Love Actually

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Love Actually - Answer keys

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Answer keys

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Book key

1 Open answers
2 a designer, DJ, Prime Minister, vicar

b best man, honeymoon, reception, stag night

c carol, mistletoe

3 a Billy Mack

b Daniel

c Peter, Juliet

d Mark

e Natalie

f David

4 a Billy, to Joe, about the new record that he is

making.

b Daisy, to her mother (Karen), about the school

Christmas play.

c Peter, to Mark, about the stag night.

d Juliet, to Peter, about the Beatles song/the surprise

music in church.

5–6 Open answers
7 a 3 b 5 c 1 d 4 e 2
8 a Harry

b Mia

c Sarah

d Karl

9–10 Open answers
11 a The American President’s visit.

b The Fairtrade Christmas party.

c Under the mistletoe.

d His worries about his stepson.

e He is in love.

f To his farmhouse in France.

g With her parents.

h He can have him murdered.

12–13 Open answers
14 a pens

b language

c head

d gallery

e video

f an art gallery

15–16 Open answers
17 a T b T c F d F e F f T
18 a 5 b 2 c 4 d 6 e 1 f 7 g 3
19–20 Open answers
21 a Mark’s flat

b the Prime Minister’s office

c his home office

d on the edge of town, in France

e Daniel’s office

f Mark’s art gallery

g the hall of the building where her flat is

h their bedroom

i a shop

j a language school/an underground station

22–23 Open answers
24 a CD b one c presents d hospital e carol

f cards g experience h spend

25–26 Open answers
27 a David, Natalie

b Mia

c Natalie, David

d Sam

e Karen, David

f Joanna

g David, Natalie

28–29 Open answers
30 a unhappy b guilty c proud d happy

e confused f interested g excited

31 a Billy (and Daisy and Greta)

b Jamie (and Aurelia)

c Harry

d Joanna

e David

32–42 Open answers

Discussion activities key

1–2 Open answers
3 a The story of Love Actually begins just before

Christmas.

b Peter and Juliet are about to be married.
c The film Love Actually came out in 2003.
d Richard Curtis worked on Notting Hill after he

worked on Bridget Jone’s Diary.

e Some scenes in Love Actually were filmed in famous

places in London.

f The actors who played Jamie and Aurelia did not

really swim because the lake wasn’t very deep.

g In the first scene in the film, Hugh Grant wears two

different ties.

h The film story was changed several times to make it

shorter.

i There is more than one connection between many of

the characters.

4–22 Open answers

Love Actually

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Activity worksheets key

1 a airport b studio c bedroom d kitchen

e church f office

2 a F Jamie meets his younger brother in his home after

the wedding.

b T

c T

d F Sarah fell in love with Karl half an hour after she

began working at Fairtrade.

e F The DJ in Watford doesn’t like Billy’s Christmas

song.

f T

3 a 3, 6

b 9, 12

c 5, 8

d 1, 10

e 7, 11

f 4, 14

g 2, 13

4 a doesn’t want

b doesn’t like

c cheerful

d surprised

e make-up

f Natalie

g at school

h Blue

i Juliet

j Portuguese

5 a 5 b 3 c 1 d 7 e 8 f 2 g 6 h 4
6 a The Prime Minister to his ministers about his

decision not to stand up to the American President.

b Mia to Harry, letting him know that she will be

alone and available at the office Christmas party.

c Daniel to his son Sam. He thought that Sam was

sad because of his mother’s death, but in fact he is
in love.

d The Prime Minister to Natalie because she has told

him that she has just left her boyfriend.

e Ant, a presenter of a children’s TV show, to the

audience. Billy Mack has been saying bad things
to the children on the show and Ant wants to stop
him.

f Mark to Juliet. He doesn’t want her to see the video

he filmed at her wedding.

7 a 1 b 2 c 2 d 3 e 3
8 a because b although c while d because

e after f if g when

9 a The Prime Minister says that the American

President is very handsome.

b Aurelia dived into the lake to get the papers and

then Jamie dived in as well.

c Sarah thinks her brother looks worsethan he did

before.

d Harry is worried because the shop assistant is so

slow.

e Jamie is learning Portuguese from a cassette.

f Sam never asks his stepfather about his love life.

10 a 8 b 2 c 10 d 6 e 5 f 9 g 1 h 3

i 7 j 4

11 a F b F c F d F e T f F
12 a Juliet to her husband Peter. Mark has come to her

house to give her a Christmas card, and she doesn’t
want Peter to know.

b Billy to his manager, Joe, about why he has left

Elton John’s party early.

c The Prime Minister to Natalie. Everyone at the

school Christmas show has just seen them kiss.

d Sophia to her sister Aurelia. Jamie has just asked

Aurelia to marry him, and said that they could live
in France or England.

e Carol to Daniel because Daniel asks why Sam

doesn’t kiss Joanna when he meets her at the
airport.

Progress test key

1 a 3 b 1 c 1 d 3
2 a Chris b Jo c Mark d Sarah e Mia f Mike
3 a strong
b children
c cry
d Karen’s
e parents
4 Suggested answers:
a opinions
b Natalie
c mad
d dancing
e fat
5 a 3 b 5 c 2 d 1 e 4
6 a 3 b 4 c 5 d 2 e 1
7 a 6 b 4 c 2 d 3 e 5 f 1
8 a T
b F Daniel suggests that he and Sam drive to the

airport to find Joanna.

c F The airport guards are watching Billy Mack on TV

at the airport.

d T
e F Natalie runs to meet the Prime Minister.