UNIT 3 HOUSING

Singular and Plural Nouns, There Is/

There Are, Articles

Reading 1

COMPREHENSION page 67

1. T  2. T  3. F

THINK ABOUT IT page 67

1. Because they can’t afford a home of their own; they want to save money.

2. Answers will vary.

3.1 Singular and Plural Nouns

3.2 Regular Plural Nouns—Spelling

EXERCISE 1 page 68

1. T  2. F  3. NS

EXERCISE 2 page 68

1. questions  2. things  3. decisions  4. Condos  5. rules

6. associations  7. dogs  8. Homeowners  9. responsibilities

10. activities  11. jobs  12. kids  13. bicycles  14. toys

EXERCISE 3 pages 68–69

1. loaves  2. toys  3. brushes  4. countries  5. halves  6. books

7. valleys  8. lives  9. stories  10. sofas  11. keys  12. ages

13. kisses  14. potatoes  15. rents  16. watches  17. photos  18. lips

19. taxes  20. videos  21. months  22. studios  23. adults 24. illnesses

ABOUT YOU page 69

1. Houses  2. kids, grandparents  3. adults, parents  4. families

5. families, lives  6. emergencies

3.3 Regular Plural Nouns—Pronunciation

EXERCISE 4 page 69

1. loaves /z/  2. toys /z/  3. brushes / z/  4. countries /z/  5. halves /z/

6. books /s/  7. valleys /z/  8. lives /z/  9. stories /z/  10. sofas /z/

11. keys /z/  12. ages / z/  13. kisses / z/  14. potatoes /z/  15. rents /s/

16. watches / z/  17. photos /z/  18. lips /s/ 19. taxes / z/  20. videos /z/

21. months /s/  22. studios /z/  23. adults /s/  24. illnesses / z/

3.4 Irregular Plural Nouns

EXERCISE 5 page 70

1. men  2. feet  3. women  4. policemen  5. children  6. fish

7. mice  8. sheep  9. teeth  10. people/persons

EXERCISE 6 page 70

1. houses  2. people  3. times, lives  4. men, women, parents

5. Homes, cities  6. countries, children  7. feet  8. mice

Reading 2

COMPREHENSION page 72

1. F  2. F  3. T

THINK ABOUT IT page 72

1. Search online; use a realtor; ask people if they know of any available apartments for rent.

2. Answers will vary.

3.5 There Is/There Are

ABOUT YOU page 73

Answers will vary. Possible answers:

1. There’s a carpet in the living room./There is a carpet in the living room./There isn’t a carpet in the living room./ There is no carpet in the living room./There’s no carpet in the living room.

2. There are no trees in front of the building./There aren’t (any) trees in front of the building./There are trees in front of the building.

3. There are curtains on the windows./There aren’t (any) curtains on the windows./There are no curtains on the windows.

4. There is a door in the kitchen./There’s a door in the kitchen./There isn’t a door in the kitchen./There is no door in the kitchen./There’s no door in the kitchen.

5. There are windows in my bedroom./There aren’t (any) windows in my bedroom./There are no windows in my bedroom.

6. There is a closet in the living room./There’s a closet in the living room./There isn’t a closet in the living room./There is no closet in the living room./There’s no closet in the living room.

7. There is a number on the front door./There’s a number on the front door./There isn’t a number on the front door./There is no number on the front door./There’s no number on the front door.

8. There is an overhead light in the kitchen./There’s an overhead light in the kitchen./There isn’t an overhead light in the kitchen./There is no overhead light in the kitchen./There’s no overhead light in the kitchen.

9. There is a microwave in the kitchen./There’s a microwave in the kitchen./There isn’t a microwave in the kitchen./ There is no microwave in the kitchen./There’s no microwave in the kitchen.

10. There is a back door./There’s a back door./There isn’t a back door./There is no backdoor./There’s no back door.

11. There is a fireplace./There’s a fireplace./There isn’t a fireplace./There is no fireplace./There’s no fireplace.

12. There are smoke detectors./There aren’t (any) smoke detectors./There are no smoke detectors.

ABOUT YOU page 74

Answers will vary. Possible answers:

1. There’s a window in the room./There is a window in the room./There isn’t a window in the room./There is no window in the room./There’s no window in the room.

