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The Bad House
Page 32 1 1 screen 2 photo 3 e-mailed 4 Jim 5
countryside 6 scientist 7 house 8 Rosie 2 1 'What are you
looking at, Grandpa?' 2 'Whose house is it?' 3 'Do you
know Jim Wood, Grandpa?' 4 'Do you want to come, too?'
Page 33 1 1 wanted 2 very 3 later 4 gave 5 outside 6
front 7 next to 8 without
Page 34 1 1 computer 2 big 3 visit 4 books 5 voice 6
smiled; best chapter name is: Visiting a computer house
Page 35 1 1 empty 2 office 3 library 4 face 5 gym 6
beach 2 1 The front hall was small big and beautiful. 2
Jim Wood was wasn't at home. 3 Grandpa and Rosie went
out in to wait for Jim. 4 Vesta is the van house computer.
5 Vesta controls nothing everything in the house. 6 Every
room had a screen with Vesta's voice face. 7 They went
into the DVD TV room. 8 Every door wall showed a
beautiful beach.
Page 36 1 1 Grandpa and Rosie had some cookies to eat.
2 The cookies were delicious. 3 There are one hundred
rooms in the house. 4 Jim lives alone in the house. 5
Vesta looks after Jim. 2 1 some cookies 2 one 3 no 4
angry
Page 37 1 1 Grandpa 2 Vesta 3 Rosie 4 Vesta 5 Grandpa
6 Vesta 7 Rosie 8 Vesta 2 order of numbers is: 3 1 7 6 5 4
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Page 38 1 1 c 2 f 3 b 4 h 5 a
Page 39 1 1 made 2 breathe 3 fell 4 got 5 took 6 opened 2
1 yes 2 yes 3 yes 4 no 5 no 6 no 7 no
Page 40 1 1 calm 2 up 3 to 4 nervous 5 didn't 6 it 7 out of
8 one 9 his 10 louder
Page 41 1 1 a cell phone 2 knees 3 pockets 4 a watch 5 a
panel 6 fingers 2 1 no 2 yes 3 yes 4 yes 5 no 6 yes 7 no
Page 42 1 1 she had to 2 to a 3 came to a 4 voice 5
pushed the panel hard 6 man 7 Jim 2 1 Perhaps Vesta
couldn't see Rosie in the wall. 2 Rosie had no idea which
way to go. 3 Rosie looked into a small dark room. 4 The
man in the room looked tired and hungry. 5 Rosie thought
he had been there for a long time.
Page 43 1 1 Right 2 Wrong 3 Right 4 Doesn't say 5 Right
6 Doesn't say 7 Wrong 8 Right
Page 44 1 1 more 2 feel 3 doors 4 two 5 Rosie 6 chimney
7 light 2 1 c So am I! 2 a For two weeks. 3 b Yes, but
how? 4 a I'll try. 5 c I'll try.
Page 45 1 1 arrived 2 on 3 my 4 gone 5 climbing 6 hear 7
was 8 faster
Page 46 11 Because he didn't want Jim to go on vacation.
2 She could get out through the chimney. 3 Because Vesta
told them that Grandpa and Rosie weren't there. 4 She
heard voices and the sound of van doors. 5 Because she
thought the van was leaving. 2 order of numbers is: 4 6 1
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Page 47 1 1 Ben thought that something was wrong. 2
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Clunk reached for the van's door. 3 Max could hear
someone shouting. 4 Rosie was on the roof of the house. 5
Rosie shouted to the boys and Clunk. 2 1 'Are you ready
for to go?' 2 But Ben was think thinking. 3 Ben saw Rosie
in on the roof. 4 Rosie said told the boys what was
happening. 5 'You have to save they them from the house
computer.' 6 The front hall was bigger big enough for the
van. 7 Clunk typed a number into a the van's computer.
Page 48 1 1 Right 2 Wrong 3 Right 4 Doesn't say 5 Right
6 Wrong 7 Right 8 Doesn't say
Page 49 1 1 roof 2 basement 3 front hall 4 nervously 5
broken 6 control 7 hope 2 1 he was thinking 2 Rosie
shouting 3 dangerous 4 yes 5 the control room
Page 50 1 1 went 2 looked 3 pushed 4 was 5 heard 6
turned 7 fell 8 keep 2 1 Jim 2 Vesta 3 Jim 4 Vesta 5 Ben 6
Vesta
Page 51 1 1 e-mail 2 warm 3 door 4 friend 5 house 6 tired
2 1 yes 2 no 3 no 4 yes 5 no 6 no 7 no 8 no
Page 52 1 1 turn 2 black 3 voice 4 closed 5 door 6 house;
best chapter name is: Vesta opens the door
Day of the Dinosaurs
Page 32 1 1 game 2 dinosaur 3 buttons 4 screen 5
dangerous 6 flash 2 1 yes 2 yes 3 no 4 yes 5 yes 6 yes
Page 33 1 1 wasn't 2 everything 3 could 4 outside 5
heard 2 1 Then there was a noise from inside the van. 2
Something in the van was moving fast. 3 Ben and Max
didn't see what it was.
