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Teacher Support Programme Answer keys   LEVEL 2

Anne of Green Gables

Book key 3.3 2 Possible answer: The sky was blue and the sun
shone. There were birds in the trees and they sang
Check that this is up to date beautiful songs. The horses drank from the little
1.1 Open answers river.
1.2 1 Canada There were chickens in the flowers. The flowers
2 the 1800s were red, orange, and yellow.
3 by horse and buggy 3.4 Open answers
4 eleven 4.1 1  b  2  c  3  b
5 a stranger 4.2 1 good, different from other children, has strong
6 happy feelings, gets angry too quickly
7 surprised 2 Open answers
8 sad 4.3 1 Marilla looks for the brooch but she can’t find it.
2.1 Name: Matthew 2 Anne has to tell Marilla about the brooch before
Age: 60 she can go to the party.
Problems: weak heart 3 Anne tells Marilla a story so she can go to the
Wants: a boy to help him party.
Name: Anne 4 Marilla says sorry to Anne after she finds the
Age: 11 brooch.
Hair: red 5 Anne is excited because she can go to the party.
Eyes: gray 4.4 Open answers
Wants: a home 5.1 1 The fruit cordial, medicine, red wine, best vanilla,
Name: Marilla and cake were important.
Hair: gray 2 a red wine
Doesn’t want: a girl b fruit cordial
Lives at: Green Gables c medicine
2.2 1  a  7  b  7  c  3  d  7  e  7  f  3  g  7  h  7 d medicine
2 Open answers e medicine, vanilla
2.3 1 loves watching 3 Marilla
2 likes being 5.2 1  d  2  c  3  e  4  b  5  a  6  g  7  f
3 likes listening 5.3 1 a can’t
4 hates wearing b has to
5 loves talking c will
6 likes working d has to
2.4 Open answers e has to
3.1 1  lived  2  came  3  died  4  wanted  5  was f can
6  didn’t go  7  was 2 Open answers
3.2 1 B, D, A, C 5.4 Open answers
Miss Cuthbert’s 6.1 1 a exciting
2 a Mrs. Lynde to Marilla b the same as
b Anne to Mrs. Lynde c loves
c Marilla’s aunts d old, fast
d Matthew to Anne e a tree
e Mrs. Lynde to Marilla f can’t
3 Open answers 6.2 Possible answers:
1D When Marilla comes home, there is no fire and
no tea on the table.
2A Anne’s hair is green after she uses the black hair
dye.

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Teacher Support Programme Answer keys   LEVEL 2

