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5.

A.
1. What types of things do good neighbors do?
Good neighbors are:
- friendly with others.
- responsible with their pets.
- they don’t invade other people's space.
- fix the things they damage.
- help when they can do it.
2. What types of things do bad neighbors do?
Bad neighbors are noisy, they don't care what their pets and children do, they're
rude and argue all the time, they invade space or use other people's things without
asking for it and they don’t fix the things he damage.
B. Read de text. Are any of your ideas in it?
Yes, in paragraph 1 I could see an example when a neighbor helps others when he
could, and in paragraph 2 he mentioned a neighbor who did not repair the things
he damaged.
C. work with a partner. Which of the five stories from the public describe
good neighbors? Which describe bad or bizarre neighbors? Which could be
more than one?
in the stories and Max24, RGH and Pauline are described good neighbors. Vince's
story describes a bad neighbor and Mary Perlmutter describes a strange but good
neighbor at the same time.

6. What do you think the following words/expressions means?


a). long-lost (paragraph 1)
It means that they should have known each other a long time ago as they get along
very well and relate it metaphorically to what they may have been brothers and did
not know until now.
b). scaled a wall (paragraph 1)
It means that he had to climb a wall to get to the other side.
c) drift (paragraph 2)
It means that he lets the smoke build up in his kitchen, without venting it to leave.
d) mow (paragraph 2)
It refers to cutting the bad boil and lowering the height of the lawn.
e) action figures (paragraph 4)
Dolls that usually represent a character from a series, movie or video game.

7.
B. Of the words you circuled in exercise 7A, which of them
1. … mean a large number/amount?
- Lots of
- plenty
- all
- many
2. mean a small number/amount?
- few
3. means none?
- have no
4. can only be used with countable nouns (things we can count)?
- many
- few

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