Topics 60 UNIT 4 A good reader always asks: ‘What am I reading about?” “What is the topic?” EXAMPLES . Find the topic: . Find the topic: football baseball tennis sports. skiing The topic is sports. ‘The other words are names of sports. Find the topic: red purple color. green yellow — blue ‘The topic is ‘The other words are names of France Germany Italy Europe Belgium Holland Austria ‘The topic is Europe. ‘The other words are parts of Europe. Find the topic: nose vars eyes mouth head cheeks, chin The topic is ‘The other words are parts of Work on Exercises 1 — 11 with another student. Ask each other: “What are we reading about?” ‘The Answer Key is on page 261 Reading PowerExercise 1 FINDING THE TOPIC In each group of words. circle the topic. Try not to use the dictionary. If you don't know a word, guess the meaning. Work with another student. 1. | mother sister uncle aunt family father grandmother cousin grandfather _ brother 2. nine sixteen number four _seventy-seven fifteen eighty thirty-two 3. dog cat elephant lion animal horse camel mouse 4. | bedroom bathroom house dining room kitchen 5. table chairs refrigerator oven kitchen stove sink 6. | NewYork Boston City Paris. «= Rome Moscow Tokyo Los Angeles 7 table furniture chair chest bed bookcase sofa 8. | bread fruit milk butter food cheese meat vegetables 9 music food — people ~—s party — laughing dancing games singing Reading Comprehension Skills G1Exercise 2 FINDING THE TOPIC Ineach group of words, circle the topic. Try not to use the dictionary. If you don't know a word, guess the meaning. Work with another student. L milk cola coffee drinks: cocoa, orange fulee. «= water. «tea 2. shirt clothes skirt ‘suit coat pants dollar quarter_—=shalf-dollar nickel money penny dime 4. subway metro. bus_— airplane — jet. train travel boat ship 5. wheels engine windows seats doors car 6 | river lake water ocean sea well teacher students books class pens notebooks pencils desks 8. doctor nurse, hospital beds patients rooms X-rays medicine labs 9. | happy sad feeling angry nervous proud Reading PowerExercise 3 WORKING WITH TOPICS Think of words for these topics. Write the words on the lines below. Work with another student. 1. TOPIC: Good foods in my country 2, TOPIC: Important places in a city 3. TOPIC: People in our class 4, TOPIC: Good jobs Reading Comprehension Skills 63.64 Exercise 4 WORKING WITH TOPICS Reading Power ‘Think of words for these topics. Write the words on the lines below, Work with another student. TOPIC: Holidays in my country 2. TOPIC: Nice gifts 3. TOPIC: Reasons for learning English 4, TOPIC: (Now you write a topic.Exercise 5 THINKING OF THE TOPIC Write the topic. Work with another student. Try not to use the dictionary. EXAMPLE knife fork spoon cup plate_—_bowl glass dish chopsticks Topic: ____kitchen equipment_ 1. Venezuela Mexico China.» Canada. Germany TOPIC: 2. hospital factory brary school_-—hotel_— bank. TOPIC: 3. table of contents index _—title page chapters glossary cover words pages TOPIC: 4. French Latin = Greek Japanese. ~—English Arabic Chinese German TOPIC: 5. physics chemistry astronomy — biology —_geology TOPIC: 6 cheese milk fcecream butter cream —_yogurt TOPIC: Reading Comprenension Skills. 65Exercise 6 THINKING OF THE TOPIC Write the topic. Work with another student. Try not to use a dictionary. 1, books magazines letters catalogs newspapers TOPIC: 2. morning afternoon midnight noon dusk evening TOPIC: 3. Colorado © New Mexico California Massachusetts Arizona Iowa Florida TOPIC: 4. homesickness Joy anger sadness happiness fear «= envy ~—regret_ —_pride TOPIC: 5. Kennedy Eisenhower Truman Nixon Reagan Carter Hoover Lincoln TOPIC: 6. war hunger sickness poor people —_no jobs too many people many people can’t read TOPIC: 66 Reading PowerExercise 7 THINKING OF THE TOPIC Write the topic. Work with another student. Try not to use a dictionary. 