Anne of Green Gables

3C Anne washes her hair every day but her hair is I stood in front of the class all afternoon because of
green. him.
4B Marilla cuts Anne’s hair very short. He sat next to me.
6.3 1  a  boys’  b  Anne’s  c  Anne’s, friends’ He pushed some candy under my arm.
d  man’s, Anne’s He wants to be my friend.
2  a  more beautiful  b  shorter  c  faster 17 Open answers
d  friendlier / more friendly 18 Possible answers:
6.4 Open answers Mrs. Barry: My daughter came home drunk from your
Talk about it  Open answers house.
Marilla: I can’t believe it!
Write about it  Open answers Mrs. Barry: Anne gave her wine.
Project  Open answers Marilla: That’s impossible.
Mrs. Barry: I told Diana that she can’t be Anne’s
Discussion activities key friend.
1 a The girl is playing. The girl is very young. Her hair Marilla: Please, listen to me! She probably thought it
is red. was cordial!
b Prince Edward Island is in Canada. The sea is the 19 Open answers
Atlantic Ocean. People on Prince Edward Island 20 Open answer. Mrs. Barry’s tone must be apologetic.
fish or work the land. 21–23  Open answer
While reading 24 Possible answer: Because he hurt her a lot.
2 Mrs. Lynde wants to know about other people’s lives 25 –29  Open answers
because she has nothing to do. Open answer.
3 Matthew and Marilla want a child because they want
Activity worksheets key
1–2  Open answers
somebody to help Matthew with the farm. Mrs. Lynde
3 a Mrs. Rachel Lynde
thinks that orphans are dangerous because you don’t
b Marilla Cuthbert
know anything about them. Open answer.
c Marilla Cuthbert
4 Anne feels very sad. She often felt like this.
d Matthew Cuthbert
After reading e Anne Shirley
5 Open answers. Anne’s tone must be sad. f Mrs. Rachel Lynde
6 –10  Open answers g Marilla Cuthbert
11 Open answers h Matthew Cuthbert
12 Open answers i Marilla Cuthbert
13 On page 23, Marilla says, “I’m starting to love this j Matthew Cuthbert
child.” On page 25, Marilla doesn’t want Anne to miss 4 Possible answers:
the party. a Matthew will buy her a new dress.
14 Possible answer: “Dear God, please make Marilla find b Marilla will talk to Anne.
the brooch and let me go to the party.” c Mrs. Lynde will not like her because she is an
15 Open answers orphan.
16 Possible answers: d Marilla will ask Anne to help her to cook.
“The Five Things I Love about Diana Barry” e Mrs. Lynde will talk badly about her.
She likes talking. f It will be Marilla’s idea.
She likes playing in the woods. Justification: Open answers
She likes reading books. 5 Open answers
She likes telling stories. 6 Possible answers:
She is my best friend. Anne: I don’t like Mrs. Blewett. I want to stay with
“The Five things I Hate about Gilbert Blythe” Marilla and Matthew.
He is rude. Mrs. Blewett: This girl will help with my new baby.
She will work very hard.
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Teacher Support Programme Answer keys   LEVEL 2

Anne of Green Gables

Mrs. Spencer: I made a big mistake. Progress test key
Marilla: I don’t like Mrs. Blewett. Anne will stay with 1 a 7 – Matthew Cuthbert went up the road in the
Matthew and me. buggy in the afternoon.
7 Open answers b ✗ – Mrs. Lynde thought it was a bad idea to bring a
8 a  Before  b  When  c  When  d  After  e  When strange child into the house.
f  Before  g  After  h  When  i  After c 3
9 Open answers d ✗ – The child talked and talked on the way home.
10 a thirsty e ✗ – Matthew liked the child talking all the time.
b well f 3
c drunk 2 1  c  2  f  3  d  4  a  5  e  6  h  7  b  8  g
d bad 3 a  3  b  2  c  1
e sad 4 a  Marilla  b  The minister  c  The children
f sick d  Marilla  e  Anne  f  Diana  g  Anne and Diana
g late h  The girls at school  i  Mr. Philips  j  Mrs. Lynde
h sorry 5 a The bottle of fruit cordial was in the kitchen closet.
i excited b The cordial wasn’t fruit cordial, it was red wine.
j good c Diana was feeling bad when she left Anne’s house.
k happy d Mrs. Barry said that Anne was a bad little girl.
l beautiful e One day Diana ran in through the door. Her face
m smiled was very white.
n unhappy f Anne put medicine in the cake.
o cried g Mrs. Allan thought it was a funny mistake.
p funny h Anne had a wonderful time at Mrs. Allan’s house.
q wonderful 6 1 c
11 Possible answers: 2 f
Don’t cry! 3 d
The same happened to me. 4 b
The cake was not that bad. 5 e
12 Open answers 6 a
13 Possible answers: 7 g
We are going to eat the cake. 8 h
We are going to tell stories. 9 l
Mr. Barry is coming. 10 j
14 Open answer 11 n
15 Possible answer: 12 i
Anne is like Elaine because the river carries her on the 13 k
boat. Lancelot is not like Gilbert because Gilbert likes 14 m
Anne very much. 7 a ✗ – sometimes Anne was first and sometimes Gilbert
16 a  smartest  b  interesting  c  difficult  d  top was.
d  enjoyed  f  well  g  can’t, doesn’t  h  heart  i  sell b ✗ – she wanted to enjoy the summer.
17–18  Open answers c 3
d ✗ – Anne was sorry that Gilbert was not her friend.
e 3

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