Page 34 1 1 Ben's 2 was 3 back 4 find 5 wasn't 6 boys 7
collect 8 loud 9 inside 10 through
Page 35 1 1 a toy 2 birds 3 eyes 4 a bush 5 a rocket 6 a
bell 2 1 Rosie and Alice were playing with Alice's toy cat.
2 Bobby wasn't very interested in his food toy. 3 Bobby
wasn't was interested in a bush. 4 Bobby moved closest
closer to the bush. 5 Bobby jumped into the tree bush. 6
Bobby made a happy frightened cry. 7 There was nothing
something in the bush. 8 Rosie and Alice saw two yellow
feet eyes in the bush.
Page 36 1 1 tail 2 surprised 3 claws 4 bowl 5 lizard 6
strange 2 1 it smelled Bobby's food 2 the food and a toy 3
Ben and Max 4 a dinosaur 5 a different time
Page 37 1 1 toy 2 bush 3 animal 4 grass 5 dinosaur 6
time 2 order of numbers is: 4 7 2 5 1 6 8 3 9
Page 38 1 1 into 2 Some 3 millions 4 catch 5 can't 6
numbers 7 voice 2 1 yes 2 no 3 no 4 yes 5 no 6 no 7 yes 8
yes
Page 39 1 1 e 2 b 3 g 4 c 5 f
Page 40 1 1 Ben 2 Rosie 3 Ben 4 the computer 5 Rosie 6
Max 7 Alice 8 Ben 2 1 It got into the van before it came
back to their time. 2 They didn't need to drive because
Grandpa had made some changes. 3 It changed shape
because they were going somewhere dangerous. 4 They
heard the voice of the van's computer. 5 They asked it to
go to the last place that Grandpa went to.
Page 41 1 1 Doesn't say 2 Right 3 Doesn't say 4 Wrong 5
Wrong 6 Right 7 Wrong 8 Right
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Page 42 1 1 jumped up and ran 2 watch the 3 run 4 picked
up a soccer 5 in the 6 shut the garage 2 1 The dinosaur
was watching Rosie carefully. 2 The dinosaur moved to
the next piece of food. 3 Rosie said, 'Watch this, Mrs
Brown!' 4 Rosie kicked the soccer ball up in the air. 5
Then Rosie sawAlice shut the garage door. 6 The
dinosaur was in the garage!
Page 43 1 1 line 2 hid 3 smelled 4 stopped 5 air 6 shut;
best chapter name is: Catching the dinosaur
Page 44 1 1 looked 2 could 3 find 4 takes 5 gives 6 asked
2 1 yes 2 yes 3 yes 4 yes 5 no 6 yes 7 yes
Page 45 1 1 found 2 drove 3 saw 4 turned 5 run 6 couldn't
2 1 yes 2 no 3 yes 4 no 5 no
Page 46 11 He could see trees, birds, and hills. 2 They
could find the signal from Grandpa's phone. 3 It stood on
two legs and its teeth were huge and sharp. 4 It was a T.
Rex. 5 It couldn't go fast because there were no roads. 2
order of numbers is: 6 2 7 4 1 3 5
Page 47 1 1 Rosie and Alice were happy to see the van
again. 2 The van took Ben and Max to a T. Rex. 3
Grandpa's phone was inside the T. Rex. 4 Grandpa's much
smarter than any dinosaur! 5 Ben and Max will go back to
find Grandpa. 6 The little dinosaur is in the garage. 2 1
Grandpa wasn't to with the boys. 2 'The van follows
followed Grandpa's phone signal.' 3 'But what was
Grandpa do doing with a T. Rex?' 4 Ben put a hand on
Rosie Rosie's shoulder. 5 'We'll go back and found find
him.' 6 Alice point pointed at the garage door. 7 Max put
a hand at on the garage door.
