BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME 1. Fill in the missing words.
This is Tracy's camera. Tracy ... for the Daily
Mirror. Today she's waiting for the Prince of Wales
in a street ... next to Paddington Station. The Prince
of Wales wanted to ... at the station at twelve o'clock.
But it is a ... day and his train from Cardiff is
. At last he arrives. Some people get out their
But his car doesn't come round the corner. It goes
straight Tracy is ... in the
in the ... . She can hardly
... Too late! Tracy isn't able to take a photo of him.
foggy ahead
late
move arrive
corner
stuck
binoculars
work crowd

Tracy works for the Daily Mirror.

Today she's waiting for the Prince of Wales on a street corner next to Paddington Station.

The Prince of Wales wanted to arrive at the station at twelve o'clock.

But it is a foggy day and his train from Cardiff is late.

Some people get out their binoculars.

It goes straight ahead. Tracy is stuck in the crowd.

She can hardly move.

Explanation:

When you're given questions like this one, you need to pay attention to the context and know definitions of omitted words.

The term context refers to words and statements that surround a certain word or passage and help us understand its meaning.

When you're unsure about what a word means, you can look it up in a dictionary - an alphabetically arranged listing of words that provides us with different information about them, such as their definitions, examples, origin, and pronunciation.

All of this information can help us fill the gaps within a text.