Reading and Writing 1 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 4 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

The Q Classroom Question 2: What is funny?

Activity A, p. 64 Question 3: Why doesn’t everyone
Answers will vary. Possible answers: laugh at the same joke?
1. I laughed this morning when I was Activity D, p. 67
watching the news. The broadcaster Answers will vary. Possible answers:
made a joke. 1. People laugh when they have a good
2. It is important to laugh because time or are with other people who
laughter makes people feel happy. laugh.
3. Maybe someone just told a joke or a 2. Friends and family are funny. Jokes
funny story. and stories can be funny. Kids are
Activity B, p. 65 also usually funny.
What makes them laugh? 3. People might not find the same
Sophy a. funny TV shows, b. silly things things funny. Maybe what is funny
Yuna e. family
to one person is offensive to
Felix d. unexpected things
Marcus c. comedians
someone else.

PREVIEW THE UNIT WORK WITH THE READING

Activity A, iQ Online Resource Activity B, p. 68
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1. b
1. Father and son sitting. Having fun. 2. b
2. Girl plays peek a boo. 3. b
3. Two brothers play a game. 4. a
4. Girl is playing outside. Activity C, p. 69
Activity B, iQ Online Resource 1. T, 7
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 2. F, 3 People do not like it when
1. Yes, I laugh for the same reasons. I others pretend to laugh.
always laugh when I spend time with 3. T, 10
people who I care about. 4. T, 5
2. One time, I went to a comedy club. Activity D, p. 69
The comedian was very funny. 1. friendly
2. social
READING 1 3. contagious
PREVIEW THE READING 4. honest
Activity A, p. 66 5. embarrassed
a. protect Activity E, pp. 69–70
b. pretend 1. 2 We laugh more when we are with
c. surprise other people.
d. natural 2. 4 Most laughter is about being
e. embarrassed friendly with other people.
f. honest 3. 10 Teenagers often worry about
g. nervous what others think of them. They
Activity C, p. 67 laugh to protect themselves.
Question 1: When do people laugh?

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Reading and Writing 1 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 4 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

4. 8 We laugh at jokes about people Paragraph 7: Some things are funny

and their mistakes because we know because we don’t expect them.
something they don’t know. Paragraph 8: Silly things are sometimes
5. 10 Adults laugh at themselves and funny.
other people with similar problems. Paragraph 9: Not everyone has the
same sense of humor. / People have
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK different ideas about what is funny.
Activity A, p. 70 Paragraph 10: Our idea of what is funny
Answers will vary. Possible answer: changes over time. / Our reasons for
6. you are scared? laughter change over time.
Activity B, p. 70 Activity B, p. 71
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1. Robert Provine studied people and
1. Sometimes I laugh when I am laughter.
nervous like before a presentation 2. Laughter happens at certain times in
or a speech. a conversation.
2. I often laugh when I hear a joke. I
really enjoy comedy! READING 2
3. I sometimes laugh when I hear other PREVIEW THE READING
people laugh. It depends on whether Activity A, p. 72
I like the people who are laughing. a. breathe
4. I never laugh when I am b. increase
embarrassed. I hide instead. c. concentrate
5. Sometimes I laugh when something d. prevent
surprises me, especially if the e. effect
surprise is a positive one, like a f. rate
present or a friend I haven’t seen in g. distracted
a while. Vocabulary Skill Review, p. 72
class
READING SKILL Activity C, p. 73
Activity A, p. 71 Yes
Paragraph 1: Laughter is natural for Activity D, p. 73
people. Answers will vary. Possible answer:
Paragraph 2: Laughter connects us with The last time I laughed out loud, I felt
other people. happy. I was with my friends and we
Paragraph 3: Laughter is honest. had a good time.
Paragraph 4: Most laughter is about
being friendly with other people. WORK WITH THE READING
Paragraph 5: We often laugh when we Activity B, p. 75
feel nervous.  2. You feel less stress when you
Paragraph 6: Sometimes we laugh laugh often.
because we think we are better than Activity C, p. 75
other people. Effects of Stress Effects of Laughter
You are distracted. You concentrate.

