ONE OF US IS LYING WORKSHEET ANSWER KEY LEVEL 6

1 American secondary schools

Age senior high September to October June to July
17 senior Grade 12 senior prom
16 junior Grade 11 junior prom
15 sophomore Grade 10 homecoming
14 freshman Grade 9
Age junior high
12–13 Grades 7 and 8

2a 1 Bronwyn 2 Cooper 3 Addy 4 Nate

2b (Bronwyn) (Cooper)
1 Rojas 1 Clay
2 San Diego, California 2 mom, dad, and Nonny
3 schoolwork and music 3 baseball
4 “brain” 4 “jock”
5 She cheated in her chemistry class. 5 He is gay.
6 go to Yale University 6 get college scouts interested in him
at a baseball showcase

(Addy) (Nate)
1 Prentiss 1 Macauley
2 mum and sister 2 dad
3 being Jake’s girlfriend 3 probation; selling drugs
4 “homecoming princess” 4 criminal
5 She cheated on Jake with TJ. 5 He has been selling drugs again.

3 a 1 b 1 c 5 d 5 e 1 f 2 g 4 h 3

4 Model answers:

Who is in the Where are they and what are Why is this scene
picture? they doing? important?

Simon, Nate, Simon has had an allergic

Bronwyn, reaction to some peanut oil.
Mr. Avery, Two paramedics have lifted Simon dies and the four
Cooper, Addy, him onto a stretcher and one students become suspects.
and two of them is pushing an
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paramedics. EpiPen into him.

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Who is in the Where are they and what are Why is this scene
picture? they doing? important?

Jake has just punched TJ

TJ, Cooper,
in the face and it took both Jake and TJ are
Jake, Luis, and
Luis and Cooper to stop no longer friends.
other students.
him doing it again.

The hairdressers weren’t sure

Addy can have short hair
that Addy really wanted a lot
Addy and two because the hairdresser will
of her hair cut. Addy got hold
hairdressers. fix it. She will be able to
of some hair above her ear
feel more like herself.
and cut it off herself.

They are looking at the Tumblr

Addy, Cooper, They realise that only Jake
posts again. They are reading
Bronwyn, and knew about the story
them together to see if they
Maeve. about the plate of cookies.
notice anything weird.

Cooper arrives and

helps Addy and Janae.
Jake is arrested.
Janae, Jake, Jake is attacking Addy.
Addy has a fractured
and Addy. Janae is coming to help Addy.
skull and Janae has
a fractured arm,
but they will be OK.

5 1 They broke up.

2 That she slept with some freshmen.
3 She was harassed on social media. She tried to kill herself and was out of school for the rest
of the year.
4 That he dressed as a woman.
5 He was so ill he never came back to school.

6 -ion -ence -ance -ness -ment

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inform (v.) information

arrange (v.) arrangement

question (v.) question

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-ion -ence -ance -ness -ment

silent (adj.) silence

decide (v.) decision

improve (v.) improvement

converse (v.) conversation

ill (adj.) illness

evident (adj.) evidence

imagine (v.) imagination

excite (v.) excitement

accuse (v.) accusation

investigate (v) investigation

enter (v.) entrance

differ (v.) difference

7 Reader’s own answer.

8 Reader’s own answer.

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