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Unit 12 · Reading — Needs and Wants

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  1. 1. Read the text, then answer.

    What do we need? Everyone needs food, water, a home, and clothes. These keep us healthy, warm, and safe. We need fruit and vegetables, such as oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots. We want other food, like ice cream, but we don't need it, because it is unhealthy. What do we want? We want different things. Lots of people like games. Others want dolls or comic books. Some people want fancy clothes. Why do people have jobs? People have jobs to get money. We use money to buy things we need and things we want. It is important to buy the things we need first. Then we can buy fancy things.

    Which of these does everyone NEED?

    One or several answers possible.

  2. 2. True or false?

    What do we need? Everyone needs food, water, a home, and clothes. These keep us healthy, warm, and safe. We need fruit and vegetables, such as oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots. We want other food, like ice cream, but we don't need it, because it is unhealthy. What do we want? We want different things. Lots of people like games. Others want dolls or comic books. Some people want fancy clothes. Why do people have jobs? People have jobs to get money. We use money to buy things we need and things we want. It is important to buy the things we need first. Then we can buy fancy things.

    We need to eat ice cream to be healthy.

  3. 3. Choose the correct answer.

    What do we need? Everyone needs food, water, a home, and clothes. These keep us healthy, warm, and safe. We need fruit and vegetables, such as oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots. We want other food, like ice cream, but we don't need it, because it is unhealthy. What do we want? We want different things. Lots of people like games. Others want dolls or comic books. Some people want fancy clothes. Why do people have jobs? People have jobs to get money. We use money to buy things we need and things we want. It is important to buy the things we need first. Then we can buy fancy things.

    Why do people have jobs?

    One or several answers possible.

  4. 4. Choose the correct answer.

    What do we need? Everyone needs food, water, a home, and clothes. These keep us healthy, warm, and safe. We need fruit and vegetables, such as oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots. We want other food, like ice cream, but we don't need it, because it is unhealthy. What do we want? We want different things. Lots of people like games. Others want dolls or comic books. Some people want fancy clothes. Why do people have jobs? People have jobs to get money. We use money to buy things we need and things we want. It is important to buy the things we need first. Then we can buy fancy things.

    According to the text, what should you buy first?

    One or several answers possible.

  5. 5. Complete the sentences about the text.

    What do we need? Everyone needs food, water, a home, and clothes. These keep us healthy, warm, and safe. We need fruit and vegetables, such as oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots. We want other food, like ice cream, but we don't need it, because it is unhealthy. What do we want? We want different things. Lots of people like games. Others want dolls or comic books. Some people want fancy clothes. Why do people have jobs? People have jobs to get money. We use money to buy things we need and things we want. It is important to buy the things we need first. Then we can buy fancy things.

    Food, water, a home and clothes keep us , warm and safe. Some people want clothes.

  6. 6. Write one thing you NEED and one thing you WANT. Write 2 sentences.