Challenges 31

CHALLENGES 5UNit

Lesson A

A. Match the words with their meanings.

1. challenge a. go up

2. climb b. things you need for a particular purpose

3. cross c. very surprising and wonderful

4. extreme d. related to your body

5. mental e. related to thinking and your mind

6. physical f. something unusual and exciting to do

7. skill g. go from one side of something to the other side

8. adventure h. succeed in making something happen

9. equipment i. very great in degree

10. goal j. something that is new and difficult to do

11. amazing k. activity that needs special knowledge and practice

12. achieve l. something you hope to do after some time and effort

B. Write sentences about two events using the simple past tense and past continuous tense.

1. I/take a bath/I/hear the doorbell.

2. while/we/play tennis/it/start raining

3. I/see an accident/while/I/wait for the bus

4. she/walk to school/when/she/meet her friend

5. our boss/talk on the phone/when/we/go into his office

6. my brother/come home/while/I/watch a movie

C. Write sentences about these people using the simple past tense and past continuous tense.

1.

2.

Mimi

Javier

I was taking a bath when I heard the doorbell.

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Challenges 3332 Unit 5

UNIT 3

Lesson B

A. Think about your biggest achievement, and fill in Column 1. Then think about a friend or family member with an important achievement, and fill in Column 2.

Column 1: You

Column 2:Name:

1. What was the achievement?

2. What were the steps in achieving this goal?

3. What was the most difficult part of the achievement?

B. Look at the achievements in exercise A and answer the questions.

1. Which achievement was more important? Why?

2. How do you feel about your achievement now?

3. Did your achievement change your life? Explain your answer.

C. Say each word out loud. Then check the column of the sound you hear.

/t/ /d/ /Id/1. learned

2. talked

3. discussed

4. helped

5. wanted

6. used

7. decided

8. stopped

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Challenges 33

UNIT 5CHALLENGES

Lesson C

A. Complete the sentences with a phrasal verb from the box. Be sure to use the correct tense.

set out give up watch out grow up run out of put up with keep on

1. We sometimes coffee at home because we drink a lot of it and we forget to buy more.

2. I in the country, and we always played outdoors all day when I was a child.

3. If you ride a bicycle in the street, you always have to for cars.

4. Eric doesn’t play the drums very well, but he practicing because he really wants to play in a

band some day.

5. It’s only 100 meters to the top of this mountain. You can do it! Don’t now!

6. My apartment is very cheap, so I all the noise from the busy street outside.

7. Subaru Takahashi from Japan to cross the Pacific Ocean.

B. Write sentences with too, enough, or not enough.

1. Alex can’t get a driver’s license this year. (he/old)

2. I decided not to get a new computer. (it/expensive)

3. I can’t hear the sound on the TV. (it/loud)

4. We’re going to the beach to go swimming today. (the water/warm)

5. My little sister can cook spaghetti for dinner. (the recipe/easy)

6. I need something bigger to carry my books. (this backpack/big)

7. Diana isn’t going to eat lunch today. (she/busy)

8. I never walk to school. (it/far from my house)

C. Oliver wants to walk across the Sahara Desert. Do you think he can do it? Write sentences with too, enough, or not enough.

1. (old) He’s to walk across the desert.

2. (strong)

3. (heavy)

4. (rich)

5. (your own idea)

He isn’t old enough.

Oliver

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34 Unit 5

UNIT 3

Challenges 35

UNIT 3

Spelling English words isn’t easy, but a boy in Indiana, USA, set a very diffi cult goal for himself. Thirteen-year-old Sameer Mishra wanted to become the best speller in the whole country and win the National Spelling Bee.

A spelling bee is a spelling contest for elementary school students in the United States. In a spelling bee, students stand in a line and spell words that the teacher pronounces. If they make a mistake, they must sit down. The last student who is standing is the winner. Every year, there are big spelling bees for cities and states. The winners go to the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.

This year, 288 students from the United States, Canada, and other English-speaking countries entered the National Spelling Bee. In the contest, students have to spell very long, diffi cult, and unusual words from a very large dictionary. Students spend months, or years, preparing. Sameer spent at least four hours every day learning new words. He studied 23 pages of the dictionary each day, and his sister helped him practice.

The fi nal night of the National Spelling Bee was on TV. The students spelled 24 of the fi rst 25 words correctly, including words like brankursine, cryptarithm, and empyrean. Then they started making mistakes. Finally, there were only two students in the contest: Sameer and a boy named Sidharth Chand. Sidharth made a mistake in the word prosopopoeia. To win, Sameer had to spell one more word correctly: guerdon. Sameer correctly spelled out “g-u-e-r-d-o-n” and became the best speller in America. (What does guerdon mean? A reward!)

Sameer won $40,000 to pay for his university education—he hopes to become a doctor. He has many other interests besides spelling. He plays the violin and enjoys video games. His parents are from India, and they are very proud of him. “I told my mom I was going to do the bee,” Sameer said. “And if I was going to do it, I was going to win it one day.”

Lesson D

How Do You Spell . . .

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Challenges 35

UNIT 5CHALLENGES

A. Fill in the missing words to make a summary of the article.

A spelling bee is a contest for students who speak English. They have to

diffi cult words. All the students stand up. The teacher says a . The fi rst student has to

it. If the student spells the word wrong, he or she . At the end of the

spelling bee, the winner is the student who is standing. There are spelling bees for schools,

, and states. Every year, there is a big national spelling bee in the city of .

This year, the was Sameer Mishra. He studied the dictionary for hours

every day!

B. Read the article again. Circle T for true or F for false.

1. Sameer didn’t make any mistakes in the spelling bee. T F

2. The words in a spelling bee are words that we use every day. T F

3. You can see a spelling bee on television. T F

4. Students prepare for a long time before the National Spelling Bee. T F

5. Sameer’s family helped him before the spelling bee. T F

6. Sameer won a violin and computer games in the National Spelling Bee. T F

C. Answer the questions.

1. How do you remember the spellings of English words?

2. How many new words can you learn in one day?

3. Do you think you could win a spelling bee? Why, or why not?

D. Write about a person you admire. What challenges did this person face? What did he or she achieve? Why do you admire this person?

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36 Unit 5

UNIT 3

Review

Across 1. I live in New York now, but I _____ in Hong Kong.

(2 words)

4. You should ______ for dangerous animals in the

jungle. (2 words)

7. I want to ___ White Mountain.

8. I’m 16, so I’m not old ___ to drive.

11. something that is new and difficult to do

15. I can’t drink that coffee. It’s ___ hot.

16. You need a lot of ___ to sail a small boat.

18. I always _________ money at the end of each

month. (3 words)

Down 2. Jenny Daltry _________ insects and hot weather in

her work. (3 words)

3. Running in a marathon is a ___ challenge.

5. succeed in doing something difficult

6. I ______ learning more English words every day. I

never stop. (2 words)

9. something that you hope to do

10. Preparing for a big exam is a ___ challenge.

11. Subaru Takahashi ___ the Pacific Ocean.

12. surprising and wonderful

13. You need a lot of ___ to travel to the North Pole.

14. Learning to ski is difficult, but I won’t _____. (2 words)

17. Two men ______ to walk to the North Pole in

winter. (2 words)

Solve the crossword puzzle with vocabulary and grammar from this unit.

1 2

3

4 5

76

8 9

10

11 12 13 14

17

18

15

16

Jenny Daltry and an Antiguan racer

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