masterMind

STUDENT’S BOOK ANSWER KEY Level 1

Unit 1 Notice!
Hi, I’m Akna! I grew up in remote northern Canada,
as a member of an indigenous community.
1 Listening My people are Inuit, and up to the age of 18 I spent
B my days in a very traditional way: fishing and cooking,
1 family as well as attending a local school. And then my life
2 job changed completely when I met Jordan. Jordan had
3 friends arrived in my area as an anthropologist a year
before I met him, and he was studying our language
4 values
and traditions. We fell in love and eventually we
5 interests
got married and moved to Montreal. I did try to
C fit in, but I really suffered from culture shock and
felt out of place. I was scared of losing my identity
1 He’s more open to new ideas.
and didn’t know who I was anymore. After a long
2 His job is less important because it is not what he struggle I finally realized that my family background
wants to do in the future and he is now studying; and community had made me who I was, but that
His language is more important because it identifies my choices have made me who I am today.
him as a Latin American / Mexican in the U.S.A.;
Food is less important because he now loves The past tenses in the text are simple past, past progressive,
different kinds of foods. and past perfect.
The auxiliary verb did is sometimes used for emphasis.
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1 c 4 a B
2 f 5 b Form Function
3 d 6 e 1 grew 1 past perfect
2 changed 2 simple past
2 Speaking 3 did try 3 past progressive
B 4 was studying

Sean thinks it’s important to keep a strong sense of 5 had made

personal identity and respect family members as
individuals. He would not take a job where he couldn’t C
be himself. 1 happened 10 looked / were looking
2 moved / had moved 11 started
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3 was snowing 12 noticed
1 certain; partial agreement 4 was blowing 13 had caught /
2 Yes; partial agreement 5 had been was catching
3 sorry; disagreement 6 missed / was missing 14 applauded / were
4 afraid; disagreement 7 had frozen applauding
5 way; partial agreement 8 decided / had decided 15 was laughing
6 couldn’t; agreement 9 were fishing 16 helped

3 Grammar 4 Reading
A A
She felt out of place (that she didn’t belong) and was 2 an advertisement, a brochure, a catalog, a review
scared of losing her identity.
3 a newspaper, a magazine, a website
4 a textbook, an encylopedia, a website
5 a cookbook, a set of instructions, a manual
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B 7 Writing
1 review of a TV show A
2 c and d Peer pressure is the influence that other people of your own
age or social class have on the way you behave or dress.
C
1 b 3 a lifeSkills
2 b 4 a A
The joke implies that English people make good police
D
officers, that all French people are good cooks, that
1 make sense of 5 sensible all Germans are good mechanics, that all Italians are
2 sense 6 sensitive romantic, and that Swiss people are very organized.
3 sense of humor 7 common sense It also implies that English people are bad cooks, that
4 sensitive French people are bad mechanics, that Germans make
bad police officers, that Swiss people are not romantic
6 Grammar at all, and that Italian people are disorganized.
A
C
Sandy. Her sister used to try on her clothes without
Possible answer:
permission and leave them on the floor.
3 People can learn as much as they can about other

Notice! cultures and remember to keep an open mind, and

avoid adopting ideas about people and cultures
1 My dad always used to throw a softball for me so
based on what they see on TV or in the movies.
I could practice my batting.
2 He would never say he was too tired, even after Language wrap-up
working all day.
3 My little sister was always sneaking into my room 1 Vocabulary
and trying on my clothes.
A
4 Now we’re the same size, and we’re always
1 family 3 sense 5 social
borrowing each other’s clothes!
2 identity 4 life 6 sense
They are used with used to, would, the past progressive,
and the present progressive in the text. B
1 status 3 humor 5 sense
B
2 group 4 sensitive 6 sensible
Form
1 He would never say he was too tired … / 2 Grammar
… she would leave my nice clothes over the floor!
A
2 My Dad always used to throw a softball for me … /
1 was always doing 7 used to tell
I used to get mad at her …
2 would be waiting 8 would say
3 My little sister was always creeping into my room …
3 used to 9 did try
4 we’re always borrowing each other’s clothes!
4 had asked 10 would forget
Function 5 used to 11 am always asking
1 a, b 6 found 12 used to embarrass
2 c
Writing workshop
C A
1 used to ask / would ask / was always asking The writer says that you should not take things seriously and
2 was, making / would, make / used to, make realize that when you come across stereotypes, it’s actually
3 would, get your opportunity to correct those stereotypes. The writer
4 used to carry / would carry also says that you should be prepared to ask questions and
5 used to hide / would hide not be scared of making mistakes. You should be open and
6 used to cry / would cry not try to worry about taking on a new identity.
7 used to feel / would feel
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8 asking
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