6A – Review Answers
True or false
Book: Look at the lesson again. Circle True if the sentence is correct and False if the sentence is
wrong.
1. Harry’s boyhood dream had been to be a pilot.
True
2. Harry used 5000 balloons to fly.
False
3. The woman took her boat to Lake Placid to look for slugs.
False
4. Mark filled his bathtub with gasoline.
True
5. Mark lit candles and incense because the gasoline smelt bad.
True
6. Mark died in the explosion at his house.
False
What do you think?
Read the text again and answer the questions with short or long answers. Answers will vary.
1. Why couldn’t Harry become a pilot? He had poor eyesight.
2. How did Harry come down from his balloon chair? He shot some of the balloons.
3. Why was the marina guy laughing when he came up from under the boat? Because he saw the
trailer was still on the boat.
4. What had the woman forgotten to do with her boat? Take the trailer off.
5. What was Mark trying to do with the gasoline? Wash with gasoline.
6. Why did the gasoline explode? Because Mark lit candles and incense.
7. Who did the dumbest thing; Harry, the woman with the boat or Mark? Why? They are all very
stupid.
You try
Use the information to complete the sentences below.
Answers will vary.
1. Harry’s wife bought a bag of candy for Halloween.
Harry found the candy on the kitchen table and ate it.
Later, Harry’s wife looked for the candy but couldn’t find it.
She didn’t know Harry had eaten the candy.
2. One of the marina guys looked under the boat and saw the trailer still attached.
He came out of the water laughing.
The woman didn’t know why the marina guy was laughing.
He was laughing because she had forgotten to remove the trailer.
3. Mark used candles and incense to cover the smell of gasoline.
The firemen didn’t know this.
When they asked Mark how the fire had started they found out that he had lit candles and incense.
Your turn
Answers will vary.
What was your childhood dream?
I wanted to be a rock star or a famous footballer.
Have you made a silly mistake recently? What happened?
Yes. I drove my car into a fence.
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