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Answer Key
Basic 2
Unit 7
Exercise 1
1. C 2. A 3. E 4. B 5. D

Exercise 2
1. Diana 2. Charles 3. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter 4. Carla 5. Dr. Pierce

Exercise 3
1. in 2. on 3. at 4. on 5. in 6. at 7. at 8. on

Exercise 4
Answers will vary.

Exercise 5
Answer will vary.

Exercise 6
Answers will vary.

Exercise 7
Answer will vary.

Exercise 8
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. There is one closet. 3. There is a balcony. 4. There are two windows.
5. There is a small bathroom. 7. There are three closets. 8. There are six windows.
9. There are two small. 10. There are eight rooms.

Exercise 9
Answers will vary.

Exercises 10
2. an easy chair 3. a table 4. a chair 5. a bed 6. a night table
7. a dresser 8. a mirror 9. a desk 10. a lamp 11. a bookcase
12. a picture

Exercise 11
Answers will vary.

Exercise 12
Answer will vary.

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JUST FOR FUN
Exercise 2

Across
1. hospital 5. lobby 8. ugly 9. kitchen 11. bedroom 12. sideboard

Down
2. appliances 3. elevator 4. think 6. furniture 7. bathroom 10. closet

UNITS 1-7 CHECKPOINT

Exercise 1
2. factory 3. mall 4. boss 5. brother 6. new 7. restaurant
8. tie 9. bedroom 10. stove

Exercise 2
1. What’s the event? 2. Where is it? 3. What time is it? 4. What day is it?

Exercise 3
1. She’s an actor. 2. No, she’s from Mexico. 3. Yes, she has a brother. 4. Her
birthday is September 2, 1966. 5. She’s 38. [in 2004] 6. No, she’s short.
7. She lives in Los Angeles, California. 8. Her house has three bedrooms.

Exercise 4
Salma Hauek: actor; from Mexico; from Lebanon; from Mexico; 1 brother; September 2,
1966

Exercise 5
Answer will vary.

OPTIONAL VOCABULARY BOOSTER ACTIVITIES

Exercise 1
1. A 2. AN 3. A 4. A 5. AN 6. A

Exercise 2
1. a travel agent 2. a bank teller/ a banker 3. a waiter/ a chef 4. a secretary/
a manager/ an accountant/ a supervisor/ an employer / a boss 5. a pharmacist
6. a grocery clerk 7. a salesperson

Exercise 3
Teacher correction

Exercise 4
Teacher correction

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Exercise 5
Teacher correction

Exercise 6
1. that coat 2. this bathrobe 3. these jeans 4. these socks
5. those boots

Exercise 7
Answers will vary but may include the following:
1. I want a blue blanket 2. I want white napkins
3. I want a yellow bath mat 4. I want purple towels
5. I want green place mats 6. I want white plates

UNIT 8

Exercise 1
Answers will vary but may include the following:
1. I get up at 7:00 2. I eat breakfast at 7:10 3. I brush my teeth at 7:30

Exercise 2
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. in the bedroom 3. in the bathroom 4. in the dining room 5. in the living room
6. in the living room

Exercise 3
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. He cooks dinner at 7:00. 3. She takes bathmat 8:45. 4. He gets undressed at 11:45.

Exercise 4
Teacher correction

Exercise 5
Teacher correction

Exercise 6
2. Mr. Rand does the laundry. 3. Mr. Rand makes the bed. 4. Mrs. Rand goes
shopping 5. Mrs. Rand takes out the garbage. 6. Mrs. Rand cleans the house.

Exercise 7
1. plays soccer/ goes shopping/ studies/ goes to school/ listens to music/ goes to the movies/
takes a nap/ does the laundry/ reads/ gets up at 8:30 a.m.
2. Takes out the garbage
3. exercises
4. gets up at 6:00 a.m./ works
5. gets up at 8:30 a.m./ goes to school/ exercises
6. listens to music
7. plays soccer/ goes to the movies/ takes a nap/ does the laundry/ reads

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Exercise 8
Answers will vary but may include the following:
1. I usually work four days a week. 2. I go to school on Fridays. 3. On the weekend, I
play soccer and do the laundry. 4. I take out the garbage on Mondays and Thursdays. /
I go shopping on Tuesdays. / I do the laundry on Sundays.

Exercise 9
Teacher correction

Exercise 10
Teacher correction

Exercise 11
Teacher correction

JUST FOR FUN

Exercise 2
Chores / Work Activities: vacuum; go to work; wash the dishes; clean the house; do the
laundry; mow the lawn; make dinner
Leisure Activities: watch TV; play soccer; go dancing; listen to music; take a nap; take a
bath; read

UNIT 9
Exercise 1
1. warm 2. hot 3. cool 4.cold

Exercise 2
2. He’s shaving. 3. She’s watching TV . 4. He’s taking out the garbage.
5. They’re exercising. 6. She’s playing soccer.

