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Unit 3 Lesson 1 - Roadrunners Exercises

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Unit 3 lesson 1 - Roadrunners Exercises

a. Vocabulary

present diet straight shy


mate knock fit lift
even though snakes maybe whistled

1. Some ……………… are dangerous, but most are not.


2. Both the female bird and her ……………… take care of the young.
3. On the ……………… part of the road, people drive a lot faster.
4. Tourists don’t usually ……………… into their surroundings because they talk and act
differently than everyone else.
5. The class is going to walk to the museum ……………… it is raining hard.
6. The majority of people in China live on a ……………… based on rice and vegetables.
7. I thought it was a roadrunner, but ……………… it wasn’t.
8. John ……………… for a taxi, and one stopped.
9. I can ……………… the box, but I can’t carry it very far.
10. When she finished college, Joan received a car from her parents as a ………………

b. Vocabulary

knock carries spot once in a while


spider shy stick out lifts
fits snakes nest zones

1. The largest ……………… in the world are more than thirty feet long.
2. When I heard a ……………… at the door, I went to answer it.
3. Mary watches television a lot, but she goes to the movies only ……………….
4. An insect has six legs; a ……………… has eight.
5. Don’t ……………… your tongue; it is very impolite.
6. Jean has a ……………… on her new shirt, and she can’t get it out.
7. The Earth has several different temperature ……………… .
8. He usually ……………… his wallet in his pocket.
9. Birds build a ……………… in the spring.
10. Even though she is very ………………, she is good at making speeches.

c. Vocabulary Review: Definitions

Match the words with their definitions.

1. hazardous a. print and distribute books


2. literate b. moisture in the air
3. landfill c. someone who studies ancient things
4. humidity d. someone who studies families
5. publish e. for example
6. region f. having nothing inside
7. archeologist g. able to read and write
8. recyclable h. area
9. empty i. very dangerous
10. such as j. domestic
k. a place for garbage
l. able to be used more than once
d. True/False/Not Enough Information

…… 1. The roadrunner runs around the desert, looking for food.

…… 2. Roadrunners live only in Mexico and the United States.

…… 3. The female gives the male gifts in the spring.

…… 4. A roadrunner is afraid of people and stays away from them.

…… 5. This bird can learn to depend on people.

…… 6. A big difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures is typical in the desert.

…… 7. A roadrunner uses a lot of energy keeping warm in winter.

…… 8. The roadrunner is a typical bird.


g. Word Forms

Nouns are often used to describe other nouns. The meaning is different than when the adjective
form of the same word is used.

Cuba had a literacy program in the 1960s.

A literate person can read and write.

Choose a word form from the chart for each sentence below. Use the right verb forms and
singular or plural nouns. Then circle any nouns in the sentences that describe another noun.

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb


1. environment environmental environmentally
2. complicate complication (un)complicated
3. hope hope hopeful hopefully
hopeless
4. waste waste wasteful wastefully
5. dispose disposal disposable
6. depend (on) (in)dependence (in)dependent (in)dependently
7. succeed success successful successfully
8. vary variety various
variation
9. finance finances financial financially
10. know knowledge (un)known (un)knowingly
knowledgeable knowledgeably

1. Water pollution is an ……………… problem.


2. This is a ……………… problem, and I can’t find the solution.
3. There was a bad accident on the highway this morning. I am ……………… that no one
died.
4. Some ……………… products from factories can be reused.
5. Doctors and dentists use ……………… gloves so that they don’t spread disease from one
patient to another.
6. Instead of working in groups, we are supposed to work ……………….
7. The movie was a huge ………………, making its director a happy and rich person.
8. A supermarket sells a large ……………… of products.
9. If you don’t stop spending so much money, you are going to have serious ………………
problems.
10. Barbara is very ……………… about birds. She has been studying them for years.

h. Prepositions

Put a preposition in each blank.

1. The bird ….. this cartoon program was based ….. a bird called a roadrunner.
2. Roadrunners live ….. the desert zone …..the United States and Mexico.
3. It spends more time ….. the plants ….. the desert than it does ….. roads.
4. Once ….. a while, it eats plants.
5. ….. the spring, a male roadrunner begins looking ….. a mate.
6. Roadrunners can also become friendly …..people.
7. The birds come one ….. a time and make a noise ….. the window.
8. The bird knocks ….. the window ….. its beak.
9. These birds come right ….. the house.
10. They seem really interested …..what is happening ….. the program.
11. ….. the winter, nighttime temperatures ….. the desert can be 20 °C colder than daytime
temperatures.
12. To warm up quickly, the roadrunner stands …. its back …. the sun.
i. Connecting Words

Use even though to connect a sentence from the first column with one from the second column.
Write the new sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

1. A roadrunner is considered to be a bird. a. They have plants.


2. The Garbage Project studies landfills. b. It is sometimes dangerous.
3. Rain forests cannot support agriculture. c. They work outside the home too.
4. We still use petroleum in cars. d. We know it pollutes the air.
5. Women do most of the domestic work. e. It can’t fly very far.

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