Richard found a bicycle andhelmet which he took to thelocal police station. A fewmonths later Richard received aletter from the police statingthat they had not been claimedand now belonged to him. Thepolice helped him tie the bike tothe car rack. On the way homeRichard stopped for five minutesand when he returned to the car,he discovered someone hadstolen the bike. So Richard wentback to the police station toreport the theft. All he had leftwas the helmet, which had beenin the car boot.
1. A few months later
Richard received a
letter from the police
station they had notbeen claimed and now belongedto him. The police helped him tiethe bike to the car rack.
2. On the way home Richardstopped for five minutes and whenhe returned to the car, hediscovered someone had stolenthe bike.
3. Richard found a bicycle andhelmet which he took to the localpolice station.
4. So Richard went back to thepolice station to report the theft.All he had left was the helmet,which had been in the car boot.
Choose the correctorder of the paragraphs
3, 1, 2, 4
3, 1, 2, 4
The 80-year-old
woman was alone
at home when aman knocked on her door. Hetold her that he knew the ladyin the flat above and wanted toleave his phone number for her.
The pensioner told him that thelady above had died threeweeks ago, and the mansuddenly demanded £10 fromher. She tried to reach theemergency call bell in her flat,but the man grabbed her by thearm and she fell on to thehinge of the door, hurting herarm.
The robber took a pot containingloose change and emptied it onto the floor before grabbing just2 pound coins and running off.The shaking woman managed toactivate the alarm system.
The robber is described as 29-year-old black man carrying ajacket over his right arm. Anyonewho has any information shouldcontact police.
1.Put the given verbs in the correctform (orally), and only after thatclick on the words for keys.
2.Retell the story.
(knock)
(die)
(hurt)
(grab)
(try)
(run)
(fall)
(describe)
(carry)
A 50-year-old man
was waiting at the
bus stop when a car
drove past him, thenturned around and came back.Two men got out of the car andone of them pointed a gun,possibly an imitation weapon, atthe victim, saying: "We don'twant to hurt you, have you gotany money?" They led himround the back of the bus stopinto the bushes and told him tokneel down. The man told themhe had a phone and a bank cardand they went through hispockets and took his card and
phone from him. Then the menasked him for the pin numberwhich he gave to them, therobbers then forced him intothe car and said he was going togo with them to draw out somecash. The man sat in the carwith the robbers while theydrove around for a while lookingfor a cashpoint. The man said hehad had only £30 but they toldhim to ask for a balance beforehe drew cash out. In theconfusion between drawing thecash and asking for the balancethe machine kept the card.
1.Who was the victim?
2.Who were the robbers?
3.What kind of weapon did theyhave?
4.What did the robbers demand?
5.What did they take from theman?
6.Where did they drive?
7.Did the robbers get what theywanted? Explain why.
8.What did they do with thevictim?
The robbers got
angry and were
arguing as they
kept pressing alldifferent buttons in the effort toget the card back. Then therobbers drove off with the victimstill in the car and stopped aftera while at the side of the road.They told him to get out of thecar and cross the road. After thatthey drove off leaving his phoneon the pavement.
2. Answer the following questions
•Man held at gunpoint
1. Guess the real title of the story.