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Exercise 3
2.No, she isn’t. She’s taking a nap. 3. No they aren’t. They are cleaning the house.
4. No, she isn’t. She’s wearing pants. 5. No, it’s not. It’s raining.

Exercise 4
1. f 2. a 3. e 4. c 5. b 6. d

Exercise 5
2. What’s the grandmother doing?
3. Where are the parents / Mr. and Mrs. Ryan going?
4. Who’s watching TV?
5. What’s the son eating?
6. What’s the daughter doing?

Exercise 6
Teacher correction

Exercise 7
1. taking 2. playing 3. studying 4. exercising 5. eating 6. doing
7. driving 8. calling 9. going 10. getting dressed

Exercise 8
Teacher correction

Exercise 9
Teacher correction

Exercise 10
Teacher correction

Exercise 11
Teacher correction

JUST FOR FUN

Exercise 1
2. today 3. tonight 4. this morning 5. this afternoon 6. this evening
7. tomorrow 8. the day after tomorrow 9. this week 10. this month
Puzzle: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

UNIT 10

Exercise 1
Teacher correction

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Exercise 2
Answers will vary but may include the following:

1. Yes, there are three. 2. There are six eggs. 3. Yes, there are. 4. There is
one. 5. Answers will vary 6. Answers will vary

Exercise 3
How students respond to the following questions will vary.

2. How many people are there in your family? 3. How many days are there in this
month? 4. How many sweaters are there in your closet? 5. How many bathrooms
are there in your home?

Exercise 4
1. X 2. X 3. a 4. X 5. an 6. X 7. X 8. an 9. X 10. a 11. X 12. an

Exercise 5
Teacher correction

Exercise 6
2. Eggs are white and yellow. 3. Butter is white/ yellow.
4. Orange juice is orange/ yellow 5. Tomatoes are red. 6. Coffee is black /
brown.

Exercise 7
2. a can of soda 3. a bag of rice 4. a box of pasta 5. a bottle of oil

Exercise 8
Teacher correction

Exercise 9
1. How many; There are two. 2. How much; There are four bottles.
3. How many; There are two. 4. How much; There are six cans.

Exercise 10
1. Is there any; Yes there is. 2. Are there any; Yes, there are.
3. Is there any; Yes there is. 4. Is there any; No, there isn’t.

Exercise 11
Teacher correction

Exercise 12
1. b 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. b

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Exercise 13
1. are you eating 2. Does he want 3. do we have 4. am wearing / wear
5. Does Jeff work; is playing 6. do you eat; are going

JUST FOR FUN

Exercise 2
Across
2. loaf 4. pepper 5. rice / fish 8. recipe 10. lemonade
11. containers 13. sugar
Down
1. thefridge (the space between “the” and “fridge” is ommited here.) 3. orange
6. ingredients 7. drinks 9. potatoes 12. beans

UNIT 11

Exercise 1
Teacher correction

Exercise 2
How students will respond to the questions will vary.
2. Were 3. was 4. Was 5. was 6. was 7. were
8. was

Exercise 3
1. came 2. saw 3. went 4. woke 5. took 6. got
7. drove 8. put 9. ate 10. didn’t exercise 11. didn’t read
12. was

Exercise 4
Answers will vary. Following is one example students may write:

I got up. I exercised. Then I ate breakfast. Then I got dressed and brushed my teeth. I
combed my hair and put on my makeup.

Exercise 5
Teacher correction

Exercise 6
Teacher correction

Exercise 7
Teacher correction

Exercise 8
Teacher correction

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Exercise 9
Teacher correction

Exercise 10
1. Where did Luke go? 2. What did he study? 3. When did he go to class?
4. When was his Latin dance class? 5. How did he get to Chichicastenango?
6. Where did he eat lunch?

Exercise 11
Teacher correction

Exercise 12
1. c 2. b 3. e 4. a 5.d

JUST FOR FUN

Exercise 2

Base forms: have, see, wear, clean, wake, love, drive, eat, read, take, play, listen, get,
practice, wash, ride, make, check, talk, write

had loved played rode

saw drove listened made
wore ate got checked
cleaned read practiced talked
woke took washed wrote

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UNIT 12

Exercise 1
Teacher correction

Exercise 2
Teacher correction

Exercise 3
1. eye 2. ear 3. nose 4. chin 5. eyebrow 6. eyelashes
7. mouth 8. neck

Exercise 4
Teacher correction

Exercise 5
Teacher correction

Exercise 6
Teacher correction

Exercise 7
1. head 2. neck 3. chest 4. hand 5. stomach / abdomen
6. hip 7. knee 8. foot 9. shoulder 10. arm 11. leg
12. ankle

Exercise 8
2. He hurt his back. 3. He hurt his arm. 4. She cut her arm. 5. He broke his ankle
6. What happened? 7. I'm sorry to hear that.

