Active Grammar 1 - Nigel Turton 2007
Answer Key
Unit 1 Writing
Page 7 — The alphabet
(1)
(2)
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
(3)
a. к
b. b
c. t
(4)
a. c d e
b. r s t
c. g h i
Page 11 — Capital letters
Page 14 — Punctuation
(2)
a. Wilson eats fish, chicken, beef and ice cream.
b. He has a white face, black ears, blue eyes, a black nose and a pink tongue.
(3)
a. When it’s raining, Wilson stays indoors.
b. He’s very fat because he eats too much.
с. I think you’ll like Wilson when you see him.
Unit 2 Nouns
Page 19 — What is a noun?
Page 23 — Proper nouns
(1)
(2)
Page 31 — Uncountable nouns
(1)
(2)
a. a bag of flour
b. a tin of soup
c. a sheet of paper
Page 36 — Singular and plural forms
(1)
- ’Books’ is plural.
- ’Hardbacks’ is plural.
- ’Paperbacks’ is plural.
- ’Refrigerator’ is singular.
- ’Cups’ is plural.
- ’Plates’ is plural.
- ’Bowls’ is plural.
- ’Shirts’ is plural.
- ’Washing machine’ is singular.
(2) Examples:
- I can see one broom.
- I can see two fans.
- I can see ten books.
- I can see twenty chairs.
- I can see twenty desks.
Unit 3 Words used with nouns
Page 41 — The indefinite article
(1)
a. This is an ear.
b. This is a nose.
c. This is a foot.
d. This is a hand.
e. This is an arm.
(2)
a. This is a triangle.
b. This is an octagon.
c. This is a circle.
d. This is an oval.
e. This is a square.
Page 46 — Possessive determiners
(1) Her
(2) His
(3) our
(4) its
(5) their, your
(6) My
Page 50 — Possessive nouns
(1)
a. This is Bella’s book.
b. This is David’s hammer.
c. This is Bob’s shirt.
d. This is Jane’s camera.
e. This is Alan’s sponge.
f. This is Ken’s flipper.
Page 51
(2)
a. Whose ball is it? It’s Joey’s.
b. Whose chair is it? It’s Alan’s.
c. Whose knife is it? It’s Linda’s.
d. Whose arrow is it? It’s Pete’s.
e. Whose hat is it? It’s Charlie’s.
Unit 4 Pronouns
Page 56 — Personal pronouns
(1) He
(2) you
(3) They
(4) he
(5) it
(6) We
Page 60 — Demonstrative pronouns
(1) this
(2) these
(3) those
(4) that
(5) This
(6) Those
Page 67 — Interrogative pronouns
(1)
a. What is your telephone number?
b. Who is the tallest person in your family?
c. What did you do last night?
d. Which is your bag, the blue one or the red one?
e. Whose is this ruler? Does it belong to you? f. What is the capital of Malaysia?
Page 68
(2)
a. What
b. Who
c. Which
d. What
e. Whose
Unit 5 Verbs
Page 74—What is a verb?
(1)
a. Cats chase mice.
b. Dogs chase cats.
c. Bees make honey.
d. Babies drink milk.
e. Monkeys like bananas.
f. Birds eat worms.
g. Bakers make bread.
h. I am a doctor.
(2)
a. chase
b. chase
c. make
d. drink
e. like
f. eat
g. make
h. am
(3)
Page 80 — The verb be
(1) Kim: It is your birthday today, isn’t it?
Mat: Yes, it is. I am six.
Kim: Happy birthday, Mat!
(2) Jill: Are you hungry?
Tim: No, I’m not. Are you hungry?
Jill: Yes, I am.
(3) Luke: Look at this, Mark. It is a butterfly, isn’t it?
Mark: Yes, it is. It is beautiful.
Luke: The wings are so big!
Mark: Yes, they are huge!
(4) Lucy: Your mother is a teacher, isn’t she?
Paul: Yes, she is. My father is a teacher, too.
(5) Mary: Tom is in your class, isn’t he?
Dan: No, he isn’t. He is in 1B.
Mary: Which class are you in?
Dan: I am in 1C.
Mary: Jill and Wendy are in 1B, aren’t they?
Dan: Yes, they are. They are good friends of mine.
Page 84— There is and there are
Picture A:
- There is a bicycle.
- There is a kite.
- There is a scooter.
- There are two balls.
- There is a skipping rope.
Picture B:
- There are two guitars.
- There are three drums.
- There is a piano.
- There is a violin.
- There is a mouth organ.
Page 89—The verb have
(1) has (or has got)
(2) has (or has got)
(3) has(or has got)
(4) have (or have got)
(5) has (or has got)
(6) have (or have got)
Page 94—Present continuous tense
(1) Ben is flying his kite,
(2) Some big boys are playing football.
(3) Alan is buying an ice cream.
(4) Tim’s father is reading a newspaper.
(5) Tim and his sister are riding their bicycles.
Unit 6 Adverbs
Page 101
(1) where
(2) how
(3) how often
(4) how
(5) how
(6) how
(7) how
(8) when
(9) how
(10) when
(11) how
(12) where
(13) when
(14) when
(15) where
