1. Chapter 1 Neighborhoods Cities, and Towns A very big, city with huge buildings and skyscrapers. huge, big, polluted, crowded, populated, gloomy, dense, busy, frightening, terrible.

2. After you read: 1. “ Monster Cities ” is about ……. C) the problems of very big cities. 2. Mexico City, Tokyo, and Hong Kong are three ….. B) very big, crowded cities.

3. Checking vocabulary: 1. Monster 2. Mega city 3. Density

4. Making good guesses:  The word monster is in the title ( “ Monster Cities ” ) because …… B) Some cities are growing too fast, and this is causing terrible problems.

5. Part 2 My Neighborhood in the United States After you read:  The main idea is ………. B) The people in Elena ’ s neighborhood are from many countries.

6. Understanding details: Where are these places? 1. D 2. E 3. A 4. C 5. B

7. Directions in textbooks CCircle the word CCopy the word UUnderline the word CCircle the letter of the answer FFill in the blank WWrite your name on the line CCorrect the mistakes CChoose the best answer

8. Part 3 Maps  Reading a map: 1. London 2. England (Britain) 3. British (Britons)

9. Find the town of Wembley…. a. West b. East c. North d. South

10. Reading a Map: A Closer Look 1. Big Ben 2. Foreign 3. Cabinet offices 4. London Aquarium 5. Jubilee Gardens

11. Part 4 Vocabulary Practice  Working with prepositions: 1. In 2. From 3. Across 4. From/in 5. On/in 6. In 7. From/in 8. In 9. In 10. In/on/across

12. Identifying opposites 1. Largesmall 2. Wonderfulterrible 3. Empty or quietbusy 4. Relaxed, not scaredafraid 5. Average person or thingmonster 6. Clean dirty 7. Hatelove 8. Get smallergrow

13. Building Vocabulary Across 4. copy 5. wonderful 8. crowded 9. density 10. People Down 1. Japanese 2. Address 3. Population 4. Terrible 5. monster