Workbook

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

⬜ 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 woman’s 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. 

⬜ 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. 

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 on him. Normally a surfer will come up to the surface of the water a few moments after falling off the board. But there was no sign of Geiselman. Botha began to swim on his bodyboard as fast as he could to where the surfboard was being thrown around by the huge waves. When he reached the surfboard, he saw Geiselman, who looked like he might be dead. The surfer was unconscious and his face was turning blue as Botha tried to bring him back to life in the water. Botha breathed into Geiselman’s mouth and hit him on the chest to get him breathing again. Then he began to swim to shore with the surfer’s unconscious body. Two lifeguards swam out to meet him, and they brought Geiselman to a hospital.

Surfers and bodyboarders agree that Evan Geiselman would probably not be alive today if Andre Botha had not rescued him. They don’t 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. 

Andy and I had just gotten (just got / had just gotten✓) engaged, so we went to a jewelry store to buy a wedding ring. We (just chose / had just chosen) a ring when a masked man (came in / had come in). After the robber (took / had taken) Andy’s wallet, he (demanded / had demanded) the ring. I (just handed / had just handed) it to him when the alarm (started / had started) to go off, and the robber (ran off / had run off ). We were so relieved! But then the sales assistant (told / had told) us we had to pay for the ring because I (gave / had given) it to the robber. We (just told / had just told) her that we wouldn’t pay for it when the police (arrived / had arrived) and (arrested / had arrested) us! What a terrible experience! 

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. Chile’s Calbuco volcano __________ (surprise) residents of Santiago when it erupted in 2015. Before that, an eruption of Calbuco __________ (not happen) for over 40 years.