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Answer keys LEVEL 3 Teacher Support Programme

The Canterbury Tales

Book key 24 26 Open answers
27 a man > woman b black > red
1 a rich b France c Latin d business e poems c quickly > slowly d devil > summoner
f 1400 e money > cooking pot f woman > summoner
2 a Open answers 28 a The owner of the horses says these words to his
b bailiff, duke, lord, pilgrim, saint, servant horses when they are tired and slow. The devil
c inn, temple, tower knows that the man doesnt mean these words. A
3 a pilgrims b inn c story d knight e thank few minutes later the man calls the horses good. It
4 5 Open answers is important in the story that someone really means
6 a 6 b 3 c 8 d 9 e 4 f 2 g 10 h 7 the bad words.
i 1 j 5 b The summoner says these words to the old woman.
7 a They are friends when they fight for their country. He wants twelve pennies from the woman, but she
They are enemies when they want to marry Emily. hasnt got them. So he says that he will take her
b Palamon goes to the Temple of Venus. Arcite goes cooking pot. The summoner is a very bad man. The
to the Temple of Mars. Arcite wins the fight, but woman hopes that the devil will take the summoner
falls from his horse and dies after it. Palamon loses away. She really means it.
the fight but wins Emily. c The devil says these words to the summoner. The
8 9 Open answers old woman meant what she said. So tonight the
10 a 7 b 3 c 3 d 7 e 3 f 3 g 7 h 3 summoner will be in hell with the devil.
11 Open answers 29 Possible answer: This shows that people sometimes
12 The wife of Bath is a happy, rich woman with a red dont mean their hard words. Then the devil doesnt
face. She rides a very fat horse. She has married five take them.
times and loves to talk. 30 Open answers
13 Open answers 31 a frightened b brave c true d quiet
14 a queen b different c ugly old woman e beautiful f stupid
d right e has to f young and beautiful 32 a He mustnt believe everything that people say to
15 Women want a young, loving, rich husband. They him.
must also do what they are told. + Open answers b He must keep his mouth shut when he has his
16 17 Open answers dinner in it.
18 a kill b money/gold c youngest 33 42 Open answers
d kill/murder e poison f death
19 One is killed with a knife and two are poisoned. Discussion activities key
20 21 Open answers 1 Open answers
22 a Dorigen b Arveragus c Aurelius 2 The The The Common
d the magician e Arveragus f Aurelius Nobility Clergy People
23 a Dorigen makes this promise to Arveragus. She
The Knight The Pardoner The Summoner
breaks this promise when she promises to love
The Priest The Franklin
Aurelius.
The Nun
b Dorigen makes this promise to Aurelius. She is
The Friar
going to keep her promise after listening to her
husband. But Aurelius feels sorry for her, so she 3 9 Open answers
doesnt have to keep it. 10 The clerk must be poor because he likes spending his
c Aurelius makes this promise to the magician. He life reading and studying. He may happy because he
tries to keep it but he hasnt got the money. He enjoys what he does.
says that he will pay the magician over two or three 1123 Open answers
years.

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Answer keys LEVEL 3 Teacher Support Programme

The Canterbury Tales

24 The word Death starts with a big letter because it is a 14 Suggested answers:
personification. Death kills thousands of people when a Dorigen said she would love him / he was in love
there is a plague or a war. with Dorigen.
25 Open answers b she promised this to Aurelius / her husband told her
26 The pardoner chooses to tell this story because it talks to keep her promise.
against the love of money and he wants the pilgrims c she loved her husband, Arveragus.
to either give him money or buy some pardons from d he didnt want to come between a man and a
him. woman.
2729 Open answers e Aurelius did the right thing.
30 Because she thought he wouldnt be able to do it. 15 a The summoner to the devil.
31 Open answers b The devil to the summoner.
32 Twice. First, Dorigen suffers when Arveragus goes c The summoner to the devil.
to war and then, Aurelius suffers for Dorigen. d The man to his horses.
Open answers. e The devil to the summoner.
3338 Open answers f The woman to the summoner.
39 Chaunticleers bad side is that he believes everything g The devil to the woman.
people say to him. Pertelotes bad side is that she h The devil to the summoner.
believes dreams mean nothing. The foxs bad side is 16 a cock b lord c hen d lady e garden
the same as Chaunticleers. f castle g devil
40 42 Open answers 1719 Open answers

Activity worksheets key Progress test key

12 Open answers 1 a A soldier to Duke Theseus
3 a 7 b 1 c 2 d 3 e 4 f 5 g 6 b Arcite to Palamon
4 knight, love, hundred, fight, winner, Lady, Emily c God Mercury to Arcite
5 Come to Athens / to see the great / fight! There will be d Arcite and Palamon to Duke Theseus
lords and / knights and beautiful ladies too! Sit next / e Duke Theseus to Palamon
to Duke Theseus, Queen / Hippolyta and Emily and / 2 a Walter b Griselda c Walter d Griselda
watch it all! e Walter
6 a always do what her husband tells her to do. 3 a law, lived
b give her children away when her husband asks her to. b half, answer
c go back home if her husband wants to marry a new c beautiful, ladies, dancing, singing
wife. d women, head
d work for her husbands new wife. e wedding, sadly, new
7 Griselda loses her husband and serves her husbands f world, fairy
new wife. Job loses his animals and his workmen. 4 a 3 b 2 c 5 d 1 e 7 f 8 g 6 h 4
Both lose their children and everything they love. 5 a war, fight b sleep, eat c frightened, black
Both are patient. d brother, Dorigen
8 Open answers 6 a He said he was a bailiff but he was lying.
9 a money b happy c clothes d cooking b He said that at first but he was really a devil.
e baby f husbands g head h what/as c He said but he didnt mean it.
10 h, a, c, e, f, b, g, d d He said she was bad but it probably wasnt true.
11 afraid, Death, looked, town, kill, found e The summoner asked for twelve pennies but she
1213 Open answers didnt have that much.
7 a 3 b 10 c 8 d 6 e 4 f 9 g 2 h 1
i 11 j 7 k 5

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