4 What happened?

1 Complete these news stories using the verbs from the box.

1.

broke found locking stayed went

drank heard shouted waiting wondered

WOMAN TRAPPED IN BATHROOM FOR 20 DAYS

A 69-year-old grandmother in Paris went to the
bathroom and there for twenty days.
What happened? As she was the door, the
lock . She could not open the door. She
for help, but no one her
because her bathroom had no windows. After nearly three
weeks, the womans neighbors where she was.
Firefighters broke into her apartment and her
in a very weakened state. While she was to
be rescued, she warm water.

2.

became checking in entered opened sleeping

behaving decided had showed

TIGER CUB FOUND IN LUGGAGE

A woman was strangely when she
the Bangkok airport. While she was
for an overseas flight, she
difficulty with a very large bag. The check-in clerk
suspicious and to X-ray the
bag. The X-ray an image that looked like an
animal. When airport staff the bag, they saw
that a baby tiger was under lots of toy tigers.
The tiger was taken to a rescue center for wildlife, and the
woman was arrested.

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 2 Join each sentence in column A with an appropriate sentence
in column B. Use as, when, or while to join the sentences.

A B
I was crossing the road. My racket broke.
I was using my computer. A car nearly hit me.
We were playing tennis. The water got cold.
I was taking a shower. I burned my finger.
I was cooking dinner. It suddenly stopped working.

1. As I was crossing the road, a car nearly hit me.

2.
3.
4.
5.

3 Complete these conversations. Use the simple past or the

past continuous of the verbs given.

1. A: Guess what happened to me last night!

As I was getting (get) into bed, I
(hear) a loud noise like
a gunshot in the street. Then the phone
(ring).
B: Who was it?
A: It was Luisa. She always calls me late at
night, but this time she had a reason.
She (drive) right past
my apartment when she
(get) a flat tire. It was very late, so while
we (change) the tire,
I (invite) her to spend
thenight.
2. A: Im sorry Im so late, Erin. I was at the
dentist.
B: Dont tell me! While you
(sit) in the waiting room, you
(meet) someone
interesting. I know how you are, Matt!
A: Well, youre wrong this time. The dentist
(clean) my teeth when she
suddenly (get) called away
for an emergency. So I just sat there waiting
for two hours with my mouth hanging open!

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4 Lost and found

A Read this news story. Who is it about? Where did it take place?

Thank you, Andre Botha!

On December 6, 2015, Andre Botha was in the
water, watching the big waves at the Pipeline off the
island of Oahu, Hawaii, when he noticed something
strange. The two-time world bodyboarding
champion realized that professional champion
surfer Evan Geiselman was in big trouble. Since
the Pipeline has some of the biggest waves in the
world and is considered to be the most dangerous
place on the planet for surfing, situations like this are,
unfortunately, not uncommon.
Botha realized that the surfer, who had entered
the inside of a huge wave and was riding it, was
knocked off his surfboard when the wave crashed Surfing at the Pipeline
on him. Normally a surfer will come up to the
surface of the water a few moments after falling surfboard, he saw Geiselman, who looked like he
off the board. But there was no sign of Geiselman. might be dead. The surfer was unconscious and
Botha began to swim on his bodyboard as fast as his face was turning blue as Botha tried to bring
he could to where the surfboard was being thrown him back to life in the water. Botha breathed into
around by the huge waves. When he reached the Geiselmans mouth and hit him on the chest
to get him breathing again. Then he began to
swim to shore with the surfers unconscious body.
Two lifeguards swam out to meet him, and they
brought Geiselman to ahospital.
Surfers and bodyboarders agree that Evan
Geiselman would probably not be alive today
if Andre Botha had not rescued him. They dont
always agree about which sport is best, but
surfers and bodyboarders do agree that taking
care of each other in the big waves is important.
This respect and care for people is a wonderful
part of these exciting sports.
Bodyboarding

B Use the article to answer these questions.

1. In what sport is Andre Botha a two-time champion?

2. What sport does Evan Geiselman excel at as a champion?

3. Where is the Pipeline located?

4. What is one way you can help an unconscious person start breathing?

5. Who brought Geiselman to the hospital?

6. What helps make bodyboarding and surfing such wonderful sports?

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 5 Think of a real or imaginary problem like the one in Exercise 4.
Write two paragraphs. In the first paragraph, describe your
problem. In the second, say how you solved it.

