Penguin Readers Answer Key. l e v e l. PRE-INTERMEDIATE. Madame Doubtfire
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Madame Doubtfire Answers to book activities
Activities while reading the book Chapter 1
1 a no i yes b yes j yes c no k no d no l no e yes m yes f no n yes g yes o no h yes p no 2 a quarrel b shocked c pretend d annoyed e naked f mess 3 Ahamster is an animal. Aquail is a bird. 4 Examples: a The housekeeper lost her job, so she was in tears. b We saw an advertisement in the newspaper for modelling work. 5 Daniel Miranda Her father Her mother NATALIE Christopher Lydia Her brother Her sister 6 a Christopher b Daniel c Miranda 7 a make-up b divorced c God 8 Open answers 9 a Because Daniel changes the telephone number in the advertisement to his number. Daniel makes the calls. b Lydia realizes that Madame Doubtfire is really her father. She wants Christopher to come upstairs so that she can tell him this. c Because it is half term and the art school is shut. 10 Strike = b a decision not to work 11 Open answers 12 a . . . the tickets are cheap and they can’t see well. Also, Natalie falls asleep on top of Daniel. b . . . he has forgotten to bring any men’s clothes with him. c . . . Daniel agrees to be the gardener at Miranda’s house, working there every afternoon. 13-16 Open answers
Answers to Factsheet activities ■ Communicative activities Open answers except: Activities before reading the book (a) She looks about fifty-five years old. She has grey hair and wears glasses. She is quite big and looks quite strong. She is smiling. She is wearing a blouse and skirt and is holding cleaning things in her hands. ■ Student’s activities Activities before reading the book 1 (a) Because Daniel wants to see his children more, and Miranda wants him to see them less. (b) Miranda (c) look after the children (d) they all have strangely low voices (e) Open answer (f) 1987 (g) 1993 (h) Robin Williams 2 Open answers
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1 (a) Wrong. He is the father of Lydia, Christopher and Natalie. (b) Right (c) Wrong. Daniel doesn’t like Miranda at all. (d) Wrong. Miranda doesn’t want Daniel to see the children. (e) Right (f) Wrong. Miranda says she will keep the children on Friday night. 2 When Daniel is rude about Miranda, Natalie looks sad and hides her face. Lydia then says, ’Why don’t you try a bit harder? You don’t make it any easier for her, you know. ’L a t e r, Lydia says, ’It isn’t easy for her, you know, being a single parent.’When Daniel pretends to cut the teapot’s throat Natalie nearly starts crying again. After Daniel reads Miranda’s letter, and becomes angry, the children cry, ‘Dad, please!’Lydia says, ’Really, Dad! What are you thinking of?’ 3 Open answer Chapter 2 1 (a) He is an actor but these days he is always out of work. (b) He models for an art school with no clothes on. (c) She feels very angry and shocked. But she also thinks it is funny. (d) Three pounds an hour. (e) Look after the children when they get back from school. (f) Because she has to travel a lot for her job. Also, Miranda doesn’t get home until half past six. (g) She says he gives her too many problems. 2 (a) He is very funny. He gets very angry with Miranda and shows his anger to his children. He loves his children. It is difficult for him to make money from acting. Perhaps he daydreams a lot. (b) Open answer (c) Open answer 3 Open answer Chapter 3 1 (a) early, (b) businesswoman, (c) look after, (d) phone number 2 (a) Because he wants people to ring him, not Miranda. (b) Open answer (c) Open answer 3 Open answer Chapter 4 1 (a) Because it is Daniel who reads her a story. (b) Because she knows Madame Doubtfire is her father. (c) Because she has heavy make-up on her face and talks strangely. She is very big and her hair is tied up in a kind of towel. (d) Because she gets Natalie to sleep quickly and tells Christopher not to be rude. 2 Open answer Chapter 5 1 (a)(v), (b)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(i), (e)(ii) 2 Open answer Chapter 6 1 (a) Miranda says these words when Madame Doubtfire is looking after her and has made a fire for her and a cup of tea. (b) Miranda says this. She shows Madame
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE Doubtfire a picture of Daniel’s naked body. Mrs Hooper has drawn it in her art class. (c) Miranda says this when she realizes that the art class is going to meet at her house. Daniel will be there modelling for the class with no clothes on. (d) Madame Doubtfire says this in answer to Miranda. (e) Miranda says this to Madame Doubtfire. She wants Madame Doubtfire to be there during the art class. (f) Lydia says this when Daniel pretends to throw a bomb at Miranda. 2 Open answers Chapter 7 (a) Because it is about happy and unhappy marriages. They think it is very real. (b) Because Christopher asks Daniel why he didn’t stay in the family and pretend to be happy. (c) Because he says a job is a job but real life is real. (d) Open answers (e) Because pigs can’t think, they are happy. But because Daniel is a man he can think. He knew he was unhappy with Miranda, and he wants to live a real life, not a ’pretend’life. (f) Because he decides not to act any more. When he is Madame Doubtfire he has to act. He wants to be real. (g) Open answers Chapter 8 1 (a) She comes home and meets Daniel on the stairs wearing a towel. She has found Madame Doubtfire’s clothes. So she realizes that Daniel was Madame Doubtfire. (b) Open answers (c) Open answers (d) They are very sad and angry. Lydia says, ‘I hate you both’in a shaky voice. Christopher shouts, ‘Go on with your stupid quarrel and just leave us alone!’ 2 Open answers 3 Open answers Chapter 9 1 (a) Because Miranda tells him that his flat is messy and that he doesn’t know what hard work is. (b) Lydia (c) She says, ‘It’s not enough to say what you want. You have to listen to what your children want too.’ (d) She tells her the same thing. She also says, ‘You can give orders and still not win. You can try to control people and still lose them.’ (e) Christopher asked her again and again to come. (f) She is kinder and more polite. She says Daniel can come and work as the gardener and see the children after school. She says the children can stay the night. We can see that she is going to let Daniel see the children more. 2 You can tell people what to do and control them. (Miranda does this.) But if you do this, they may not love you or like you. You can’t control people’s feelings. Activities after reading the book Open answers
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