My Family and Other Animals

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Book key

1 a pigeon (and some beetles)

b  bullet

c  cab

d  beetle (Spiders are arachnids, not insects.)

e zoo, cage

2  Open answers
3 a  Leslie

b  Margo

c  Gerald

d Larry

e  They both became famous writers.

f  Open answers 

4 a  England > Greece / goes to > leaves

b  into > to

c  dining room > bathroom

d  None > All

e safe > dangerous

f after a few weeks > immediately

g  doesn’t like > loves

h  the same thing > different things

i watches too > sits next to him

5  He puts an -s on the ends of words.

a ‘Don’t you worry yourself about anything, Mrs 

Durrell. Leave everything to me.’

b  ‘Be careful. We don’t want to worry your mother.’

c ‘Don’t say that! With a mother like yours, you must 

kiss her feet.’

6–7  Open answers
8 a  7 b  3 c  7 d  3 e  3 f  7 g  3 h  3

i 3 j  3 k  7

9  a  He falls into a deep hole and dies.

b  At first she acts like a person and lives in the house, 

but then she grows up, moves into the garden and 
meets a male pigeon.

10–11  Open answers
12  b, d, f, h, i, j, l
13  Open answers
14 a Because Lugaretzia shows them her toes in the 

dining room.

b He has too much time to make trouble.

c  He walks in the garden with Margo and they look 

at the flowers.

d  He thinks it is too big and expensive.

e  Because the dentist has taken all Lugaretzia’s teeth 

out; she cannot stop crying.

15  Open answers
16 a  Peter leaves and Margo wants to die.

b If Peter tries to come back, Spiro’s friends will stop 

him.

c  Larry tries to shoot the gun without any bullets in 

it.

d Larry shoots the gun and falls back into a muddy 

pool.

e  Larry drinks too much wine and starts a fire in his 

room. 

f  They will move to a smaller house, and Aunt 

Hermione won’t be able to visit.

17 a worried b  love c  spends d  spending

e  young f shoot g send h  bored i time

j  leave

18–19  Open answers
20 a  T b T c  NT d NT e  NT f  NT g  T

h  NT i  T

21–22  Open answers
23 a Larry

b  Leslie

c  Mrs Durrell

d  Larry

e  Theodore

f Spiro

g  the passport man on the train

24 a  Roger, the dog

b  the rose-beetles 

c Achilles, the tortoise 

d  Quasimodo, the pigeon

e  the scorpion

f  the Magenpies

g  the snakes

h Alecko and the Magenpies

25–34  Open answers

Discussion activities key

1  Students can see a boy and a woman (probably his 

mother) standing in a room filled with animals. They 
can also see a girl (probably the boy’s sister) looking at 
herself in a mirror and another boy (probably the boy’s 
brother) shooting a gun. They should guess that the 
story takes place in an exotic country filled with wild 
animals, and that the story will involve the adventures 
that the family has in this foreign country.

2–6 Open answers

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7 Possible answer:
 

Yes, I would like to have Larry as a brother because he 
has lots of good ideas and he is very adventurous.

8–17  Open answers

Activity worksheets key

1 a  6 b  2 c  3  d  1 e  7 f 4 g  5 h  10

i  9 j  8

2 Open answers
3 a  He sees the sea turn blue and purple. Then he sees a 

sleeping island.

b  He hears the high, clear sounds of the insects.

4 Possible answer:
 

I see two taxis pulled by horses. There are bags in one 
of the taxis. In the other taxi, there are five people and 
a dog. The dog is putting its head over the side of the 
taxi. There are also twenty-four dogs running after the 
taxi. One of the people in the taxi is hitting the dogs 
with an umbrella. He is also hitting the other people 
in the taxi.

5 a  Why don’t you have someone who can speak (talk) 

your own language?

b  Where do you want to go?

c  The English always want bathrooms / a bathroom 

… I have / I’ve got a bathroom in my house.

d They all call me Spiro Americano because I lived in 

America.

6  Open answers
7 a  8 b  4 c  11 d  3 e  10 f  5 g  12 h  7

i  1 j  2 k  6 l  9

8 a  Because he is spending more time with Margo.

b  He asks Gerry what he wants for his birthday.

c  Because he is hurting himself as he is making the 

boat.

d Theodore.

e Because the dentist has taken all her teeth out.

f  Because he once worked for the King of Greece.

g Because he drank three bottles of wine the night 

before.

9 Open answers
10 a  Leslie.

b Margo.

c  Spiro and his friends.

d  Larry.

e  Larry.

f  Mother.

11–12 Open answers
13 a  The new villa is as white as snow. 

b  Margo thinks that the baby magpies are sweet. 

c  The birds are very interested in Larry’s room. 

d  The magpies throw Larry’s papers all over the floor. 

e  Below the villa is a line of fields. 

f Alecko is very heavy. 

g  Kosti says that he killed his wife. 

h  Gerry puts the snakes in a cold bath. 

14 a 7 b 2 c 6 d  4 e 1 f 5 g 3 h 8
15–16 Open answers

Progress test key

1 a  3 b  5 c  4 d  1 e  2
2 a A b NA c A d NA e NA f A g NA
 h NA i A j NA
3 a Achilles b Roger c Quasimodo
4 a red b female c screams d die e Oxford
 f book g dangerous h boat i orders j tea
 k warm l smaller
5 a Spiro b Larry c Larry d Mother e Kosti
 f Gerry g Leslie h Theodore
 i The family / Durrells j Mother
6 a Margo b Larry c Larry d Kristo e Gerry
 f Leslie g Leslie h Mother i Larry j Kristo