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Record Store Day helps sell records (29th April, 2014)

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Many younger people have never seen or played a real record – the 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl discs that people bought before CDs and MP3s came along. Maybe many more people think companies no longer make or sell records. They are wrong. Vinyl records are making a comeback and business is booming. This has been helped by the annual Record Store Day – a special day to celebrate independent record stores around the world. This year's Record Store Day was on April 19. Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesperson for Britain's record industry, said: "LP sales doubled in volume last year…and with sales up again this year, we're close to seeing the greatest demand for vinyl recordings in nearly two decades."

Record Store Day was created in the US in 2007. Wikipedia says: "One day every year music fans celebrate the record. Record Store Day, the organization, provides promotions, marketing, and other opportunities for stores throughout the year." This year was the most successful ever. Stores report that sales increased by 133 per cent on the previous week. My Castalso said that although vinyl is still popular with baby boomers, many young people are taking to it. He said they are attracted by the shape and packaging of the record and feel it is an important part of the heritage of rock and pop culture. Many people might be surprised that the vinyl record has survived through the digital revolution.

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Sources

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27159534
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.28480/title.record-store-day-2014-boosts-vinyl-sales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Store_Day

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. RECORDS, CDs & MP3s: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about records, CDs and MP3s. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

younger people / CDs and MP3s / making a comeback / celebrate / doubled / demand / promotions / marketing / sales / baby boomers / packaging / heritage / rock and pop

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. MUSIC: What are the good and bad things about these? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Good points	Bad points
Vinyl record
MP3
Live concert
Singing to yourself
YouTube
Radio

4. MP3s: Students A strongly believe MP3s are better than vinyl records; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. MUSIC: Rank these with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• rap

• soul

• country

• classical

• folk

• techno

• heavy rock

• jazz

6. RECORD STORES: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "record stores". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	The article says most young people have played a real record.	T / F
b.	Vinyl records are becoming more popular.	T / F
c.	Record Store Day celebrates the world's major record labels.	T / F
d.	Sales of vinyl records are almost at levels they were at 20 years ago.	T / F
e.	Record Store Day was started in the UK by fans of the Beatles.	T / F
f.	This year's Record Store Day was the best ever.	T / F
g.	Many young people like the shape and packaging of a vinyl record.	T / F
h.	No one is surprised the vinyl record survived the digital revolution.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	real	a.	yearly
2.	came along	b.	enthusiasts
3.	booming	c.	appeared
4.	annual	d.	all over
5.	close	e.	tradition
6.	fans	f.	genuine
7.	throughout	g.	remained
8.	part	h.	growing
9.	heritage	i.	aspect
10.	survived	j.	near

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	before CDs and MP3s	a.	throughout the year
2.	Vinyl records are	b.	two decades
3.	independent	c.	celebrate the record
4.	LP sales	d.	making a comeback
5.	in nearly	e.	revolution
6.	music fans	f.	record stores
7.	opportunities for stores	g.	of the heritage
8.	popular	h.	came along
9.	an important part	i.	doubled in volume
10.	digital	j.	with baby boomers

GAP FILL

Many younger people have never seen or played a (1) ____________ record – the 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl discs that people bought before CDs and MP3s came (2) ____________. Maybe many more people think companies no longer make or sell records. They are (3) ____________. Vinyl records are making a comeback and (4) ____________ is booming. This has been helped by the annual Record Store Day – a special day to (5) ____________ independent record stores around the world. This year's Record Store Day was on April 19. Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesperson for Britain's record (6) ____________, said: "LP sales (7) ____________ in volume last year…and with sales up again this year, we're close to seeing the greatest demand for vinyl recordings in nearly two (8) ____________."

industry
decades
business
real
celebrate
along
doubled
wrong

Record Store Day was (9) ____________ in the US in 2007. Wikipedia says: "One day every year music fans celebrate the record. Record Store Day, the organization, provides promotions, (10) ____________, and other opportunities for stores throughout the year." This year was the most successful (11) ____________. Stores report that sales increased by 133 per cent on the (12) ____________ week. My Castalso said that although vinyl is still popular with baby (13) ____________, many young people are taking to it. He said they are (14) ____________ by the shape and packaging of the record and (15) ____________ it is an important part of the (16) ____________ of rock and pop culture. Many people might be surprised that the vinyl record has survived through the digital revolution.

