Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

Strange realities 1 Language in use: A strange story You are going to read a strange story. Some words are missing from the text. Use the words in brackets to complete each gap (1–11) in the text. Write your answers in the spaces provided at the end of the text. The first one (0) has been done for you. In a small American town there once lived an honest family by the name of Smothers. The family consisted of John Smothers, an … (0 art ) , his wife and their little five-year-old daughter Anne. One night after dinner little Anne was seized with a severe colic, and John Smothers hurried downtown to get some medicine. “Be … (Q1 care ) , my dear!” John’s wife shouted. Yet, he didn’t return this evening, he didn’t appear the next day – the … (Q2 pain ) truth was: he just never came back. The mother grieved very much over her husband’s … (Q3 disappear ) . … (Q4 near ) three years passed before she married again. Little Anne recovered from her … (Q5 ill ) and grew up to womanhood. When she was an adult, Anne got married to a man named John Smith, and after a few years had passed she also had a little girl named Mary. Anne still lived in the same house where they had lived when her father had disappeared. … (Q6 happy ) once again had found its way into her family. One night, on the anniversary of the disappearance of John Smothers, Anne’s five-year-old girl was taken with cramp colic. “I will go downtown and get some medicine for her,” said Anne’s husband John. “No, no, dear John,” cried his wife … (Q7 desperate ) . “It’s too … (Q8 danger ) . You too might disappear forever, and then I’m all alone with little Mary.” So John Smith did not go, and together they sat by the bedside of little Mary. After a little while Mary seemed to get worse, and John Smith again attempted to go for medicine, but his wife would not let him. … (Q9 sudden ) the door opened, and an old man with long white hair, entered the room. “Hello, here is grandpa,” said Mary. She had recognised him before any of the others. “That’s … (Q10 possible ) ,” thought Anne. … (Q11 confuse ) , she watched as the old man drew a bottle of medicine from his pocket and gave Mary a spoonful. She got well immediately. “Sorry for being late,” said John Smothers. 0 artist Q6 Q1 Q7 Q2 Q8 Q3 Q9 Q4 Q10 Q5 Q11 ✔ TIP • Prime Time 5: Unit 6  S. 74 36 Strange realities 12 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv