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

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6A - A North African story 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. Read and listen to Part 2 of the story. Answer the questions.
  2. Read Part 2 of the story again. With a partner, say who or what the highlighted pronouns and possessive adjectives refer to.
  3. What do you think happens in Part 3 of the story? Listen and check.

Answer

a)

  1. He walks through the mountains.
  2. The prince welcomes him and gives him food, drink, and a bed.
  3. The windows have no glass.
  4. His empty water bottle.
  5. Because he doesn’t know what glass is.
  6. A box (with 100 gold coins).
  7. Because now they can buy food and clothes.
  8. Walid wants to give the prince his mother’s ring, and get 1,000 gold coins.

b)

  1. Hassan
  2. Hassan
  3. Hassan’s
  4. the glass bottle
  5. the prince
  6. the prince
  7. the box
  8. Hassan and Walid’s
  9. Hassan
  10. Hassan, Walid, and their mother
  11. Walid
  12. his / their mother’s

c)

Walid goes to the palace. He gives the prince the silver ring. The prince gives him a box, but when he gets home and opens it, inside is the glass bottle.