boomers
ever
feel
heritage
created
previous
marketing
attracted

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	discs that people bought before CDs and MP3s ______
	a. came along b. come along c. came a long d. came all wrong
2)	Vinyl records are making a comeback and ______
	a. business is bombing b. business is booming c. business is booting d. business is rooming
3)	a spokesperson for Britain's ______
	a. record industrial b. record industries c. record industrious d. record industry
4)	LP sales doubled in ______
	a. volumes past year b. volume vast year c. volume last year d. volumes last year
5)	the greatest demand for vinyl recordings in ______
	a. nearly two decade b. nearly two debacles c. nearly two decades d. nearly two debacle
6)	One day every year music fans ______
	a. celebrate the record b. celebrated the record c. celebrates the record d. celebratory the record
7)	provides promotions, marketing, and other opportunities for stores ______
	a. through out the year b. out through the year c. thought out the year d. though out the year
8)	Stores report that sales increased by 133 per cent on ______
	a. the previous week b. a previous week c. the previously week d. a previously week
9)	He said they are attracted by the shape ______
	a. and package in b. and packaged in c. and pack a gin d. and packaging
10)	it is an important part of the heritage of rock ______
	a. and bop culture b. and popped culture c. and pop culture d. and poppy culture

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Many younger people (1) ___________________ played a real record – the 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl discs that people bought before CDs and MP3s came along. Maybe many more people think companies (2) ___________________ sell records. They are wrong. Vinyl records are making a comeback and (3) ___________________. This has been helped by the annual Record Store Day – a special (4) ___________________ independent record stores around the world. This year's Record Store Day was on April 19. Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesperson for Britain's (5) ___________________, said: "LP sales doubled in volume last year…and with sales up again this year, we're close to seeing the greatest demand for vinyl recordings (6) ___________________."

Record Store Day (7) ___________________ US in 2007. Wikipedia says: "One day every year music fans celebrate the record. Record Store Day, the organization, provides promotions, marketing, and (8) ___________________ for stores throughout the year." This year was the most successful ever. Stores report that (9) ___________________ 133 per cent on the previous week. My Castalso said that although vinyl is still popular (10) ___________________, many young people are taking to it. He said they are attracted by the shape (11) ___________________ the record and feel it is an important part of the heritage of rock and pop culture. Many people might be surprised that the vinyl (12) ___________________ through the digital revolution.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What are the two sizes of vinyl record mentioned in the article?
2.	What do many people think record companies no longer do?
3.	What kind of record stores does World Record Day help?
4.	What happened to record sales last year?
5.	When is close to happening for the first time in 20 years?
6.	When was the very first World Record Day?
7.	How was this year's World Record Day, compared to others?
8.	By how much did record sales increase after World Record Day?
9.	Who is vinyl still popular with?
10.	What did vinyl survive?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What are the two sizes of vinyl record mentioned in the article?	6.	When was the very first World Record Day?
	a) 17-inch and 22-inch b) 7-inch and 12-inch c) 17-cm and 22-inch d) 7-cm and 12-cm		a) 2007 b) 2008 c) 2009 d) 2010
2.	What do many people think record companies no longer do?	7.	How was this year's World Record Day, compared to others?
	a) sign young artists b) record famous artists c) make CDs d) make and sell records		a) many famous pop stars came b) not so busy c) it was the best d) noisy
3.	What kind of record stores does World Record Day help?	8.	By how much did record sales increase after World Record Day?
	a) independent records stores b) iTunes c) online stores d) Sony, Capitol Records, etc.		a) 133% b) 13.3% c) 33.3% d) 113%
4.	What happened to record sales last year?	9.	Who is vinyl still popular with?
	a) they trebled b) they quadrupled c) they doubled d) they increased fivefold		a) baby boomers b) rock stars c) record company executives d) radio stations
5.	What is close to happening for the first time in 20 years?	10.	What did vinyl survive?
	a) all the Beatles records will be released b) the greatest demand for vinyl c) sales of vinyl will overtake MP3 sales d) record sales of one billion records		a) the 70s b) a big scare c) illegal downloading d) the digital revolution

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Vinyl records

You think vinyl records are the best way to listen to music. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't so good about their ways. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): YouTube, a live concert or MP3s.

Role B – YouTube

You think YouTube is the best way to listen to music. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't so good about their ways. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): vinyl records, a live concert or MP3s.

Role C – Live concert

You think a live concert is the best way to listen to music. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't so good about their ways. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): YouTube, vinyl records or MP3s.