Exercise 9
Teacher correction

Exercise 10
Teacher correction

Exercise 11
Teacher correction

JUST FOR FUN

Exercise 1
2. a cold 3. a cough 4. a sore throat 5. a stomachache 6. a fever
7. a headache 8. an earache 9. a backache 10. a toothache 11. a runny nose
Puzzle: “Feed a cold, starve a fever.”

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Exercise 2
Across
4. knee 5. beard 7. teeth 8. fingers 10. feet 11. short
13. stomach 14. bald

Down
1. mouth 2. head 3. remedies 6. accidents 7. toes 9. eyes
12. mustache

UNIT 13

Exercise 1
Teacher correction

Exercise 2
1. Can; speak; can speak 2. Can; fix; can fix 3. Can; draw/ paint
4. Can; knit; can't knit 5. Can; play; can play

Exercise 3
Teacher correction

Exercise 4
Teacher correction

Exercise 5
Teacher correction

Exercise 6
2. She's too tired. 3. It'd too dirty. 4. It's too expensive. 5. It's too windy.
6. It's too hot.

Exercise 7
Teacher correction

Exercise 8

1. b 2. c 3. e 4. a 5. f 6. d

Exercise 9
Answers will vary but may include the following:

2. Could you pleas do the dishes?

3. Could you please do the laundry?
4. Could you please make the dinner?
5. Could you please go shopping?

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Exercise 10
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. b

Exercise 11
Answers will vary

JUST FOR FUN

Exercise 1
1. c 2. g 3. a 4. b 5. f 6. e 8. d

Exercise 2
Across
1. turnout (the space between “turn” and “out” is omitted here.) 4. cook 6. poorly 7. sing
8. skills 10. handme (the space between “hand” and “me “ is omitted here)

Down
2. rollover (the space between “roll” and “over” is omitted here) 3. ski 5. toosmall (the
space between “too” and “small” is omitted here) 8. sew 9. swim

UNIT 14

Exercise 1
1.When was he born? 2. Where was he born? / Where did he grow up? 3. Where did he
go to school? When did he move to the United States?

Exercise 2
1.an architect 2. a nurse 3. a scientist 4. a teacher 5. an engineer 6. a doctor
7. a lawyer

Exercise 3
Teacher correction

Exercise 4
Teacher correction

Exercise 5
Teacher correction

Exercise 6
Teacher correction

Exercise 7
Teacher correction

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Exercise 8
1. ‘m / am going to walk 2. doesn’t / does not study 3. go 4. ‘s/ is going to travel
5. ‘re / are going to have 6. isn’t / is not

Exercise 9
Teacher correction

JUST FOR FUN

Exercise 2
Across
2. travel 5. education 8. move 10. baby
11. getmarried ( the space between ‘get’ and ‘married’ is omitted here) 12. graduate

Down
1.congratulations 3. kontiki ( the hyphen between ‘kon’ and ‘tiki’ is omitted here)
4. medicine 6. academicsubjects (the space between ‘academic’ and ‘subjects’ is
omitted here) 7. Imsorry ( the apostrophe in “I’m” and the space between ‘I’m’ and
‘sorry’ are omitted here.) 9. relax

UNITS 8 – 14 CHECKP0INT

Exercise 1
Teacher correction

Exercise 2
Teacher correction

Exercise 4
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. Yes, I did 3. I studied law and music
4. Yes, I can play the piano, the flute and the saxophone.
5. I learned to play the piano when I was six years old.
6. I have a wife, Enrica, and two children, Amos and Matteo.
7. I live in Monte Carlo. In the summer, I live in Tuscany.
8. I study music and practice singing for two hours or more every day.

Exercise 5
Answers will vary but may include the following:

2. grew; grow 3. learned; learn 4. had; have

5. studied, study 6. worked; work 7. started; start
8. sang; sing 9. got married; get married 10. listened; listen

OPTIONAL VOCABULARY BOOSTER ACTIVITIES

Exercise 1

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Teacher correction

Exercise 2
Teacher correction

Exercise 3
Teacher correction

Exercise 4
2. play 3. go rock climbing 4. knuckle 5. drums 6. drama

Exercise 5
Teacher correction

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