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Newspaper Chase
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1.1 Open answers (1 In his bedroom.  2 He is putting a Gallery, million, frame, blue glass, can’t, from, morning,
picture in a newspaper.  3 He is putting a picture in o’clock, evening, at, open, closed, Come
the newspaper.  4 He is putting the newspaper under Project
the bed.  5 Open answer) 1 Open answers
1.2 1 a ✓  b  ✓  c  ✗  d  ✗  e  ✓  f  ✗ 2 a book glass bottle bike shirt
1.2 2 Open answers
2.1 1 closed  2 aren’t  3 morning
boat
4 No  5 is  6  doesn’t buy
shoes
2.2 a 4  b 6  c 1  d 3  e 5  f 2
a He puts it under his bed in a newspaper. bag
b He wants fifty thousand dollars for the painting,
car
not five.
c He wants a painting from the gallery.
TV
d It is blue. dress
e “It’s a million-dollar painting.”
water
f He has a knife.
chair food box newspaper
2.3 1 runs quickly  2  walks quickly  3  closes, quietly
4  puts, quietly  5  eats, slowly  6  find, slowly b  Open answers
2.4 1 NO  2 YES  3 NO  4  YES  5 NO 3–4  Open answers
3.1 1 b  2 a  3 b  4 a  5 b
3.2 a Friday  b black  c unhappy  d suddenly  Discussion activities key
e  thousands of  f old  g  talks to h expensive 1 Open answers
3.3 1 is looking for  2  is looking  3  is running 2 Possible answer
4  are putting  5  is chasing  6  is asking Name Harry Black
3.4 Open answers Nationality American
Talk about it Age 30s, 40s
1 Possible answers: Description Tall, a little hair, brown eyes
a No he doesn’t. Harry Black is a thief. He takes a
3–8  Open answers
painting from the art gallery.
b He takes a painting but he doesn’t take a vase. He Activity worksheet key
breaks a vase. 1 a No, he doesn’t. He goes to the art gallery at 1 in the
c Harry doesn’t give it to Mrs. Allen. He puts the morning.
painting under his bed in Mrs. Allen’s house. b He has a light.
d Janey doesn’t find old bottles. She finds an old c Yes, it’s very expensive. It’s a million dollars.
newspaper in Harry’s bedroom. d No, he doesn’t.
e Harry doesn’t watch the men quietly. He chases e He takes the painting to his room.
after the recycling truck. f He puts the painting under his bed.
f Janey doesn’t see any green glass. She sees some g He wants fifty thousand dollars.
blue glass in Harry’s shoes. 2 Open answer
g Harry doesn’t talk to the police. Janey talks to the 3 Open answer
police on the telephone. 4 a Janey doesn’t recycle newspapers every day.
h The policemen aren’t angry with Janey. They are b Janey sees a newspaper under Harry’s bed.
happy with her. c Janey puts old newspapers into a black box.
2 Open answers d Harry sees the truck.
e There are a lot of newspapers in the truck.
f Harry’s newspaper is two days old.

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Newspaper Chase
5 a No, he can’t. Progress test key
b No, she doesn’t. 1 a art gallery b thief
6 a Janey sees a piece of glass in Harry’s shoe. c painting
b Janey phones the police. d million
c The men in the recycling truck are angry. e frame
d The policemen arrive quickly. f vase
e Janey can buy a painting with the reward. 2 a ✗ b  ✗ c  ✗ d  ✗ e ✗ 
7 a It’s Harry, the thief. f ✗  g  ✓  h  ✗ i  ✓ j  ✗
b Because he hides the painting in the newspaper, 3 a frame
Janey recycles newspapers and the recycling men b a rooming house
take it in their truck. c in a box
8 a H  b M  c H  d H  e J  f H  g H  h J d truck
9–15  Open answers 4 a 2  b 4  c 1  d 3  e 5
5 a Janey puts the newspapers in a box.
b Janey looks for newspapers on Fridays.
c Harry jumps into the truck.
d Harry chases after the recycling truck.
6 a ✗  b  ✗  c  ✓  d  ✓  e  ✗
7 a Janey  b  The truck men  c Janey 
d  The police  e Janey
8 a 4  b 3  c 1  d 5  e 2

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