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12A Strange but true! News round the world. Here is our selection of last week’s true stories. 1 Reading & Speaking a Read the stories and look at the pictures. Complete the gaps with one of the sentences below. Australia 1 The shark had already attacked three people. England 4 The dog had run away and had gone to the local railway station. Italy 5 He had decided that he couldn't live with his mother and father another day. Sweden 7 The woman had got confused at the check-in-desk. b Match verbs 1-10 with phrases A-J 1 get into / out off

H the swimming pool

2 get on / off

F a train

3 free somebody

E from prison

4 realize

J that there was a shark in the pool

5 put the luggage

A on the belt

6 go on

C holiday

7 have

B a swim

8 leave the dog

I with the friends

9 be

D in prison

10 belong to

G a woman

Grammar Bank a Look at these highlighted verbs from the Australia story. Answer the questions. A Then they realized that there was a shark at the other end! B A large wave had carried the shark into the pool during the night 1 Which action happened first, A or B? B 2 What are the two parts of the verb in sentences B? (part 1) A large wave had carried the shark (part 2) into the pool during the night Grammar Bank 12A p. 149 a Match the sentences halves. 1 When our friends arrived – G we hadn’t finished cooking the dinner 2 I took the jacket back because – D I had bought the wrong size 3 Jill didn’t come with us because – A she’d made other plans 4 I turne don the TV news – F to see what had happened 5 Johnny was nervous because – E it was the first time he had flown 6 When I got to the supermarket checkout – B I realized that I’d left my wallet at home b Complete the sentences. Put he verbs in the past simple and past perfect 1 didn't recognize, had changed (not recognize, change) 2 phoned, had left (phone, leave) 3 turned on, had already finished (turn on, already finish) 4 didn't lend, hadn't watched (not lend, not watch) 5 had closed, arrived (close, arrive)

6 got, had broken (get, break) 7 had stopped, left (stop, leave)