Penguin Readers Answer Key level
Five One-Act Plays PRE-INTERMEDIATE 3
2 (a) (ii) Oh, that doesn’t matter. I don’t
Answers to Book activities Answers to Factsheet activities
work. When I go to town, I can
■ Communicative activities walk.
1 Open answers
(b) (iv) Oh, that doesn’t worry me. I was
2 a a part of a play Open answers
talking about the noise of cars
b a person
c ring
■ Student activities and buses.
Activities before reading the book (c) (i) I won’t notice. I’ve got a lot of
d vegetables (and fruit)
warm clothes.
e a flat (or a room, or a house) vegetables pages 2 and 3
(d) (v) Perhaps they’ll never build them.
f visit fruit pages 2 and 3 Who knows?
g throw it away women pages 2 and 3 (e) (vi) That’s not necessary. I like a
3 Open answers
a shopkeeper pages 2 and 3 hard bed.
4 a …because she gets bored at home all
a small boy pages 2 and 3 (f) (iii) Oh, that doesn’t matter. It’s only
day. She wants something to do.
a bed page 4 a small hole. I can put a picture
b …because it’s too small / the bed is
a window pages 4/31 over it.
too hard / there’s a hole in the wall / it’s
a mirror page 4 3 Possible corrections in italics
too expensive / the furniture is too old.
a fireplace page 4 The old man worked in a museum. Now
c … because he wants to write a book.
he’s writing a book about pictures. Mr
d … because it’s quiet / it has a nice a chair pages 4/13/21
Stone brings two pictures from the
view / he likes old furniture / it isn’t a view page 4
garage. The old man thinks the small one
expensive. cliffs page 13 is worth a lot of money. He says it was
5 Open answers clouds page 13 painted by John Holland, a painter who
6 a cliff cave basket manager sea page 13 lived about a hundred years ago. Mr
b head office smuggler Granny
sand page 13 Stone says there are a lot more paintings
scene
umbrella page 13 in the garage. Mr Dean says ‘I’ll be rich
c Open answers
an old lady page 13 when I sell the pictures. I won’t want to let
7 a Granny – in the sun
a cup page 21 the room.’She says the old man can have
b John – to the cave
a kitchen page 21 the room. ‘I’ll be able to buy a new house
c Mary – the smugglers
with the money.’ he says. The old man
d Mrs Brown – Granny’s chair a table page 21
says ‘Please don’t change the furniture.’
8 a Mr Hill wants a new cook. Annie is a a desk page 31
bad cook, and she gives his a computer page 31 An afternoon on the beach
important visitors bad food. an old man page 31
b Briggs and Winter think that Mr Hill, 1 (a) near
books page 31
their boss, is lazy. He comes to work (b) at
glasses page 31 (c) of
late and he leaves early. They also
say that he takes two or three hours (d) in
Activities after reading a section (e) away
for lunch.
c Mrs Hill thinks that her husband has Listen to the boy! (f) to
become more selfish. (g) about
1 About the men taking a box of apples out
d Mr Hill changes his mind about (h) after
of Mr Smith’s car?
Annie. After his bad dream, he (i) for
2 Five times.
doesn’t want her to leave. He (j) up
3 (a) (v) Oh, was I? Thank you.
understands how she feels. He also (k) back
(b) (ix) Yes, I’ll take those.
realizes that she will probably not (l) out
(c) (vii) They can’t wait.
find another job. (m)behind
(d) (i) Nine.
9 Open answers (n) from
(e) (iv) Johnny Bell.
10 a professor (o) above
(f) (vi) That’s right.
b sergeant, inspector (p) on
(g) (viii) What about these?
11 Open answers 2 (a) Her
(h) (x) Yes, madam. I’ve got some good
12 a Professor Hunter and Miss Green. (b) her
ones but they’re still in my car.
