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• Aline Starling

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A) READ THE TEXT AND MATCH THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER : It was 12:30 on Friday night and Mitch was in bed. He was tired, but he wasn’t asleep. His parents weren’t at home. They were away for the weekend, and Mitch was alone in the house for the first time. It was very dark and quiet, but Mitch wasn’t afraid. After all, he wasn’t a kid any more, he was seventeen. What was there afraid of? And anyway there was a telephone downstairs and …What was that? And that? Were they noises? Or was it just his imagination? No there were definitely noises 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

What day of the week was it ? Was it night or day ? Where was Mitch ? What was the night like ? Where were the noises ? Where were his parents ? Was Mitch alone ? How old was Mitch ? Where was the telephone ? What time was it ? Is Mitch a boy or a girl ?

It was half past twelve They were away for the weekend . It was a girl . They were downstairs. It was downstairs . It was night There was a telephone It was dark and quite He was in bed. Yes, he was. . Mitch was seventeen It was Friday . It was a boy.

B) Complete the conversation with WAS , WERE , WASN’T or WEREN’T. 1

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DETECTIV E: MALONE: DETECTIVE : MALONE :

Where were you last night, Malone?

DETECTIV E:

No , you aren’t Malone. You’re under arrest . You see, my bag (16)__________ _ under the table and there (17)___________ a microphone in it. Ohh no !!!

I (1)________ __ at the movies . (2)______ you alone ?

No, I (3) ____. My wife (4)____ with me. What’s this all about? DETECTIVE : There (5)_______ a robbery last night at the First state Bank. (6)______ you at the bank in the afternoon, Malone? Yes, I (7)_____. There (8)_____ a lot of people MALONE : there. So what? DETECTIVE: And last night your car (9)____ in the car park near the bank. I know. We (10)______ at the movies. The MALONE : cinema is near the bank.

MALONE

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MALONE:

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But, we (11)_________ _ at the movies last night. I (12)____________at home alone . Where (13)_______ you ? (14)_____ you at the bank? Yes, I (15)__________ . And now we’re rich .