Role D – MP3

You think MP3s are the best way to listen to music. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't so good about their ways. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): YouTube, a live concert or vinyl records.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'record' and 'store'.

record

store

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

before
longer
making
special
around
nearly

fans
marketing
ever
baby
feel
surprised

RECORDS, CDs & MP3s SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about records, CDs and MP3s in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

RECORDS, CDs & MP3s DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'record'?
c)	What do you think of vinyl records?
d)	Are records only things that older people have?
e)	Why are records still popular?
f)	What would you like to do on World Record Day?
g)	Are there ways in which records are better than CDs or MP3s?
h)	Why do you think records are making a comeback?
i)	What are the disadvantages of records?
j)	How can companies make people buy more records?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	What do you think of the idea of World Record Day?
c)	What events could people do on World Record Day?
d)	Is the cover of a record better than the cover of a CD?
e)	What will come next after the record, cassette tape, CD and MP3?
f)	Is it important to have lots of pictures and information when you buy music?
g)	How do you work a record player?
h)	What happened to mini-discs? Do you remember them?
i)	How long do you think records will survive?
j)	What questions would you like to ask a fan of vinyl?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

Many younger people have never seen or played a real record – the 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl discs that people (1) ____ before CDs and MP3s came along. Maybe many more people think companies no (2) ____ make or sell records. They are wrong. Vinyl records are making a comeback and business is (3) ____. This has been helped by the annual Record Store Day – a special day to (4) ____ independent record stores around the world. This year's Record Store Day was on April 19. Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesperson for Britain's record (5) ____, said: "LP sales doubled in volume last year…and with sales (6) ____ again this year, we're close to seeing the greatest demand for vinyl recordings in nearly two decades."

Record Store Day was created in the US in 2007. Wikipedia says: "One day every year music fans celebrate the record. Record Store Day, the organization, (7) ____ promotions, marketing, and other opportunities for stores (8) ____ the year." This year was the most successful ever. Stores report that sales increased by 133 per cent on the (9) ____ week. My Castalso said that although vinyl is still popular with baby boomers, many young people are (10) ____ to it. He said they are attracted by the shape and packaging of the record and (11) ____ it is an important part of the heritage of rock and pop culture. Many people might be surprised that the vinyl record has survived through the digital (12) ____.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	brought	(b)	purchase	(c)	bought	(d)	sell
2.	(a)	longer	(b)	shorter	(c)	wider	(d)	deeper
3.	(a)	booming	(b)	blooming	(c)	bombing	(d)	beaming
4.	(a)	celebrate	(b)	celebrates	(c)	celebrated	(d)	celebration
5.	(a)	enterprise	(b)	industry	(c)	project	(d)	campaign
6.	(a)	height	(b)	over	(c)	increase	(d)	up
7.	(a)	provisos	(b)	provisions	(c)	provides	(d)	providence
8.	(a)	thoroughly	(b)	thorough	(c)	thought	(d)	throughout
9.	(a)	previous	(b)	early	(c)	before	(d)	ago
10.	(a)	making	(b)	taking	(c)	faking	(d)	raking
11.	(a)	tough	(b)	feel	(c)	detect	(d)	believe
12.	(a)	RPM	(b)	revolver	(c)	revolution	(d)	revolting

SPELLING

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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

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( )	for Britain's record industry, said: "LP sales doubled in volume last year…and with sales
( 1 )	Many younger people have never seen or played a real record – the 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl discs that
( )	up again this year, we're close to seeing the greatest demand for vinyl recordings in nearly two decades."
( )	opportunities for stores throughout the year." This year was the most successful
( )	independent record stores around the world. This year's Record Store Day was on April 19. Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesperson
( )	by the shape and packaging of the record and feel it is an important part of the heritage of rock and pop
( )	vinyl is still popular with baby boomers, many young people are taking to it. He said they are attracted
( )	fans celebrate the record. Record Store Day, the organization, provides promotions, marketing, and other
( )	comeback and business is booming. This has been helped by the annual Record Store Day – a special day to celebrate
( )	longer make or sell records. They are wrong. Vinyl records are making a
( )	ever. Stores report that sales increased by 133 per cent on the previous week. My Castalso said that although
( )	Record Store Day was created in the US in 2007. Wikipedia says: "One day every year music
( )	people bought before CDs and MP3s came along. Maybe many more people think companies no

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	before CDs 12 - inch vinyl . discs that people bought
2.	or companies make records think longer sell People no.
3.	records making comeback Vinyl are a.
4.	last volume in doubled sales LP year.
5.	for We're seeing demand to greatest vinyl close the.
6.	celebrate fans music year every day One.
7.	Other year the throughout stores for opportunities.
8.	ever successful most the was year This.
9.	the they shape are attracted He by said.
10.	of rock It is an important part of the heritage.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Many younger people have never seen or played a really / real record – the 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl discs that people bought / brought before CDs and MP3s came along. Maybe many more people think companies no / not longer make or sell records. They are wrong / mistake. Vinyl records are making a comeback and business is bombing / booming. This has been helped by the annual Record Store Day – a special day to celebration / celebrate independent record stores around / abound the world. This year's Record Store Day was on / in April 19. Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesperson for Britain's record industry, said: "LP sales doubling / doubled in volume last year…and with sales up again this year, we're close to seeing the greatest demand for vinyl recordings in nearly / neared two decades."

