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    A burglar broke into Paul's house while he was eating supper and watching television. The burglar tied Paul to a chair and then searched the house, finding jewelry but no money. On his way downstairs, the burglar tripped over Paul's dog and lost his glasses. While searching for them, Paul managed to escape and called the police. As the burglar found his glasses and tried to leave, the police were waiting for him in the garden.

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    A burglar broke into Paul's house while he was eating supper and watching television. The burglar tied Paul to a chair and then searched the house, finding jewelry but no money. On his way downstairs, the burglar tripped over Paul's dog and lost his glasses. While searching for them, Paul managed to escape and called the police. As the burglar found his glasses and tried to leave, the police were waiting for him in the garden.

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    A burglar broke into Paul's house while he was eating supper and watching television. The burglar tied Paul to a chair and then searched the house, finding jewelry but no money. On his way downstairs, the burglar tripped over Paul's dog and lost his glasses. While searching for them, Paul managed to escape and called the police. As the burglar found his glasses and tried to leave, the police were waiting for him in the garden.

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    A burglar broke into Paul's house while he was eating supper and watching television. The burglar tied Paul to a chair and then searched the house, finding jewelry but no money. On his way downstairs, the burglar tripped over Paul's dog and lost his glasses. While searching for them, Paul managed to escape and called the police. As the burglar found his glasses and tried to leave, the police were waiting for him in the garden.

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    Put the verb in brackets into the correct form in the gap AFTER the verb.

    Where no verb is given, put


    one of the following linking words into the gaps.

    While / finally / and / although / however / as soon as / but / then / before / when (there's one
    linking word you don't need to use).

    The Unlucky Burglar

    One evening Paul (watch) _________________ the television _________________


    (eat)_________________ his supper __________________ the door suddenly (open)
    _________________ and a burglar (come) _________________ in. He (wear) _________________ a
    mask and (carry) _________________ a sack. _________________ doing anything else he (tie)
    _________________ Paul to the chair. _________________ he went upstairs to look for money.
    _________________ he (not find) _________________ any money he (find) _________________ a
    lot of jewellery, which he (put) _________________ into his sack. In his rush to get downstairs he
    (not see) _________________ the dog (lie) _________________ at the bottom of the stairs, and he
    (fall) _________________ over it, losing his glasses. _________________ the burglar (look for)
    _________________ them, Paul (try) __________________ to free himself. _________________
    Paul (manage) _________________ to escape and he (phone) __________________ the police.
    _________________ the burglar (find) _________________ his glasses he (run) _________________
    out of the house. _________________ unfortunately for him, the police (wait) _________________
    for him at the end of the garden.

    Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens _________________ (born) in 1812 in Portsmouth. The family


    _________________ (move) to London in 1823. When he was twelve he _________________ (work)
    in a blacking factory. He worked by a window facing the street and passersby ________________
    (pause) and watch him at work. Every day he _________________ (trudge) through the London
    streets from Camden Town to Southwark. His family _________________ (be) very poor. His mother
    _________________ (hope) to open a small school. While she _________________ (try) to do this,
    her husband _________________ (send) to prison for being £40 in debt. When Charles
    _________________ (be) twenty-four, his first work, sketches by Boz, _________________ (publish).
    This _________________ (follow) by Pickwick Papers with which he __________________ (achieve)
    financial security and popularity. For the rest of his life, work simply _________________ (pour) from
    his pen. He _________________ (die) of a stroke in 1870.
    NARRATIVE TENSES

    Last night I ___________________ (walk) home next to the river Thames, when something
    strange ___________________ (happen) to me. It was late at night and I ___________________
    (have) a long and difficult day at work. There was a large full moon in the sky and everything was
    quiet. I was tired and lonely and I ____________________ (just have) a few pints of beer in my local
    pub, so I decided to stop by the riverside and look at the moon for a while.

    I ___________________ (sit) on some steps very close to the water’s edge and looked up at
    the big yellow moon and wondered if it really was made of cheese. I felt very tired so I
    ___________________ (close) my eyes and after a few minutes, I ____________________ (fall)
    asleep. When I woke up, I realized I _____________________ (not sleep) for very long. The moon
    ___________________ (move) behind a cloud and it was very dark and cold. The wind
    ___________________ (blow) and an owl ___________________ (hoot) in a tree above me. I rubbed
    my eyes and started to get up, when suddenly I ___________________ (hear) a splash. I
    ___________________ (look) down at the water and saw something. Something terrible and
    frightening, and unlike anything I’d ever seen before. Something ___________________ (come) out
    of the water and ___________________ (move) towards me. Something green and strange and ugly.
    It was a long green arm and it ___________________ (stretch) out from the water to grab my leg. I
    was so scared that I couldn’t move. I ___________________ (never be) so scared in my whole life.
    The cold green hand ___________________ (move) closer and closer when suddenly there was a
    blue flash and a strange noise from behind me. Someone ___________________ (jump) onto the
    stairs next to me. He ___________________ (wear) strange clothes and he had a crazy look in his
    eyes. He shouted “Get Back!” and ___________________ (point) something at the monster in the
    water. There was a bright flash and the monster hissed and disappeared.

    I looked up at the man. He looked strange, but kind. “Don’t fall asleep by the river when
    there’s a full moon”, he said “The Moon Goblins will get you.” I ___________________ (never hear)
    of moon goblins before. I didn’t know what to do. “Who… who are you?” I asked him. “You can call
    me… The Doctor.” He said. I ___________________ (try) to think of something else to say when he
    turned around and said, “Watch the stars at night, and be careful of the full moon”. I
    ______________ (try) to understand what he meant, when there was another blue flash and I closed
    my eyes. When I opened them again, he ___________________ (go).

    I couldn’t believe what ___________________(happen). What on earth were Moon Goblins,


    and who was the mysterious Doctor? And why had he saved me? I was determined to find the
    answers to these strange questions. I _______________ (stand) up, looked at the moon and quickly
    walked home.

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