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5 Listen and speak
a Look at the photos. Complete the sentences, then match two of the sentences with each photo.
had learning kept lend making got
1 I didn’t know anyone who could lend me one either, so I had to walk.
2 I had never said that I was interested in to play one.
3 I used to go to work on it but then one day it stolen.
4 It the colours of his favourite team.
5 It was really cool – it was me those musical sounds!
6 I it for a long time and I even wore it sometimes.
Sally Graham Eve
b
CD2 T20 Listen to three people talking about a special present that they remember.
Check your answers to Exercise 5a.
c CD2 T20
Listen again and choose answer a, b or c.
1 When Sally told Alan she was leaving, the
little boy
a started to cry.
b went back into his house without
saying anything.
c looked very unhappy and went back
into his house.
2 Sally
a doesn’t know where Alan is or what
happened to him.
b sees Alan sometimes.
c moved back to the same house but
Alan wasn’t there.
3 Why did Graham smile and say thank you
to the elderly couple?
a Because they gave him some money.
b Because they ordered two coffees and
asked him if he wanted one too.
c Because they said they were sorry to
hear that his bike had been stolen.
4 What did Graham do when he found the money on
the table?
a He went after the couple to say thank you, but he
was too late.
b He went to serve another customer.
c He ran out of the door to go and get a new bicycle.
5 Why was Eve surprised when her grandparents gave
her a guitar?
a She had asked them to buy her one, but didn’t
think they would.
b She had never told them that she wanted a guitar.
c She thought that it wasn’t a very good present for
a ten-year-old girl.
6 Why is Eve happy that she got a guitar as a present
when she was young?
a Because now she is a musician and plays the guitar
very well.
b Because it still gives her pleasure and reminds her
of her grandparents.
c Because it allowed her grandmother to teach her
how to play it.
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