2. There are no curtains on the window./There aren’t (any) curtains on the window./There are curtains on the window.

3. There is a closet in the room./There’s a closet in the room./There isn’t a closet in the room./There is no closet in the room./There’s no closet in the room.

4. There are two beds in the room./There aren’t two beds in the room./There are not two beds in the room.

5. There is a bathroom on my floor./There’s a bathroom on my floor./There isn’t a bathroom on my floor./There is no bathroom on my floor./There’s no bathroom on my floor.

6. There are men in the dorm./There aren’t (any) men in the dorm./There are no men in the dorm.

7. There is a cafeteria in the dorm./There’s a cafeteria in the dorm./There isn’t a cafeteria in the dorm./There is no cafeteria in the dorm./There’s no cafeteria in the dorm.

8. There are snack machines in the dorm./There aren’t (any) snack machines in the dorm./There are no snack machines in the dorm.

9. There are noisy students in the dorm./There aren’t (any) noisy students in the dorm./There are no noisy students in the dorm.

10. There are numbers on the doors./There aren’t (any) numbers on the doors./There are no numbers on the doors.

11. There is an elevator in the dorm./There’s an elevator in the dorm./There isn’t an elevator in the dorm./There is no elevator in the dorm./There’s no elevator in the dorm./There are elevators in the dorm./There aren’t (any) elevators in the dorm./There are no elevators in the dorm.

12. There is a laundry room in the dorm./There’s a laundry room in the dorm./There isn’t a laundry room in the dorm./There is no laundry room in the dorm./There’s no laundry room in the dorm.

3.6 Questions and Short Answers with There

EXERCISE 7 page 75

Answers to the questions will vary.

Column A

1. Are there (any) smoke detectors in the hall?

2. How many closets are (there) in the bedroom?

3. Are there (any) children in the building?

4. Is there a dishwasher in the kitchen?

5. Is there a yard in front of the building?

6. Are there (any) trees in front of the building?

7. Is there a basement in the building?

8. Is there a laundry room in the building?

9. Are there (any) noisy neighbors in the building?

10. Is there an elevator in the building?

11. How many windows are (there) in the apartment?

12. How many apartments are (there) in the building?

Column B

1. Are there (any) smoke detectors in the hall?

2. Are there (any) married students in your dorm?

3. Is there a computer lab in your dorm?

4. Is there an elevator in your dorm?

5. Are there (any) graduate students in your dorm?

6. Is there a quiet place to study in your dorm?

7. Is there an air conditioner in your room?

8. Is there a parking lot near your dorm?

9. How many rooms are (there) in your dorm?

10. How many floors are (there) in your dorm?

11. How many students are (there) in your dorm?

12. Is there a bike room in your dorm?

EXERCISE 8 page 76

1. There’s  2. Is there  3. are (there)  4. There are  5. Are there (any)

6. There are  7. many  8. are (there)  9. There are  10. there aren’t

11. there are  12. Is there  13. There are  14. There are

3.7 There, They, and Other Pronouns

EXERCISE 9 page 77

1. There’s, It’s  2. There’s, She’s  3. There are, They’re

4. There’s, He’s  5. There’s, Is she  6. Is there, is he

7. are there, Are they/Is it  8. Is there, Is it  9. There’s, He’s

EXERCISE 10 page 77

1. Is there  2. there is  3. It’s  4. There’s  5. are there

6. There are  7. They’re  8. Is there  9. there is  10. It’s

Reading 3

COMPREHENSION page 79

1. F  2. F  3. T

THINK ABOUT IT page 79

1. Answers will vary.

2. Possible answer: Yes, because people they are cheaper than a typical American home.

3.8 Defnite and Indefnite Articles,

Some/Any

EXERCISE 11 page 79

1. F  2. NS  3. T

EXERCISE 12 page 80

1. a  2. the  3. The  4. a  5. the  6. the  7. the 8. a  9. a

10. The  11. a  12. the  13. the  14. a  15. a  16. an

EXERCISE 13 pages 80–81

1. the  2. the  3. the  4. an  5. a  6. a  7. a  8. any  9. the  10. the

11. a  12. a  13. The  14. The  15. the  16. some  17. a  18. any

19. a  20. the  21. a  22. the  23. the  24. the  25. the

3.9 Making Generalizations

EXERCISE 14 pages 82

1. Homeowners have a lot of expenses.

2. Houses in San Francisco are expensive.

3. Condo associations have a lot of rules.

4. Building managers take care of buildings.

5. Renters pay rent every month.

6. Yards are good for small children.

EXERCISE 15 page 82

Answers will vary. Possible answers:

