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Marcel and the Mona Lisa

Book key 10 Possible answers:
Antoine is the man who steals the Mona Lisa. Henri
1 Open answers is the man he meets on the train. Angelina works for
2 a place Signor Spandini. Signor Spandini lives in Venice. He
b place wants the Mona Lisa.
c painting
3 a It’s the evening. Discussion activities key
b He’s stealing a painting. 1 There is a painting. There is a mouse on the painting.
c He’s at a train station. Marcel is at the Louvre. Marcel is happy. This is a
d He’s having a bad dream. happy story. Marcel is a good mouse. He is clever.
4 a Louvre + Open answers
b Céline 2 Open answers
c steals 3 Suggested answers:
d black Marcel: detective, man, has lots of friends, doesn’t like
e Marcel cats
f station Céline: woman, beautiful, paints pictures, lives in the
g Antoine Louvre
h cats Both: mouse, friends, Paris, like jazz, holiday in Los
5 a He has the blue clothes of a guard. The Louvre Angeles
closes in the evening, and he stays there. 4 –5  Open answers
b He has a knife. He takes the painting off the wall 6 Suggested answers: Rome, Venice, Florence, pizza,
and puts it in a black bag. He drives to a station pasta, painting, opera, sun, ice-cream
and gets on a train. 7– 8  Open answers
6 Possible answers:
a He’s on a train to Venice. Activity worksheet key
b Nine. 1 Open answers
c There is a fire in the room. 2 a France.
d It is in the Louvre again. b Yes, she is.
7 f  1  c  2  a  3  h  4  e  5  d  6  g  7  b  8 c At the Louvre.
8 a The thief puts the painting into the black bag. d Jazz.
Marcel jumps into the bag. He hides there and e After 11 o’clock.
goes with the thieves to Signor Spandini’s house in f Yes, he can.
Venice. g Lots of noises (a motor, traffic and a radio).
b Marcel climbs up a red curtain at Signor Spandini’s h Yes, he does.
house. He then pushes some candles over, and they i Under the seat.
start a fire. The cats run away. Marcel climbs down j Italy.
the curtain to the desk. The Mona Lisa is on the 3 a live
desk. Marcel gets it and runs out of the room with b paints
it. c shows
c Marcel sees a police station in Venice. The front d talk
door has a letter-box. Marcel pushes the Mona e eat
Lisa into the letter-box. The Italian police send the f puts
Mona Lisa back to the Louvre. g sees
9 Open answers h steals
i climbs, jumps

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Marcel and the Mona Lisa

4 a a 3 a thief
b is b Marcel
c hearing c Céline
d at d Céline
e It e thief
f man f Marcel
g is g Marcel
h is h Marcel
5 early–late i thief
standing–sitting j Céline
big–small 4 a pink
woman–man b summer
fat–thin c on the train
cold–hot d the Mona Lisa
starts–finishes e mountains
6 a thief–detective f big
b cinema–Louvre g in
c bottle–knife h fat
d red–black i before
e aeroplane–train 5 a 7
f England–Italy b 1
g train–police c 3
d 8
Progress test key e 5
1 a 7 f 4
b 3 g 9
c 3 h 10
d 3 i 2
e 7 j 6
f 3 6 a 5
g 7 b 7
h 3 c 1
i 7 d 3
j 7 e 8
2 a mouse f 6
b guard g 4
c stealing h 2
d painting i 10
e thief j 9
f climbs
g dream
h shining

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