4000 Essential English Words 3 – Answer Key
Unit 1
Exercise 1
Part A
1. d
2. b
3. b
4. b
5. d
Part B
1. a
2. d
3. d
Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. d
5. b
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. a
10. c
Reading Comprehension
1. F / Marcus occupies a house with his family.
2. T
3. F / A problem arises for Marcus because the blacksmith didn't pay him.
4. T
5. F / Marcus wasn't compensated for his work.
6. T
Unit 2
1. c
2. a
3. a
1. b, d
2. a, b
3. b, d
4. b, d
5. a, c
Exercise 3
1. newcomers/fake
2. acquire/lodge
3. repay/neglected
4. discouraged/offenses
5. shepherd/venturing
6. deceive/ridiculous
7. hut/wheat
8. caretaker/awkward
9. overlook/ inferior
10. hatred/satisfactory
1. T
2. F / The shepherd couldn't take the sheep outside because it was too cold.
3. F / The shepherd gave the wild sheep more wheat than his own.
5. T
6. F / The shepherd realized that he was wrong.
Unit 3
4. a
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. d
9. b
1. ax/pine
2. tease/offend
3. loose/overnight
4. chore/grateful
5. alley/sled
6. elbow/scar
7. bunch/persist
8. kids/irritate
9. decent/valentine
10. disgrace/sensation
2. F / Mike found a bunch of wood boards.
3. F / Joe was not a decent person at the beginning of the story.
5. F / Mike used to put together the loose pieces.
Unit 4
4. c
5. c
6. c
7. a
8. b
10. a
1. distant/compact
2. eclipse/pulse
3. mankind/grace
4. spice/desserts
5. bloom/decay
6. whistled/refresh
7. wool/curls
8. leisure/fairy
9. dipped/sneezing
10. passion/pillow
2. F / Tina wore a dress made of wool.
3. T
4. F / Tina had a passion for flowers.
6. F / Wilma gave Tina some cake for dessert.
Unit 5
1. cursed/scared
2. cemetery/skeletons
3. fancy/hood
4. flashlight/ riddles
5. disguise/wicked
6. nourish/rotted
7. starving/spoiled
8. inhabitant/shortly
9. publication/thrill
10. acquainted/pirates
1. shortly
2. acquaint
3. riddles
4. publication
5. inhabitant
6. scared
7. fancy
8. flashlight
9. curse
10. hood
1. F / People from places like Ireland, China, Egypt, and Mexico believed souls needed food.
2. F / Many cultures believed that souls needed food for their journey to heaven.
3. F / Housewives gave children food if they sang or danced.
6. F / Inhabitants from villages started trick-or-treating in the early 1900s.
Unit 6
1. senator, districts
2. tapped, skull
3. worm, underneath
4. consoled, broadcast
5. tremendous, executed
6. bulletin, endure
7. grasp, stir
8. alerted, rear
9. drawer, chop
10. closet, bump
1. consoled
2. broadcast
3. closet
4. underneath
5. senator
6. tremendous
7. bump
8. district
9. executed
10. chopped
4. F The cook found a pipe in the closet.
5. F The cook knew he was going to hit the worm hard.
6. F The worm slid off the senator's head.
Unit 7
9.a
10. d
2. F / Her owners did not want her because she could not hear. So they abandoned her.
5. F / A new law made all dogs wear a collar and get shots.
6. F / She couldn’t bark.
Unit 8
1. anniversary, elegant
2. arithmetic, upwards
3. ashamed, couch
4. burst, dripped
5. carpenter, sew
6. highlands, coal
7. needle, ivory
8. mill, threads
9. polish, fabric
10. shed, trim
1. arithmetic
2. thread
3. ...
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