Level 2

Conversation
Conversation
Unit
Unit Vocabulary
Vocabulary Grammar
Grammar Listening
Listening (Useful
(Usefullanguage)
language)

11Traditions
Traditions ■■ Categories
Categories ■■ Simple
Simplepresent
present ■■ Whose
Whoseshoes
shoes ■■ Keeping
Keepingaa ■■
pp.
pp.2−11
2−11 ■■ Clothes
Clothesand
and review
reviewwith
withbe
be are
arethey?
they? conversation
conversationgoing
going
objects
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andhave
have
■■ whose
whoseand
and
possessives
possessives
Grammar
Grammarreference
reference
p.p.106
106

22What’s
What’s ■■ Types
Typesofofmovies
movies ■■ Simple
Simplepresent
present ■■ Deciding
Decidingwhat
whattoto ■■ Asking
Askingfor
forand
andgiving
giving ■■
Playing?
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TypesofofTV
TV review
review watch
watch opinions
opinions
pp.
pp.12−21
12−21 shows
shows ■■ Adverbs
Adverbsofof
frequency
frequency
■■ Verb
Verb++infinitive
infinitive
ororgerund
gerund
Grammar
Grammarreference
reference
p.p.107
107

33Spending
Spending ■■ Places
Placestotoshop
shop ■■ Present
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habits ■■ Making
Makingrequests
requests ■■
Habits
Habits ■■ Money
Moneyverbs
verbs continuous
continuous when
whenshopping
shopping
review
review
pp.
pp.22−31
22−31
■■ Simple
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present
vs.
vs.present
present
continuous
continuous
■■ Qualifiers
Qualifiers
Grammar
Grammarreference
reference
p.p.108
108

44Our
OurHeroes
Heroes ■■ Cool
Cooljobs
jobs ■■ Simple
Simplepast
past ■■ Interview
Interviewwith
withaa ■■ Asking
Askingforforand
andgiving
giving ■■
pp.
pp.32−41
32−41 ■■ Adjectives
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statements teenage
teenagehero
hero clarification
clarification
personality
personality review
reviewand
andago
ago
■■ Simple
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past
questions
questionsreview
review
and
andago
ago
Grammar
Grammarreference
reference
p.p.109
109

55It’s
It’saa ■■ Action
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verbs ■■ Past
Pastcontinuous
continuous ■■ I Isaw
sawsomething
something ■■ Telling
Tellingand
andreacting
reactingtoto ■■
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Adverbsofof ■■ Adverbs
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time strange
strangelast
last aastory
story
manner
manner night.
night.
pp.
pp.42−51
42−51 ■■ Simple
Simplepast
pastvs.
vs.
past
pastcontinuous
continuous
whenand
■■ when andwhile
while
Grammar
Grammarreference
reference
p.p.110
110

Unit
Unit1−5
1−5Review
ReviewGame
Gamepp.
pp.52−53
52−53
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Accuracy
Accuracyand
and
Writing
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Reading Video
Video fluency
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outcomes
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118)

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Conversation
Unit
Unit Vocabulary
Vocabulary Grammar
Grammar Listening
Listening (Useful
(Useful language)
language)

66 Home,
Home, ■ Furniture
■ Furniture and
and ■ Comparative
■ Comparative ■ AA clothing
■ clothing ■ Asking
■ Asking for
for and
and ■
Sweet
Sweet Home
Home other
other household
household and
and superlative
superlative emergency
emergency offering
offering help
help
items
items adjectives
adjectives and
and
pp.
pp. 54−63
54−63
■ Household
■ Household adverbs
adverbs
appliances
appliances ■ should
■ should (not),
(not),
(not)
(not) have
have to,
to,
must
must (not)
(not)
Grammar
Grammar reference
reference
p.
p. 111
111

77 Visions
Visions of
of ■ Computers
■ Computers and
and will and
■ will
■ and won’t
won’t for
for ■ They’re
■ They’re always
always ■ Asking
■ Asking for
for and
and ■
the
the Future
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communication predictions
predictions coming
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out with
with giving
giving instructions
instructions
■ Technology
Technology verbs
verbs ■ Adverbs
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something new.
new.
pp.
pp. 64−73
64−73 ■ ■
possibility
possibility
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■ First conditional
conditional
with
with will
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(not),
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may (not), and
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might (not)
(not)
Grammar
Grammar reference
reference
p.
p. 112
112

