The House of the Seven Gables - English Center

Answer keys LEVEL 1
The House of the Seven Gables
Book key
1–2 Open answers
3 Hepzibah Pyncheon: good(?), old
Holgrave: good(?), young
Judge Pyncheon: bad, old
Colonel Pyncheon: bad, old (now dead)
Vernon: good, old
Phoebe Pyncheon: good, young
4 a Right b Wrong c Wrong d Wrong
e Right f Wrong g Right
5 Open answers
6 a white
b a young
c do not usually have jobs
d does not like
e sometimes
f cold
7 Phoebe makes Hepzibah happy. A very small picture
of a beautiful young man makes Hepzibah unhappy.
Flowers, the garden, trees, work in the store,
Hepzibah’s small picture of a beautiful young man,
and Hepzibah’s kiss make Phoebe happy. Colonel
Pyncheon’s cold face makes Phoebe unhappy.
His pictures of people’s faces make Holgrave happy.
8 Open answers
9 a Phoebe b Clifford c the Judge d the Judge
e Clifford
10 a Judge Pyncheon is friendly in the store with Phoebe
because he wants to see Clifford. Judge Pyncheon is
angry in the store because he cannot see Clifford.
b Clifford Pyncheon is happy at the table in the
house with Hepzibah and Phoebe. He is happy with
the flower from Phoebe. He is quiet at the table. He
is afraid behind the door because Judge Pyncheon
wants to see him.
11 Open answers
12 a 5 b 2 c 3 d 6 e 4 f 1
13 a Because they love their garden, flowers, and trees.
They are not happy in the House of the Seven
Gables.
b Because he is sick and afraid.
c Because Judge Pyncheon wanted it.
d Because Clifford has the answer about the
Pyncheon land.
e Because Judge Pyncheon is dead.
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14 Open answers
15 a Before b After c After d Before e Before
16 a No. People in the Pyncheon family had bad hearts.
They did not have a curse on them.
b Open answers
17–22 Open answers
Discussion activities key
1 Open answers
2 1 7 2 3
3–5 Open answers
6 Suggested answer:
Do you want to buy a big house with lots of rooms and
a shop? Come see the House of the Seven Gables on
Pyncheon Street!
Activity worksheet key
1 a the house: dark, old, big, unhappy, cold, …
b Hepzibah: old, unhappy, not beautiful, …
c Phoebe: happy, young, little, …
2 Suggested answers: biscuits, fruit, pictures, etc.
3
li tt le r oo m di ff icult le tt er
w ee k n ee ded t oo k unha pp y
4 1 b 2 c 3 a 4 d
5 Suggested answers:
7:00 Hepzibah and Phoebe have breakfast.
8:00 Phoebe opens the store.
8:30 Hepzibah talks with Clifford.
9:00 Clifford sleeps.
12:00 They have lunch.
3:00 P.M./
15:00
Sometimes …
Phoebe and Clifford go …
6 Suggested answers:
a Clifford likes flowers, music, the garden, Phoebe,
Mr. Venner and trains.
b Clifford doesn’t like Judge Pyncheon, children and
the dark house.
7 1 talk
2 often
3 knows
4 sometimes / always
8 a 2 b 2 c 3 d 2 e 1
9 Open answers
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Answer keys LEVEL 1
The House of the Seven Gables
10 Suggested answers:
Name of the book The House of the Seven Gables
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne
People in the
story
Hepzibah, Phoebe, Clifford,
Holgrave, Judge Pyncheon, …
New words Gables, prison, difficult, curse,
…
I like / don’t like
this book because
…
11 Open answers
Open answers
Progress test key
1 a 7 There is a garden in the house.
b 3
c 3
d 3
e 7 Phoebe likes the house.
f 7 Mr. Venner isn’t Judge Pyncheon’s friend.
g 7 Judge Pyncheon wasn’t poor.
2 Suggested answers:
In the morning I get up at 8 o’clock.
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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3 Suggested answers:
1 Who lived in the House of the Seven Gables?
or Who opened a store?
2 How many gables were on the house?
3 What did the school boy buy?
4 Why did Judge Pyncheon visit the house?
5 Where were the flowers?
4 1 /oster/ Phoebe works in the store in the mornings.
2 /eviidnt/ Mr. Venner invited them to live in his
country house.
3 /ktoo/ She took Alice’s flowers with her.
4 /ismmotsee/ “Sometimes I’m afraid of him,” said
the girl.
5 Across
1 The little boy likes BISCUITS.
2 Not happy: UNHAPPY.
3 Phoebe didn’t want to KISS Judge Pyncheon.
4 They’re all afraid of the wizard’s CURSE.
Down
1 Not ugly: BEAUTIFUL.
5 Hepzibah, Clifford and Phoebe are COUSINS.
6 Clifford was in PRISON for thirty years.
6 a 2 b 1 c 1 d 3 e 2 f 1
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