Cover of the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2C - Slow down! for the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Lisa and John are on holiday in Scotland with their baby, Alfie. Listen and look at the pictures. How does each person feel?
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  3. Listen to the end of the story. Is it a happy ending?

Answer

a)

  • Picture 1 → Lisa’s angry / stressed.
  • Picture 2 → John’s thirsty, Alfie’s hungry.
  • Picture 3 → Lisa’s cold and frightened, John’s hot.
  • Picture 4 → Lisa and Alfie are tired.

c)

Yes. A police officer stops John because he is driving too fast, but the police officer isn’t angry with them because of Alfie, and they go to their hotel.