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Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland
KEY TO THE EXERCICES
Page 6 – exercise 1
1F 2T 3T 4F 5F 6T 7F 8F
Page 8 – exercise 1
1B 2D 3A 4C 5B
Page 8 – exercise 2
1B 2C 3B 4A 5B
Page 14 – exercise 1
1C 2G 3A 4K 5E 6H 7B
8L 9I
Page 15 – exercise 2
1 better than 2 no one 3 didn’t live
4 there are some 5 far from
6 Alice’s favourite
Page 15 – exercise 3 a i s r o r u s j o h a b c
1 sleepy 2 friend 3 happy 4 c
hunger
5 beautiful 6 health 7 sad 8 a
anger
9 thirsty 10 interest
Page 16 – exercise 1 a u d t c p h d k l v l w o
1 E 2 B 3 F 4 A 5 G 6 C 7 H 8D
Page 16 – exercise 2
1T 2F 3F 4F 5T 6T
Page 22 – exercise 1
1B 2C 3A 4D 5C
d g r i d o g p v f x s o z
k e y t o t
Lewis Carroll B
1 walrus, hippopotamus 2 mouse
3 cat 4 dog
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1B 2A 3A 4B 5A 6B
Before you read
Page 28 – exercise 1
1 wet, dry 2 Caucus race 3 circle
4 prize 5 sweet, bag of sweets 6 bag
Page 33 – exercise 1
1D 2B 3D 4A 5C
Page 34 – exercise 2
Page 23 – exercise 2 A 8 sister – she is a relative, the others
1 Has she read the book yet? B B see C sail D son E week F aloud
2 Has he found the key yet? F G write H heard I dear J hair
3 Haven’t they finished eating yet? A B
4 Have you been to London yet? D 1 sea 2 son 3 week 4 sale 5 sun
5 Has she done her homework yet? C 6 see 7 allowed 8 right 9 hare
6 Have I written a letter to 10 heard 11 deer 12 weak
Jane yet? E Page 35 – exercise 3
Page 23 – exercise 3 1 while 2 As soon as 3 until 4 After
1 sleepy 2 loudness 3 sadly 4 hunger 5 when 6 Before
5 happily 6 politeness
Page 36 – exercise 1
Page 24 – exercise 4
1C 2A 3A 4C
A Page 41 – exercise 1
h o n p v c s h k l t n i k 1 He lost his white gloves.
2 He called her Mary Ann and told her
x p z d a x v r r a e f d to get his white gloves.
w o p c b d r k m n a g o 3 She found the rabbit’s gloves and
also a little bottle.
n y f z o y a o j i h g o d
4 She became so big that she had to
put one arm out of the window.
r e a f p x o x d s t e v b 5 He thought she was Mary Ann, his
y c g u d s v t f m o u s e servant.
w m x k j c p w a l r u s d 6 Pat was the rabbit’s gardener.
7 Bill the lizard flew out of the
o d c s b u k j u m e a b f
chimney.
x u p m a g p i e c u k j x 8 The magic stones turned into cakes.
9 She saw a mushroom with a long,
blue caterpillar on top.
10 He was smoking a long pipe.
h e e x e r c i c e s
Page 41 – exercise 2
A
1 pineapple – it is a fruit, while the
others are made with four.
2 watch – the others are part of an
hour.
3 crabs – crabs live in the water, the
others are birds.
4 pool – the others are geographical
names.
5 gloves – you wear others are parts
of the body.
6 canary – it is a bird, the others are
mammals, or animals.
7 England – it is a country.
are jobs.
B 1 canary 2 pool 3 watch 4 England
5 crabs 6 sister 7 gloves 8 pineapple
Page 42 – exercise 3
1 probably 2 was happy 3 going to
4 wrote the rabbit 5 was always
Page 43 – exercise 1
1B 2A 3C 4B 5C
Page 49 – exercise 1
1 C 2A 3C 4B 5B 6C 7A 8C
9 B 10 D 11 A 12 D
Page 50 – exercise 2
1 think
2 because she was
3 have time
4 worth
5 want to change
Page 50 – exercise 3
1 Alice is a pretty young girl, who
sees a rabbit and follows it into a
rabbit hole. She begins to have all
sorts of strange adventures. She is
a polite and clever girl.
2 The white rabbit is well dressed and
lives in a little house with servants
and a gardener. He knows the
Duchess.
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3 The blue caterpillar likes smoking
his long pipe and says a lot of
strange things to Alice.
Page 53 – exercise 1
1 In the thirteenth century Oxford
sold cloth and wool.
2 University College, Balliol College
and Merton College were built in
the thirteenth century.
3 The first woman got her degree at
Oxford in 1920.
4 Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Tolkien
and Bill Clinton studied at Oxford.
5 The Bodleian Library is important
because it was the first national
library of England.
6 It takes place on the River Thames,
between Putney and Mortlake.
Page 54 – exercise 2
1B 2A 3C 4A 5C
Page 61 – exercise 1
1E 2I 3G 4B 5H 6K 7L
8M 9J
Page 62 – exercise 2
2C 3C 4A
Page 63 – exercise 3
ACROSS
3 pineapple 6 eagle 7 mouse
9 parrot 12 butterfly 13 serpent
DOWN
1 canary 2 crab 4 pigeon 5 caterpillar
8 dodo 10 mushroom 11 key
Page 64 – exercise 1
1B 2A 3A 4A 5A 6C
Page 69 – exercise 1
1B 2C 3A 4B 5D 6A
Page 71 – exercise 2-B
1B 2A 3A 4C 5A
Page 72 – exercise 1
A A 3 B 4 C 2 D 1
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h e e x e r c i c e s k
B 1 king of spades
2 knave of diamonds
3 queen of clubs
4 king of hearts
5 knave of clubs
6 queen of spades
7 ace of clubs
8 king of diamonds
Page 78 – exercise 1
1 Because the Queen liked red roses.
2 The Queen cut off people’s heads.
3 The Knave of Hearts was carrying
the crown.
