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Mrs Black: quite old nice pink face

The Secret of the Stones

blue eyes 1 Mrs Black and Mr Carter are people
Mr Carter: very kind white hair who work at Stonecross cottage
angry voice not happy 2 Dad usually sleeps all the time
B 3 The lady in the shop doesn’t seem
very happy
Face Hair Body Character 4 Martin Knight wants to know
Victoria Heward freckles blonde tall nice
all about Stephen’s book
5 Uncle Stephen tries to understand
glasses straight short kind old mysteries
K E Y TO T H E ACT I V I T I E S A N D E X I T T E ST 6 Max and Laura think that there are
old curly fat happy strange people in Stonecross
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Welcome to Stonehenge young blonde thin angry Page 28 – exercise 2
1F 2C 3E 4B 5D 6A
F S U A N G K L R X Page 19 – exercise 3
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O W M C B P A M T Y 1 Uncle Stephen 2 Mr Knight
A 1 archaeologists 2 enormous 1B 2A 3C 4C 5A 6B 7C
3 experts 4 tomb 5 calendar O I C H E E S E U T 3 Max and Laura 4 Dad
6 aliens Page 33 – exercise 2
D M H A U G U S T V Page 19 – exercise 4
B 1 B 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 A A 1 Let’s have a pizza!
N M J A C M N L K N Open answer 2 How about going to the cinema?
CHAPTER ONE S I A G H K N B S B 3 Why don’t you do your homework?
CHAPTER THREE 4 Let’s play tennis!
C N L A S S Y M A R B-C Open answer
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H G C M B N D N E W
1A 2B 3C 4A 5B 6A 7A 1C 2A 3B 4A 5C 6A Page 34 – exercise 3
O R D T R C Y F M A Open answer
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O A P A S S P O R T
1C 2C 3B 4A 5C 6A 7B 1 F They want to have lunch at home at
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1 o’clock
B R E A L F A M T W 2 T Page 35 – exercise 1
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3 F She doesn’t smile. She isn’t very 1D 2A 3F 4B 5C 6E
friendly.
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Page 13 – exercise 4 4 F She knows the children don’t come
hotel from Stonecross. 1 key 2 lock 3 screams 4 cupboards
1 They are playing 2 I watch 3 Tommy
5 F She says it isn’t a good idea. 5 jewels
hill usually sleeps 4 I am studying 5 We go
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field 7T
CHAPTER TWO 1A 2B 3B 4A 5C 6A 7B 8C
8 F He thinks that Mrs Black is a nice,
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1C 2D 3A 4B 5F 6E Page 25 – exercise 2 Singular Plural
cottage
Page 18 – exercise 1 Open answer man men
river 1 Mum 2 Mr Carter 3 Dad 4 Mr Carter woman women
path Page 26 – exercise 3
5 Mum 6 Mum 7 Max 8 Laura child children
1B 2C 3A 4C 5A
mouse mice
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Open answer tooth teeth
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Page 41 – exercise 3 Page 52 – exercise 2 CHAPTER NINE mysteries. 3 Barbara is the family’s friend
The missing objects in picture 2 are: the 1 Dad wants to sleep but mum wants to and a leader of a secret organization.
Page 64 – exercise 1 4 Sarah is Andrew’s wife and the twin’s
clock on the wall; the pair of sneakers; the go walking.
laptop; the magasine; the red box near the 2 Barbara decides to go walking with Mum 1C 2F 3D 4A 5B 6E mum.
window. and Dad. Page 64 – exercise 2 Page 76 – exercise 3
3 Uncle Stephen makes a cup of tea and O
Open answer
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4 Max and Laura can’t see very well Page 69 – exercise 1 S M I L E
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1 Her son 2 Because she doesn’t want to 5 Mrs Black and Martin Knight talk
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drink hot chocolate 3 Mum 4 Because together so Laura and Max want to
she hears a noise 5 She is reading Uncle listen. 1B 2C 3C 4A 5B 6A 7C 8B W O R R Y
Stephen’s notebooks 6 Because she T V
knows Mrs Black hasn’t got a car Page 53 – exercise 3 Page 70 – exercise 3 R E M E M B E R
7 open answer 8 open answer 1 July and August 2 Seaview 3 692 85 16 1 1 buy – 2 four 2 3 see – 4 too 3 5 to – L R U
4 9:00 – 5:30 5 Closed 6 £2.50 6 sea 4 7 for – 8 by
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0F 1A 2G 3D 4I 5H 6C 7E 8B Page 54 – exercise 4 Page 70 – exercise 4
Open answer 1 Why do they knock on the door?
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2 Who is Martin Knight? AFTER READING
1B 2E 3D 4A 5C
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Symbols 3 What do they hear?
4 Where is Uncle Stephen?
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1 Mum 2 Johnson 3 Mrs Black/ Dorothy
A 1 chocolate 2 bed 3 thing 4 delicious Page 57 – exercise 1 Page 71 – exercise 5 Smith 4 Hot chocolate 5 Wales
5 downstairs 6 study 7 looking 1C 2D 3E 4A 5B 1F 2B 3G 4D 5E 6H 7A 8C 6 Stonecross 7 Nothing 8 Uncle Stephen
8 keys 9 smile 10 goodbye 9 Caretaker 10 7pm 11 £1.00 12 Dad
Page 57 – exercises 2-3 Page 71 – exercise 6 13 20 minutes 14 Car keys 15 Mr Carter
B 1 chocolate/delicious 2 bed 3 night/
downstairs 4 study 5 looking/keys Open answer Open answer 16 London 17 Martin Knight/ Martin Smith
6 laugh 7 goodbye 18 £8.00
CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER TEN
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Open answer Page 58 – exercise 1 Page 75 – exercise 1 Open answer
1C 2D 3A 4E 5B 1B 2A 3B 4B 5C 6B 7A
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CHAPTER SEVEN Page 58 – exercise 2 Page 76 – exercise 2 G2 F3 D4 C5 A6 E7 I8 B9
Page 48 – exercise 1 A 1 Uncle Stephen is happy. 2 Finally he 1 open 2 worry 3 smile 4 remember H 10
1 go home / go swimming/ go to school can work in peace. 3 He makes a cup 5 discover 6 run 7 find 8 tell
of tea and goes into his study. 4 On his Page 79 – exercise 4
2 have lunch / have fun/ have an idea /
desk there is the old book of mysteries. Page 76 – exercise 4 Picture 1
have a drink
3 do your homework/do the shopping/ do 5 He takes the brooch in his hand and 1 Mr Knight is Mrs Black’s son and a
looks at it. 6 He knows it is part of the criminal. 2 Professor Johnson is Uncle Page 79 – exercises 5-6
an exam
but… mystery. Stephen’s colleague and an expert in old Open answer
1 play football/ take a bus B Open answer
2 be 12 years old/ be cold
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3 take a photo/ have breakfast/ have a
shower 1A 2B 3C 4B 5A 6A key to the E xit test

