ONE OF US IS LYING WORKSHEET LEVEL 6
1 Complete the table about American secondary schools. Choose the correct words
from the box.
homecoming sophomore senior freshman
prom junior prom senior high
American secondary schools
Age September to October June to July
17 Grade 12 senior
16 Grade 11 junior
15 Grade 10
14 Grade 9
Age junior high
12–13 Grades 7 and 8
2a Look at the pictures. Write the names from the box.
Nate Cooper Addy Bronwyn
1 2 3 4
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2b Complete the information about the main characters from 2a.
Name: Bronwyn 1
Lives: near 2
3
Good at:
Stereotype: She is smart—the 4
5
Her secret is:
6
Hopes to:
Name: Cooper 1
Lives: with his 2
3
Good at:
Stereotype: He is the 4
5
His secret is:
6
Hopes to:
Name: Addy (Adelaide) 1
Lives: with her 2
3
Good at:
Stereotype: She is the 4
5
Her secret is:
Name: Nate 1
Lives: with his 2
He is on: 3
for
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Stereotype: He is the 4
5
Her secret is:
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3 Who said these things? Match the characters with the sentences. Draw lines
between them.
a If all these Bayview High e Do something better.
students didn’t cheat Explode a bomb. Use a knife.
and lie, I wouldn’t have 1 Simon Kelleher Or ruin a few people’s lives
anything to write. instead of shooting them.
b You’re all stereotypes
from a teen movie, aren’t 2 Ashton
you? . . . I’m the storyteller
f Jake is a control freak.
who sees everything.
3 Janae
c I bet I could hack into
g That’s too heavy for you,
this stupid app and find baby. I’ll carry it.
out who’s doing this.
4 Jake Riordan
d I’m sick of the
conversation always being
about Bronwyn, Addy, h Jake made the recording
Cooper, and Nate. sound like everything was
Why doesn’t anybody talk 5 Maeve Rojas my idea. He said he would
about how awful About give the recording to the
That made this school? police if I didn’t help.
4 Look at the pictures from the story. Complete the table.
Who is in the Where are they and what are Why is this scene
picture? they doing? important?
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Who is in the Where are they and what are Why is this scene
picture? they doing? important?
5 Answer the texts about what happened to people after their secrets were on About That.
What happened to Luis and his 1
girlfriend because of About That?
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What did About That 2
say about Leah Jackson?
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3
What happened to Leah?
What secret did Simon share 4
about Aiden Wu?
5
What happened to Aiden then?
6 Make nouns from these words using -ion, -ence, -ance, -ness, or -ment. There is only
one answer on each line.
-ion -ence -ance -ness -ment
inform (v.)
arrange (v.)
question (v.)
silent (adj.)
decide (v.)
improve (v.)
converse (v.)
ill (adj.)
evident (adj.)
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imagine (v.)
excite (v.)
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-ion -ence -ance -ness -ment
accuse (v.)
investigate (v)
enter (v.)
differ (v.)
7 If you could send Simon a message, what would you say to him? Think about:
• What he did.
• Why he did it.
• How it went to plan / didn’t go to plan.
Dear Simon,
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8 In Chapter One, Mr Avery asks the students to write 500 words on “Is technology
ruining American schools?”. What do you think? Write your answer below.
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