1. captain pilot passengers flight attendants TOPIC: 2. radio computer_~— stereo. = TV._—calculator TOPIC: 3. arithmetic calculus — trigonometry — algebra TOPIC: 4. Amazon Ganges Mississippi Danube —_—Tigris Euphrates Nile Yangtze TOPIC: 5. doctor orderly lab technician nurse secretary patient cleaner TOPIC: 6. swim run playtennis bicycle. ski walk TOPIC: 7. bridge road highway street ~— tunnel turnpike avenue TOPIC: Reading Comprehension Skills 67Exercise 8 THINKING OF THE TOPIC Finding the Word That Does Not Belong One word in each group does not belong with the others. Write the topic. Cross out the word that does not belong. Work with another student. EXAMPLE bicycte motorcycle car hh van bus: truck TOPIC: Ways to travel on land 1. Boston New York Chicago ——Paris, San Francisco Washington _Los Angeles TOPIC: 2. teacher chalk students books ice cream pens TOPIC: 3. hat gloves bathingsuit pants scarf mittens Jacket vest TOPIC: 4. February April March January Tuesday TOPIC: 5. icecream cake carrots cookies candy TOPIC: 6. sailor scientist secretary husband doctor nurse taxi driver teacher TOPIC: 68 Reading PowerExercise 9 THINKING OF THE TOPIC Finding the Word That Does Not Belong One word in each group does not belong with the others. Write the topic. Cross out the word that does not belong. Work with another student. 1. legs arms shoulders neck top back feet stomach TOPIC: 2 red orange yellow — black green blue TOPIC: 3. nose mouth elbow ears eyes chin _— hair TOPIC: 4. bottle cup box. «= bag_—spocket ~—table package basket TOPIC: 5. roof wall ~— tree. «= window door__—floor TOPIC: 6. baseball football golf tennis swimming _ basketball TOPIC: easing Comprehension Sits §— 6DExercise 10 TWO TOPICS Each list has words about two topics. Write the two topics. Then write the words under the topics. Work with another student. EXAMPLE ladder concert, opera movie stairs TV elevator play escalator Topic 1 Topic 2 Ways to goup Things to watch for fun ladder movie elevator play stairs opera escalator TV concert 1. Zimbabwe Buddhist Ethiopia Catholic Muslim Jew Nigeria Christian Zambia Kenya TOPIC 1 TOPIC 2 2. nose cars red yellow mouth blue chin purple TOPIC] TOPIC 2 70 Reading Power3. dog horse stream TOPIC 1 4. California Ireland Scotland TOPIC 1 5. hour tick roar year TOPIC 1 ocean lake cow camel canal sea TOPIC 2 Australia Washington England Canada TOPIC 2 bang boom minute meow month day TOPIC 2 elephant river cat Arizona Oregon Nevada second thud screech century ‘Reading Comprehension Skills 71car pajamas socks TOPIC 1 7. milk science cola TOPIC 1 8. cold mountain river lake TOPIC 1 72 — Reading Power bus shirt motorcycle taxi pants shoes TOPIC 2 math reading coffee writing water TOPIC 2 windy fice sleet dress bicycle tea history snow hill valley TOPIC 2Exercise 11 TWO TOPICS Each list has words about two topics. Write the two topics. Then write the words under topics. Work with another student. 1. chair table book bookcase magazine newspaper bed. chest desk letter Topic) Toric 2 2. noun clouds sun stars adjective verb moon article planet pronoun TOPIC 1 TOPIC 2 3. chest arm penicillin leg aspirin quinine valium, shoulder tetracycline hip neck Topic) Toric 2 a Reacing Comprehension Skits 78nucleus nylon rayon TOPIC 1 4. cotton silk proton linen 5. jazz folk rock TOPIC 1 6. see hear touch classical trumpet blues sugar smell taste TOPIC 1 TOPIC 2 ‘TOPIC 2 TOPIC 2 ‘wool neutron, electron drum clarinet piano honey maple syrup candy7. sunny heat photograph breezy warm showers painting print drawing TOPIC 1 —— TOPIC 2 8. pencil pen beef chalk pork marker chicken fish typewriter lamb brush TOPIC 1 TOPIC 2 9. _ president prime minister bridge tower mayor dome skyscraper chancellor TOPIC 1 TOPIC 2 Reading Comprehension Skills. 75: