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Officially Dead
Richard Prescott

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

1 After the funeral Linda goes home. She tells John that in a few more weeks they’ll both
be free.
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2 Colin crashes into a tree. An ambulance arrives, but it’s too late – he’s dead. The police tell
Linda her husband is dead.
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3 Colin doesn’t turn up for his meeting in Manchester and Julie starts to worry about Colin.
In the morning she reports him missing.
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 Colin meets John and Linda Bentley in a pub. John and Colin look almost identical. 1

4 Colin meets Linda and John. They give him £5,000 and they swap cars and driving licences. □
5 Colin spends the night with Linda. In the morning Linda explains her plan to him. He says he
needs time to think.
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6 John lets himself into the shop and steals lots of jewellery. Then, he makes it look like
somebody broke in.
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7 Julie decides to put an ad in the national newspapers about her husband’s disappearance. □
8 Linda arrives home after having identified the body of her husband. Then she gets rid of
Colin’s BMW.
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9 Linda asks Colin if he wants to earn £10,000 for one evening’s work. Colin is surprised. □
10 Linda tells John that Colin has agreed to give him an alibi, but John is furious with her. □
11 Mark and Julie follow Linda. Later, they are shot at and Linda and John escape. □
12 Mark Ashwood visits Julie Fenton and tells her that Colin, her husband, is dead. She doesn’t
believe him.
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13 Mark Ashwood visits Mrs Bentley. At the top of the stairs he sees a figure who looks exactly
like the man who died.
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14 The next morning, Mark Ashwood sees a photo in the newspaper. It’s the man he saw die in
the car crash.
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Match the names of the people (15–20) to the information (a–f).

15 Julie Fenton a a fence (someone who sells stolen goods)

16 Mr Booker b a small-time thief

17 John Bentley c a software designer

18 Mark Ashwood d the manager of the jewellery shop

19 Frankie Simpson e Colin’s accountant

20 Mr Rose f a witness

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Match the words (21–26) with the words (a–f) to make collocations.

21 attempted a explosive

22 client b loyalty

23 criminal c murder

24 export d record

25 plastic e regulations

26 security f systems

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Complete the sentences using the collocations from the previous exercise.

27 We know all about the ______________________ there. John will be able to get inside the shop without
setting off the alarm.

28 But John has a ______________________, and the police might suspect him if he doesn’t have an alibi.

29 The new client wanted advice on exporting his products. So, he would have to learn about the
______________________ before his next meeting with the man.

30 He opened the box and took out a piece of ______________________, which he pressed onto the lock,
together with a detonator.

31 ‘The advantage to you is ______________________. They’ll only have to buy the licence and that will be
much cheaper, so they’ll want to go on using your product,’ replied Mark.

32 John and Linda Bentley were accused of robbery and ______________________.

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Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter is given.

33 The first day of the course had been particularly dull and t____________.

34 The evening air was cool and d____________.

35 Colin went into the bar of the pub. It was noisy and c____________.

36 Linda knew that John was angry and j____________.

37 In the morning Julie got up feeling tired and m____________.

38 Julie looked for Colin’s passport. When she didn’t find it she wept tears of anger and g____________.

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Circle the correct words to complete each sentence.

39 Colin phoned his wife, but there was no answer. Then he remembered that she was going / had been going to
visit some clients that afternoon.

40 John hated being locked up in a cell for most of each day, and he didn’t want to go / going back to prison.

41 ‘We’ll meet her at the same time on Thursday,’ she said. ‘You’ll get / You’re getting the rest of your
money then.’

42 Julie wasn’t used to work / working on the company’s finances, but the accounts needed to be brought up
to date.

43 ‘The truth is, my husband and I weren’t very happy together. Perhaps you understand / are understanding.’

44 Suddenly tears came into Julie’s eyes. A moment later, they ran / were running down her cheeks.

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.

45 The two men were ___________________ (believe) alike. In fact, they were almost identical.

46 ‘Why would anyone connect a robbery with the ___________________ (disappear) from Bath of a man
called Fenton?’

47 The police asked what type of car he drove and its ___________________ (register) number.

48 ‘There have been a couple of times when he’s stayed away from home,’ Julie said. ‘But those times were

different – we had had ___________________ (argue) and he was angry with me.’

49 Mark didn’t know what to say. He felt ___________________ (fool) and he wished he hadn’t come.

50 The London police reported the crime to Interpol, the international police ___________________ (organize).

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Extra: Exam Practice

Task 1
‘The writer creates a fast-moving story and you never get bored.’ Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write
your opinion giving examples from the story to back up your arguments. Write between 100 and 150 words.

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Task 2
Choose an event in the story to describe. Talk about where the event comes in the story, what happens, the
atmosphere (if relevant) and how the character is / characters are feeling. Say why the event is important. Write
between 80 and 120 words.

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