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
Make jobs from words in the list and write them in the chart.
Complete the sentences with was / were and a noun from a.
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)
was a dancer
were composers
was an actor
was a scientist
was a singer
were investors
was a writer / novelist
were painters / artists
c)
Were Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor actors? Yes, they were.
Was Alexander Graham Bell an artist? No, he wasn’t. He was an inventor.
Was Charlotte Bronte a novelist? Yes, she was.
Was Frida Kahlo a pianist? No, she wasn’t. She was an artist.
Were J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis musicians? No, they weren’t. They were writers.
Was David Bowie a singer? Yes, he was.
Were Vivaldi and Bach composers? Yes, they were.
Was Dante Alighieri a politician? No, he wasn’t. He was a poet.