unit 8

Question 1

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Answer 1

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Question 2

anniversary

Answer 2

n. An anniversary is a day that celebrates something from the past. My parents went out to a restaurant for their wedding anniversary.

Question 3

arithmetic

Answer 3

n. Arithmetic is math. I like to study arithmetic at school.

Question 4

ashamed

Answer 4

adj. Ashamed means feeling upset and embarrassed because of a bad action. He was ashamed when he forgot his teacher’s name.

Question 5

burst

Answer 5

v. To burst is to suddenly break open or apart. The bomb burst over the city.

Question 6

carpenter

Answer 6

n. A carpenter is a person who builds things with wood. We hired a carpenter to make a cupboard.

Question 7

coal

Answer 7

n. Coal is a hard black material that people burn for heat. Many power stations burn coal to produce energy.

Question 8

couch

Answer 8

n. A couch is a long’ soft seat that many people can sit on. Kim and Martin’s new couch was very expensive.

Question 9

drip

Answer 9

v. To drip is to fall a little bit at a time. I heard water dripping from the faucet.

Question 10

elegant

Answer 10

adj. Something elegant is very fancy and pleasing. In Japan’ women wear elegant kimonos on special occasions.

Question 11

fabric

Answer 11

n. Fabric is cloth used to make clothes’ furniture’ etc. The towels were made from a soft fabric.

Question 12

highlands

Answer 12

n. Highlands are high areas of land’ usually with mountains. The man had a small home in the highlands.

Question 13

ivory

Answer 13

n. Ivory is a hard’ white substance that comes from elephants. The elephant’s long ivory tusks looked very impressive.

Question 14

mill

Answer 14

n. A mill is a building in which wheat is ground into flour. The farmer took his wheat to the mill to make it into flour.

Question 15

needle

Answer 15

n. A needle is a small’ sharp piece of metal used to make or fix clothes. I used a needle to fix the hole in my pants.

Question 16

polish

Answer 16

v. To polish something is to rub it in order to make it shiny. Mark spent all morning polishing his shoes for the wedding.

Question 17

sew

Answer 17

v. To sew means to put pieces of cloth together using string or thread. I learned to sew when I was a little girl.

Question 18

shed

Answer 18

n. A shed is a small building in which people store things like tools. We have a small shed in the backyard for storage.

Question 19

thread

Answer 19

n. A thread is a thin piece of string. I have many different colors of thread at home.

Question 20

trim

Answer 20

v. To trim something is to cut it a little bit. I had my hair trimmed this afternoon.

Question 21

upwards

Answer 21

adv. An upwards action moves vertically towards the direction above. The kite went upwards further and further.