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PRE-INTERMEDIATE Braveheart
1 Open answers
2 Open answers
3 Example sentences:
a The soldiers got their weapons ready for
the battle.
b The Scottish army beat the English in the
battle.
c Some of the men in the battle fought with
spears and others had swords.
4 a When both sides want to stop fighting,
they make a truce.
b A rebel is someone who fights against
the king or queen.
c A noble was a very rich man with a lot of
land.
d When someone dies their body is put in a
grave.
e The king and queen sometimes live in a
castle near London.
f It is difficult to trust somebody who lies to
you.
5 a William is Malcolms youngest son.
b Robert the Bruce is a Scottish nobleman.
c Isabella is a French princess.
d Longshanks is the English king.
e Murron MacClannough is Williams young
wife.
f Argyle is Williams uncle.
6 c Malcolm and John are killed.
e William Wallace marries Murron.
d Murron is murdered by the English
soldiers.
a William Wallace decides to fight as a
rebel.
b The Scots win the battle at Stirling.
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8 a Longshanks thinks Edward is lazy and
weak.
b William Wallace thinks that Princess
Isabella looks like Murron. He thinks she
is a strong woman and feels he can talk
to her about his wife.
c Isabella thinks William is her perfect man.
She understands him and wants to help
him.
d Princess Isabella does not like
Longshanks. He uses her to lie to William
and to win time. She is angry about this.
e William thinks badly of Robert the Bruce
when he realizes he is fighting for the
English.
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11 a Longshanks, to Prince Edward
b William Wallace, to Princess Isabella
c Princess Isabella, to William Wallace
d Robert the Bruce, to some other Scottish
nobles who are waiting for a meeting with
William Wallace.
e William Wallace to his people when he is
dying.
12-16 Open answers
Answers to book activities
I Communicative activities
Open answers except:
Activities before reading the book
2 Great Britain = England, Scotland, Wales.
The United Kingdom = England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland. The British Isles
= England, Scotland, Wales, Northern
Ireland and Eire (The Republic of Ireland).
(Ireland was one country at the time of
William Wallace.)
Activities after reading a section
Chapters 1-2
1 William and Murron have to marry secretly.
They cant be open.
2 The flower of Scotland is the thistle.
1 Murron gives William a thistle at his
fathers funeral. 2 William gives the same
(now dried) flower to Murron after they meet
many years later and ride together on his
horse. 3 When they marry, Murron gives
William a handkerchief with the flower of
Scotland on it. 4 A flower of Scotland is cut
into the stone by Murrons grave.
I Students activities
Activities before reading the book
1 Open answers
2 (a)
3 William Wallace
Activities while reading the book
Chapter 1
1 (a) (ii); (b) (i)
2 Because he has long legs.
3 (a) Malcolm, (b) John, (c) Hamish, (d) Argyle.
4 Open answers
Chapter 2, pages 2-13
(f) castle, (d) land, (i) people, (g) village,
(c) evening, (a) farmer, (h) wedding, (j) ground,
(e) throat, (b) rebel.
Chapter 2, page 13 - end
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2 (a) Isabella is the wife of King Edwards son.
She is a beautiful French princess.
(b) Robert the Bruce is a young, handsome
Scottish nobleman. He wants to be King
of Scotland.
(c) Lord Mornay is a friend of Robert the
Bruce. He is the head of the Scots army
at Stirling.
(d) Old Campbell is Hamishs father. He asks
William to be a rebel like him.
(e) Murron MacClannough is Old
MacClannoughs daughter. She marries
William secretly.
(f) Lord Bottoms is a fat English nobleman.
He comes with soldiers to Helen s
wedding.
(g) Prince Edward is King Edwards son. He
prefers his friends to his wife.
(h) Stephen is a rebel from Ireland. He fights
with William at the Battle of Stirling.
Answers to Factsheet activities
(i) Lord Talmadge is the head of the English
army. He runs from the Scots at the
Battle of Stirling.
Chapter 3, pages 23-26
1 (a)(iv), (b)(vi), (c)(i), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (f)(v)
2 Open answers
3 Open answers
Chapter 3, page 26 - end
1 (a) right
(b) right
(c) wrong (he lies to her)
(d) wrong (he talks to her because he
believes her)
(e) wrong (Lord Mornay is paid by the
English to ride away from the battle, and
Robert the Bruce fights with the English)
2 (a) (ii), (b) (ii)
3 Possible answers: Because he wants to be
King of Scotland, and he thinks King Edward
will help him. Or because he thinks William
will lose, and he wants to be on the winning
side: if hes on the losing side, he cant be
King. Or because Edward has offered him
land, like Mornay.
4 He thinks she will be the best person to get
him more time. (He doesnt really want to
make a truce with the Scots.)
Chapter 4
1 (c), (f), (a), (d), (g), (h), (e), (b)
2 Because if he does this, it wont be so
frightened.
3 Possible answers: Hes going to be with her,
because hes dying. Or he sees her in his
head.
Activities after reading the book
Open answers
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