Canada

Joan Acosta

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 Contents

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Canada quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Map of Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Ottawa is Canada’s capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Maple leaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Maple syrup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

July 1 is Canada’s birthday.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Emily Carr is a famous Canadian artist . . . . 17

Helping newcomers adjust to Canada . . . . 19

Members of Canada’s Parliament . . . . . . . . 22

Workers find dinosaur tracks in B.C.. . . . . . 24

Terry Fox is a Canadian hero . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Lots of Lees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Crossword: Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Answers for exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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 Welcome
This e-book is part of a series
called Best of The Reader. The stories
To the teacher
in the e-books are from The Westcoast Learners can read the articles
Reader. It is a newspaper for adults and do the exercises individually,
who are improving their English in pairs, or in groups.
reading skills. The topics can be explored
further through discussion
or follow-up activities.
To the reader
4 You can use this book Teachers’ Guide
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or on your own. on this website. The guide has
4 Each story has exercises to go
ideas and suggestions on how
with it. These exercises can help
to use the e-books with students.
you improve your English and
reading skills. Acknowledgements
4 You can check your answers
at the end of the book.
The author gratefully acknowledges the financial
support of Capilano University for this project.

A special thank you to the learners and teachers

who helped choose the articles for this book.

Three reading levels All of the material in this book first appeared in
The Westcoast Reader (1982 to 2009). Some of the

There are three reading levels

articles have been updated. Most of the exercises

in this book. Here are the symbols

and activities for learners are based on material from
The Westcoast Reader Teachers’ Notes (1982 to 2009).

for each level:

Credits
Level 1 Photos
Front cover— iStockphoto (Parliament Buildings); The Province (girls);
The Vancouver Sun (family)

Level 2 Pages 5– 7: Canada Post; Page 9: iStockphoto; Page 11: iStockphoto (tree,
syrup); Canada Post (stamps); Pages 12, 14: Canada Coast to Coast; Page 15:
The Vancouver Sun; Page 17: BC Archives D-06009 (Carr top); BC Archives
C-03805 (Carr house); BC Archives H-02813 (young Carr); Paintings: Skidegate
(left), 1912, Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust, VAG 42.3.73; Skidegate (right),

Level 3 1912, Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust, VAG 42.3.75; Three Cedar Trunks,
1937, Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust, VAG 42.3.64 (All VAG photos: Trevor
Mills); Page 19: The Vancouver Sun; Page 22: iStockphoto (Parliament Buildings);
Jason Ransom (PM family); Page 24: The Province (dinosaurs); Page 28: The
Province (Fox); Page 30: The Vancouver Sun
Illustrations
Cover, Pages 8, 9, 11: Guy Parsons; Page 13, 15. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26: Nola Johnston

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 Canada quiz
The photos in this quiz are all Canadian stamps. Most of the stamps
were issued by Canada Post between 1990 and 2009.

How much do you know about Canada? Draw a circle around the correct answer.

1 Canada’s flag has a 7 Every year, millions

red ___ leaf in the centre. of people visit Stanley
a. oak Park in ___.
b. maple a. Winnipeg
b. Vancouver
4 Thousands of people
from ___ have settled in
Nova Scotia.
a. India
b. Scotland

Most of Canada’s ___

A ___ is on Canada’s
8
live in small communities
2
two-dollar coin.
in the North.
a. loon
a. Inuit
b. Canada goose
b. Cree
5 Canada’s government
meets in the Parliament
Buildings in ___.
a. Victoria
b. Ottawa

The Blue Jays baseball 9 More girls in Canada

play ___ than any other
3
team plays in ___ .
a. Montreal sport.
b. Toronto a. soccer
6 Large dinosaurs lived b. hockey
in ___ millions of years
ago.
a. Alberta
b. Nunavut

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10 Niagara Falls is 16 The Royal Canadian
between the province ___ Police (RCMP)
of ___ and the state is the national police
of New York. for Canada.
a. Ontario a. Military
b. Quebec b. Mounted
13 Toronto’s ___ ___ is
553 metres high.
a. CN Tower
b. Sears Tower

