm
going there October for an interview, and I can't wait!
Q About you
Gra mmar
and
vocabulary
Write questions using the prompts given. Then answer the questions with your
own information.
1. When/ you born? When were you born?
2. Where I your parents born?___________________________
3. Where I you grow up?-----------------------------
4. Who I your best friend five years ago?-----------------------
5. you I ever move when you were a child?----------------------
6. you I play outside a lot when you were little?--------------------
7. How old/ you when you started school?_____________________
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Lesson B
Q What's the subject?
Vocabulary A Cross out the word that doesn't belong. Then write the general category of the subjects.
1. history CAeffliStFY economics geography social studies
2. gymnastics dance art track
3. geometry computer studies algebra calculus
4. literature biology chemistry physics
5. choir band drama orchestra
B Complete the crossword puzzle.
Across Down
1. This is one subject in math. 2. In this class, students study countries of the
7. Students run short and long distances in this world and natural features, populations,
P.E. class. and climate.
8. Students learn to sing in this music class. 3. Students draw and paint in this class.
9. In this subject, students study about people 4. This subject is a science. Students learn
and events from a long time ago. about plant and animal life.
10. Students learn to be actors when they study 5. In this subject, teachers ask students to read
this subject. novels, stories, and poems.
6. In this class, students play classical music on
instruments.
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Growing up ••@•Ji
fl How did we do?
Gra mm ar A Write the determiners in order in the chart below.
a few ti all a lot of most none of some
100% 0%
B Read the test results. Then complete the sentences with the words in the box and add of where
necessary.Some expressions are used more than once.
Passed 55% 100% 90% 15%
Failed 45% 0% 10% 85%
A few All A lot Most None Some
1. Some students in the class passed chemistry. them failed chemistry.
2. ____ the students passed English. the students failed it.
3. ____ the students passed geography. ____ students failed it.
4. ____ students passed geometry. them failed it.
8 About you
Gra mm ar
and
vocabulary
Answer the questions with your own information. If you are still in high school,
write about last year.
When you were in high school, what was a subject ...
1. most of your friends liked? Most of my friends liked PE.
2. all of the students had to study?------------------------
3. a lot of students hated?_____ ___________________ __�
4. some of your classmates loved? ________________________
5. no students ever failed?---------------------------
6. a few students were always really good at?---------------------
7. none of your classmates liked?_______________________ __
8. a lot of students got good grades in?-----------------------
9. some students dropped?__________________________�
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Q Correcting things you say
Conversation
strategies Complete the conversations with the sentences in the box.
Actually, no, it was 2009. Actually, I guess I spent some weekends with my grandparents.
Well, at least most of them didn't. Well, actually, we had a few problems. My dad lost his job.
No, wait. I was nine. .IWell, not all of them. Josie speaks three languages.
Well, actually, it was dark brown. No, wait•••• Her name was Mrs. Santos.
Actually, no, I was 18 when I quit. ������������������ �����
1. A All my friends are bilingual. They all speak two languages.
Well, not all of them. Josie speaks three languages.
B That's amazing!
2. A My best friend and I had sleepovers every weekend when we were kids.
B That sounds like fun.
3. A We moved to Rio de Janeiro when I was ten.
B So you were pretty young.
4. A I was on a swimming team until I was 16.
B That's the reason you swim so well.
5. A My brother and I had a perfect childhood.
B Really? But you were generally pretty happy, right?
6. A My cousin lived with us for a year - in 2010, I think.
B That was your cousin Alice, right?
7. A My favorite teacher in elementary school was Mrs. Santana.
B Oh, yeah? My favorite teacher was Mr. Stiller.
8. A When I was little, none of my friends had pets.
B But you had a dog, right?
9. A l had black hair when I was born.
B Really? I was born with no hair at all!
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Growing up ¥Hi•IJ
fl I mean
Conversation
strategies
Complete the questions using I mean to correct the underlined words. Then answer the questions.
1. When you were a child,what was the name of your first professor, I mean, teacher ?
2. Were you six or seven when you started high school,________ ?
3. In elementary school, did you have lunch in the school gym. _______ ?
4. When you were young,what was your favorite sport,________ ?
Did you like checkers?-----------------------------
5. When you were young,did you play any music,_______ • like the piano?
8 About you
Conversation
strategies Complete these sentences so they are true for you.
