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4 a READING Read about the Travers murder and look at the photos of the victim and the suspects. Then cover the text and look at the photos. Can you remember who the people are? Who's Amanda? ) (¿hos Jeremy's wife. (D8.1 Read and listen to the story. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the F sentences. 1. Somebody killed Jeremy between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. 2 The detective questioned Amanda in the living room. 3 Jeremy went to bed before Amanda. 4 Amanda and Jeremy slept in the same room. 5 Somebody opened and closed Amanda's door. 6 Amanda got up at 7:00. 7 Amanda didn't love Jeremy. Detective Granger arrived at about 9:00. He *was a tall man with a big mustache. Amanda, Barbara, Claudia, and Gordon 2were in the living room. The detective * came in. “Mr. Travers died between midnight last night and 7:00 this morning,” he *said. “Somebody in this room killed him.” He looked at them one by one, but nobody ? spoke. “Mrs. Travers, I want to talk to you first. Come into the library with me, please.” Amanda followed the detective into the library and they ósat down. “What did your husband do after dinner last night?” “We finished dinner at about 9:30. Then Jeremy said he was tired and he went to bed.” “Did you go to bed then?” “No, I didn't. Iwent for a walk in the yard.” “What time did you go to bed?” “At about a quarter to twelve.” “Was your husband asleep?” “1 don't know, Dectective. We...we *slept in different rooms. But 19saw that his door was closed.” “Did you hear anything when you were in your room?” “Yes, 1 heard Jeremy's bedroom door. It opened. 1 thought it was Jeremy. Then it closed again. 1 '2read in bed for halfan hour and then I went to sleep.” “What time did you get up this morning?” “] got up at about 7:15. 1 *had breakfast and at 8:00 1 “took a cup of tea to my husband. I "found him in bed. He was...dead.” “Tell me, Mrs. Travers, did you love your husband?” “Jeremy is...was a difficult man.” “But did you love him, Mrs. Travers?” “No, Detective. l hated him.” A murder mystery 'G simple past: regular and irregular || V irregular verbs Did you love your husband? - P simple past verbs » The Traverj murder June 22, 1965 — Jeremy Travers's 60th birthday e” He had dinner at his country house with: — Amanda, his wife — Barbara, his daughter - Gordon, his business partner - Claudia, his secretary. The next morning, Amanda Travers went to her husband's bedroom. She found him dead. PRONUNCIATION simple past verbs Look at the highlighted irregular verbs in the story. What are the base forms? 1 be-was 2 be-were 3 come- came (08.2 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. (08.3 Find and underline nine simple past [+] regular verbs in the story. How do you pronounce them? Listen and check. Then listen and repeat the verbs and phrases. )) arrived Qetective Granger arrived. 