After Tim Horton’s 17 The highest mountain

in Canada is ___ ___.
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hockey career, he started
a ___ shop. a. Mount Logan
a. bicycle b. Mount McKinley
b. donut
14 Queen Elizabeth II
is Canada’s head of state.
She lives in ___ and visits
Canada.
a. Australia
b. England 18 Remembrance Day
is ___ 11. We remember
12 Alexander Graham Canadian soldiers who
Bell is known as the died in wars.
father of the ___. a. November
a. telephone b. July
b. telegraph
15 Moose live in many
parts of Canada. Male
moose grow new ___
every year.
a. horns
b. antlers

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 Canada quiz
19 The 2010 Olympic 25 Visitors enjoy many
Winter Games were outdoor activities at the
in ___ and Whistler. Winter Carnival in ___.
a. Calgary a. Québec City
b. Vancouver b. Halifax
22 Julie Payette is a
Canadian ___. She has
been on two flights into
space.
a. race car driver
b. astronaut
20 The ___ Canadiens
are one of Canada’s
seven National Hockey
26 The___ ___ is the
League (NHL) teams. highest court in Canada.
a. Montreal a. Supreme Court
b. Ottawa b. Federal Court
23 ___ bears live in
Canada’s Arctic. They live
on the ice in the winter.
a. Polar
b. Grizzly

The___ dog was first

Anne of Green Gables
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bred to work on fishing
is one of Canada’s best- boats. These dogs are
selling ____. excellent swimmers.
a. albums a. Husky
b. novels b. Newfoundland
24 More than 1.5 million
immigrants came to
Canada from ___
between 1928 and 1971.
a. Asia
b. Europe
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 Map of Canada

Fill in the names of the missing provinces and territories.

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N__ __t__w__s__
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N__w__ __ __n__l__ __d
Yukon and
• Nunavut
__ __b__ __d__ __

• Alberta •
Manitoba
• •
Quebec
Prince
• Edward

2
__r__ __i__h
• • Island

C__ __u__ __ __a

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3 N__ __a
S__ __k__t__ __ __w__ __
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4 __ __w
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 Ottawa is Canada’s capital

Parliament
Buildings Downtown
Ottawa

Ottawa
River

Ottawa is the capital of Canada. The Parliament Buildings

It is in the province of Ontario. are the most important buildings
in Ottawa.

Ontario

Canada’s government meets

Ottawa

The city of Ottawa in the Parliament Buildings.

is on the Ottawa River.

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 Write the sentences
Write the words in the correct order.
1. capital / of / Ottawa / The / is / Canada

______________________________________________________________

2. is / province / It / of / in / Ontario / the

______________________________________________________________

3. River / of / Ottawa / The / on / is / Ottawa / city / the

______________________________________________________________

4. Ottawa / are / Buildings / The / in / Parliament

______________________________________________________________

Categories
Add two more words to each category.

1. countries: Canada ____________________ ____________________

2. cities: Ottawa ____________________ ____________________

3. provinces: Ontario ____________________ ____________________

4. rivers: Ottawa ____________________ ____________________

5. capital cities: Ottawa ____________________ ____________________

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 Maple leaf Maple syrup
Canada produces about 85 percent
of the world’s maple syrup.
The maple leaf Most of Canada’s
is a symbol of Canada. maple syrup comes
Quebec

There is a red maple leaf from Quebec.

on Canada’s flag.
Making maple syrup
In the spring, workers put
a tube in each maple tree. They hang
a bucket from the tube. Sap from
the tree drips into the bucket.
tube sap

There are two maple leaves

maple tree bucket

on Canada’s penny.
The workers collect
the sap. They boil it
to make maple syrup.

A year in the life of a maple leaf

Spring Summer Fall Winter

maple seeds green maple leaves red maple leaves brown maple leaves

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 Label the drawing
Use the words in the box to label the drawing.
bucket

1. tube

tree
2.
sap

3.

4.

What is the meaning?

Match the word on the left with the meaning on the right.

____ 1. hang a. to bring together from several places

____ 2. sap b. a watery liquid in plants

____ 3. collect c. a long hollow object

____ 4. hole d. an opening into something

____ 5. tube e. a container with an open top and a handle

____ 6. bucket f. to attach something so it does not touch the ground

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 Canada’s coins
Use the words in the boxes to finish the sentences.
1 Canada’s penny has two _______________________
leaves on it.

