Ready for First - Unit 9-10 Revision

The home of … athlete Helen Barnett was burgled this weekend

• former
• sooner
• earlier
• preceding

and a large number of sporting medals and trophies were ... from the home

• stolen
• robbed
• mugged
• lifted

Ms Barnett, who now ... a successful sportswear company, is thought to be 'devastated' by the loss.

• runs
• overtakes
• works
• holds

Mrs Barnett is ... to be ‘devastated’ at the loss.

• said
• spoken
• felt
• told

The burglary took ... on Saturday afternoon when Ms Barnett went to investigate smoke coming from a wooded area in her large two-acre garden.

• place
• part
• hold
• time

The burglar is thought to have ... fire to undergrowth in order to attract Ms Barnett out of the house.

• set
• made
• given
• put

A young man carrying a large bag was seen climbing over the garden wall, before making his ... in a sports car.

• getaway
• runaway
• hideaway
• takeaway

The theft comes just ten months after a similar incident in which a man posing as a telephone engineer had ... the ex-athlete into leaving the house while another helped himself to her jewels.

• tricked
• succeeded
• obtained
• managed

The thieves were eventually caught and ... to four years in jail.

• sentenced
• imprisoned
• ordered
• given

We ... out of drink at the party and had to go and buy some more.

• ran
• fell
• sorted
• got