Touchstone checkpoint Touchstone checkpoint Units 4-6Units 4-6

1 What do you think?1 What do you think?

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1. Parent’s shouldn’t let teenagers 1. Parent’s shouldn’t let teenagers watchwatch violent shows on TV.violent shows on TV.

2. Parents ought to make their kids 2. Parents ought to make their kids readread books every night.books every night.

3. Teachers ask students 3. Teachers ask students to doto do too much too much homework.homework.

4. Parents shouldn’t help their children 4. Parents shouldn’t help their children dodo / / to doto do their homework. their homework.

5. Parents shouldn’t let their children 5. Parents shouldn’t let their children eateat too much junk food.too much junk food.

6. Parents should get their kids 6. Parents should get their kids to eatto eat more more vegetables and fewer sweets.vegetables and fewer sweets.

7. We shouldn’t let young people 7. We shouldn’t let young people drivedrive cars cars until they’re 21.until they’re 21.

8. We ought to ask all teenagers 8. We ought to ask all teenagers to doto do some volunteer work.some volunteer work.

2 The way it used to be• When I was a kid, we used to When I was a kid, we used to visitvisit my my

grandparents every month. They grandparents every month. They livedlived two two hours from our home, so we always hours from our home, so we always broughtbrought some books to read in the car. I some books to read in the car. I used to used to hatehate the drive, and I’d always the drive, and I’d always complaincomplain, so my dad would , so my dad would buybuy us ice us ice cream. That cream. That waswas fun. When we fun. When we gotgot to my to my grandparents’ house, my grandma would grandparents’ house, my grandma would always let us always let us playplay in her yard. They had a in her yard. They had a swing set, and my grandpa would swing set, and my grandpa would pushpush us us on the swings.on the swings.

4 What’s going to happen?

CindyCindy What time does your train leave / is your train leaving / is your train going to leave today?

DanaDana I’m taking / ‘m going to take the 3:30 train. Oh, no, it’s almost 3:00!

CindyCindy Don’t worry. I’ll drive you to the station.

DanaDana Oh, you don’t have to do that. I’ll call a taxi.

CindyCindy No way! I can take you . I’m going to / ‘m going to go to the mall this afternoon….

DanaDana Are you sure it won’t be / ‘s not going to be a problem?

CindyCindy No problem at all. I’m meeting / ‘m going to meet a friend there at 4:00.

DanaDana Well, OK. Thanks. I’ll get my suitcase.CindyCindy Yeah. We’re going to have to / have

to leave right away.DanaDana OK. I’ll be ready in five minutes.