A couple of years ago, I got lost in

the mountains. I was hiking when
it suddenly got foggy. I was really
frightened because I couldnt see
anything, and it was getting cold.
I decided to put up my tent and stay
there for the night.
While I was putting up my tent,
though, the fog began to clear. . . .

6 Choose the correct verbs to complete the story.

Grammar note: After

In sentences using after that show one past

event occurring before another, the clause
with after usually uses the past perfect.
After she had called her friend, her cell
phone battery died.

Andy and I had just gotten engaged, so we

(just got / had just gotten)

went to a jewelry store to buy a wedding ring. We a ring when a

(just chose / had just chosen)

masked man . After the robber Andys

(came in / had come in) (took / had taken)

wallet, he the ring. I it to him when the

(demanded / had demanded) (just handed / had just handed)

alarm to go off, and the robber . We were

(started / had started) (ran off / had run off )

so relieved! But then the sales assistant us we had to pay for the ring
(told / had told)

because I it to the robber. We her

(gave / had given) (just told / had just told)

that we wouldnt pay for it when the police and

(arrived / had arrived)

us! What a terrible experience!

(arrested / had arrested)

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7 What a story!

A Choose the best headline for each of these news stories.

What a disaster! What a triumph!

What an emergency! What a lucky break! What a dilemma!

1. 2. 3.
Karen Lane was seven months pregnant when Serena Mills was very sick Mark Blaine had waited
she and her husband, Scott, went on vacation for several months before years for a promotion.
to a small remote island off the coast of South her final exams this summer. Finally, a week ago, he was
America. On the first night, Karen was in a lot She couldnt study at all. offered the position he had
of pain. There were no doctors on the island, Her parents suggested always wanted Regional
so Scott called a hospital on the mainland. she should skip a year and Manager. On the same day,
They told him they could not send a helicopter take the exams the next however, he won $6 million
because a typhoon was coming. During the summer. Remarkably, in the lottery. Marks wife
night, Karen thought she was going to die. Serena suddenly got well wants him to resign from
Luckily, the typhoon had passed over the island just before the exams, his job and take her on a
by the following morning. A helicopter picked spent two weeks studying, trip around the world. Mark
Karen up and took her to the hospital just in and got the highest grade says he cannot decide what
time for her to have a beautiful baby girl. in her class! to do.

B Look at the words in bold in the articles. What do you think they mean?
remote skip promotion
mainland remarkably resign

8 Complete the sentences. Use the simple past, the past continuous,
or the past perfect of the verbs given.

1. In 2011, two divers discovered

(discover) the remains of a 200-year-old shipwreck
while they (dive) off the
coast of Rhode Island, in the eastern United States.
2. After an art show
(open) in New York, it was discovered that
someone (hang) a
famous painting by Henri Matisse upside down.
3. In 2015, workers
(find) a chemistry lab from the 1840s while they
(repair) a building at
the University of Virginia in the United States. The
lab was behind a wall of the current building.
4. Chiles Calbuco volcano
(surprise) residents of Santiago when it erupted
in 2015. Before that, an eruption of Calbuco
(not happen) for over
40 years.

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 9 Read this situation. Then use the information and clues to complete
the chart. Write the name of each reporter and each country.
(You will leave one square in the chart blank.)

Ms. Johnson Ms. Marshall Mr. James Mr. Grant Mr. Simpson

Five news reporters two women and three men arrived for an
international conference on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
No more than two people came on the same day. The reporters came
from five different countries.

Clues
The women: Ms. Johnson and Ms. Marshall
The men: Mr. James, Mr. Grant, and Mr. Simpson
The countries: Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Singapore,
andtheUnitedStates

The arrivals:
Mr. Simpson arrived late at night. No one else had arrived that day.
Ms. Johnson and Mr. Grant arrived on the same day.
The man who came from Singapore had arrived the day before.
The reporters who came from Brazil and Australia arrived on the
same day.
Mr. James and the woman who came from Brazil arrived on Tuesday,
after Mr.Grant.
The reporter from Australia arrived the day after the person who
came fromtheUnited States.
Mr. Grant came from North America but not the United States.

Reporters countries and arrival days

Sunday Name: Name:
Country: Country:

Monday Name: Name:

Country: Country:

Tuesday Name: Name:

Country: Country:

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