Step Three B1.

READING & TRAINING K E Y T O T H E E X E R C I S E S

Jerome K. Jerome
Chapter Three 6 They called the young keeper.
7 He wanted to see Mrs Thomas's
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Three Men in a Boat

1D 2A 3C 4C 5A 6B 8 They will meet George at
Shepperton at five o'clock.
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1 George likes sleeping more than Page 39 – exercise 2
working at the bank. 1C 2A 3C 4A 5C
2 Uncle Podger and Harris are Page 41 – exercise 1
KEY TO THE EXERCISES alike/similar.
3 The black boots at the shop on the open answers
square cost less/are cheaper than
Page 6 – exercise 1 Chapter Two the brown ones. Chapter Five
1F 2F 3T 4F 5F 4 Harris’s list was shorter than
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George’s.
Page 7 – exercise 2 1C 2A 3D 4A 5C 1 Julius Caesar and Queen Elizabeth I
5 There was no one in the kitchen
- No they don't seem to have any of 6 A 7 D 8 B 9 A 10 A except Aunt Podger. stayed at Walton.
the illnesses described in activity 1. 2 He did not want Harris to stop and
- No, all three are smokers. Page 23 – exercise 2 Page 32 – exercise 3 see the church, so he moved the
1 was 2 tried 3 thought 4 fell open answers boat suddenly and Harris's cap fell
Page 7 – exercise 3 5 made 6 blew 7 slept 8 rocked into the water.
1F 2F 3F 4T 5T 6F 7T 8F 9 felt 10 drank 11 ate 12 wanted Page 33 – exercise 1
3 George
1 In the garden of an important 4 Because he did not want to tow
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Chapter One palace. the boat.
George works in a bank in the City 2 They are following someone. 5 a young couple
Page 14 – exercise 1 and he likes sleeping. He also likes 3 The man in front is Harris and he is 6 Two girls hold the rope and the
1C 2A 3C 4A 5A 6D 7B the countryside. reading a map. third one runs around and laughs.
Harris is not romantic and he likes 4 They seem angry because they are
Page 14 – exercise 2 They pull the boat too fast and
the seaside. He always knows where lost and are trying to find their soon get tired. They sit down and
1 lazy 2 chemist’s 3 prescription to find a good whisky. way out. rest and the boat goes out into the
4 liver 5 ill 6 sleepiness J's health problem is his liver. He 5 Because it is a hot, sunny day, and middle of the river. They start
7 housekeeper 8 trip 9 disease worries a lot about his health and he in Victorian times umbrellas were pulling it again but then one girl
likes the countryside. used to protect you from the sun.
Page 17 – exercise 2 needs a shawl and the other needs
Montmorency doesn't like the idea of
1 2 a hat and this goes on for most of
a trip on the Thames. He likes fights,
B C 4 noise and confusion.
Chapter Four the afternoon.
5 I 3 WO L F 7 They had a very difficult time
Page 24 – exercise 4 Page 39 – exercise 1 getting the metal rods into the
C L M O
O L P X A 3 B 11 C 8 D 7 E 9 F 10 1 When George dies. holes and putting the canvas cover
6 U G L Y A G 12 H 1 I 6 J 4 K 2 L 5 2 He pretended they were rats. on. George and Harris accidentally
R 8 7 N O S E 3 He read that people were killed on got inside the cover and had to
A R 10 I Page 24 – exercise 1 the river and the weather report fight to get out.
9 G U A R D D O G S 1B 2A 3A 4B 5B 6A was bad. 8 J and Montmorency stood at the
E T O N 4 They started their river trip at back of the boat because Harris
O G Kingston. and George asked them to.
11 H UN T 5 They were angry because they 9 J went to help him and Harris.
S wanted to get out of the maze.

