Caso Práctico B1

CASO PRÁCTICO B1

THREE WISHES AND A WINDSURF BOARD

A Frenchman, an Italian and an Englishman wanted to be the first people to windsurf across the Pacific. They (1)  ............................. (set off) one morning in July.  When  they (2) .......................... (travel) for a month the weather suddenly changed dramatically. It became very windy and the waves were enormous. Unfortunately one of the waves (3) ........................ (break) their windsurf boards in two.

 Luckily the three men (4)   .............................. (manage) to swim to a small island. They (5)  .................................... (be) on the island for several weeks when one morning the Italian came back with a bottle he (6)  ......................................... (find) on the beach while he (7).................................  (jog).

 When they opened it there was a big flash and a genie suddenly (8)  ................................ (appear).

 “Thank you! Thank you! said the genie . I’m free thanks to you!   He told the three men that he (9) ................................. (be) a prisoner in the bottle for fifty years.

 “To show how grateful I am you can each have one wish-anything you want”. Then he  (10)  .................................. (disappear).

Immediately the Italian shouted, “This is my wish! I’d love to be in Rome, eating a big plate of my mother’s spaghetti!  At once there was a big flash and a cloud of smoke and when it cleared the other two saw that the Italian (11) ............................... (disappear).

Next, the Frenchman said, “Genie, please take me to my favourite restaurant with my wife near the Eiffel Tower”. Immediately there was a flash and he too disappeared.

The Englishman, who wasn’t very intelligent, sat down on a rock.

He .............................. (feel) a bit unhappy and lonely now that both his friends  (13) .......................  (go).-

He (14) ............................. (think) for a moment then he (15) ......................... (make) his wish. “Genie! Please … bring my friends back!. There was a big flash…

KEY

1. SET OFF

2. HAD BEEN TRAVELLING

3. BROKE

4. MANAGED

5. HAD BEEN

6. HAD FOUND

7. WAS JOGGING

8. APPEARED

9. HAD BEEN

10. DISAPPEARED

11. HAD DISAPPEARED

12. WAS FEELING

13. HAD GONE

14. THOUGHT

15. MADE