1. I started school when I was three.Actually,no,
when I was 6ve
2. The name of my elementary school was Park Elementary.
No. wait. ... ________________
3. My first teacher's name was Miss Parker, I mean,
4. I got good grades in every subject. Well,______
5. Most of my childhood friends liked classical music. Well,
no, ___________________
6. When I was a child,my favorite holiday was Halloween, I
mean,__________________
7. I remember all my classmates in kindergarten. Well,actually,--------------
8. A lot of my friends did gymnastics or played sports after school.
No,wait. ... --------------------------------
9. We always had pizza for school lunch.
Well,actually, -----------------------------
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Teenage years
Q Small-town story
Reading A Read the story of Yolanda's life. Then number the pictures in the correct order.
. . . . . . .lni:
. . . . . e. . rriew:
. . . . . . . . . . . .A
. . . .happy
. . . . . . . . . . . .c:. .h. .:i14hoo4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .11y. .bthy
. . . . Montello
.............
Kathy Montano grew up in the small town of Bagdad, Arizona. She interviewed several Mexican
Americans in Bagdad about their childhood. This is the story of Yolanda Sandoval.
"My name is Yolanda Sandoval. I was born in Cananea, Mexico, on June 13, 1922. My parents
brought me to Bagdad when I was six months old. My father's name was Francisco Sandoval, and
my mother's name was Cecilia Bernal.
I was their first child. I have four younger brothers. My mother gave Rafael, my third brother, her
name as a middle name. Apart from Rafael, no one had a middle name. My mother was very
gentle and patient.
My father was very kind but strict. He worked in a mine. He didn' t talk much about his work, maybe
because he didn't like it. My mother didn't go out to work. She stayed home to take care of us.
My mother always did special things for our birthdays. One year she gave me a purple party.
Everything was purple, even the drinks! She also made me a purple dress. That was the best party I
ever had. I invited all my friends - except for Bobby. I was angry with him at the time. My mother
died when I was 16. I still miss her.
My brothers and I loved the movies. We thought they were wonderful. A man named Angel Ruiz
showed old cowboy movies at the local theater, and we went to all of them. He charged five cents for
a movie. Sometimes we didn't have the five cents, but he let us see the movie anyway.
I loved school. I had to study English for four years, science for two (I took chemistry and biology), and
a foreign language for two years. I took Spanish, of course! Spanish was easy for me, so I got good
grades. I also studied U.S. history, home economics, and physical education. I was a good student."
B Read Yolanda's story again. Then complete the sentences.
1. Kathy Montano interviewed several people in her town about _t_h_e,_·r_c_h_ilh_o_o_d
d_ _______
2. Yolanda Sandoval came to Bagdad when she------------------
3. Yolanda's father didn't talk much about his work because--------------
4. On Yolanda's birthday one year, her mother gave her ________________
5. At the local movie theater, Yolanda and her brothers saw--------------
6. Yolanda studied English for _________________________
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Growing up ,@•@•Ji
fl When I was a teenager
Writing A Answer these questions about your first year in high school. If you are still in high school, talk
about last year. Use except (for) or apart from.
1. Did you like your teachers?
I liked all my teachers except for my history teacher, Mr. Crown.
2. Did you enjoy all your subjects?
3. Did you get along with all your classmates?
4. Did you and your best friend do a lot of things together?
B Write about some of your favorite activities when you were a teenager.
When I was a teenager, I lived in
My friends and I loved to
What can you do? Mark the boxes. To review, go back to
PJ = I can . . . D = I need to review how to ... these pages in the
Student's Book.
• make statements and ask questions with the simple past and 44 and 45
past of be.
Grammar
• talk about the past using time expressions. 44 and 45
• use determiners: all (of), most (of), a lot of, some (of), a few (of), 46 and 47
no, none of
• say years. 45
Vocabulary
• name at least 12 school subjects. 47
• name at least 5 general subject categories. 47
Conversation • correct things I say with expressions like Actually and No, wait. 48 and /49
strategies
• use I mean to correct myself. 49
Writing
• use except (for) and apart from to link ideas. 51
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