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Madame Doubtfire
Book key 14 a Open answer
1 a Lydia, Christopher, Natalie (Natty) b Because Daniel can’t be a female housekeeper and
b Daniel and Miranda a male naked model at the same time.
c their mother c Because Miranda is angry with Daniel, but not with
2 a hamster, quail; housekeeper, model Madame Doubtfire. Madame Doubtfire makes
b annoyed, ashamed, divorced, naked, shocked, odd Miranda’s life easier. Perhaps Miranda also thinks
c Open answers Madame Doubtfire is a wise older woman.
3 a  3  b  7  c  3  d  7  e  7  f  3  g  3  h  7 15 Open answers
i  3 16 a Lydia  b Daniel  c Christopher
4 a Miranda d Daniel  e Lydia  f Daniel  g Natalie
b Because it says Daniel can’t have the children next h Lydia  i Lydia  j Daniel
weekend.They know this will annoy him. 17–19  Open answers
c Because she loves both her parents and she doesn’t 20 a house  b strike  c art  d upstairs  e clothes
like their quarrels. f towel  g students  h work  i school
d Open answers 21 a runs  b Where  c understands  d same
e Open answers e fight  f angry  g leave
5 Open answers 22–23  Open answers
6 a Daniel 24 a Daniel  b Lydia  c Lydia
b Miranda d  Daniel and Miranda  e Miranda
c her cleaning-woman 25 a can  b promises  c Daniel’s  d bad
d Miranda e tomorrow  f laughing
7 a early 26 a The children tell their parents to listen to them and
b untidy think about them sometimes.
c housekeeper b – c  Open answers.
d is going to put 27–37  Open answers
e after
f his own Discussion activities key
8 a Because Daniel puts it into the envelope and shuts 1 Possible answers:
it. She looks about sixty years old.
b No, she isn’t because Daniel has written his She has brown hair and wears a large pink hat.
telephone number on the advertisement. So She is quite big and looks quite strong.
people will phone him not her. She is smiling.
9 a Cleaning, cooking, tidying, making the beds, looking She is wearing a pearl necklace.
after children, shopping, answering the telephone, 2 Possible answers:
washing and drying clothes, etc. • When Daniel is rude about Miranda, Natalie looks sad
b He can wear women’s clothes and speak with a and hides her face.
high voice. He must shave a lot. • Lydia says, ‘Why don’t you try a bit harder? You don’t
c–d  Open answers make it any easier, you know.’
10 a advertisement  b voices  c clothes  d daddy • Lydia says, ‘It isn’t easy for her, you know, being a single
e kind  f difficult  g mother  h housekeeper parent.’
11 a Open answer • When Daniel pretends to cut the teapot’s throat
b Yes Natalie nearly starts crying again.
12 Open answers 3 –5  Open answers
13 a  do housework  b  is Daniel  c  her father 6 Suggested answers:
d  to the theatre  e  at her own house  f  the model The job is cleaning and looking after the children.
g  on that Tuesday I will call the number 43184.

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Madame Doubtfire
7 Possible answer: b He models for an art school with no clothes on.
I think it’s because he didn’t want people to ring c She feels very angry and shocked. But she also
Miranda. thinks it’s funny.
8 –10  Open answers d Three pounds an hour.
11 Possible answers: e Look after the children when they get back from
Madame Doubtfire was wearing a coat and a scarf. school.
Her hair was tied up in a kind of towel. She met the f Because she has to travel a lot for her job. Also, she
youngest Natalie first.Then the older children came doesn’t get home until half past six.
home.When Madame Doubtfire talked to them, they g Because he gives her too many problems.
did not say anything first. Christopher was not very 3 a early  b businesswoman  c  look after
happy and Lydia was looking at Madame Doubtfire d number
very hard. Madame Doubtfire told Christopher not 4 1 c  2 a  3 b  4 c
to be rude to his mother. Christopher said sorry. 5 1 e  2 c  3 d  4 a  5 b
Then Lydia realised who Madame Doubtfire really 6 a Miranda to Madame Doubtfire
was and said they would be great friends. Lydia b Miranda to Madame Doubtfire
took Christopher upstairs probably to tell him that c Miranda to the children
Madame Doubtfire is in fact Daniel. d Madame Doubtfire to Miranda
12–13  Open answers e Miranda to Madame Doubtfire
14 Possible answers: f Lydia to Daniel
Because it’s about happy and unhappy marriages.They 7 1 a  2 c  3 b  4 c
think it’s very real. 8 a Why aren’t you at school?
Because Christopher asks Daniel why he didn’t stay in b We’ve seen you naked before.
the family and pretend to be happy. c She thinks we’re at school.
Because he says a job is a job but real life is real. d You don’t know what hard work is!
15 –17  Open answers e They won’t stop loving me!
18 Possible answers: f Get out of this house!
Because Miranda tells him that his flat is messy and 9 Suggested answers:
that he doesn’t know what hard work is. She says, ‘It’s a Lydia
not enough to say what you want.You have to listen b Because Christopher asked her again and again to
to what your children want too.’ She also says, ‘You come.
can give orders and still not win.You can try to control c She is kind and polite. She is going to let Daniel see
people and still lose them.’ the children more.
19 –21  Open answers 10 Open answers
22 Some films starring Robin Williams:
Dead Poets Society, Jumanji, Good Will Hunting, Jack, Progress test key
Flubber, etc. 1 a Daniel  b Lydia  c Natalie  d Miranda
e Christopher
Activity worksheets key 2 a NO  b YES  c NO  d YES  e YES
1 a 7 Miranda: Natalie 3 1 e  2 b  3 c  4 a  5 d
b 3 4 a  Madame Doubtfire  b Miranda  c Christopher
c 7 likes Miranda a lot: doesn’t like Miranda at all d Lydia  e Miranda
d 7 wants, a lot: doesn’t want 5 a  3  b  3  c  7  d  3  e  7
e 3 6 a Madame  b ashamed  c naked  d modelling
f 7 bring the children to see Daniel: keep the children e pretended
2 Suggested answers: 7 a Daniel  b asleep  c Miranda’s  d dare  e act
a He is an actor but these days he is always out of 8 a 1  b 3  c 5  d 4  e 2
work. 9 c, e

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