2 The nickel has a _______________________ on it. This animal

has thick fur and stong teeth. It lives in ______________________
and lakes in many parts of Canada.

3 The Bluenose is on Canada’s dime. The ___________________

was built in 1921. It was very fast.

4 The Canadian quarter has a caribou on it. Caribou are a kind

of _______________________. They live in Canada’s North.

5 A loon is on Canada’s ____________________ coin. This water

bird lives near lakes in many parts of the country. Many people
call this coin a “loonie.”

6 Canada’s $2 coin has a _____________________ bear on on it.

The centre is a yellowish-gold colour. The outside
__________________ is a silver colour. Many people call this coin
a “toonie.”

t deer
beaver dollar
polar
ring sailboa rivers maple

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A coin trick

1 You will need six large coins and six small coins.

2 Arrange the coins in four rows like the ones below.

3 Now, can you rearrange the coins to make two rows

of large coins and two rows of small coins?

There is only one rule: You can touch only one coin.

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 July 1 is Canada’s birthday
In the 1600s and 1700s, people Canada Day
from Europe came to explore North We celebrate Canada’s birthday
America. Some of these people stayed on July 1. Many cities and towns
and started colonies. have parades. Some places have
Four colonies join together fireworks in the evening.
On July 1, 1867, four colonies
joined together to form Canada.
They were Ontario (Canada West),
Quebec (Canada East), Nova Scotia,
and New Brunswick.These colonies
became Canada’s first provinces.
The other provinces and territories
joined Canada later.

Nova
Scotia
Quebec
New
Ontario Brunswick

This map shows Canada in 1867.

When did the other provinces and territories join Canada?

n Manitoba—1870 n Saskatchewan—1905
n Northwest Territories—1870 n Alberta—1905
n British Columbia—1871 n Newfoundland
n Prince Edward Island—1873 (and Labrador) —1949
n Yukon—1898 n Nunavut—1999

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 Finish the chart
Finish the chart with the following information:
a. the date that each province and territory joined Canada
b. the abbreviation for each province and territory

Province or territory Date joined Canada Abbreviation

Provinces
Alberta AB
British Columbia

Manitoba 1870
New Brunswick NB
Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia 1867

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec QC
Saskatchewan

Territories
Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Yukon 1898
Find the abbreviations (symbols) for Canadian provinces and territories at <www.canadapost.com>

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Emily Carr is a famous Canadian artist
Emily Carr is a famous artist. Painted totem poles
Her paintings are in galleries and Carr had an interest in the First
museums in many parts of Canada. Nations people of B.C. She travelled
by canoe to small villages along
the coast. She often painted First
Born in Victoria
Emily Carr was born in Victoria,
Nations houses and totem poles.
British Columbia, in 1871.

The Carr family lived in this house

Painted landscapes
Carr also liked to paint the forests
in Victoria.

and mountains of British Columbia.

Studied art
Emily Carr began to draw at
a young age. When she was 19 years
old, she went to San Francisco to
study art. Later, she studied art
in Paris and London.

Wrote books
Emily Carr wrote several books
about her life. She died in Victoria
Emily Carr in 1891 in 1945.
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 What word is missing?
One word is missing in each sentence. Draw an arrow where the missing
word should go. Write the word on the line.
born
1. Emily Carr was in Victoria, British Columbia. born
________________
^
2. Carr studied art Europe. ________________

3. She often painted Nations houses and totem poles. ________________

4. Carr also liked to the forest and mountains of B.C. ________________

5. Emily Carr in Victoria in 1945. ________________

6. Emily Carr’s paintings in many galleries and museums. _______________

Word families
Circle the correct form of the word. Then cross out the incorrect word.

