ANSWER KEY UNIT 5 - TELLING FUNNY STORIES

STAGE 2

Getting Started

A

Accept any possible answer

Find out:

1. I think the pictures show funny stories.
2. The first picture: a man is flying with balloons just to give the flowers to the woman. I think it is difficult for people to fly with the balloons.

B

Find out:

1. Yes, because it is impossible that a mother forgot/ didn’t know where she put her baby
2. When the mother told her parents that her baby was missing.

C

Find out:

1. Yes, I did
2. The last part when the dumb girl disappeared directly when she said “I think”.

D

1. dinner party
2. wearing
3. clothes
4. a seat
5. put on
6. host
7. offered
8. offered
9. best food and drink
10. put off
11. surprised
12. best food

Grammar in Action

A

2. Ann and Jack were at the movie theatre.
3. Mr and Mrs Smith were at the restaurant
4. I was at home. (Accept any possible answers)

B

2. was
3. were not, were
4. was not, was

5.      were not, was

6. Were, was not, was

C

1. was
2. lived
3. was
4. came
5. found
6. had
7. loved
8. said
9. was
10. sent
11. spoke
12. reached
13. was
14. said

D

Across

1.  became
2. froze
3.  woke
4.  wore
5.  hurt
6.  said
7.  bought
8.  sat
9.  paid
10.  held
11. hit

Down

a.       blew

b.      found

c.       caught

d.      met

e.       drew

f.       spoke

g.      drove

h.      lay

i.        hid

 

E

2. Tom was at the street. He was driving.
3. Jim was at the bus stop. He was waiting for the bus.
4. Tim and Tina were at the park. They were talking.
5. I was at home. I was studying. (Accept any possible answers)

F

1. At 9:45, Baldy was washing his car
2. At 11:45 Baldy was reading a book
3. 9 o’clock, Baldy was having a breakfast.
4. At 12:50, Baldy was listening to the music.
5. -
6. At 10:30, Baldy was swimming.

G

1. was

2.      were waiting

3. were expecting
4. arrived
5. were waiting
6. were waiting
7. took
8. were carrying
9. were keeping
10. opened.

H

1. he
2. his
3. her

4.      her

5. she
6. her
7. it
8. him
9. he
10. his
11. he

I

1. suggested
2. insisted
3. inquired
4. complained
5. snapped
6. whispered
7. boasted
8. shouted
9. explained
10. pleaded
11. demanded
12. stammered

J

1.  He fell off his motorcycle when he was meeting a beautiful girl.
2.  His shorts split while he was looking for his wallet.
3.  He cut his finger when he was cooking for his mother’s birthday.
4.  The TV screen became unclear when he was watching the news.
5.  He lost consciousness when he was being given an injection.
6.  He approached an empty car while he was walking along the pavement.
7.  He combed his hair while he was waiting for his girlfriend.

K

(Accept any possible answers )

1 Possible events :

She was listening to the music and didn’t pay attention to her surroundings.

The bricklayer was not putting the bricks correctly.

She was talking to somebody along the pavement.

2 Possible events :

We were celebrating our grandparents’ birthday party.

We were having dinner.

We were talking to each other

3 Possible events :

I was not studying very hard

The professor was not explaining clearly.

I was not really meticulous

Possible events :

I didn’t wash my clothes.

Everybody was wearing new and beautiful clothes.

No one told me about the dress code.

Moving Forward

A

1. I will know the participants or the settings of the story.
2. I will know the things that happened in the story.
3. I will know the funniest part of the story.

B

1. Because he was failed in his examination.
2. His father went to see the professor and urged him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.
3. The professor asked Jack about Napoleon’s death but Jack could not answer it.
4. Jack’s father said “you see, we don’t subscribe to any newspapers in our house, so none of us even knew that Napoleon was ill”.
5. Yes, because Jack’s father is so innocent. (Accept any possible answers)
6. a Jack, Jack’s father, the Professor

b went to see, studied, asked, died, answer

c Adverbs of time : at the end of the year, the next day, the following year, next year, last month. Adverbs of place : the university, our house

d Past Tense

Hand in Hand

A

Accept any possible answer

The Wonder Zoo

One day, the old lion and the young lion were showing their powers in attracting the visitors’ attention.

“Lions ought not to behave like that!” the young lion said to himself, so he roared at all the visitors and tried to break the bars of the den.

At three o’clock a man brought a big piece of meat and put it in the old lion’s den. Then, he put a bag of nuts and two bananas in the young lion’s den.

The young lion was very surprised.” I don’t understand this”, he said to the old lion”. I behave like a real lion, while you lie there and do nothing and look what happens!”

Well, I guess the big fortune can come from the small creature.

Show It Off

(Accept any possible answers)