W
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GreEn
The onderful
Wizard of
L. Frank Baum
KEY TO THE EXERCISES
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1 emerald 2 whistle 3 oil can
4 cyclone 5 brain 6 hot-air balloon
7 straw 8 basket 9 bricks
CHAPTER ONE
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1C 2B 3A 4A 5B 6B 7C 8A
Pages 16-17 – exercises 2 / 3
American English: program, center,
color, theater, favorite, apartment,
french fries, elevator, fall, mail,
pants, vacation, movie
British English: favourite, theatre,
colour, programme, centre, flat,
chips, lift, autumn, post, trousers,
holiday, film
a r, centre/center
b favourite, colour, u, u, color
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1 are 2 is 3 there 4 and 5 wear
6 Witch 7 a 8 She 9 have 10 the
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1 head 2 eye 3 nose 4 ear
K E Y T O T
App lE keep a secret?
D: Yes, of course. So what do you do
all day?
S: Well, when the farmer leaves in
the morning I always wait for five
minutes before I get off my post. I
like reading about what is
happening in the news, so I often
read the farmer’s newspaper, The
Munchkin Times. After I finish the
newspaper, I sometimes practice
the violin, I am learning the play
and I love it. It’s such a beautiful
musical instrument. Then in the
afternoons, I usually go to see
AND EXIT TEST
some of my friends in the area.
There are lots of scarecrows here,
5 mouth 6 hand 7 arm 8 leg
9 foot you know.
D: How do you travel around? Do you
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drive?
1B 2A 3B S: Oh no I never drive! The farmer
has a big tractor, but I don’t like it.
TAPESCRIPT It’s too noisy and there’s always a
Hello, my name is Scarecrow. I live in lot of smoke. I usually ride my
the Land of the Munchkins and I want bicycle.
to be your friend. I don’t really like D: What do you and your friends
my job because I am very friendly and usually do?
I don’t like scaring the birds. S: Some of my friends like sports, so
I can’t change jobs because I am not they often play tennis. I hardly
very clever. You see, I don’t have a ever play because I don’t really like
brain. I am going to the Emerald City tennis. I usually play some card
to ask the Wizard of Oz for his help. games with three or four friends.
We can talk at the same time.
D: What about when it is very hot and
CHAPTER TWO
sunny, do you sunbathe?
Page 24 – exercise 1 S: But Dorothy, I never sunbathe
1d 2f 3a 4c 5b 6e because it is very dangerous for
scarecrows. I’m very afraid of it
Page 24 – exercise 2
because I don’t want to catch fire.
B, C, E, H
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TAPESCRIPT
a always, post
D: So Scarecrow, is your job very
b often, newspaper
boring? c sometimes, violin
S: It’s not boring at all. In fact I do a d usually, friends
lot of different things. Can you
H E E X E R C I S E S
e hardly ever, tennis
f never, dangerous
CYCLONES
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a people, animals, cars and houses
b ten to twenty
c Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,
Colorado
d fifteen to twenty minutes
e from 75 miles to 300 miles per
hour
f They help us understand more
about cyclones.
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1 forest 2 body 3 ax 4 trees
5 oil can 6 arms 7 love 8 scary
9 teeth 10 tail 11 strong 12 back
13 afraid
TAPESCRIPT
Hello, I’m the Tin Woodman! I live in a
little house in the forest . I have a tin
body and I carry an ax because I cut
down trees . I have an oil can, too
because I must put oil on my arms
and legs. I’m sad because I don’t love
anyone.
Hello, I’m the Lion! I live in the forest
with other animals. I’m scary because
I’m big. I have a big mouth, long teeth
and a long tail . I am very strong and
can carry people on my back I make a
lot of noise but I don’t bite anyone
because I’m afraid!
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a back
b tail
c teeth
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1C 2A
2
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CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR Wonderful Wizard of Oz. CHAPTER SIX

