Page 19 - Active Skills for Reading Intro Book

Reading A Choose the correct answers.
Comprehension 1 What was Jason doing at home?
Check Your Understanding a He was exercising.
b He was watching television.
c He was dancing.
2 Why did David feel tired?
a He did not get enough sleep last night.
b He had to move around a lot.
c He played the game for too long.
3 In line 34, the word nonstop means _____ _
a stopping often
b without stopping
c for one hour
4 What is special about the video game in this passage?
a Players do not use controllers.
b The players learn to play music.
c The game is played online.

B Put the events below in order from 1 to 6.

a __ David felt tired.
b __ D�vid came home from college.
c __ Jason pointed his finger at the screen.
d __ David felt like a magician.
e __ David saw Jason jumping around.
f __ David and Jason played the game.
Critical Thinking C 1 Are video games without controllers better than video games with

controllers? Why?
2 Do you want to play the video game in the passage? Why?

Vocabulary A Match each word with its definition. The words in blue are from the
Comprehension passage.

Definitions 1 like d a sleepy
2 crazy b for example: a car, a television
3 machine c very good
4 connected __ d similar to
5 turn off e strange
6 rock f together
7 terrific g to stop using
8 tired h a kind of loud music

18 UNIT 1 Chapter 2