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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7A - Selfies for the textbook English File Elementary - Workbook with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Make jobs from words in the list and write them in the chart.
  2. Complete the sentences with was / were and a noun from a.
  3. Write questions and answers.

Answer

a)

-er

  • composer
  • dancer
  • painter
  • singer
  • writer

-or

  • actor
  • director
  • inventor

-ist

  • artist
  • novelist
  • pianist
  • scientist

-ian

  • musician
  • politician

b)

  1. was a dancer
  2. were composers
  3. was an actor
  4. was a scientist
  5. was a singer
  6. were investors
  7. was a writer / novelist
  8. were painters / artists

c)

  1. Were Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor actors? Yes, they were.
  2. Was Alexander Graham Bell an artist? No, he wasn’t. He was an inventor.
  3. Was Charlotte Bronte a novelist? Yes, she was.
  4. Was Frida Kahlo a pianist? No, she wasn’t. She was an artist.
  5. Were J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis musicians? No, they weren’t. They were writers.
  6. Was David Bowie a singer? Yes, he was.
  7. Were Vivaldi and Bach composers? Yes, they were.
  8. Was Dante Alighieri a politician? No, he wasn’t. He was a poet.