1. Emily Carr’s paint / paintings are in many museums in Canada.

2. Carr began to drawing / draw at a young age.

3. She studied / student art in San Francisco.

4. Carr traveller / travelled by canoe to small villages on the B.C. coast.

5. She had an interest / interesting in First Nations people.

6. Carr painting / painted the mountains and forests of B.C.

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 Helping newcomers adjust to Canada
Christina
The Macena family and
the Mbona family enjoy
spending time together.
Paolo

Alphonsina

Thousands of immigrants and The Mbonas are newcomers

refugees come to Canada every year. The Mbonas are refugees from
They need to learn many things Africa. Yogabo and Alphonsina
about their new home. Mbona have six children. They
came to Canada from Congo.
Program helps newcomers
There is a host program in
Vancouver called Connections.
Families spend time together
Paolo and Christina Macena
It matches newcomers with
help the Mbonas in many ways.
Canadians. Hosts help newcomers
For example, they helped the couple
adjust to life in Canada.
find used furniture and inexpensive
The Macenas are hosts winter clothes.
The Macena family came to The two families enjoy spending
Canada from Brazil 10 years ago. time together. Paolo says, “We like
Now they are helping other to go out together on the weekend.”
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Crossword: Winter clothes
The Mbonas had to buy winter clothes. What did they buy?

Across Down

1 4 2 3

6 7 4 5

1 2 3
Down
4

6 7

Across

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 Make a new word
Fill in the missing letters. Then take the circled letters and rearrange
them to make a new word. The new word starts with a capital letter.

1. A country in South America ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

2. Five, ___, seven ___ ___ ___

3. Husband and wife ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

4. The season before spring ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

5. Table, chair, bed ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

6. Opposite of teach ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

New word from circled letters ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

What’s the word?

One of the three prefixes next to the root word is right for that word.
Choose the correct prefix and write the new word on the line.
prefixes root word new word
1. un / in / dis expensive inexpensive
_________________________

2. un / re / in pay _________________________

3. re / mis / im possible _________________________

4. un / mis / in afraid _________________________

5. un / dis / re honest _________________________

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 Members of Canada’s Parliament
Canada has 308 Members of Election results
Parliament (MPs). They form a group Canada had a federal election
called the House of Commons. Voters in May 2011. Voters elected
in every province and territory elect 308 MPs. Five parties have MPs.
the MPs. These men and women meet
to decide about important issues in Party Number of MPs
Canada. They also make new laws. Conservative 165
Members of Parliament (MPs)
MPs represent the people who live
NDP 101
in their areas. Liberal 35
✔ Each area is called a federal Bloc Québécois 4
electoral district. It is also called
a riding or a constituency.
Green 1

✔ Canada has 308 federal ridings. Independent 2

✔ MPs work in their ridings for part Total 308
of the year. They also work in Ottawa
for part of the year.
Standings as of February 20, 2013

Canada’s prime minister

The Conservative party has the
MPs meet in
most MPs. It forms the government.
Stephen Harper is the leader of the
the Parliament
Conservative party. He is the prime
Buildings in
minister of Canada.
Ottawa.

Who is your MP?

Find your MP using
your postal code.
1 Go to: www.parl.gc.ca

2 Choose English or French.

3 Type your postal code into

the search box. Click Find.
Stephen Harper, his wife Laureen,
and their two children

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 Numbers
Write the answers on the lines.
1. Which party has the most MPs?

______________________________________________________________

2. Which party has the second most MPs?

______________________________________________________________

3. Which party has more MPs—the Liberals or the Bloc Québécois?

______________________________________________________________

4. How many MPs does the Green Party have?

______________________________________________________________

True or false
Circle T if the sentence is true. Circle F if the sentence is false (not true).
1. Stephen Harper is the prime minister of Canada. T F

2. He is the leader of the Liberal party. T F

3. The Conservative party has the most MPs. It forms the government. T F

4. MPs represent the people who live in their areas. T F

5. MPs meet in the Parliament Buildings in Toronto. T F

6. Canada had a federal election in 2009. T F

7. You can use your postal code to find the name of your MP. T F
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 Workers find dinosaur tracks in B.C.