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Page 49 – exercise 2 Page 65 – exercise 1 8 Jerome K. Jerome 9 Hampton Court Page 94 – exercise 1
1 suddenly, accidentally A3 B7 C1 D4 E2 F5 G6 1F 2T 3F 4T 5F 6F
2 furiously, everywhere Chapter Nine
3 loudly Chapter Seven Chapter Ten
4 lazily, slowly Page 92 – exercise 1
5 violently Page 72 – exercise 1 1B 2A 3B 4B 5A 6B Page 102 – exercise 1
6 yesterday 1D 2A 3C 4A 5C 7 A 8 A 9 B 10 A 11 B 1A 2B 3C 4A 5B
7 there 6 D 7 D 8 B 9 C 10 B 6 D 7 C 8 D 9 A 10 B
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Page 49 – exercise 3 Page 73 – exercise 2 1 What does Harris do all day long? Page 103 – exercise 2
A3 B5 C7 D1 E4 F2 G6 1 shape 2 steer 3 curse 2 Why doesn't J do any work? 1 order 2 tomato 3 dessert
4 mustard 5 pineapple 6 sweetheart 3 Where did the three men spend 4 bring me 5 What 6 some
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7 knife 8 juice 9 tin-opener 7 cream 8 of course 9 green fruit pie
A3 B4 C2 D6 E5 F2 4 Who wanted to add a rat to the 10 chicken 11 sorry 12 take
G1 H5 I1 J2 K1 Page 73 – exercise 3 stew? 13 carrots 14 drink 15 milk
Page 55 – exercise 1 1F 2T 3F 4F 5T 6F 7F 8T 5 When did J and George go to take a 16 twenty
walk in the village?
1F 2T 3F 4T 5T 6F Page 75 – exercise 1 Page 104 – exercise 3
A5 B4 C3 D6 E1 F2 Page 93 – exercise 3
Page 55 – exercise 1 1 Montmorency could not sleep
MEAT - chicken, bacon, hamburger, because it was so hot on the boat.
1B 2B 3A 4A 5A 6B 7A pork
Chapter Eight 2 The play at the Alhambra Theatre
FATS - oil, lard was over/finished after three
Chapter Six Page 81 – exercise 1 VEGETABLES-spinach, carrots, hours.
1A 2D 3D 4D 5C 6B potatoes, tomatoes 3 I’ll never take a holiday on the
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FRUIT - fruit pie, pears, oranges, river again.
1A 2B 3C 4B 5A 6C 7D 8B Page 82 – exercise 2 apples, pineapple, bananas 4 This was the first time Harris had
Page 63 – exercise 3 1 for 2 since 3 since 4 for MILK PRODUCTS - butter, yoghurt, ever fought against swans.
5 since 6 for 7 since 8 for milk, cheese 5 An orange blazer was worn by
1 rains, will go SWEETS - biscuits, cake, chocolate,
2 packs, will read Page 83 – exercise 4 George.
ice-cream
3 will be, improves 1 happy 2 silence 3 courageous Page 108 – exercise 1
4 barks, will wake up 4 furious 5 friend 6 health Page 94 – exercise 4
1F 2T 3T 4F 5T 6T 7F 8F
5 will take, has 7 stupid 8 clever 9 ugly G P Z I N S W A Q U N F X R
6 is not, will swim 10 beauty 11 cruelty O H A M P T O N C O U R T U
7 remembers, will not get wet
8 will help, has Page 83 – exercise 1 K E P A T O V B T J U G M N
1 half 2 peeled 3 refused S I R J P Y I L G D M I Z N
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4 without 5 carrots 6 vegetables V X N L I J A C K E A K G Y
1 ‘I’ll never cook scrambled eggs 7 hampers 8 pieces 9 anything
again,’ said Harris angrily. B C V G Z W N E L T R D P M
10 pie 11 broken 12 added
2 ‘How can I help you?’ said the man 13 watched 14 while 15 dead D H L M S W S H I P L A K E
at the bank. 16 discussed M O U E G T C N H U O P O D
3 This was the first time he had ever N W I N D S O R V A W X S E
seen the tomb at the Shepperton Page 86 – exercise 1
E U Y Q B Z H N P S H J M R
churchyard. 1 Shiplake 2 Oxford
4 The old housekeeper did not live 3 Wallingford 4 Runnymede
with anyone. 5 Kingston 6 Windsor 7 Marlow © 2007 Black Cat Publishing,
an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury
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