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Answer keys LEVEL 1 Teacher Support Programme

The House of the Seven Gables

Book key 14 Open answers
15 a  Before  b  After  c  After  d  Before  e  Before
1–2  Open answers 16 a No. People in the Pyncheon family had bad hearts.
3 Hepzibah Pyncheon: good(?), old They did not have a curse on them.
Holgrave: good(?), young b Open answers
Judge Pyncheon: bad, old 17–22  Open answers
Colonel Pyncheon: bad, old (now dead)
Vernon: good, old Discussion activities key
Phoebe Pyncheon: good, young 1 Open answers
4 a  Right  b  Wrong  c  Wrong  d  Wrong 2 1  7  2  3
e  Right  f  Wrong  g  Right 3 –5  Open answers
5 Open answers 6 Suggested answer:
6 a white Do you want to buy a big house with lots of rooms and
b a young a shop? Come see the House of the Seven Gables on
c do not usually have jobs Pyncheon Street!
d does not like
e sometimes Activity worksheet key
f cold 1 a the house: dark, old, big, unhappy, cold, …
7 Phoebe makes Hepzibah happy. A very small picture b Hepzibah: old, unhappy, not beautiful, …
of a beautiful young man makes Hepzibah unhappy. c Phoebe: happy, young, little, …
Flowers, the garden, trees, work in the store, 2 Suggested answers: biscuits, fruit, pictures, etc.
Hepzibah’s small picture of a beautiful young man, 3 li tt le r oo m di ff icult le tt er
and Hepzibah’s kiss make Phoebe happy. Colonel w ee k n ee ded t oo k unha pp y
Pyncheon’s cold face makes Phoebe unhappy.
His pictures of people’s faces make Holgrave happy. 4 1  b  2  c  3  a  4  d
8 Open answers 5 Suggested answers:
9 a  Phoebe  b  Clifford  c  the Judge  d  the Judge  7:00 Hepzibah and Phoebe have breakfast.
e  Clifford 8:00 Phoebe opens the store.
10 a Judge Pyncheon is friendly in the store with Phoebe 8:30 Hepzibah talks with Clifford.
because he wants to see Clifford. Judge Pyncheon is 9:00 Clifford sleeps.
angry in the store because he cannot see Clifford. 12:00 They have lunch.
b Clifford Pyncheon is happy at the table in the Sometimes …
house with Hepzibah and Phoebe. He is happy with 3:00 P.M./ Phoebe and Clifford go …
the flower from Phoebe. He is quiet at the table. He 15:00
is afraid behind the door because Judge Pyncheon
6 Suggested answers:
wants to see him.
a Clifford likes flowers, music, the garden, Phoebe,
11 Open answers
Mr. Venner and trains.
12 a  5  b  2  c  3  d  6  e  4  f  1
b Clifford doesn’t like Judge Pyncheon, children and
13 a Because they love their garden, flowers, and trees.
the dark house.
They are not happy in the House of the Seven
7 1 talk
Gables.
2 often
b Because he is sick and afraid.
3 knows
c Because Judge Pyncheon wanted it.
4 sometimes / always
d Because Clifford has the answer about the
8 a  2  b  2  c  3  d  2  e  1
Pyncheon land.
9 Open answers
e Because Judge Pyncheon is dead.

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Answer keys LEVEL 1 Teacher Support Programme

The House of the Seven Gables

10 Suggested answers: 3 Suggested answers:
Name of the book The House of the Seven Gables 1 Who lived in the House of the Seven Gables?
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne or Who opened a store?
2 How many gables were on the house?
People in the Hepzibah, Phoebe, Clifford,
3 What did the school boy buy?
story Holgrave, Judge Pyncheon, …
4 Why did Judge Pyncheon visit the house?
New words Gables, prison, difficult, curse,
5 Where were the flowers?
…
4 1 /oster/  Phoebe works in the store in the mornings.
I like / don’t like Open answers
2 /eviidnt/  Mr. Venner invited them to live in his
this book because
country house.
…
3 /ktoo/  She took Alice’s flowers with her.
11 Open answers 4 /ismmotsee/  “Sometimes I’m afraid of him,” said
the girl.
Progress test key
5 Across
1 a 7 There is a garden in the house.
1 The little boy likes BISCUITS.
b 3
2 Not happy: UNHAPPY.
c 3
3 Phoebe didn’t want to KISS Judge Pyncheon.
d 3
4 They’re all afraid of the wizard’s CURSE.
e 7 Phoebe likes the house.
Down
f 7 Mr. Venner isn’t Judge Pyncheon’s friend.
1 Not ugly: BEAUTIFUL.
g 7 Judge Pyncheon wasn’t poor.
5 Hepzibah, Clifford and Phoebe are COUSINS.
2 Suggested answers:
6 Clifford was in PRISON for thirty years.
In the morning I get up at 8 o’clock. 6 a  2  b  1  c  1  d  3  e  2  f  1
Sometimes I go to the
garden.
I have breakfast.
In the afternoon I sit near the window.
I walk with Phoebe.

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