Polly Sweetnam: Photo Finish

26 at / meet / Let's / lunch time /.

27 12.30 / at / meet / I'll / outside / you /.

28 aren't / bag / my / in / photos / My /.

29 old bus / and dark / is / The / empty / station /.

30 today / can / Lisa / her / get / passport /.

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Total:__/ 30

Put the events in the order they happen in the story. The first is 1.

*, 6, 1, 4, 5, 7, 3, 2, 8.

Circle the correct word to complete the sentences.

9 excited

10 exciting

11 form

12 empty

13 slot

14 tattoo

15 murderer

16 hide

17 catch

Complete the sentences with the correct pronoun.

18 something

19 Everybody

20 nobody

21 Somebody

22 Everything

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

23 We're going to go to Greece.

24 Alice is an artist.

25 They are going to get their passports today.

26 Let's meet at lunch time.

27 I'll meet you outside at 12.30.

28 My photos aren't in my bag.

29 The old bus station is empty and dark.

30 Lisa can get her passport today.

A Before Reading

1 Look at the picture on the front cover of the book. Look at the photographs. Why do people get photographs like these?

2 Read about the story on the back cover of the book.

'There are some photos in the machine.'

'Lisa looks at the pictures.'

'But they are not Lisa's pictures.'

'Something is wrong. Now Lisa is frightened.'

Guess what is wrong. Write one sentence.

B While Reading

3 Read to the end of page 6. Who says these words?

(a) I'll meet you outside the office at 12.30………………………………………..

(b) Please fill in these forms. ……………………………………….

(c) Here are my photos. ……………………………………….

(d) I hate the old bus station. ……………………………………….

(e) Go and get your photos. ……………………………………….

4 Read to the end of page 9. Put these sentences in the correct order. Write a number in each box.

She is frightened.

Some photos are coming out of the slot.

She puts her money into the machine.

Lisa walks quickly.

Lisa goes outside the photo booth.

5 Here are the murderer and Lisa in the bus station. What are they thinking?

C After Reading

6 Look at page 13 again. It says: The detective has a plan.

You are the detective. Tell your plan to Lisa and Alice.

7 What are these words?

DLOU TEIEESRDTN PEMYT FEAS NXICTEGI SBYU INCE RADK

FNTEIDHGER YLDNIEFR

8 Use the words in these sentences.

(a) He has a…. smile.

(b) Lisa is…. in the bus station.

(c) The old bus station is…. and…..

(d) Lisa wants an…. holiday.

(e) Everyone is…. at Black and Sons.

(f) Alice is…. in the Marketing Department.

(g) Lisa's shoes make a…. noise on the ground.

(h) The detective is very…. in Lisa and Alice's story.

(i) The police catch the murderer and Lisa is..

9 Lisa sends a postcard from Greece to the detective. Write her postcard.

A Before Reading

1 Student's own answer. Possible answers: Photos like this are used for passports, identity cards, driving licences.

2 Student's own answer. Students may say that something bad is happening in the photos.

B While Reading

3 (a) Lisa (b) The assistant in the Post Office (c) Alice (d) Lisa (e) Alice

4

1 Lisa walks quickly.

2 She puts her money into the machine.

3 Lisa goes outside the photo booth.

4 She is frightened.

5 Student's own answer. Answers may include thoughts showing that: the young man recognizes Lisa from the photos, a plan to murder Lisa, Lisa recognizing the man because of the tattoos, Lisa being afraid because she recognizes him.

C After Reading

6 Student's own answer. Answers may be based on the sentence structures in the police inspector's speech on page 13. Pages 14, 15 and 16 give the information needed to answer the question.

7 LOUD/INTERESTED/EMPTY/SAFE/EXCITING/BUSY/NICE/ DARK/FRIGHTENED/FRIENDLY

8 (a) nice (e) friendly

(b) frightened (f) busy

(c) empty/dark (g) loud

(d) exciting (h) interested

9 Student's own answer.