Page 34 – exercise 1 Page 42 – exercise 1 Click on the internet Page 60 – exercise 1
project link. Go down the
1C 2A 3C 4A 5B 6C 7B 8C a F – The little man says, “Follow 1b 2e 3g 4c 5f 6a 7d
page until you find the title
me.”
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b F – Dorothy sees only a big head.
a Africa, grass b 20,000 the relevant links for this 1 Who 2 When 3 Where 4 Why 5 What
c T
c 25, 8-10 years d about 15 project.
d T a5 b1 c3 d2 e4
e male, female f 2,170, 1.5, 180 e F – The Scarecrow sees a beautiful
g every, 2, 1, 6 woman. CHAPTER FIVE Page 61 – exercises 4 / 5
TAPESCRIPT f F - The Tin Woodman must help Page 51 – exercise 1 A 4 – What do you do to make the head speak?
Dorothy and the Scarecrow kill the B 1 – How can I make a very big head?
Where do lions live? 1C 2A 3A 4C 5B 6A
Wicked Witch of the West. C 3 – How do the eyes and mouth move?
Most lions today live in parts of Africa. 7B
g F – The Lion sees a ball of fire. D 2 – How do you make the face?
Lions like areas with lots of grass.
h T Page 51 – exercise 2
How many lions are there in the world?
The Witch is dead and I TAPESCRIPT
Today there are about 20,000 lions in Page 42 – exercise 2
Africa. have the magic whistle. We D: Dear great Oz, please tell me. How can I make
a green b glasses c chair d shoes a very big head?
How long do they live? must save the others. Meet
e courage f ball g West h eye W: First you must use lots and lots of paper and
In captivity lions can live for about 25 me in the kitchen.
with some water you can make a very big ball.
years. In the wild they usually only live C H A I R D B F B Page 52 – exercise 3 D: How do you make the face?
for about 8 to 10 years.
A O B S S K L H A 1 b, f, g, j, k 2 d, h, m 3 a, W: Well, you paint separate pieces of paper and
How do they live?
G V U W G H U G L e, l you put them in the correct places.
Lions are social animals and they live in
4 c 5 k 6 c, i D: How does the eyes and the mouth move?
groups, called a pride. Some prides are F G H R L D O B L W: Well you use string or some cord or cotton to
very small and some are very big, most Page 53 – exercise 4
P R K R A C A E G pull the eyes and the mouth. I sit on the balcony
have about 15 lions. a8 b3 c7 d6 e1 f4 and do this.
What differences are there between W E S T S G L W S g2 h5 D: What do you do to make the head speak?
males and females? N E O B S J E M U
Male lions have long hair around their Page 53 – exercise 1
face, called a mane. Male lions protect D N E Y E N I L K
W
the pride when the female lions look E F A O S E L D F
H
for food.
How big are they? I
An adult male can be about 2 metres Page 43 – exercise 3
S S C
long and can weigh from 170 to 230 1C 2F 3A 4D 5G
kilograms. S C T L
An adult female is smaller at about 1.5 KANSAS H O T A I R B A L L O O N
metres long and with a weight of about R E E T
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120 to 180 kilograms.
How often do they have cubs? To find the correct website connect G L A S S E S H
Lions in captivity can have cubs every to the Internet and go to W N E
year, but lions in the wild usually have www.blackcat-cideb.com or
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cubs only every two years. The lioness www.cideb.it. Insert the title or part
can have from one to six cubs at a of the title of the book into our
time. search engine. Open the page for The