Page 48 1 1 Right 2 Wrong 3 Right 4 Doesn't say 5
Wrong 6 Right 7 Doesn't say 8 Right
Page 49 1 1 signal 2 dinosaur 3 garage 4 escape 5 blanket
6 teeth 7 bell 8 idea 2 1 Rosie 2 Ben 3 Alice 4 Max 5
Rosie 6 Ben 7 Max 8 Ben
Page 50 1 1 They arrived back in the time of the
dinosaurs. 2 The little dinosaur jumped out of the box. 3
They went back to where they saw the T. Rex. 4 They
saw something come out of a cave. 5 It was Clunk and
Grandpa! 6 Hurry, Grandpa! It's dangerous here! 2 1 of 2
had 3 Bobby's 4 saw 5 see 6 closer 7 on 8 through
Page 51 1 1 a So am I! 2 c For the last few hours. 3 b OK,
let's go. 4 a I'll try. 5 b Thanks! 2 1 huge 2 voicemail 3
archaeologist 4 bones 5 teeth
Page 52 1 1 time 2 saw 3 cave 4 terrible 5 van 6
mountains; best chapter name is: Finding Grandpa
The Painting in the Attic
Page 32 1 1 were 2 asked 3 everywhere 4 found 5
countryside 6 show 7 looked
Page 33 1 1 art 2 woman 3 painting 4 name 5 house 6
gallery 2 1 yes 2 yes 3 no 4 yes 5 yes 6 no 7 yes 8 no
Page 34 1 1 Alice's 2 up 3 for 4 dark 5 behind 6 some 7
on 8 from 9 help 10 to take
Page 35 1 1 trash 2 famous 3 a doorbell 4 an artist 5 a
gallery 6 canvas 2 1 Grandma Vera didn't hear anything
for a little few days. 2 But then Julia were was back. 3
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Julia had some news for about the painting. 4 Julia said
Grandma Vera's painting was a badly bad copy. 5 Julia
told said the painting was trash. 6 But Grandma Vera
wanting wanted the painting back. 7 Julia gave Grandma
Vera another a replacement. 8 Grandma Vera was very
surprising surprised.
Page 36 1 1 c 2 b 3 a 2 1 yes 2 yes 3 yes 4 no 5 no 6 yes
7 no 8 no
Page 37 1 1 didn't 2 doorbell 3 some news 4 copy 5
thrown 6 gave 7 like 8 Grandpa 2 order of numbers is: 4
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Page 38 1 1 c 2 b 3 b 4 c 5 a 6 c
Page 39 1 1 showed the painting 2 from GrandmaVera's 3
King 4 to speak to Ms 5 answering her 6 to sell the 7 most
expensive 2 1 'That's the painting from your grandma's
attic.' 2 'It wasn't found in the gallery's basement!' 3 'But
she's lying about the painting! Why?' 4 'The gallery plans
to sell the painting next week.'
Page 40 1 1 Right 2 Doesn't say 3 Wrong 4 Right 5 Right
6 Wrong 7 Doesn't say 8 Right
Page 41 1 1 The children went to the police station. 2
They explained everything to the police officer. 3 The
police officer wrote in his notebook. 4 The police officer
asked the children some questions. 5 But the children
didn't have any proof. 2 1 Ben 2 the police officer 3 Alice
4 Alice 5 Alice 6 the police officer 7 Rosie 8 Max
Page 42 1 1 uniform 2 believe 3 criminal 4 arrest 5 metal
6 detective 2 1 c 2 c 3 b 4 a
Page 43 1 1 decided 2 told 3 proof 4 leaving 5 photo 6
criminal; best chapter name is: Going to the police
Page 44 1 1 copy 2 different 3 idea 4 morning 5 hoping 6
doors 2 1 yes 2 no 3 yes 4 yes 5 no 6 no 7 no 8 yes
Page 45 1 1 small 2 almost 3 came 4 another 5 front 6
carefully
Page 46 11 It was just like the one from Grandma Vera's
attic. 2 They went to get the painting back. 3 The painting
was in a back room of the gallery. 4 Clunk replaced the
Rossi painting with another. 5 She smiled coldly because
the Rossi painting was put on an easel. 2 order of numbers
is: 5 2 7 1 6 3 8 4
Page 47 1 1 price 2 who 3 somebody 4 hand 5 happier 6
in 7 angry 8 one of 9 to 10 them
Page 48 1 1 Wrong 2 Right 3 Doesn't say 4 Right 5
Wrong 6 Doesn't say 7 Right 8 Right
Page 49 1 1 price 2 expert 3 funny 4 criminal 5 guard 6
hundred 7 crowd 8 money 2 1 Julia thought that she was
going to be rich. 2 But then she saw Alice, Rosie, and
Grandma Vera. 3 Julia told a guard to get them out of the
gallery. 4 But Alice jumped up from her chair.