88 The
The Choices
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events ■ be
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going to and ■ An
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eco-project ■ Agreeing
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and ■
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pp.
pp. 74−83
74−83 materials
materials ■ Present
■ Present
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continuous and
and
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simple present
present
for
for future
future
Grammar
Grammar reference
reference
p.
p. 113
113

99 Watch
Watch Out!
Out! ■ Accident
■ Accident and
and ■ Present
■ Present perfect
perfect ■ I’m
■ I’m accident-prone.
accident-prone. ■ Reacting
■ Reacting to
to good
good ■
pp.
pp. 84−93
84−93 injury
injury verbs
verbs statements
statements and
and bad
bad news
news
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of the
the body
body with
with regular
regular and
and
irregular
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verbs
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perfect
questions
questions
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■ Present perfect
perfect
vs.
vs. simple
simple past
past
Grammar
Grammar reference
reference
p.
p. 114
114

10
10 Have
Have Fun!
Fun! ■ Free-time
■ Free-time ■ Indefinite
■ Indefinite ■ I’ll
■ I’ll never
never ■ Making
■ Making and
and ■
pp.
pp. 94−103
94−103 activities
activities pronouns
pronouns forget .
forget . .. .. responding
responding to
to
■ Adjectives
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of ■ Too and
■ Too and enough
enough suggestions
suggestions
feeling
feeling
Grammar
Grammar reference
reference
p.
p. 115
115

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Unit 6−10
6−10 Review
Review Game
Game pp.
pp. 104−105
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Accuracy and
and
Writing
Writing Reading
Reading Video
Video fluency
fluency Speaking
Speaking outcomes
outcomes
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■ An email
email ■ AA Home
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in the
the ■ AA Cool
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p. 120)
120)

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Traditions

Carpets of
Dagestan

What's your favorite

place in town?

A Very Indian
Wedding

1. Where are the women?

2. What are they like? How are they different from

other people in the photo?

3. Do you ever wear traditional clothes? When?

UNIT CONTENTS
Vocabulary Categories; clothes and objects
Grammar Simple present review with be and have; whose and possessives
Listening Whose shoes are they?
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Vocabulary: Categories
1. Label the sets of traditional and modern pictures with the correct words.
art clothing food ✓ music places sports

a b c d

1. music 2.

e f g h

3. 4.

i j k l

5. 6.

NOTICE IT
Another word for clothing is
clothes. Clothing is usually used
for the general category. Clothes is
usually used for specific items.
2. Listen, check, and repeat. There are two clothing stores in
1.02
the mall.
3. Do the pictures in Exercise 1 show modern or traditional things? I need some new clothes.
Check (✓) the correct answers.

Photo a b c d e f g h i j k l

Traditional ✓

Modern ✓

Speaking: Likes and dislikes

4. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. Do you like traditional or modern things for the
categories in Exercise 1? Can you name any traditional and modern things for each
category?

I like modern music. Hip-hop is modern. I don’t like traditional music. Jazz is traditional.

I like traditional and modern sports. Sumo wrestling is traditional. Basketball is modern.

Workbook, p. 2

Reading At Home in Two Worlds; Our Summer Tradition; Colorful Hands and Heads
Conversation Keeping a conversation going
Writing A description of a family tradition
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OLD and NEW

At Home in
Two Worlds
Meet Maria! She is 14, and she lives in Otavalo, Ecuador. She has a traditional and
a modern life. She lives in a modern house with her family. Maria has a brother. He’s
17. She also has a sister. She’s 12. Maria and her family make traditional art, and
they sell it at a big market in Otavalo. They sell their art online, too. Maria’s brother and
father are also musicians, and they play traditional music. Maria likes traditional music,
but she also listens to modern rock music at home.
Maria doesn’t have modern clothes. She wears traditional clothes and jewelry. She
eats traditional food with her family. She has meat with corn, potatoes, or beans. After
school, she sometimes eats in modern restaurants with her friends. Maria speaks
Quechua, an ancient Incan language, with her parents. She speaks Spanish with her
brother, sister, and friends. She and her sister also have English classes at school. Maria
likes her traditional and modern life!