4 Because the people were only a
pack of cards.
5 The balls were hedgehogs and
flamingoes were used to hit the
balls. The arches were soldiers.
6 She saw the Cheshire cat in the air.
7 Because the Cheshire cat did not
have a body.
8 The Duchess was in prison.
9 She took a walk with the Duchess.
10 ‘The trial is beginning!’
Page 78 – exercise 2
1E 2B 3J 4G 5C 6A 7F 8I
9 H 10 D
Page 79 – exercise 3
1 liked 2 had 3 had 4 enjoyed
5 came 6 liked 7 decided 8 agreed
9 died 10 became 11 married
12 became 13 produced 14 sold
15 organized 16 attracted
Page 83 – exercise 1
1 By the second half of the Victorian
Age people began having more free
time.
2 They enjoyed sports and other
activities.
3 She was the first woman to win an
Olympic event, lawn tennis, at the
Paris Olympics in 1900.
4 Lawn tennis became fashionable at
summer resorts.
e y t o t h e e x e r c i c e s
5 It was better because it was Page 100 – exercise 1
lighter, safer and stronger than the 1D 2A 3B 4A 5C 6D 7B 8C
older models. 9 A 10 C 11 C 12 A 13 D 14 B
6 Because they were a cheap means
of transport, to go to work and to Page 102 – exercise 3
go out at weekends. 1C 2C 3A 4C
7 Cricket began in 16-century England.
Page 104 – exercise 4
Page 84 – exercise 1
Ridiculous – white rabbit, dodo,
A4 B6 C3 D1 E8 F5 G2 March Hare, hatter, dormouse, jurors
H9 I7 Rude – Duchess Queen of Hearts,
King of Hearts
Page 84 – exercise 2
Mad – March Hare, hatter, Duchess,
1F 2T 3T 4T 5F 6T 7F 8T cook
Page 91 – exercise 1 Stupid – dormouse, dodo, jurors
1A 2D 3C 4C 5C Unpleasant – Duchess, cook, hatter,
Queen of hearts, King of hearts
Page 92 – exercise 2 Polite – White rabbit, mouse, dodo,
A The Queen liked red roses. She was gardeners
a cruel person who like cutting off Cowardly – mouse, gardeners
people’s heads. Intelligent – Alice, Cheshire cat
B The March Hare was very confused Page 106 – exercise 1
and did strange things, particularly
with the Hatter’s watch. A 3 B 2 C 12 D 11 E 9 F 6 G 10
C The Duchess was a very strange H 14 I 7 J 1 K 4 L 13 M 15 N 5 O 8
person who had a frog servant and Page 108 – exercise 4
a fish servant. She was always 1B 2C 3D 4A 5C 6D 7B 8B
quite angry and loud. 9 C 10 C 11 A 12 D 13 B 14 B 15 C
D The mad Hatter was a nervous
Page 110 – exercise 5
fellow and a friend of the March
Hare. He sold hats that were not his. 1E 2H 3A 4J 5B 6G 7L 8O
E The Cheshire cat always smiled and 9 D 10 K 11 C 12 M 13 F 14 I
appeared and disappeared 15 C 16 N
very often. Page 110 – exercise 6
F The dormouse was always very
1E 2A 3H 4A 5B 6D 7J 8F
sleepy and it was difficult to keep
9 I 10 C
him awake. He told very
nonsensical stories.
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1 was difficult 2 good at 3 of mine k e y t o t h e e x i t t e s t
4 worth 5 name of the
Page 94 – exercise 1 1 1 B 2 D 3 B 4 D 5 A 6 C 7 C 8
A 9 D 10 A
1B 2A 3C 4B 5C 6A
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6 The Queen invited the Duchess

1 Read the sentence and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
A to watch a croquet game.
B to a tea party in the Queen’s garden.
1 Lewis Carroll was a famous author and
C to play a croquet game.
A a popular teacher.
D to eat some soup.
B an important photographer.
C a great painter. 7 Why was the Cheshire cat strange?
D a world traveller. A Because it liked to cook.
B Because it looked after a baby.
2 What did Alice see on the sides of the tunnel?
C Because it smiled.
A leaves and flowers
D Because it sneezed all the time.
B pictures of the white rabbit
C gold keys 8 Where was the tea party?
D maps, pictures, cupboards and other things. A In front of the March Hare’s house.
B In the Hatter’s garden.
3 Who did Alice meet in the pool?
C In the dormouse’s house.
A a dodo bird
D In the white rabbit’s garden.
B a mouse
C a brown dog 9 Who was on trial?
D a parrot A the white rabbit
B the Hatter
4 What was a caucus race?
C the March Hare
A a race around the pool
D the Knave of Hearts
B a swimming race
C a race in the wood 10 What did the white rabbit read aloud during the trial?
D a race without rules or a purpose A a poem
B a letter
5 What was the blue caterpillar doing?
C an invitation
A It was sitting on a mushroom smoking a pipe.
D a fairy tale
B It was eating a mushroom and smoking a pipe.
C It was sleeping on a mushroom.
2 What was your favourite part of the story?.........
D It was talking to the Cheshire cat.
3 Who was your favourite character and why?..............

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