1. Students  2. Landlords/Building managers  3. Children/Pets

4. Elderly people/Parents  5. Families  6. Houses

ABOUT YOU page 82

Answers to the questions will vary.

1. Do you like rugs?  2. Do you like white walls?

3. Do you like curtains on the windows?

4. Do you like pictures on the walls?  5. Do you like plants?

6. Do you like friendly neighbors?  7. Do you like bright lights?

EXERCISE 16 page 83

1. a  2. a  3. some/Ø  4. the  5. a  6. The  7. Ø  8. a  9. Ø

10. Ø/some  11. the  12. the  13. a  14. an  15. a

REVIEW page 85

1. a  2. bedrooms  3. people  4. There are  5. apartments  6. the

7. an  8. It’s  9. some  10. There’s  11. a  12. the  13. days

14. kids  15. There are  16. families  17. children  18. the

19. women 20. the  21. any  22. guests  23. The  24. members

25. the  26. people  27. the  28. The  29. Are there  30. there are

31. Pets are  32. There’s  33. condos  34. Ø  35. the rules

EDITING PRACTICE page 87

1. C  2. a  3. C  4. There  5. There’s/There is  6. There’s/There is

7. the  8. Ø/the  9. C  10. think  11. microwaves  12. C

13. C N14. neighbors 15. They’re/They are  16. C  17. woman 

UNIT 4 WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Possession

Object Pronouns

Questions about the Subject

Reading 1

COMPREHENSION page 91

1. T  2. F  3. F

THINK ABOUT IT page 91

Answers will vary.

4.1 Possessive Nouns—Form

EXERCISE 1 page 91–92

1. wife’s  2. grandmother’s  3. Grandma’s  4. husband’s  5. son’s

6. Charles’s  7. people’s  8. names  9. meaning  10. son’s 11. name’s

EXERCISE 2 page 92

1. parents’ names  2. sisters’ names  3. brother’s name  4. Luis’s son

5. grandparents’ names  6. men’s names  7. women’s names

8. brother’s wife

EXERCISE 3 pages 92–93

1.The teacher knows the students’ names.

2.The school’s name is Carson College.

3.This textbook’s title is Grammar in Context.

4.What are your parents’ names?

5.Do you use your father’s last name?

6.What is your best friend’s name?

7.My sisters’ names are Julie and Jessica.

8.My hometown’s name is Springfield.

4.2 Possessive Adjectives

EXERCISE 4 pages 93–94

1. my  2. his  3. her  4. its  5. their  6. your  7. my  8. our

4.3 Questions with Whose

EXERCISE 5 pages 94–95

1. Whose kids are they?  2. Whose book is it?

3. Whose last name does your son use?/Whose last name does your son have?

4. Whose class do you have for math?/Whose math class do you have?

5. Whose cat is it?/Whose cat is that?

6. Whose name is last?

4.4 Possessive Pronouns

ABOUT YOU page 95

Answers will vary.

EXERCISE 6 page 96

1. Mine  2. mine  3. yours  4. his  5. Hers  6. Theirs  7. Ours

EXERCISE 7 page 96

1. your  2. yours  3. Mine  4. my  5. Your  6. his

7. our  8. our  9. their  10. their  11. my  12. theirs

Reading 2

COMPREHENSION page 97

1. T  2. F  3. F

THINK ABOUT IT page 98

Answers will vary.

4.5 The Subject and the Object

EXERCISE 8 pages 98–99

1. me  2. it  3. them  4. you  5. her  6. him  7. us

EXERCISE 9 page 99

1. us  2. you  3. her  4. him  5. us  6. them  7. her  8. it

9. her  10. me  11. them

EXERCISE 10 page 99

1. I’m  2. I’m  3. I  4. My  5. Mine  6. me

ABOUT YOU page 100

Answers to the questions will vary.

