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and a man crashed into me. He was
and a man cr ashed int o me. He w as he o’clock last night. I wasn’t
running down the stairs. Was she sleeping? watching TV.
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room and screamed! you (cook)?
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Bobby’s cat is in that tree.
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Claire was ironing. Her phone rang and she
C l a i r e w a s i r o n i n g . H e r p h o n e r a n g a n d s h e
reading activity again. There are two

forgot about the 1 . people without names. Try to answer the

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the tree. • Did an ambulance take you to hospital?
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