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W: Aah, you see, I am not a Wizard, but
I am a ventriloquist. This means I
can speak from one side of the
room, but the sound can come from
the place where the head is.
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1A 2A 3B 4B 5B
CHAPTER SEVEN
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a 4 b 6 c 8 d 1 e 3 f 10 g 5
h 2 I 9 J 7
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right – wrong love – hate
slowly – quickly loudly – quietly
everything – nothing
beautiful – ugly open – close
a love b quickly c everything
d loudly e wrong
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1 am 2 the 3 to 4 of 5 her 6 you
Page 68 – exercise 4
Possible answers:
walking – cheap, clean. healthy, safe,
slow
cars – expensive, quick
hot air balloon – cheap, clean,
interesting, slow
airplane – expensive, quick,
dangerous
bicycle – clean, healthy, tiring
boat – interesting, safe, slow
train – cheap, clean, safe
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1B 2C 3A 4A 5C 6A 7C 8A
CHAPTER EIGHT
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1A 2B 3C 4B 5B 6A
5 6
H E E X E R C I S E S E X I T
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B2 D3 E4 F1
TAPESCRIPT
D: These people are very short. They
are very friendly and now they are
very happy because the Wicked
Witch of the East is dead. They live
near the yellow brick road.
D: This thing is magic. When I blow it,
it calls the winged monkeys. They
then do anything you want them
to do.
D: This is one of the Wizard’s magic
tricks. It’s like a big round paper
ball. It has eyes, a mouth and a
nose. It also talks.
D: These are very special. For your
dream to come true you must click
your heels three times and say
what you want. They’re magic.
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The Scarecrow 4, 5
Dorothy 3, 6, 10
The Good Witch of the South 2, 8, 9
The Lion 1
The Tin Woodman 7
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1 with 2 am 3 and 4 There 5 The
6 it 7 I 8 to
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To find the correct website connect
to the Internet and go to
www.blackcat-cideb.com or
www.cideb.it. Insert the title or part
of the title of the book into our
search engine. Open the page for The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Click on the
internet project link. Go down the
page until you find the title of this
book and click on the relevant links
for this project.
T E S T
1 CONTEXT
Match the correct parts of the sentences.
A between April and October.
1 Very big storms
B for about 15 to 20 minutes.
2 Cyclones can blow away
C can become cyclones.
3 Cyclones usually happen
D in the United States every
4 On average cyclones last
year.
5 There are about 1,000
reports of cyclones E people, animals, cars and
houses.
2 COMPREHENSION
Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)?
T F
1 A cyclone picks up Dorothy’s house and takes
it into the sky.
2 Dorothy meets the Good Witch of the North
in the Land of The Winkies.
3 The Scarecrow is afraid of fire.
4 The Tin Woodman is sad because he doesn’t
have a brain.
5 The Lion wants a kind heart.
6 Everyone in the Emerald City wears green clothes.
7 The Wizard of Oz wants Dorothy to go to the Land
of the Munchkins.
8 The Wicked Witch of the West can see Dorothy
and her friends with her magic eye.
9 The Winged Monkeys break the Tin Woodman’s
arms and legs.
10 Dorothy throws a bucket of water at the Winged
Monkeys.
11 The Wizard of Oz is not a real wizard and doesn’t
know any magic.
12 Dorothy goes to the Land of the Quadlings
to see the Good Witch of the South.
13 The Good Witch of the South gives the Lion
courage.
14 Dorothy’s silver shoes are magic and they take
her back to Kansas.
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3 VOCABULARY 1
Read the descriptions. What is the word for each? The first letter 1D 2E 3A 4B 5D
is already there. There is one space for each other letter in the
word. 2
1T 2F 3T 4F 5F 6T 7 F 8 T 9 T 10 F 11 T 12 T 13 F 14 T
whistle heart brain cellar courage
wicked glasses straw
3
1 Dorothy blows one of these W______ 1 whistle 2 heart 3 brain 4 cellar 5 courage 6 wicked 7 glasses 8 straw
2 The Tin Woodman wants one H____
3 The Scarecrow doesn’t have one B____ 4
4 The room under a house C_____ 1 inside 2 under 3 on 4 behind 5 across 6 with
5 The Lion doesn’t have any C______
6 Very bad W_____
7 They help you to see G______
8 It’s inside the Scarecrow’s body S____

4 GRAMMAR
Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

with behind under inside across on

1 Uncle Henry and Aunt Em are .................... the cellar.

2 The Wicked Witch of the East is .................... Dorothy’s
house.
3 The Good Witch gives Dorothy a kiss .................... her
forehead.
4 The Wizard of Oz is .................... the screen.
5 The Lion jumps .................... the river.
6 The Winged Monkeys always help the person .................... the
magic whistle.

5 WRITING
Write a few lines about your favorite part of the story. Why do you
like this part?

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