Everyday English 3 Teacher’s Notes

Module 3 • Situation 1 Grammar Activity

Answer Key

Past Simple

A Interviewer: Tell me about yourself, Penny.

Penny Hall: Well, I didn’t grow up in the U.S.A.
Interviewer: I didn’t know that. Where did you grow up?
Penny Hall: I grew up in England. When I was a teenager, I wanted to be an actress and
singer.
Interviewer: Really? How did your parents feel about those professions?
Penny Hall: T hey didn’t like the idea. They said both are very difficult professions. But I
tried it anyway.
Interviewer: Did you study acting at university?
Penny Hall: Y es, I did, but I didn’t work as an actress. After I graduated, I met Peter Kelly
and got married. Unfortunately, we got divorced a few years later and I moved to
the U.S.A.
Interviewer: Was it difficult making new friends here?
Penny Hall: No, it wasn’t. People were very nice and helpful.
Interviewer: How did you become an interior designer?
Penny Hall: I helped a friend remodel her house and found out that I loved interior design,
so I applied for design school and started studying. Then I worked for Franco
Pazelli. I learned a lot from him.
Interviewer: When did you start your own company?
Penny Hall: In 2002, I signed the lease on an office downtown. I didn’t know then that my
company would be so successful!

B 1. didn’t grow up 9. worked C 1. Did … grow up

2. got 10. knew 2. didn’t
3. was 11. graduated 3. did … move
4. moved 12. saw 4. Did … find
5. didn’t come 13. gave 5. did
6. wanted 14. didn’t make 6. did … study
7. didn’t have 15. became 7. Did … start
8. were 8. didn’t
9. did … work
10. did

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Everyday English 3 Teacher’s Notes
Module 3 • Situation 2 Grammar Activity
Answer Key

Used to

A Sheila used to weigh 180 pounds. Now she weighs 120 pounds. How did she do it?
Sheila changed her lifestyle. Sheila used to eat too much. She grew up in a family that loved
eating junk food. They ate too many carbohydrates and too much sugar. They didn’t exercise.
Sheila and her parents used to sit around in front of the TV most of the time. Sheila’s parents
smoked, so Sheila also began smoking when she was eighteen. In fact, Sheila used to smoke a
pack of cigarettes a day!
Sheila wanted to go on a diet. She used to read about celebrities who lost weight after they went
on crash diets. So Sheila tried to do the same, but none of these diets worked.
Then Sheila’s friend, Pam, helped her. Pam also used to be fat, but is now thin. Pam told Sheila
about healthy nutrition and good eating habits. She also showed her how to count calories and
work out.
Today Sheila is thin, happy, and full of energy!

B 1. used to smoke
2. used to eat
3. used to live
4. used to go
5. used to study
6. used to write
7. used to sit
C 1. Martin used to be married, but now he is divorced.
2. Martin used to live in a quiet neighborhood, but now he lives in noisy downtown.
3. Martin used to study computer science, but now he works in journalism.
4. Martin used to work too hard, but now he works 7 hours a day.
5. Martin used to smoke, but now he doesn’t smoke.
6. Martin used to watch TV every night, but now he works out every evening.
7. Martin used to have trouble with English, but now he speaks English very well.
8. Martin used to feel tired all the time, but now he works out and has lots of energy.
9. Martin used to be very healthy, but now he looks too thin.

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Everyday English 3 Teacher’s Notes
Module 3 • Situation 3 Grammar Activity
Answer Key

Words of Sequence and Time Expressions

A
Do people still fall in love at first sight these days? Is dating as romantic as it was twenty or thirty
years ago? Decide for yourself.
This week David tells his story:
In the past many people married their high school girlfriend or boyfriend. I did the same. I met
Gloria during a football game. It was love at first sight! But I was only seventeen and very shy.
Three months passed before I finally asked her out on a date. We fell in love and began dating
during our final year of high school. Two years later, while I was at college, I proposed to Gloria.
We got married right after I graduated. It was a very stylish wedding!
Unfortunately, Gloria and I got divorced ten years later. We still talk to each other. But we both
think that maybe we married too young. These days, couples wait until they’re older before they
marry and start a family.
Is love over for me? Not at all! Last year I met someone new. It was during a friend’s party. A
beautiful woman started talking to me. She seemed a little embarrassed. “Excuse me, but aren’t
you David?” she asked. “Didn’t you go to Waterfall summer camp when you were in junior high?
Maybe you don’t remember me, but my name is Sara Whitman.” We looked into each other’s eyes
and laughed. It was love at first sight – or was it “second” sight?

B 1. during C 1. These days / Today / Nowadays

2. before 2. In the past
3. after 3. two days ago
4. while 4. these days / today / nowadays
5. before 5. These days / Today / Nowadays
6. after 6. a month ago
7. While 7. In those days
8. Before 8. last July
9. later
10. during

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Everyday English 3 Teacher’s Notes
Module 3 • Situation 4 Speaking Activity

Completing a Crossword – Information Gap

Answers to Speaking Worksheet

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Everyday English 3 Teacher’s Notes
Module 3 • Situation 4 Grammar Activity
Answer Key

Tag Questions

A Angie: The style of this painting is interesting, isn’t it?

Peter: Yes, it is. Pablo Santa does great paintings.
Angie: I didn’t know Pablo Santa was the artist. He has a studio downtown, doesn’t he?
Peter: That’s right. His studio is at 1001 Maple Avenue.
Angie: But the Logan Theater is at 1001 Maple Avenue. Pablo doesn’t live in the theater,
does he?
Peter: No, he doesn’t. He lives in the studio upstairs. How do you know the Logan Theater?
Angie: I belong to an amateur theater group. We put on plays in the theater.
Peter: I know about your group. You’re working on a comedy at the moment, aren’t you?
Angie: Yes. I am. I’m working with a wonderful director.
Peter: You don’t mean Tom Hudson, do you?
Angie: Yes, I do. Why?
Peter: Tom Hudson is my brother!
Angie: I don’t believe it. You look so different, don’t you?
Peter: No. We have different fathers. You really didn’t know Tom had a brother, did you?

B 1. aren’t they C 1. That woman looks familiar, doesn’t she?

2. isn’t he 2. Penny Lane painted this painting, didn’t she?
3. are you 3. You liked the new exhibit, didn’t you?
4. am I 4. I act well, don’t I?
5. is she 5. You don’t like comedy, do you?
6. aren’t we 6. Peter Pillay didn’t act very well, did he?
7. aren’t you 7. Larry and Paula belong to your amateur
8. is it theater group, don’t they?
9. aren’t I
10. are they

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Everyday English 3 Teacher’s Notes
Module 3 • Situation 5 Test
Answer Key

A 1. became F 1. is it
2. didn’t graduate 2. do we
3. grew up 3. isn’t he
4. remarried 4. didn’t he
5. looked 5. don’t they
6. interviewed 6. does she
7. sat around 7. didn’t we
8. didn’t make a difference 8. isn’t it

B 1. go on a diet G A
 nswers will vary. Accept all correct answers
2. meet in student’s own language.
3. get divorced H 1. met
4. work out 2. date
C 1. a 3. wasn’t
2. a 4. romantic
3. b 5. nowadays
4. b 6. before

D 1. after
2. While
3. before
4. during
5. while
6. After

E 1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. a
8. a

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