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John Adams: Second

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Understand contrasts and past habits in a biography.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

temper
The tendency to become angry.
unrest
Anger and protest in a country.
attend
To go to a school or an event.

Answer key

  1. He was known to get angry easily, and often.“Was known to” means people knew he often did this.
  2. The rule worked fine for the first two elections.“Worked fine” means was successful. Numbers can be written as words or digits.
  3. The two men were personal friends, but political enemies.“But” contrasts personal and political relationships.
  4. They wanted to keep the unrest from spreading to their countries.“Keep… from spreading” means stop it from moving to other places.
  5. However, Adams chose to attend Harvard University and become a lawyer.“However” shows contrast. “Chose to” means decided to.

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