This is an artist’s drawing

of sauropod dinosaurs
and their tracks.

tracks

In 2007, workers were building Biggest and oldest

a road near the border between Rich McCrea is a scientist.
Alberta and British Columbia. He studies dinosaurs. Rich says,
The workers found a large number “The tracks found in B.C. are the
of dinosaur tracks in the rocks. biggest ever found in Canada. They
Scientists studied the rocks. are also the oldest.”
They said the tracks were made
by giant sauropod dinosaurs about
135 million years ago.
British
Sauropods were huge Columbia

Sauropods had long necks and long, Dinosaur

powerful tails. The dinosaurs were
Alberta
tracks
about 20 m long and 7 m high. They
probably weighed 30 tonnes. •
That’s the weight of about
six African elephants.
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 Is it a, b, or c?
Circle a, b, or c to finish the sentences.
1. In 2007, workers were ____ a road near the border between Alberta and B.C.
a. surveying b. building c. repairing
2. The workers found a large number of dinosaur ____ in the rocks.
a. bones b. skulls c. tracks
3. ____ studied the rocks.
a. Scientists b. Road workers c. Teachers
4. They said the tracks ____ by sauropod dinosaurs about 135 million years ago.
a. were built b. were made c. were covered
5. Sauropods had long ____ and long, powerful tails.
a. ears b. beaks c. necks
6. The dinosaurs ____ weighed 30 tonnes.
a. definitely b. probably c. undoubtedly

Match Finish the words

Match the words with their meanings. Add the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
to finish each word.
____ 1. powerful a. footprints 1. d __n__ s__ __r

____ 2. huge b. strong 2. sc __ __ nt__st

____ 3. border c. likely 3. w __ __ gh__d

____ 4. tracks d. very big 4. __l __ ph__nts

____ 5. probably e. boundary 5. b__tw __ __n

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 Terry Fox never gave up
Terry Fox Runs
Terry Fox died in 1981.
He raised $24 million before
he died.
Every September there are Terry
Fox Runs. The money from the runs
goes to cancer research.

Students take part

in Terry Fox Run
On September 26 we had a
Terry Fox ran on
Terry Fox Run at our community
one artificial leg.
centre.
Terry Fox died in 1981, Some people ran. Other people
but Canadians still remember him. walked. We raised $337 for cancer
research.
Lost his leg
Terry Fox was born in 1958.
Adult ESL class

He grew up in Port Coquitlam,

Burnaby

British Columbia.
In 1977, Terry found out he
had bone cancer. Doctors had to
amputate most of Terry’s right leg.
He had to use an artificial leg
to walk.
Decided to raise money
Terry decided to run across
Canada to raise money for cancer
research. He started his run in
Newfoundland in 1980. He had
Some students ran
to stop in Ontario because he had
for 15 minutes.
cancer in his lungs.
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 Finish the sentences
Make sentences using the words from Lists A, B, and C.

List A List B List C

Terry Fox he found out in 1958.
In 1977, to run across Canada was for cancer research.
Doctors $24 million most of Terry’s right leg.
Terry decided that he raised before he died.
Terry raised had to amputate to raise money.
The money was born he had bone cancer.

Terry Fox was born in 1958.

1. ______________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________

6. ______________________________________________________________

Who is your hero?

Terry Fox is a hero. He inspires people in Canada
and around the world. Who is your hero? ________________________________
Why is this person your hero? _________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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 Lots of Lees
Top 10
Here are the top 10 last names
in the Vancouver area.

Number
Last name of people

1 Lee 5,863

2 Wong 5,101

3 Chan 3,752

4 Smith 3,623
Don Lee
5 Kim 2,387

6 Chen 2,368
Don Lee came to Canada from
China in 1949. He says, “At that
7 Gill 2,100
time, there were only a few Lees
in Vancouver. And most of them
8 Li 2,056
were English.” 9 Brown 1,962
More and more Lees
During the past 60 years,
10 Johnson 1,843
Don has seen a big increase in
the number of Lees in Vancouver. Names
Today Lee is the most common
last name in the Vancouver area.
n A last name is sometimes
Most of the Lees are from Korea
called a family name or
or China.
a surname.
n A first name is sometimes
Lee replaces Smith called a Christian name
For many years, Smith was or a given name.
the most common last name
in the Vancouver area. Now,
n A maiden name is a woman’s

it is the fourth most common.

family name before she is married.
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Last names
Many last names have meanings. For example:
• Kim means “gold” in Korean. • Arce means “maple tree” in Spanish.
• Ivanov means “son of Ivan” in Russian • Wang means “king” in Chinese.
• Raptis means “tailor” in Greek. • Cermak means “robin” in Czech.

Do you know the meaning of your last name? Write it on the line.

