"Home alone" - listening - answers

Here are your answers :

1. Why are the family members shouting for joy at the airport ?

   ….....they are happy as they haven't missed their flight……….

2. According to the speaker, what wrong have the family done when going on vacation ?

   …….....they have forgotten something……….

3. What piece of information is given in the TV news ?

   ……the Tv news informs about two burglars who prowl the neighbourhood. They call themselves 'wet bandits"…

4. As whom one of the burglars passes off to make the boy open the door ?

   …......He passes off as Santa Claus…….

5. The little boy says that it’s his house and he has to ..…defend it…...

6. Why can’t the boy tell the shop assistant his address ?

  …because the shop assistant is a stranger to the boy…

7. What does Kevin’s mum want ?

   …she wants to obtain a flight ticket to get home…….

8. What two questions do the burglars ask each other when they see that they are looking strange ?

   ……they ask each other why one of them doesn't have shoes and why the other have dressed up as a chicken…….

9. According to the speaker “yesterday” the boy “was just a kid”, who is he now ?

   ………he is a home security system……….

10. According to the speaker, this is “a family comedy …"without the family"...


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Glossary

shout for joy - krzyczeć z radości

airport - lotnisko

miss sth - spóżnić się na coś

flight - lot

forget - forgot - forgotten - zapomnieć 

burglar - włamywacz

neighbourhood - okolica

bandit - bandyta

pass off as sb - podawać się za kogoś

defend - bronić

stranger - obcy

obrain - dostać

to be dressed up as - być przebranym za...

home security system - alarm (zainstalowany w domu)

without - bez