Tim Burton’s

The Nightmare Before Christmas

c Pearson Education Limited 2007

Tim Burton’s

The Nightmare Before Christmas - Answer keys of 2

PENGUIN ACTIVE READING

Teacher Support Programme

Answer keys

LEVEL 2

Book key

1.1 1 Openanswers

2 Suggestedanswers:a scary b funny c happy

d strange

1.2 Suggestedanswers:1 JackSkellington

2 No,heisboredwithit. 3 dog 4 sad

2.1 1 JackSkellington

2 Christmastown

3 Christmas

4 tree

5 decorations

2.2 1 e 2 c 3 a 4 f 5 b 6 d
2.3 1 e 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 d
2.4 Suggestedanswers:1,2,4,6,7,8
3.1 1 a SantaClaus b sleigh c toys d presents

2 a SantaClaus b sleigh c presents d toys

3.2 1 holes 2 sleigh 3 toy 4 SantaClaus

5 don’thelp 6 chemicals 7 marry 8 bad

3.3 1 TheDoctorwasasleep,soSallywenttothetown’s

center.

2 JacktoldascarystoryaboutSantaClausbecause

nobodyknewanythingaboutChristmas.

3 Jackhadtofindabetterwaybecausetheydidn’t

reallyunderstand.

4 Jackwantedsomehelp,sohewenttotheDoctor

forsomechemicals.

5 SallywantedtohelpJack,soshemadeapresentfor

him.

3.4 Suggestedanswers:1 young 2 bad 3 dangerous

4 unhappy 5 stupid 6 Halloween

4.1 1 3 2 7 3 7 4 3 5 7 6 3
4.2 1 Jack

2 theMayor

3 somewitches

4 ayoungvampire

5 theMayor

6 Lock,Shock,andBarrel

7 Lock

8 Barrel

4.3 1 happiest

2 moreexcited

3 biggest

4 scarier

5 mostdangerous

4.4 Suggestedanswers:1 No 2 No 3 No 4 Yes

5 No 6 No 7 No 8 No

5.1 1 red 2 anEaster 3 reindeer 4 SantaClaus

5 wantstoask 6 bag 7 Jack

5.2 1 Sally

2 theEasteranimal

3 Santa’shat

4 fog

5.3 1 “I’llanswerit.”

2 “I’llgetit.”

3 “I’llopenit.”

4 “I’llpay.”

5 “I’llcarryit.”

5.4 Suggestedanswers:

1 Jackisgivingapresenttoachild.

2 Atoyisscaringaboy.

3 AtoyiseatingthepresentsandtheChristmastree.

4 Jackisdrivingthesleighabovethetown.

6.1 1 b 2 b 3 a 4 a
6.2 Jack:1,2

OogieBoogie:4,5

SantaClaus:3,6

6.3 1 Afterthepoliceshotthesleighforasecondtime,

thesleighbrokeintwo.

2 AfterJackhitthegroundhard,thereindeerflew

away.

3 AfterJackjumpeddowntheholeinthe

churchyard,heranthroughthedarkwoodsto
Halloweentown.

4 AfterSallytriedtohelpSantaClaus,shesawhim

inOogieBoogie’shome.

5 AfterSantatriedtogetfree,OogieBoogiestarted

thefire.

6.4 Suggestedanswers:

1 TheMayorwantsJacktocomeback.Yes.

2 OogieBoogiewantstoeatSantaClaus.No.

3 SallywantstomarryJack.Yes.

4 SantaClauswantstodohisjob.Yes.

5 JackwantstocelebrateChristmasin

Halloweentown.Yes.

Talkaboutit Openanswers

Writeaboutit Openanswers

Project Openanswers

Discussion activities key

1–23 Openanswers

Tim Burton’s

The Nightmare Before Christmas

c Pearson Education Limited 2007

Tim Burton’s

The Nightmare Before Christmas - Answer keys 2 of 2

PENGUIN ACTIVE READING

Teacher Support Programme

Answer keys

LEVEL 2

Activity worksheets key

1 Openanswers
2 a Halloween

b on

c vampires

d witches

e blood

f skeleton

3 Openanswers
4 a Christmas:December25

b Easter:inMarchorApril

c Thanksgiving:4thThursdayinNovember

Suggestedanswers:

d Christmas:trees

e Easter:Easterbunny,eggs

f Thanksgiving:turkey,corn,fall,leaves

g Christmas:celebrateit,eatChristmaspudding,

openpresents,singcarols

h Easter:eatchocolate,huntforeggs

i Thanksgiving:eatturkey,visitfamily

5–7 Openanswers
8 a because

b because

c because

d so

e because

f because

g so

h because

9–11 Openanswers
12 Lock,Shock,andBarrel
13–15 Openanswers
16 a becausetheygotarabbit.

b becausehewasorganizingChristmas.

c becauseshedidn’tlikeChristmas.

d becauseitwasdarkandfoggy.

e becausetheywerecelebratingChristmas.

17–29 Openanswers
30 JackSkellington,oneofthemostimportantPEOPLE

inHalloweentown,findsChristmastownandlearns
aboutCHIRSTMAS,buthedoesn’tunderstand.He
convincestheMAYORinhisTOWNtocelebrate
CHIRSTMAS,butitisSCARY.SANTACLAUS
helpsJackandnowheunderstandsthecelebration.
JackandSANTACLAUSbecomegoodfriendsand
visiteachotherWHENTHEYCAN.

31 Openanswers

Progress test key

1 a 6 b 7 c 5 d 3 e 4 f 1 g 2 h 8
2 a Jack b theDoctor c Sally d theMayor

e theMayor f Jack g Jack h Sally
i theDoctor j Sally

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