Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Book key 1.1 1 Open answers 2 Suggested answers: a scary b funny c happy

d strange 1.2 Suggested answers: 1 Jack Skellington 2 No, he is bored with it. 3 dog 4 sad 2.1 1 Jack Skellington 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 Suggested answers: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 3.1 1 a Santa Claus b sleigh c toys d presents

2 a Santa Claus b sleigh c presents d toys 3.2 1 holes 2 sleigh 3 toy 4 Santa Claus 5 don’t help 6 chemicals 7 marry 8 bad 3.3 1 The Doctor was asleep, so Sally went to the town’s

center. 2 Jack told a scary story about Santa Claus because

nobody knew anything about Christmas. 3 Jack had to find a better way because they didn’t

really understand. 4 Jack wanted some help, so he went to the Doctor

for some chemicals. 5 Sally wanted to help Jack, so she made a present

for him. 3.4 Suggested answers: 1 young 2 bad 3 dangerous 4 unhappy 5 stupid 6 Halloween 4.1 1 ✓ 2 ✗ 3 ✗ 4 ✓ 5 ✗ 6 ✓ 4.2 1 Jack 2 the Mayor 3 some witches 4 a young vampire 5 the Mayor 6 Lock, Shock, and Barrel 7 Lock 8 Barrel 4.3 1 happiest 2 more excited 3 biggest 4 scarier 5 most dangerous 4.4 Suggested answers: 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 Yes 5 No 6 No 7 No 8 No

5.1 1 red 2 an Easter 3 reindeer 4 Santa Claus 5 wants to ask 6 bag 7 Jack 5.2 1 Sally 2 the Easter animal 3 Santa’s hat 4 fog 5.3 1 “I’ll answer it.” 2 “I’ll get it.” 3 “I’ll open it.” 4 “I’ll pay.” 5 “I’ll carry it.” 5.4 Suggested answers: 1 Jack is giving a present to a child. 2 A toy is scaring a boy. 3 A toy is eating the presents and the Christmas

tree. 4 Jack is driving the sleigh above the town. 6.1 1 b 2 b 3 a 4 a 6.2 Jack: 1, 2 Oogie Boogie: 4, 5 Santa Claus: 3, 6 6.3 1 After the police shot the sleigh for a second time,

the sleigh broke in two. 2 After Jack hit the ground hard, the reindeer flew

away. 3 After Jack jumped down the hole in the

churchyard, he ran through the dark woods to Halloweentown.

4 After Sally tried to help Santa Claus, she saw him in Oogie Boogie’s home.

5 After Santa tried to get free, Oogie Boogie started the fire.

6.4 Suggested answers: 1 The Mayor wants Jack to come back. Yes. 2 Oogie Boogie wants to eat Santa Claus. No. 3 Sally wants to marry Jack. Yes. 4 Santa Claus wants to do his job. Yes. 5 Jack wants to celebrate Christmas in

Halloweentown. Yes.

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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Answer keys 2 of 2 pearsonenglishactivereaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015

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Activity worksheets key 1 Open answers 2 a Halloween b on c vampires d witches e blood f skeleton 3 Open answers 4 a Christmas: December 25 b Easter: in March or April c Thanksgiving: 4th Thursday in November Suggested answers: d Christmas: trees e Easter: Easter bunny, eggs f Thanksgiving: turkey, corn, fall, leaves g Christmas: celebrate it, eat Christmas pudding,

open presents, sing carols h Easter: eat chocolate, hunt for eggs i Thanksgiving: eat turkey, visit family 5–7 Open answers 8 a because b because c because d so e because f because g so h because 9–11 Open answers 12 Lock, Shock, and Barrel 13–15 Open answers 16 a because they got a rabbit. b because he was organizing Christmas. c because she didn’t like Christmas. d because it was dark and foggy. e because they were celebrating Christmas. 17–29 Open answers 30 Jack Skellington, one of the most important PEOPLE

in Halloweentown, finds Christmastown and learns about CHIRSTMAS, but he doesn’t understand. He convinces the MAYOR in his TOWN to celebrate CHIRSTMAS, but it is SCARY. SANTA CLAUS helps Jack and now he understands the celebration. Jack and SANTA CLAUS become good friends and visit each other WHEN THEY CAN.

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Progress test key 1 a 6 b 7 c 5 d 3 e 4 f 1 g 2 h 8 2 a Jack b the Doctor c Sally d the Mayor e the Mayor f Jack g Jack h Sally

i the Doctor j Sally 3 a ✗ b ✓ c ✓ d ✗ e ✗ f ✓ g ✗ 4 a 5 b 1 c 6 d 2 e 3 f 4 g 7 5 a 2 b 3 c 1 6 a ✓ b ✗ c ✓ d ✗ e ✓ f ✓ g ✓