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a a housekeeper
b a doorman
c a professor
d a bully
e a gentleman
a tongue b hurricane c embassy
d absolutely e hardly ever f slippers
g ball h accent i alphabet
a She sells flowers in a London street.
b Because she has a strong accent. In those days,
accents were more important than they are today.
c Professor Higgins.
d No.
4 a morning > evening
b his mother > a taxi
c dancer > flower-seller
d pays > doesnt pay
e writer > detective
f The gentleman > Eliza
g polite > rude / not very polite
h have > havent
i phonetics > Indian languages
j Eliza > Colonel Pickering
5 It isnt snowing.
6 8 Open answers
9 a drinking with his friends
b theyve had too many drinks
c a young woman arrives
d she wants to learn to speak good English
e twelve pence
f very rudely
g she doesnt like it
h a thing
10 a Colonel Pickering, Professor Higgins
b Eliza Doolittle, Professor Higgins
c Mrs Pearce, Eliza
d Professor Higgins, Eliza
11 Open answers
12 a 3 b 7 c 7 d 3 e 7 f 3 g 3 h 3
13 14 Open answers
15 a isnt b dont c doesnt think d old
e the horse f Eliza g refuses h forgets
i Eliza j Higgins k doesnt know l isnt
16 17 Open answers

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18 a outside the house

b walks away
c Eliza is sad
d girls and drinks
e calls the police
f Henry is surprised
g He is angry
h He cant work
19 Open answers
20 a Shes a flower-seller.
b In Covent Garden square
c Professor Higgins
d Mrs Pearce
e Hurricanes
f The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
g horse races
h He falls in love.
i at the Embassy Ball
2130 Open answers

Discussion activities key

13 Open answers
4 Possible answers:
I think he is Elizas father / uncle / cousin.
I think he has a strong London accent.
Perhaps he doesnt like his job.
5 Possible answers:
I think he is a bit crazy.
He is rude and speaks his mind.
He said, Ill start today! Now! This minute!
He also said, When Ive finished with her, we can
throw her back into the street.
6 7 Open answers
8 Some example sentences:
A fisherman laughed when he caught five fish.
I saw a clown with a brown cow.
I dont know if I can come home tonight because of the
frozen snow.
My mother and father like my brother better because
he is rather quieter than I.
9 Open answers
10 Suggested answers:
The vowels, a, e, i, o, u
see/sea, jay, pea, queue, tea, ex, why
11 Open answers
12 pour / door, near / appear, me / be, by / I

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13 Possible answers:
I think Eliza is going to marry Freddy.
I think Eliza is going to marry Higgins.
I think Elizas father is going to be married.
14 Possible example of the first verse:
Im getting married in the morning!
Ding dong! The bells are going to ring.
Pull out the stopper, and lets have a big drink!
But get me to the church on time!
15 Suggested answers:
Eliza is being polite in the way that Henry taught her,
but only saying things that dont really mean anything.
This is a way of not really talking to him thats the
game that Higgins means.
16 Open answers
17 Suggested answers:
Higgins now feels strongly about Eliza and cares about
her as a person.
He is upset when she leaves him.
He misses her.
He cant speak when she walks out.
He listens to the recording of her voice.
He wants to run to her when she comes back.
18 Open answers
19 Possible answers:
I think she will look for a better job.
I think she will marry Freddy.
Elizas life is better.
20 23 Open answers

Activity worksheets key

1 a He jumps back when a dancer knocks into him.
He knocks over Eliza.
b Because he is writing down every word Eliza is
saying.
c It is phonetics.
d Because of the way she pronounces her words.
e He thinks he can teach her in six months.
f He has come to meet Higgins.
g He wants to pay for the flowers Freddy knocked to
the ground.
2 vegetables: flowers
Opera: Covent
twenty-five or thirty: 18 to 20
was: wasnt

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big, clean, pink: dirty, little, black

clean: not-very-clean
a new: an old
new: old
clean: dirty
perfect: terrible
politely: rudely
did not have: had
east: west
a 3 b 2 c 1
a NT b T c NT d T e NT
a 4 b 8 c 6 d 2 e 7 f 3 g 5 h 1
a lucky: Because his daughter, Eliza is living with a
rich man.
b tired: Because she has worked so hard.
c worried: Because of the noise Higgins, Pickering
and Eliza are making when singing.
7 go, down, tonight, all, more, my, things
8 a He wants to take her somewhere to meet people
and practise first.
b He falls in love with her.
c Her London accent comes back to her.
d Because Freddy has got some money on the horse
and has given the ticket to Eliza.
e Because she didnt speak properly at the races.
9 a 1 b 4 c 5 d 2 e 3
10 a Who: Freddy, To: Eliza
b Who: Alfred, To: Eliza
c Who: Eliza, To: Alfred
11 a leaving the house
b walking shyly over to the fire
c talking to one of the men at the market
12 a 3 b 1 c 2 d 3
13 a accent b phonetics c housekeeper
d race e Ball f charming g slippers

Progress test key

1 a word b could c India d a real lady e stay
2 somewhere, air, chair; eat, heat, feet
3 a 5 b 3 c 4 d 2 e 1 f 6 g 7
4 rain, Spain, plain, hurricanes, happen
5 a 1 b 3 c 3 d 3 e 3
6 a 4 b 5 c 3 d 1 e 2
7 a 7 b 3 c 3 d 7 e 3 f 3 g 7 h 7
i 3 j 3

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