1. your, you  2. you, your  3. Answers will vary, yours

4. Answers will vary, yours  5. your  6. you’re

EXERCISE 11 page 100

1. His  2. He’s  3. He  4. his  5. his  6. him

EXERCISE 12 page 100

1. Her  2. She’s  3. her  4. She  5. Hers  6. Her

EXERCISE 13 page 101

1. it  2. It’s  3. it  4. It’s  5. It  6. Its

EXERCISE 14 page 101

1. We’re  2. We  3. We’re  4. Our  5. us  6. Ours

EXERCISE 15 page 101

1. They  2. They’re  3. They  4. Their  5. Theirs  6. them

Reading 3

COMPREHENSION page 103

1. F  2. T  3. T

THINK ABOUT IT page 103

1. Possible answer: Because people have a bad feeling about them.

2. Answers will vary.

4.6 Subject Questions and Non-Subject

Questions

EXERCISE 16 pages 104–105

1. a. has; b. does; c. calls; d. do; e. do you call

2. a. has; b. do; c. calls; d. does

3. a. has; b. does; c. does it have; d. do you spell; e. does

your name come from; f. does it mean

4. a. Do you like; b. replaces; c. does; d. has; e. does

4.7 Who, Whom, Whose, Who’s

EXERCISE 17 page 106

1. Whose  2. Who(m)  3. Who’s  4. Who 5. Whose  6. Who

EXERCISE 18 pages 106–107

1. Whose  2. Mine  3. Who  4. decides  5. happens

EXERCISE 19 page 107

1. your  2. it’s  3. parents’  4. His  5. He’s  6. his  7. girl’s

8. His  9. I  10. has  11. Its  12. Whose coat is that  13. yours

14. mine  15. yours  16. mine  17. Whose  18. him

REVIEW page 109

1. Who’s  2. My  3. yours  4. Charles’s  5. His  6. hers  7. her

8. husband’s  9. Whose  10. They  11. your  12. her  13. our

14. her  15. ours  16. his  17. him  18. He’s  19. it’s  20. It’s

21. She  22. them  23. their  24. mine  25. we’re

EDITING PRACTICE page 111

1. My  2. C  3. names  4. parents’  5. C  6. C  7. her  8. her

9. husband’s  10. C  11. Her  12. Their  13. C  14. My sister and I

15. our  16. you’re  17. C  18. They’re  19. It’s  20. C 

UNIT 5 SAVING THE PLANET

The Present Continuous

Reading 1

COMPREHENSION page 115

1. T  2. T  3. F

THINK ABOUT IT page 115

1. Possible answer: Because lemurs are the most endangered mammals on the planet and Duke Lemur Center is trying the increase their population.

2. Answers will vary.

5.1 The Present Continuous—Forms

EXERCISE 1 page 116

1. ’m watching  2. ’m not doing  3. are living  4. is studying

5. are trying  6. are cutting  7. are losing  8. ’re looking

9. are dying  10. is working  11. ’s trying

EXERCISE 2 page 118

1. playing  2. making  3. hitting  4. suffering  5. cutting 6. admitting

7. trying  8. happening  9. staying  10. growing  11. hurrying

12. grabbing  13. raising  14. fixing  15. rescuing  16. doing

17. breeding  18. losing  19. waiting  20. serving  21. visiting

22. occurring  23. dying  24. disappearing

EXERCISE 3 page 118

1. are suffering  2. ’re losing  3. ’re disappearing  4. is rescuing

5. are working  6. ’s having  7. are catching  8. selling

9. are stealing  10. ’s trying

5.3 The Present Continuous—Use

EXERCISE 4 page 119

1. African parrots are losing their homes.

2. The teacher is not showing us a video about lemurs./ The teacher isn’t showing us a video about lemurs./The teacher’s not showing us a video about lemurs.