DID YOU
KNOW . . .?
The market in
Otavalo has
clothing, art, and
food. It’s popular
with people from
Reading: An article about life in Ecuador and from
Otavalo, Ecuador around the world.
1. Look at the photos. Is the family modern or traditional?

2. Read and listen to the article. Who is in Maria’s family?

1.03
What do they do?

3. Read the article again. Check (✓) the things that are true
for Maria. Sometimes both answers are possible.
1. lives in a traditional house lives in a modern house
2. has a younger sister has an older sister
3. has one brother has two brothers
4. listens to traditional music listens to modern music
5. wears traditional clothes wears modern clothes
6. eats traditional food eats modern food

4. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. How are you like Maria? How are you different?

Maria is 14, and I’m . . .

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Grammar: Simple present review with be and have

5. Complete the chart.

Use the simple present of be to identify people and give locations and dates.
Use the simple present of have to talk about possessions, characteristics, and relationships.
be have
Wh- questions and answers
Where are you? When do you art class?
I’m in Otavalo. I’m in Quito. I have art at 10:00. I don’t have art at 9:00.

How old she? What does she have for dinner?

She’s 14. She isn’t 17. She meat. She doesn’t have fish.
Who are they? What do they have?
They Maria’s parents. They have a computer. They a desk.
They aren’t her grandparents.
Yes/No questions and answers
you in Otavalo? Do you have art at 10:00?
Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. Yes, I . / No, I don’t.
Is she 14? she have meat for dinner?
Yes, she . / No, she isn’t. Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
Are they Maria’s parents? Do they have a computer?
Yes, they are. / No, they . Yes, they do. / No, they .

Check your answers: Grammar reference, p. 106

6. Match the questions with the answers.

1. Is your brother tall? c a. I have three.
2. Are they from Ecuador? b. I’m in my English class.
3. Where are you? c. No, he’s not.
4. How many sisters do you have? d. No, he doesn’t.
5. Does Jake have a truck? e. Yes, they are.

7. Complete the conversations with the correct form of be or have.

1. A: When your music class?
B: It on Monday.
2. A: Kate and Dennis a truck?
B: Yes, they . They two trucks.
3. A: your parents home?
B: No, they . They at work right now.
4. A: your house small?
B: No, it . It big.

Speaking: My life
8. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. Tell your partner about something Find out about carpet makers
modern and something traditional in your life. BE in Russia. What is life like in
Dagestan? (Workbook, p. 72)
I have a traditional house. It’s very old. My clothes are modern. They . . .

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Listening: Whose shoes are they?
1. Do your parents or grandparents have things from the past? What do they have?

2. Listen to Wendy and Josh talk about old things in their grandparents’ house.
1.04
Check (✓) the people the things belong to.
father grandfather great-grandfather
mother grandmother great-grandmother

a 1.04
3. Listen again. Circle the adjectives that describe the things Wendy and Josh find.
There is more than one answer for each item.
1. First object: big / small / heavy / colorful / slow
2. Second object: new / old / cool / old-fashioned
3. Third object: white / black / big / small

Vocabulary: Clothes and objects

4. Match the words with the correct pictures. Then listen and check your answers.
1.05

b 1. e a computer 6. a photograph / a photo

2. a dress 7. a telephone / a phone f

3. a hat 8. a television / a TV
4. a jacket 9. a watch
5. a pen 10. shoes

d e

h
g
j

5. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. What are the items in Exercise 4 like today?

TVs are big today, and they have flat screens. TV shows are in color.

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Grammar: whose and possessives

6. Complete the chart.
Use whose to ask about possession.
Use a name/noun + ’s, a possessive adjective, or a possessive pronoun to show possession.
Whose computer is it? / Whose is it?
Whose shoes are they? / Whose are they?
Possessive ’s or s’ It’s Dad’s computer.
They’re our grandmother shoes.
That’s our grandparents’ house.
Possessive It’s his computer. my your
adjectives They’re her shoes. her its
That’s their house. our
Possessive It’s his. mine yours
pronouns They’re hers. his its
That’s theirs. ours

Check your answers: Grammar reference, p. 106

7. Write questions and answers for the information in the chart. Use possessive ’s and
s’ for the answers.

Doug Sofia my cousins Get it RIGHT!