_______________________________________________________________

You can find out about surnames at: <surnames.behindthename.com>

Opposites “Few” and “a few”

Find the opposites of these words Use “few” or “a few” in the
in the story. sentences.
1. many ___________________ 1. Can I borrow ___________
dollars from you?
2. then ____________________ 2. She gave him ___________
books to read.
3. bottom __________________ 3. Leo’s English is excellent. He

4. decrease _________________ makes ___________ mistakes.

4. I invited ___________ friends

5. rare ____________________
to dinner on Friday night.

6. first ____________________ 5. I often feel very lonely. I have

___________ friends here.

7. after ___________________
6. The exam was hard. ___________
8. least ___________________ students did well.
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 Crossword: Canada

Down

Across

Across Down
3. Emily Carr painted totem __. 1. Ottawa is the __ of Canada.

6. Nunavut is Canada’s newest __. 2. Canada has 308__ ridings.

8. Canada’s __ has a beaver on it. 4. Canada has 10 provinces

and __ territories.
9. Terry Fox lost a __ to cancer.
5. July 1 is Canada’s __.
10. A sauropod is a kind of __.
7. The Mbonas have __ children.

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 Answers for exercises
Canada quiz (p 5-7) Finish the chart (p 16)
1b 2a 3b 4b 5b 6a 7b 8a 9a Provinces
10a 11b 12a 13a 14b 15b 16b 17a 18a Alberta 1905 AB
19b 20a 21b 22b 23a 24b 25a 26a 27b British Columbia 1871 BC
Manitoba 1870 MB
Map of Canada (p 8) New Brunswick 1867 NB
1. Northwest Terrritories 2. British Columbia Newfoundland
3. Saskatchewan 4. Ontario and Labrador 1949 NL
5. New Brunswick 6. Nova Scotia Nova Scotia 1867 NS
7. Newfoundland and Labrador Ontario 1867 ON
Prince Edward Island 1873 PE
Write the sentences (p 10) Quebec 1867 QC
1. The capital is Ottawa. Saskatchewan 1905 SK
2. It is in the province of Ontario
3. The city of Ottawa is on the Ottawa River.
Territories
Northwest Territories 1870 NT
4. The Parliament Buildings are in Ottawa. Nunavut 1999 NU
Yukon 1898 YT
Categories (p 10)
Answers will vary. What word is missing? (p 18)
2. in 3. First 4. paint 5. died 6. are
Label the drawing (p 12)
1. tree 2. tube 3. sap 4. bucket Word families (p 18)
1. paintings 2. draw 3. studied 4. travelled
What is the meaning? (p 12) 5. interest 6. painted
1f 2b 3a 4d 5c 6e
Crossword: Winter clothes (p 20)
Canada’s coins (p 13)
1. maple 2. beaver, rivers 3. sailboat
4. deer 5. dollar 6. polar, ring

A coin trick (p 14)

Solution: Put your finger on
the middle of the top row.
Move the coin around the
other coins until it is below Make a new word (p 21)
the middle coin on the 1. Brazil 2. six 3. couple 4. winter
bottom row. Without taking your finger off 5. furniture 6. learn New word: Africa
the coin, push the centre row up one place.
What’s the word? (p 21)
2. repay 3. impossible
4. unafraid 5. dishonest

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 Answers for exercises
Numbers (p 23) Crossword: Canada (p 30)
1. The Conservative Party has the most MPs.
2. The NDP has the second most MPs.
3. The Liberals have more MPs (than the
Bloc Québécois).
4. The Green Party has one MP.

True or false (p 23)

1T 2F 3T 4T 5F 6F 7T

Is it a, b, or c? (p 25)
1b 2c 3a 4b 5c 6b

Match (p 25)
1b 2d 3e 4a 5c

Finish the words (p 25)

1. dinosaur 2. scientist 3. weighed
4. elephants 5. between

Finish the sentences (p 27)

2. In 1977, he found out he had bone cancer.
3. Doctors had to amputate most
of Terry’s right leg.
4. Terry decided to run across Canada
to raise money.
5. Terry raised $24 million before he died.
6. The money that he raised was for
cancer research.

Opposites (p 29)
1. few 5. common
2. now 6. last
3. top 7. before
4. increase 8. most

“Few” and “a few” (p 29)

1. a few 4. a few
2. a few 5. few
3. few 6. Few

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