The Professor is ready to give his (c) she
(i) (iii) I’ll go and get them.
invention to the world. (d) She
(j) (ii) I tried to tell you but nobody
b Professor Hunter. He can’t find his (e) her
listened to me.
glasses or his watch. (f) her
c Miss Green. She thinks that the The Right Person (g) her
wrong people have taken the 1 (h) her
Professor’s invention. (i) She
item Mr the young the old
d Professor Hunter. He realizes that (j) she
Stone man man
Pitt and Rose are the wrong people. 3 The following 14 words are in the
It’s small. ✗ ✓ Wordsearch
He gives them the wrong papers.
It’s clean. ✓ swim
13–16 Open answers
The furniture umbrella
is heavy. ✓ sea
The furniture rock
is old. ✓ ✓ ✓ cave
The furniture beach
is good. ✓ ✓ cliffs
sand
Modern
sun
furniture is better ✓
water
The view is bad. ✗ ✗ basket
The bed is hard. ✓ ✓ tea
Soft beds are better ✓ ✗ rest
The room costs chair
too much. ✓ ✗
The room is cold
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Penguin Readers Answer Key
Five One-Act Plays
A bad dream 2 The correct order is:
1 (b) Pitt and Rose arrive at the
(a) terrible (ii) coffee Professor’s house.
(d) Pitt and Rose show their cards to
(b) bad (iii) cook
Miss Green.
(c) important (iv) customers
(a) Miss Green takes Pitt and Rose to
(d) young (vii) woman
the Professor’s room.
(e) new (v) job (e) The Professor gives some papers to
(f) big (i) bank Pitt and Rose.
(g) little (vi) sleep (c) Pitt and Rose leave.
2 (a) It will be a good thing for the bank. 3 The correct order now is:
(b) He isn’t a good manager. Pitt and Rose stop the car of the men
(c) They do all the work. from the government.
(d) He’s not nice to the people in the Pitt and Rose lock the government men
bank. in an empty house.
(e) Nobody likes him. Pitt and Rose steal the cards from the
(f) He doesn’t … work hard. government men.
(g) He comes to work late in the Pitt and Rose arrive.
morning. Pitt and Rose show their cards to Miss
(h) He often leaves early. Green.
(i) He takes two or three hours for lunch. Miss Green takes Pitt and Rose to the
(j) He’s never at the bank. Professor’s room.
(k) Head Office agrees that he must The Professor doesn’t like the look of Pitt
resign. and Rose.
(l) The bank will be a happier place The Professor decides not to give the
without him. real papers to Pitt and Rose.
3 (a) (viii) Yes, I saw them when they The Professor gives some papers to Pitt
were going out. and Rose.
(b) (vii) Yes, I know. Pitt and Rose read the papers and
(c) (x) Yes, they told me. accept them.
(d) (ix) Yes, the people in the bank Pitt and Rose leave.
don’t like you. I’m not surprised.
(e) (iv) I need a holiday. I’m going to Activities after reading the book
spend a few days with my Open answers
sister.
(f) (i) I can’t help you. And I must
have a holiday. I can’t wait.
(g) (vi) Where will you get the money
for a holiday? You’ve lost your
job. It won’t be easy to find a
new one.
(h) (iii) I hope you’re right.
(i) (ii) I have no idea. I’ll write and tell
you.
(j) (v) There’s Annie. Speak to her
nicely and perhaps she’ll stay.
4 Actual answers but anything with the
same meaning is acceptable.
(a) Leave, sir? I came about the tea, sir.
(b) No, of course not, sir. I’m very happy
here.
(c) Yes, sir, Mrs Hill told me.
(d) I know, sir. But she’ll come back. I’ll
look after you while she’s away.
(e) That doesn’t matter, sir. I want to stay
here, sir. It’s my home.
The Professor
1 (a) breakfast
(b) coffee
(c) day
(d) invention
(e) papers
(f) government
(g) leg
(h) hospital
(i) morning
(j) glasses
(k) watch
(l) work
(m)men
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