Page 50 1 1 Julia said she had stolen that painting. 2
Detective Jones took Julia to the police station. 3
Grandma Vera was happy to have her painting back. 4
Grandma Vera liked to look at the painting. 5 Grandpa
kept the painting with the van. 2 1 no 2 yes 3 yes 4 no 5
yes 6 yes 7 no 8 yes
Page 51 1 1 c 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 a
Page 52 1 1 angry 2 stolen 3 happy 4 van 5 believe 6
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room; best chapter name is: Rossi's painting is home Page 47 1 1 conductor police officer 2 people horses 3
busy alone 4 happy frightened 5 station bridge 6 whistle
horn 7 engine van 8 Rosie The van 2 1 yes 2 yes 3 no 4
Trouble on the Eastern Express yes 5 yes 6 no 7 no 8 yes
Page 32 1 1 Right 2 Doesn't say 3 Doesn't say 4 Wrong 5 Page 48 1 1 Wrong 2 Right 3 Doesn't say 4 Wrong 5
Right 6 Doesn't say 7 Right 8 Doesn't say Right 6 Right 7 Right 8 Wrong
Page 33 1 1 had to 2 traveled 3 couldn't 4 excited 5 onto Page 49 1 1 a carriage 2 an alley 3 tracks 4 a horn 5 a Fly-
6 of 7 cloud 8 arriving High Box 6 a bridge 7 crowd 8 money 2 1 Rosie 2 Rosie
Page 34 1 1 clothes 2 past 3 years 4 train 5 crowd 6 3 Ben 4 Rosie/Alice 5 Ben 6 Rosie 7 the police officer
whistle 7 steam 2 order of numbers is: 3 8 6 2 7 1 4 7 Page 50 1 1 moved 2 of the Fly-High Boxes 3 the other
Page 35 1 1 a ticket office 2 a platform 3 a text message side of 4 the train's 5 to run 6 jumped 7 Rosie behind
4 steam 5 a journey 2 1 Grandpa waited in line at teh them 8 them 2 1 put 2 wooden 3 terrible 4 to break 5
ticket place office. 2 Grandpa wanted them all to travel on frightened 6 was falling
the last first journey of the Eastern Express. 3 Grandpa Page 51 1 1 b 2 c 3 c 4 b 2 1 appear 2 robbers 3 vehicle 4
bought four two tickets for the Eastern Express. 4 Rosie button
said that Grandpa and Clunk Ben should go on the train. 5 Page 52 1 1 engine 2 break 3 button 4 fly 5 jumped 6
Rosie and Alice shouted waved when they saw Grandpa wonderful; best chapter name is: The flying train!
and Ben on the train.
Page 36 1 1 Rosie and Alice started to walk out of the
station. 2 They coudl hear a voice from behind a door. 3
There were two men inside the room. 4 They were the
driver and the assistant. 2 1 Clunk 2 a voice 3 inside a
little room 4 shout for help 5 no
Page 37 1 1 to buy 2 but 3 two 4 to 5 could 6 him 7
somebody 8 found 9 with 10 who
Page 38 1 1 out of 2 wonderful 3 carriage 4 conductor 5
shouting 6 stay 7 robbers 8 money 2 1 no 2 no 3 yes 4 no
5 yes 6 no 7 yes
Page 39 1 1 b 2 f 3 h 4 d 5 a
Page 40 1 1 carriage 2 conductor 3 passengers 4 safe 5
uniform 6 impossible 7 telegram 8 route 2 1 Because he
thought there was something strange about him. 2 They
wanted a safe full of money. 3 They were going to wait
for the train at the next station.
Page 41 1 1 map was closed over 2 a bridge that was 3 be
strong enough 4 on the old 5 tell 6 the train 7 officer 8 a
text message 2 1 The police officer looked at the line on
the map. 2 The old line went over a bridge. 3 The bridge
had been damaged by high winds. 4 The train would fall
if it went on the bridge. 5 The police officer looked very
worried.
Page 42 1 1 Right 2 Right 3 Doesn't say 4 Right 5 Wrong
6 Wrong 7 Right 8 Doesn't say
Page 43 1 1 closed 2 damaged 3 crash 4 message 5 stop 6
idea; best chapter name is: The damaged bridge
Page 44 1 climb-climbed, see-saw, stand-stood, open-
opened, move-moved, start-started 1 opened 2 climb 3
stand 4 started 5 moved 6 saw 2 1 yes 2 yes 3 no 4 no 5
yes 6 yes 7 no
Page 45 1 1 like 2 said 3 couldn't 4 caught 5 top 6 see 2 1
Now Ben had to reach the engine. 2 Ben thought that they
were going to crash.
Page 46 11 He needed to reach the front of the train. 2 He
didn't know where Ben was. 3 He didn't want the robbers
to see Ben. 4 He caught the edge of the carriage roof. 5
He saw the bridge in the distance. 2 order of numbers is: 6
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