Do not confuse whose with who’s:
1. hat ✓
who’s = who is.
Whose phone is this?
2. TV ✓ NOT: Who’s phone is this?

3. pens ✓

1. Whose hat is it? It’s Sofia’s hat.

2.
3.

8. Rewrite the sentences two ways. Use possessive adjectives and

possessive pronouns.
1. It’s my sisters’ soccer ball. It’s their soccer ball. It’s theirs.
2. They’re Jack’s paintings.
3. It’s my aunt’s jacket.

Speaking: Whose is it?

9. YOUR TURN Work with a small group. Each person puts two small items
in a bag. The others don’t look. Take out an item and have the others guess 1.06 Say it RIGHT!
whose it is. Take turns. If a name ends in -s, add ’s after the
final -s. You can also just use an
apostrophe (’) after the final -s. Both
are correct, and they are pronounced
Whose pen is it? It’s Doris’ pen. the same way. For example, Lucas’s
and Lucas’ both sound like Lucases.
Listen to the sentences.
Lucas has hats. = They’re Lucas’s
hats. / They’re Lucas’ hats.
Pay attention to the way you
pronounce your classmates’ names
with the possessive in Exercise 9.

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1.2 WHAT'S YOUR
FAVORITE PLACE New
TRADITIONS
IN TOWN?

Conversation: A cool tradition

1. REAL TALK Watch or listen to the teenagers. Check (✓) their favorite places.
1.07
a bedroom a gym a restaurant an ice cream shop
a computer lab a library a stadium a movie theater
a park a mall a supermarket

2. YOUR TURN What's your favorite place in town? Tell your partner.

3. Listen to Tom telling Eva about a family tradition. Complete the conversation.
1.08

USEFUL LANGUAGE: Keeping a conversation going

Tell me about it. That’s interesting. Really? Then what?

Eva: Hey, what’s that?

Tom: It’s my grandfather’s old watch. Well, now it’s my watch!
1
Eva:
Tom: Yeah. We have this cool tradition for my grandfather’s
birthday.
2
Eva:
Tom: Well, we always have a party in the park. It’s his favorite
place. We eat traditional food. We have burgers and, of
course, birthday cake.
3
Eva:
Tom: Well, we never give gifts to my grandfather. After we eat,
he gives us gifts.
4
Eva: Why does he
do that?
Tom: He wants us to have his things. So, now I have his cool watch!

4. Practice the conversation with a partner.

5. YOUR TURN Repeat the conversation in Exercise 3,

but change the words in purple. Use the information
in the chart for one conversation and your own ideas
for another.

My ideas

Person aunt

Item scarf

Place in a restaurant

Food tacos

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Our Summer Tradition

by Carla Lucero
I have a big Italian family, and we have an unusual tradition.
On the last day of school, we always have dinner at an Italian
restaurant. We celebrate the start of summer! There are
always a lot of people at the restaurant – my parents, my
grandparents, my brother, my sister, my cousins, and me!
We have traditional Italian food. There are many great dishes
on the menu, like minestrone soup and pasta. We also have dessert. There
is traditional Italian music at the restaurant, too. After dinner, we go to my
grandparents’ house and watch an Italian movie. Then we look at family photos.
It ’s really fun.

Reading to write: A family tradition

6. Look at the photo. Where are the people? Who do you
think they are? Read the article to check.

Focus on CONTENT
When you write about a tradition, include this Writing: My family
information: tradition
- what - why
- when - who
- where PLAN
Choose a tradition in your family.
Make a word web with the topics from
7. Read Carla’s article again. Find examples for the
the Focus on Content box.
categories in the Focus on Content box.
When Who

Focus on LANGUAGE What

there is / there are
Use there is / there are to give information about
what, when, where, why, and who in a description of Where Why
something, such as a family tradition.
- There is a big table in the restaurant.
- There are many musicians at our summer picnic. WRITE
Now write about the tradition. Use
8. Find examples of There is / There are in Carla’s article. your notes to help you. Write at least
60 words.
9. Complete the sentence with There is or There are.
1. a lot of modern art at the museum. CHECK
2. three birthdays in my family in June. Check your writing. Can you answer
“yes” to these questions?
3. many books in our house.
• Is information for each category
4. a singer in the restaurant. from the Focus on Content box in
5. a lot of people at the wedding. your article?