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Reading and Writing 1 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 4 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

You feel angry or You feel close to VOCABULARY SKILL

sad. others. Activity A, p. 77
You feel lonely. You increase oxygen 1. adjective
You forget what in the brain. 2. noun
you studied. You relax. 3. verb
You have less You remember 4. verb
oxygen in the brain. information. 5. noun
Activity D, p. 75 6. verb
1. e 7. adjective
2. b 8. adverb
3. d Activity B, p. 78
4. a 1. embarrassed
5. c 2. introduce
Activity E, p. 76 3. nature
Answers will vary. Possible answers 4. breathe
(students should supply three): 5. prevent
to prevent or reduce stress; to think 6. anger
better; to concentrate; to relax; to
remember what you learned; to feel WRITING SKILL
stronger; to increase your brain power Activity A, p. 79
Paragraph 2: Stress has many effects on
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK your body and brain.
Activity A, p. 76 Paragraph 3: Stress reduces your ability
Answers will vary. Possible answers: to concentrate.
1. Sometimes I feel stressed from my Paragraph 4: Laughter immediately
studies, especially if I have a lot to reduces stress.
study in a short amount of time. Paragraph 5: Stress reduces your
When I am stressed, I feel upset and memory and ability to learn.
find it difficult to remember things. Paragraph 6: Laughter is a fast way to
2. laugh, take a vacation, breathe connect with other people.
deeply Paragraph 7: When you laugh, you let
3. Yes, laughter can be a way to reduce go of the bad feelings.
my stress. I think it will help me to Paragraph 8: The more often you laugh,
concentrate more while I study. the better.
Activity B, p. 76 Activity B, pp. 79–80
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1. When Bob is nervous, he laughs.
1. I want to laugh more so that I can 2. Mohammad laughs to be friendly.
feel less stressed. Laughing has 3. Mark relaxes when he laughs.
many benefits. 4. Fatima laughs when she hears
2. Laughter can make us feel less something funny.
stressed and make us relax. It can 5. When Sarah is with people, she
also bring people together. laughs.
Activity C, pp. 80–81

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Unit 4 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1. When we laugh, we connect to

1. Laughter is good for your health. others. We connect to others when
2. Laughter helps prevent stress. we laugh.
3. You can find laughter clubs in many 2. When we laugh, we show we are
places. friendly. We show we are friendly
4. In laughter clubs, people do laughing when we laugh.
exercises. 3. When we laugh, we protect
5. Laughter clubs need a lot of ourselves from others. We protect
members. ourselves from others when we
Activity D, p. 81 laugh.
1. In a visit to London, you see the 4. When someone tells a funny joke,
world. we laugh. We laugh when someone
2. There is food from more than 55 tells a funny joke.
different countries in London’s 5. When we have problems, we laugh.
restaurants. We laugh when we have problems.
3. London has many international Activity C, pp. 82–83
festivals with food, music, art, and Answers will vary. Possible answers:
dance. 1. I laugh a lot when I watch certain TV
shows.
GRAMMAR 2. I never laugh when I see someone
Activity A, p. 82 get hurt.
1. a. When I go out with my friends, I 3. When I see someone fall, I feel bad
laugh a lot. for the person.
b. I laugh a lot when I go out with 4. When I am in class, I feel stressed.
my friends. 5. When I am nervous, sometimes I
2. a. When you laugh, your heart rate laugh.
increases. 6. When I laugh, I feel good.
b. Your heart rate increases when 7. When I am with my family, I am
you laugh. happy.
3. a. When he sees something funny,
he laughs. UNIT ASSIGNMENT
b. He laughs when he sees PLAN AND WRITE
something funny. Activity A, iQ Online Resource
4. a. When you laugh, you use calories. Answers will vary.
b. You use calories when you laugh. Activity B, iQ Online Resource
5. a. When we hear a good joke, we Answers will vary.
laugh. Activity C, iQ Online Resource
b. We laugh when we hear a good Answers will vary.
joke.
6. a. When she is nervous, she laughs.
b. She laughs when she is nervous.
Activity B, p. 82
Answers will vary. Possible answers:

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