Answers to Activities C-3-1, C-3-2, C-3-6, C-3-7

Activity C-3-1

In the room were a wooden sofa with dark red cushions, a coffee table, and three armchairs. These things had been in our house before my parents brought them to the cottage. They were old and worn, but comfortable. There was a worn red carpet on the floor that was almost the same color as the sofa. In the corner was a small table with an old black and white TV. We didn’t use it very often when we were at the cottage, but it was nice to have it there. It also had come from our house.

The writer is using the simple past tense to tell the story. Two verbs (had been, had come) are in the past perfect, because it happened before the story time.

Activity C-3-2

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12 / I met Amy on the second day of my arrival in New Orleans. My friend took me to her apartment to introduce me. Amy and I got along right away, so I decided to move in with her because she was looking for a roommate. Our apartment is pretty and comfortable, but especially it is very homey.
My apartment has a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and one bedroom. I like the living room very much because Amy and I spend most of our time there. The walls are a warm pink color. On the wall, there are some big pictures of sailboats, which Amy loves. There are a couch, TV, and a small table beside the window, which has curtains with pretty pink and blue flowers to match the walls. Also the room contains a light green corduroy chair, many CDs, some magazines, and a lot of pictures of Amy and my friends on the door. The carpet is moss green. Everything is not new; in fact, it all seems used a lot, which makes the room very homey.
-Chiemi Hashio

2. general idea or truth:

line 4: is, is; line 5: has; line 7: are, are; line 8: are; line 9: has; line 10: contains; line 11: is

habitual action:

line 6: spend; line 12: makes

mental perception

line 5: like; line 8: loves; line 12: seems

3. The past tense verbs in the first paragraph tell us the story of how she came to live in this apartment.

Activity C-3-6

1. classroom – has / 2. is – its shape / 3. It – is
4. This – means / is – space / 5. feature – is / it – has / 6. are – blank walls
7. this aspect – is / 8. teacher – brings / 9. picture – shows
10. she – puts / it - brightens

Activity C-3-7

  1. I never get tired of the view from my balcony. I live in an apartment building that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. In this part of California, the coastline is a bit rugged. About two hundred feet out, there are big red and grey rocks jutting up out of the ocean. So when I look out, I see huge waves crashing against the rocks, sending spray up into the air. The waves roar and foam and then fall back into the ocean. I often sit out on my balcony in the afternoons and just look at the waves. Even though the beachis rugged, there is always a lot of activity on the beach. A lot of peoplewalk up and down the beach and just sit on the rocks. There is one man who comes every day at the same time. Hewears old tennis shoes and carries a bucket. He walks out on the rocks and searches in the tide pools for the small creatures that live in them. I always wonder what hefinds. There is also a woman who I imagine is a photographer. She often comes to the beach at sunset bringing her camera equipment. She gets into all kinds of strange poses trying to get the perfect sunset picture. As for me, I just sit on my balcony and watch life as itunfolds before me.
  1. One of my favorite places is the Majestic Theater in my home town. It is the only theater in town, so everybodymeets there on Saturday nights to go to the movie. It always bustles with activity. My friends and I gather outside the theater under the bright flashing lights of the marquee, which announces the movie. As we line up in front of the tiny ticket booth to the left of the big glass double doors, we joke and laugh and push each other, sometimes getting a bit rowdy. When it is almost time for the movie to start, my friend Peterreminds us that it is time to move into the lobby, which smells of people and hot buttery popcorn, and (Peter) gets in line at the snack counter. As soon as we pay for our extra-large bags of popcorn and extra-large Cokes, we head through one of the side doors on each side of the snack counter and into the theater. For a moment, our eyes sting with the darkness, but we know our way so well that we move quickly down the aisle, past rows of talking people, to the very front row. Just as the musicbegins, we settle in to watch whatever movie is showing.