Read the text and choose the
correct word – A, B or C.
Miss
Lucy Partridge, 47, who lives alone 1 ……
18 Station Road, Middletown, awoke
at 3 a.m. on Sunday and saw a tall man 2
……. in her room.
She
jumped out of 3 …….. and threw a
chair 4 ……. him as he ran down the
stairs. She ran to the bedroom window, opened it, and threw another chair as he
was getting out of a downstairs window by which he 5 ……..
As
he ran down the street, Miss Partridge stood at her bedroom window and shouted
for help. Neighbours phoned for the police. Every room in the house had been
entered, and £ 100 in noted and a gold watch 6 ……..
Police
dogs were used, but the man 7 ……..
8 Choose the title for the article which fits
best (the newspaper with the article is not a tabloid):
0.
A in; ` B at;
`` C near
1.
A stood; ` B to stand; `` C standing
2.
A bed; ` B the bed; `` C a bed
3.
A to; ` B at; `` C
behind
4.
A entered; ` B had entered; ` C had been
entered
5.
A were
missing; B was missing; C were missed
6.
A was caught; B
was not caught; C had not been caught
7.
A Threw Chairs at Burglar
B Chair-Loving Burglar
C Can Partridge Be Brave?
correct word – A, B or C.
Miss
Lucy Partridge, 47, who lives alone 1 ……
18 Station Road, Middletown, awoke
at 3 a.m. on Sunday and saw a tall man 2
……. in her room.
She
jumped out of 3 …….. and threw a
chair 4 ……. him as he ran down the
stairs. She ran to the bedroom window, opened it, and threw another chair as he
was getting out of a downstairs window by which he 5 ……..
As
he ran down the street, Miss Partridge stood at her bedroom window and shouted
for help. Neighbours phoned for the police. Every room in the house had been
entered, and £ 100 in noted and a gold watch 6 ……..
Police
dogs were used, but the man 7 ……..
8 Choose the title for the article which fits
best (the newspaper with the article is not a tabloid):
0.
A in; ` B at;
`` C near
1.
A stood; ` B to stand; `` C standing
2.
A bed; ` B the bed; `` C a bed
3.
A to; ` B at; `` C
behind
4.
A entered; ` B had entered; ` C had been
entered
5.
A were
missing; B was missing; C were missed
6.
A was caught; B
was not caught; C had not been caught
7.
A Threw Chairs at Burglar
B Chair-Loving Burglar
C Can Partridge Be Brave?
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Miss Lucy Partridge, 47, who lives alone 1 at 18 Station Road, Middletown, awokeat 3 a.m. on Sunday and saw a tall man 2 standing in her room. She jumped out of 3 the bed and threw a chair 4 at him as he ran down the stairs. She ran to the bedroom window, opened it, and threw another chair as he was getting out of a downstairs window by which he 5 B had entered As he ran down the street, Miss Partridge stood at her bedroom window and shouted for help. Neighbours phoned for the police. Every room in the house had been entered, and £ 100 in noted and a gold watch 6 C were missed. Police dogs were used, but the man 7 B was not caught.
8 Choose the title for the article which fits best (the newspaper with the article is not a tabloid): A Threw Chairs at Burglar.