The key answer of exercise 7

a)

• The object is a very old carpet.
• Background → Her great-grandfather took it from Calcutta to South Africa. The speaker inherited it from her grandmother.
• Physical description → brightly coloured, red, white, green and gold with patterns like leaves; frayed.
• Value → it's important because of the story of the great-grandfather taking it from Calcutta to South Africa. Also because she inherited it and will pass it on to her children.
• Memories → Childhood memory of it hanging on her grandmother's wall.

b)

• (It) has been in my family for four generations.
• My grandmother inherited it.
• (It) was bequeathed to me.
• I should repair it.