6. a good show on TV. • Do you use there is and there are

correctly?

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COLORFUL
What color is your hair? In many
cultures, people change their hair
color for some traditions. Face
and body painting is a tradition

HANDS HEADS AND in many places, too. These

traditions are new and old!

The Romanian soccer Citrus College fans

team at the World Cup at a soccer game
Some sports teams color their hair with their team colors. For
example, a high school swim team has blue hair for a swimming
event. A professional soccer team has yellow hair for the World Cup.
Sports fans often paint their faces with school colors, too. At many
sports events, there are people in school colors from head to toe!

A wedding in, India

In some traditional weddings in India, the bride has designs
on her hands with henna, a special paint. During the wedding,
the groom colors the middle of the bride’s hair red. It is a
symbol of marriage.

A teenager in the
Omo Valley
It is hot and sunny in the Omo Valley in Africa. Mursi and Surma
people paint their faces, heads, and bodies with clay from the
earth. It protects them from the sun. It is a tradition, and it is
also art. They have white, yellow, red, and gray designs on their
faces and bodies. They have colorful clay in their hair, too, and
sometimes they make and wear interesting hats.

New or old, hair coloring and face painting are interesting traditions!

Culture: Hair coloring and face

painting traditions DID YOU
KNOW . . .?
1. Look at the photos. Where are the people? What colors do you see? Face painting
and body painting
2. Read the article. Complete the text with the headings. Then listen are thousands of
1.09
and check your answers. years old. There
Tradition and Art A New Sports Tradition are natural colors
in things from the
An Old Wedding Tradition earth, like plants
and clay. People
3. Read the article again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? use these for
1. A bride in India has paint on her hands. paint.

2. A bride in India has blue paint in her hair.

3. It is cold in the Omo Valley. Find out about a traditional
Indian wedding. What are
4. Sports players never have colored hair. BE
some of the traditions?
(Workbook, p. 73)
4. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. Ask and answer the question.
What are some sports and wedding traditions from
your culture?
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UNIT 1 REVIEW
Vocabulary Grammar
1. Label the photos with the correct categories. 3. Circle the correct words.
art food places Vicky: Hey, Paolo! 1Is / Are / Do / Does you
clothing music sports have an art class this year?
Paolo: Yes, I 2am / am not / do / don’t.
I 3am / is / has / have two art classes.
4
Vicky: Is / Are / Do / Does Mrs. Meyers one
of your teachers?
Paolo: No, she 5is / isn’t / does / doesn’t.
1. 2. Why?
Vicky: Oh, she 6is / isn’t / does / doesn’t my
aunt. She 7is / are / has / have three
art classes this year.
Paolo: I see. My art teachers 8is / are / has /
3. 4. have Mr. Klein and Ms. Rodriguez.

4. Match the sentences with the same meaning.

1. It’s my volleyball. a. It’s mine.
2. It’s Sandra’s dress. b. It’s yours.
5. 6. 3. It’s Ted’s pen. c. It’s his.

4. It’s your sandwich. d. It’s hers.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct words.
computer hat photo TV Useful language
jacket phone shoes watch 5. Circle the correct answers.

1. I have a on my head. 1. A: We have an unusual tradition in my family.

B: Tell me it.
2. I use my to do my homework.
a. on b. in c. about
3. There are a lot of good shows on
2. A: We always have a big dinner for my
.
birthday.
4. Lori is on the . Do you want to B: ? Me, too.
talk to her?
a. When b. Really c. Then
5. It’s cold! I have on a over my 3. A: Why is your face green?
shirt.
B: Oh, it’s for the soccer game.
6. See this of my mother? It’s A: That’s . Is green your school color?
from 1980!
a. always b. never c. interesting
7. Sam and Ann left their by 4. A: We always have a picnic at the park on
the door. Saturdays.
8. I don’t have a , so I check the B: Then ?
time on my phone. a. what b. why c. where
A: We usually play games.

PROGRESS CHECK: Now I can . . .

■ identify and talk about modern and traditional things. ■ keep a conversation going.
■ talk about modern and traditional things in my life. ■ write about a family tradition.
■ ask and answer questions about possessions. ■ talk about sports, weddings, and other traditions.

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