Reading and Writing 1 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

The Q Classroom Another possible answer is to suggest that

Activity A., p. 120 someone else have the watch. “Thank you,
Answers will vary. Possible answers: but I think my cousin would appreciate this
1. No, I do not think the woman likes more.”
her gift.
2. People lie about their feelings. READING 1
People lie about what they have PREVIEW THE READING
done. People lie to protect people. Activity A., p. 123
3. No, it is never okay to lie. 1. trouble
Sometimes it is okay to lie about 2. furniture
these things. It depends on the 3. punishment
situation. 4. fire
Activity B., p. 120 5. admit
1. Marcus thinks it’s OK to lie to 6. reputation
protect people’s feelings. Felix 7. boss
thinks it depends. Sophy thinks lies 8. behave
that don’t hurt anybody are fine. Activity C., p. 124
Yuna lies about small things. a. 2
2. Answers will vary. Possible answers: b. 8
I agree with Sophy, there is nothing c. 6
wrong with a white lie. d. 7
I disagree with Sophy, it is always e. 3
wrong to tell a lie. f. 4
3. Answers will vary. g. 1
h. 5
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Activity D., p. 122 WORK WITH THE READING
Answers will vary. Possible answers: Activity B., p. 125
Situation 1: “I’m sorry. I can’t go. I’m busy  3. People lie for different reasons.
tomorrow.” I do not want to hurt my Activity C., p. 125
classmate’s feelings, so I would tell a lie.  We lie so we can sell more.
“No thanks. I don’t really want to go.” I  We lie to hurt others.
don’t lie because I think it is important to be  We lie to impress others.
honest.  We lie to make our stories more
Another possible answer is to suggest a interesting.
different activity.  We lie to make people feel good.
Activity E., p. 122  We lie to stay out of trouble.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:  We lie to protect people we care
Situation 2: “Thank you. I really like it.” I do about.
not want to hurt my grandmother’s  We lie to teach children to behave
feelings. “Thank you. It’s not really my style well.
though.” I do not want to lie to my Activity E., p. 126
grandmother. 1. 5

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Reading and Writing 1 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

2. 7 Activity C., p. 131

3. 2 Eight people responded.
4. 3 WORK WITH THE READING
5. 4 Activity B., p. 132
6. 1 1. F Marisa is a mother.
7. 6 2. T
8. 8 3. F He is not a great soccer player.
4. T
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK 5. T
Activity A., p. 127 6. T
Answers will vary. 7. F Marisa did not tell her son that he
Activity B., p. 127 had a bad game.
Answers will vary. Possible answers: Activity C., p. 133
1. Lie number 1 is OK. It is important Is it OK for Marisa to lie to Yes No
not to hurt other’s feelings. her son about his soccer
2. Lie number 6 is not OK. It is wrong ability?
for businesses to lie to their 1. Bay212  
customers. 2. Bernie  
3. Missy  
READING SKILL 4. Pixie  
Activity A., p. 129 5. HueyBoy  
1. people 6. Linda  
2. a small lie 7. Parviz  
3. children Activity D., p. 133
4. Janet Reasons It’s OK to Reasons It’s Not OK
5. his stories Lie to Lie
Activity B., p. 129
 It’s OK to lie to  Children learn
1. a. hair, b. husband, c. woman
avoid hurting a honesty from
2. a. Pete, b. boss, c. Lina
person we love. example.
3. a. the classmates, b. Pamela
 The lie gives the  Every lie requires
4. a. the toy, b. the parents, c. the boy
child the more lies.
strength to try  Honesty builds a
READING 2
again. strong
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 White lies are relationship.
Activity A., p. 130
necessary.  The mother
a. respect
might lose her
b. require
son’s respect and
c. avoid
trust.
d. trust
 Truth will make
e. practice
f. opinion the child
g. purpose stronger.
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Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

Answers will vary. 3. a

Activity C., p. 138
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK Answers will vary. Possible answers:
Activity A., p. 134 1. Telling the truth is always the right
Answers will vary. Possible answers: thing to do.
1. Parents sometimes lie about 2. Alex is a good friend because I can
whether kids are good at sports. trust him.
2. I think white lies are OK because 3. It is better to be kind to people than
they don’t hurt anyone and they to tell the truth and hurt someone.
make children feel better. 4. White lies are necessary to make
Activity C., p. 134 and keep friends.
Answers will vary. Activity D., p. 139
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
VOCABULARY SKILL 1. Topic Sentence: It is wrong to lie to
Activity A., p. 135 protect coworkers when they are late.
1. tell a lie Concluding Sentence: It may seem nice
2. tell a story to protect your co-workers, but in the
3. tell the truth end it causes more trouble than it’s
4. make a good impression worth.
5. do the right thing 2. Topic Sentence: Lying on your résumé is
6. hurt someone’s feelings a bad idea for a number of reasons.
7. get in trouble Concluding Sentence: It is never a good
Activity B., p. 135 idea to lie on your résumé.
1. truth
2. feelings GRAMMAR
3. the right thing Activity A., p. 140
4. stories 1. 3
5. trouble 2. 2
6. a good impression Activity B., pp. 140–141
1. to get out of trouble
WRITING SKILL 2. in order to make money
Activity A., pp. 136–137 3. to protect his friend
1. Only truth can protect the people 4. to make his friend feel good
we love. 5. to hurt his friend
2. Every day, people lie to get out of
trouble.
3. When a person avoids the truth, the UNIT ASSINGMENT
person is lying. PLAN AND WRITE
4. It’s OK to lie if it makes someone Activity A., p. 142
feel good. Answers will vary.
Activity B., p. 137 Activity B., p. 143
1. a Answers will vary.
2. b

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