Lost Love and Other Stories
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Lost Love and Other Stories - Answer keys 1 of 3
Answer keys LEVEL 2
PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
Book key
1–2  Open answers 
3 a  ten
b  country
c  lost
d  village
e  loves
f  fire
g  ago 
h  day
i  Mary
j  leave
4–5  Open answers
6 a  happy
b  pretty
c  eat
d  on the bus
e walks away from 
f  sell
7–8 Open answers
9 a  2
b  6
c  5
d  3
e 1

took place between 1642 and 1649. The leaders of 
each side were King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. 
There were several great battles including those at 
Marston Moor and Adwalton Moor, in the north, near 
York; and further south at Edgehill and at Newbury, 
near Oxford.
5 Open answers
6  Possible answers: Questions for the doll
  How long were you in the shop before Mr Brown 
bought you?
  Did you like being in the shop?
  Where were you before you went to the shop?
  Was Mr Brown unkind to you?
  Why did you do such nasty things to Mr Brown?
  What will you do now that he is dead?
  + Open answers
7–13 Open answers
14 Tom: (to the old man) Don’t be afraid. I’ll go and see. 
Perhaps it’s an accident. Stay here and you’ll be OK. 
(to the guard) What’s wrong? Why did we stop?
  Guard: There’s a large tree in front of the train. We’ll 
have to move it, but we can’t do it quickly. So this is 
the end of the journey for you. You’ll have to get off 
the train and walk.
  Tom: Walk where?
  Guard: There’s a village near here. You can go there 
and perhaps find a restaurant or a café. I have to stay 
here with the train. I’m very sorry about your journey. 
But you’ll get your money back.
  Old man: Thank you very much. I know that my case 

of town.
b  Mr Brown didn’t have many friends and he was often
bored. 
c Mr Brown thought the doll was expensive.
d The ticket man on the bus didn’t like Mr Brown.
e  Mr Brown put the doll on the table when he had his 
dinner. 
3 a  before
b  when
c After
d  so
4 a  2
b  2
c  3
d  3
5 a  January
b  strange
c  mirror
d  tomorrow
e  clothes
f  desk
g  voice
h  other
6 a  6
b  5
c  1
d  2
e  3
f  4
7 a  6

l  case
m  face
n  towns
o  person
p  day
Lost Love and Other Stories
c Pearson Education Limited 2008
Lost Love and Other Stories - Answer keys 3 of 3
Answer keys LEVEL 2
PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
Progress test key
1 a  The Doll
b  The Charm
c  The Other Man
d  Lost Love
e  Journey’s End
2 (a)
The Doll is a story about a man called Mr BROWN.
(b) One very HOT day, the man walked home from 
work. (c) He looked in the window of a SMALL shop 
(d) and saw a doll with a SAD face. (e) The man 
bought the doll for THREE pounds. (f ) The man put 
the doll IN HIS CASE and got on the bus. (g) The 
ticket man on the bus was very ANGRY. (h) When he 
got home, the man put the doll on the TABLE and had 
dinner. (i) The next day, the man found the doll on the 
BED. (j) Then he found the doll had OPENED all his 
letters.
3 a  early

e  soldier
f  bridge
g  writer
h  the same size as
i  in a sports shop
j  right