Report 4Write the correct past forms in the newspaper reports below. Use the verbs in brackets. Report 1 Ten-year-old Ann Burns (swim) swam over 40 metres yesterday to rescue her younger brother when he (fall) __________________ from a boat in Poole harbor. She (catch) ________________ the exhausted boy by the hair and (bring) ________________ him safely to the shore. Then, finding that he was unconscious, she (revive) __________________ him by giving him the 'kiss of life'. Report 2 Dell United (win) ___________________ their match against Lee Rovers 3-0 last night, and in so doing (teach) ___________________ Lee a lesson in the art of football. Lee (find) __________________ no answer to the skill of Dell, who (thrust) ____________________ forward from the moment the whistle (blow) ______________________. Lee (hold on) _________________ till half time, but in the 47th minute Smith, the Dell striker, (shoot) ____________________ from 50 yards to score a fine goal. Smith (go on) ___________________ to score two more goals, and was chosen as man of the match. Report 3 Police who (stop) _____________________ a speeding car yesterday after a ten-mile chase (discover) __________________ that the driver was Mr A Phelps of Newcastle, aged 103. Mr Phelps (learn) __________________ to drive in 1906. 'I (see) __________________ the car in my mirror', (say) ________________ Mr Phelps, but I (have) ________________ no idea it was the police. I (put) ________________ my foot down and (drive) ____________________ off quickly down the motorway because I (think) ____________________ the other car was too close behind me.' Report 4 During yesterday’s severe storms, lightning (strike) __________________ am office building in the centre of York. It (start) ___________________ a fire which (destroy) _____________________ the upper floor of the building and (cause) _________________ $200,000 worth of damage. It (take) ___________________ firemen over four hours to put out the fire. 2. The news editor got the newspaper reports by telephone. However, the telephone line was very bad. She did not hear a lot of phrases and had to ask for the information to be repeated. Write questions which the editor asked, as in the example. Example: 1. When she did not hear 40 metres she asked: How far did she swim? 2. When she did not hear to the shore she asked: 3. When she did not hear by giving him the 'kiss of life' she asked: 4. When she did not hear till half time she asked: 5. When she did not hear in 1906 she asked: 6. When she did not hear in my mirror she asked: 7. When she did not hear an office building she asked: 8. When she did not hear over four hours she asked: Presentation 2 1. Complete the captions for the story with suitable verbs in the past simple tense. The pictures are not in the correct order. a. It was pouring with rain one day and Penny was bored. She __________________ to bake some cakes but ____________ that her cupboard was empty so she had to go to the shop. b. She ______________ into her car and __________________ to the shop. c. She ______________ the car and ______________ into the shop, but she _______________ to lock the car door. d. As she was waiting to pay for her shopping, she ________________ out of the window. Someone was trying to steal her car! e. She _________________ out of the shop but her car was already disappearing down the road. f. She ________________ for her shopping and ______________ the police station. g. She was waiting to talk to a police officer at the desk and she was looking out of the window, when she _____ her car arrive. h. A policeman ____________ into the station with a young man and said: 'I almost crashed into him while he was driving at seventy through the High Street! I think it's a stolen car!'
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