The Stone Age News

Key Answers

Practice Book ,Page 1• 1. sociable• 2. skewer• 3. scouring• 4. newfangled• 5. specialty• 6. reliable• 7. astounded• 8. flourished• 9. astounded• 10. newfangled

Practice Book ,Page 21. astounded2. specialty3. skewer4. sociable5. newfangled6. flourished7. reliable8. scouring9. astounded10. sociable

Practice Book, page 5

In Ice Age:1.Tempratures are much lower than normal .2.Summer gets cooler and winters get longer .

3 .People in north east Europe move south because winter in there land lasts nine months.

4.Describe how ice age begins and how long they stay.The ice age starts very slowly but ends rapidly.

New Fangled Farming:1 .People in Syria have discovered how to plant food crops so

they can have food all year long.2 .In order to investigate how people in Syria were producing

food. 3 .People there tried to spill seeds and they cleared the land by

gathering wild grain the previous year so they could manage to grow there own plants.

The Experimenter The Traditionalist 1. It’s new 2. You can vary the taste 3. Its exciting to try and

guess what’s inside the bag of food.

1. Tried and trusted 2. simple and easy 3. Sociable4. you can watch the food

Practice Book, page 5Burning issues

Practice Book, page 6A Cave of My Own

1. Because there is plenty of room for all the family group. There is a stream outside and trees that could supply them with wood for burning and making tools. Best of all, there is plenty of food; animals to hunt and masses of berries and nuts to pick.

2. First, you have hot fire handy for heating up food. Second, you can freshen the air and help drive out sickness from the cave by throwing a handful or two of pine needles and fan the smoke into the cave.

3. There are many objects inside the cave that are similar to ones in my home like: lamps, air freshener, heat, beds, floor coverings, blankets, and shelves.

Practice Book, page 7

Detail Sentences Main Idea Sentences

Paula wore a brown dress.

The baby is small.

Martin’s favorite show is Howdy.

Dave can lift 200n pounds over his head.

1 .Paula was the winner of the beauty contest.

2 .The mother ape gave birth to a baby.

3 .Martin watches too much television.

4 .Dave keeps himself in good shape.

Practice Book, page 8

1. B. people learned how to make leather.

2. H. sentences 5-9

3. D. people hunted animals for meat.