Record Store Day was created / creative in the US in 2007. Wikipedia says: "One day every year music fans / pans celebrate the record. Record Store Day, the organization, provides promotions, marketed / marketing, and other opportunities / opportunity for stores throughout the year." This year was the most successful even / ever. Stores report that sales increased by 133 per cent on the previous / previously week. My Castalso said that although vinyl is yet / still popular with baby boomers, many young people are taking / talking to it. He said they are attracted by the shape and packaging of the record and feel it is an important part of the hermitage / heritage of rock and pop culture. Many people might be surprised that the vinyl record has survived through / though the digital revolution.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

many younger people have never seen or played a real record – the 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl discs that people bought before cds and mp3s came along maybe many more people think companies no longer make or sell records they are wrong vinyl records are making a comeback and business is booming this has been helped by the annual record store day – a special day to celebrate independent record stores around the world this year's record store day was on april 19 gennaro castaldo a spokesperson for britain's record industry said "lp sales doubled in volume last year…and with sales up again this year we're close to seeing the greatest demand for vinyl recordings in nearly two decades"

record store day was created in the us in 2007 wikipedia says "one day every year music fans celebrate the record record store day the organization provides promotions marketing and other opportunities for stores throughout the year" this year was the most successful ever stores report that sales increased by 133 per cent on the previous week my castalso said that although vinyl is still popular with baby boomers many young people are taking to it he said they are attracted by the shape and packaging of the record and feel it is an important part of the heritage of rock and pop culture many people might be surprised that the vinyl record has survived through the digital revolution

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Manyyoungerpeoplehaveneverseenorplayedarealrecord–the7-
inchor12-inchvinyldiscsthatpeopleboughtbeforeCDsandMP3sca
mealong.Maybemanymorepeoplethinkcompaniesnolongermakeo
rsellrecords.Theyarewrong.Vinylrecordsaremakingacomebackan
dbusinessisbooming.ThishasbeenhelpedbytheannualRecordStor
eDay–aspecialdaytocelebrateindependentrecordstoresaround
theworld.Thisyear'sRecordStoreDaywasonApril19.GennaroCastal
do,aspokespersonforBritain'srecordindustry,said:"LPsalesdouble
dinvolumelastyear…andwithsalesupagainthisyear,we'reclosetose
eingthegreatestdemandforvinylrecordingsinnearlytwodecades."R
ecordStoreDaywascreatedintheUSin2007.Wikipediasays:"Oneda
yeveryyearmusicfanscelebratetherecord.RecordStoreDay,theorg
anization,providespromotions,marketing,andotheropportunitiesf
orstoresthroughouttheyear."Thisyearwasthemostsuccessfulever.
Storesreportthatsalesincreasedby133percentonthepreviousweek
.MyCastalsosaidthatalthoughvinylisstillpopularwithbabyboomers
,manyyoungpeoplearetakingtoit.Hesaidtheyareattractedbythesh
apeandpackagingoftherecordandfeelitisanimportantpartoftheheri
tageofrockandpopculture.Manypeoplemightbesurprisedthatthevi
nylrecordhassurvivedthroughthedigitalrevolution.

FREE WRITING

Write about records, CDs and MP3s for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

What are the good and bad things about vinyl records? Compare then with MP3s.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about records, CDs and MP3s. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. RECORDS, CDs & MP3s: Make a poster about records, CDs and MP3s. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. VINYL: Write a magazine article about vinyl records. Include imaginary interviews with people who think they will be popular for many more decades, and with people who think they will disappear soon.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on the music industry. Ask him/her three questions about vinyl records. Give him/her three of your opinions on them. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

F

d

T

e

F

f

T

g

T

h

F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	real	a.	genuine
2.	came along	b.	appeared
3.	booming	c.	growing
4.	annual	d.	yearly
5.	close	e.	near
6.	fans	f.	enthusiasts
7.	throughout	g.	all over
8.	part	h.	aspect
9.	heritage	i.	tradition
10.	survived	j.	remained

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	7-inch and 12-inch
2.	Make or sell records
3.	Independent record stores
4.	They doubled
5.	The greatest demand for vinyl
6.	2007
7.	It was the best
8.	133%
9.	Baby boomers
10.	The digital revolution

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

b

2.

d

3.

a

4.

c

5.

b

6.

a

7.

c

8.

a

9.

a

10.

d

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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