Review the vocabulary words and definitions you studied in this unit.

Hurricane Katrina & the Animals of New Orleans

Oakland Bay Bridge

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Listen to the audio. Repeat the sentences below to practice your pronunciation and speaking skills.

1. I am supposed to clean my room every Saturday.

2. This food is really awful!

3. We shipped our packages with FEDEX.

4. A hurricane is a really big storm.

5. Joe crashed his car into a tree.

6. This is a major problem!

7. Steve is sitting on the edge of the desk.

8. Please pass me the blue book from the upper shelf.

People say that if you mix up the letters in a word, but leave the first and last letters in the right place, it is easy to read the word. Let’s see if it’s true! What are these words?

Carefully read the passage “The Oakland Bay Bridge”. Then answer the True or False questions. Do not look back at the reading!

Fill in the blanks with the new words. Use each word only one time.

The words below are in the passage “The Oakland Bay Bridge.”

• Scan through the passages to find out what part of speech (P.S.) the words and phrases are. • Write the part of speech on the line beside the new vocabulary word. • Read just the part of the passage and use the context clues in the passage to match the word with
the correct definition. Do not use your dictionary!

Questions:

1. Have you been on a big bridge? Where was it? Were you scared?
2. What things scare you? Make a list of 4 things that scare you.

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In the article, you learned, “leave __ behind.” This idiom means: didn’t take someone/something with you when you went.

Try to match the following “leave” idioms with the correct definitions.

Now try to fill in the blanks with the correct idiom for each sentence. Make sure to use the correct verb tense.

1. Example: John won the race. He left everyone in the dust.
2. Please go away! I need you to _________ me _________!
3. Jill and Bob _________ their kids _________ Grandma Mae when they went to Florida.
4. It was really sad when the mean boys _________ Josh _________ of the game.

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Fill in the blanks with the new words. Use each word only one time.