3. We are learning about animals in this unit./We’re learning about animals in this unit.

4. I am writing sentences about animals./I’m writing sentences about animals.

5. Steve Boyes is not studying lemurs./Steve Boyes isn’t studying lemurs.

6. Boyes is trying to rescue parrots.

7. Many lemurs are living at the Duke Lemur Center.

8. The unhealthy baby lemurs are not gaining weight./The unhealthy baby lemurs aren’t gaining weight.

5.4 Questions with the Present Continuous

EXERCISE 5 pages 121–122

1. a. Is he studying  b. is  c. ’s studying  d. ’s he studying

2. a. Are you learning  b. am  c. are you learning

3. a. are (some) parrots losing/are they losing/are these parrots losing

b. Am I bothering

4. a. Are you reading  b. I’m not  c. are you reading

5. a. ’s  b. ’s watching  c. isn’t he doing

6. a. ’s taking  b. are scientists taking/are they taking

7. a. Are  b. ’re not/aren’t  c. aren’t they gaining

8. a. Are you writing  b. am  c. are you writing

ABOUT YOU page 122

Answers to the questions will vary.

1. Are you learning about parrots?

2. Are you taking an online class this semester?

3. What other courses are you taking this semester?

4. Are you thinking about endangered animals?

5. Are you planning to read more about nature?

6. How is your life changing?

Reading 2

COMPREHENSION page 124

1. T  2. F  3. T

THINK ABOUT IT page 124

Possible answers:

1. Because people are cutting down forests, their habitats are being polluted by chemicals, and people are moving into areas where birds once lived.

2. We need to take better care of our environment to help birds and ourselves.

5.5 The Present Continuous vs. the Simple

Present—Forms

EXERCISE 6 page 124

1. T  2. F  3. NS

EXERCISE 7 page 124

1. are losing  2. are taking  3. are suffering  4. is going down

5. are we doing  6. is working  7. is helping  8. are having

9. need  10. don’t know  11. don’t have  12. Do we want

5.6 The Present Continuous vs. the Simple

Present—Use

EXERCISE 8 page 125

1. are you doing  2. ’m eating  3. eat  4. ’m also watching

5. ’re studying  6. are you learning  7. ’m learning  8. eat

9. ’s diving  10. do pelicans live  11. live

Reading 3

COMPREHENSION page 127

1. T  2. T  3. T

THINK ABOUT IT page 127

1. Answers will vary.

2. Possible answer: We can use cleaner energy, find alternatives to plastic, and produce less waste.

5.7 Action and Nonaction Verbs

EXERCISE 9 page 128

1. think  2. say  3. happen  4. don’t realize  5. are causing  6. need

7. understand  8. are starting  9. don’t want  10. costs  11. care

12. are hurting  13. are  14. doing  15. say

EXERCISE 10 pages 128–129

1. a. are you reading  b. ’m not really reading/am not really reading

c. ’m just looking/am just looking  d. Do you want  e. looks  f. has

g. has  h. do parrots live  i. live

2. a. Are you taking  b. have  c. ’m learning/am learning d. are harming

e. are dying  f. need  g. don’t understand/do not understand  h. think

i. agree  j. ’m thinking/am thinking  k. do you hope  l. sounds

3. a. is rising/’s rising  b. is it rising/’s it rising  c. is melting/’s melting

d. do scientists know  e. have  f. is it melting/’s it melting

g. is getting/’s getting  h. thinks  i. happens

j. ’s happening/is happening

REVIEW page 131

1. are you doing  2. ’m looking/am looking  3. aren’t you using

4. have  5. want  6. Do you want  7. don’t have/do not have

8. ’m waiting/am waiting  9. ’re working/are working

10. are you working  11. need  12. don’t believe/do not believe

13. ’s happening/is happening  14. do you think  15. believe

16. ’m thinking/am thinking  17. Does your teacher teach  18. think

19. Do you like  20. love  21. like  22. doesn’t give/does not give

23. doesn’t he give  24. prefers  25. thinks  26. agree  27. sounds

28. see  29. ’s walking/is walking  30. know

EDITING PRACTICE page 132

1. C  2. has  3. C  4. lives  5. C  6. are they  7. need  8. C

9. are they destroying  10. C  11. C 12. are killing  13. C  14. C

15. need