1.- Listen to the story and complete the gaps with the verbs in the box. Use the Past Simple. be
can
come
hear
look
move Stand
touch
turn
understand walk
go
It was night time and Marc was all alone in the
castle. Suddenly, he heard a strange noise. It
from upstairs.
Marc got up and
slowly up the
stairs. He
into the largest
bedroom and
next to the bed.
N
Suddenly, there was a knock at the window.
Marc
very scared and turned on
the light. He
at the closed window
but couldn't see anything only his reflection in the dark glass. Again, he
a strange
noise and then a knock at the window. He
Off the light.
Now he
see outside through the window. There was a large tree next to the
window. The leaves
in the wind and
the window.
Finally, Marc
-the noise was simply the tree touching the window.
The Statue of Liberty stands proudly on Liberty Island to the east of the final stretch of New York harbour before Manhattan Island is reached. This famous copper landmark was erected in 1886 as a gift from the people of France and is of a woman holding a torch depicting enlightenment and freedom from the shackles of tyranny and oppression.
Fittingly, it was The Statue of Liberty which first greeted weary travellers looking to immigrate into the United States that the end of their journey was nigh- the millions of persons who had undertaken much hardship in crossing the Atlantic ocean to start a new life saw this as a symbol of hope and destiny.