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Exercise 1 Exercise 2
1C 2B 3A Open answer
1D 2B 3A 4C 5A 6C 7B 8A Open answer
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1 Read the sentences and questions. Choose the correct answer – A, B, C 7 Mr. Knight
or D. A is Mrs Black’s father.
B and Mrs Black wear the same symbol.
1 Max and Laura go on holiday
C understands the mystery of Stonehenge.
A in a house in London.
D Is the leader of the secret organisation.
B in a hotel in Stonecross.
C in a tent near Stonehenge. 8 Uncle Stephen wants to go to London because
D in a cottage in the countryside. A the book is not safe in Stonecross.
B he wants to escape from Mrs Black.
2 Mr Carter
C he knows that Barbara live in London.
A has got a big pink face.
D he wants to have dinner with Professor Johnson.
B looks after the house when nobody is staying in it.
C is the housekeeper. 9 Mr Carter
D says that Mrs Black is a witch. A calls Mum and Dad.
B phones the police.
3 Why do Max and Laura go into the shop?
C ties up Mrs Black.
A Because they want to buy something to drink.
D causes problems.
B Because they want to ask the shopkeeper some questions.
C Because it is too sunny outside. 10 The real leader of the organisation is
D Because it seems mysterious. A Mr Knight
B The doctor
4 When Uncle Stephen sees Stonehenge
C Barbara
A he understands everything.
D Uncle Stephen
B he says it’s very beautiful.
C he studies his old book of mysteries.
D he telephones Professor Johnson. 2 Answer the questions.

5 While they are visiting Stonehenge 1 What is your favourite part of the story? Why?
A a thief enters the cottage. 2 Who is your favourite character? Why?
B Mrs Black loses her car keys.
C somebody steals Uncle Stephen’s old book.
D Barbara finds her brooch.

6 During the night Laura hears

A Max snoring.
B Uncle Stephen studying.
C Mrs Black looking for something.
D Dad smiling.

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