Pre-Intermediate Level

Exercises Answer Keys

Diamonds Are Forever

Ian Fleming

Background
1 T
2 F
3 T
4 F
5 T
6 F
7 T

People in the story

1 James Bond

6 Michael Shady Tree

2 Seraffimo Spang

7 Tiffany Case

3 Felix Leiter

8 Ernie Cureo

4M

9 Wint

5 Jack Spang

Words from the story

a
Airports

Horse racing

Guns

Gambling

a flight

a jockey

bullets

a dealer

customs

a racetrack

a holster

a jack

the departure lounge

a trainer

ammunition

to shuffle

a suitcase

a grandstand

a silencer

a croupier

passengers

binoculars

to shoot

cards

a passport

stables

a shot

a cashier

b
1 jockey

5 passengers

2 binoculars

6 cashier

3 shot

7 departure lounge

4 holster

8 shuffle

Macmillan Readers

Diamonds Are Forever

This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT. Heinemann is a registered trademark of Pearson Education, used under licence.

Pre-Intermediate Level

Exercises Answer Keys

Main events in the story

a
a 3
b 6
c 7
d 5
e 2
f 1
g 4
b
1 London
2 New York
3 Saratoga
4 Las Vegas
5 Spectreville
6 Olancha
7 Sierra Leone

Vocabulary: anagrams
1 merchant

10 pipeline

2 fingerprint

11 loudspeaker

3 footstep

12 wire-recorder

4 disqualified

13 morse code

5 headquarters

14 mine

6 warning

15 wart

7 cabin

16 torch

8 porter

17 handle

9 spa town

18 towel

Pronunciation: vowel sounds

1 handle

7 cabin

2 shoot

8 fingerprint

3 smuggle

9 mud

4 gamble

10 wart

5 spa town

11 jockey

6 disqualify

Macmillan Readers

Diamonds Are Forever

This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT. Heinemann is a registered trademark of Pearson Education, used under licence.

Pre-Intermediate Level

Exercises Answer Keys

Language: time connectors

1 before

8 As soon as

2 as soon as

9 until

3 until

10 When / As soon as

4 when / while

11 before

5 After

12 before

6 when

13 While / When

7 while / when

Grammar: expressing the future

1 is going to

6 will

2 am going to

7 will

3 will

8 will

4 am going to

9 are going to

5 are going to

10 am going to

Making questions
1 Where did Bond meet Tiffany?
2 Who did Bond/he give the diamonds to in New York?
3 What did Felix Leiter do? / What was Felix Leiters job?
4 Who did Wint and Kidd attack in the mud bath? / Who attacked Tingaling Bell in the mud bath?
5 Why did Bond go to Las Vegas?
6 How much did Bond win at the casino?
7 Where did the gang take Bond?
8 How did Bond travel/get back to London?
9 Who did ABC shoot? / Who shot the smuggler?
10 Who did Bond think about in Sierra Leone? / Who thought about Tiffany in Sierra Leone?

Macmillan Readers

Diamonds Are Forever

This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT. Heinemann is a registered trademark of Pearson Education, used under licence.