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The forgotten key
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Follow a story with a funny misunderstanding.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
Audio and answer checking: https://joy-english.com/listening-lessons/the-forgotten-key
Words to know
- flight
- A journey by plane.
- convince
- To make someone believe something.
- officer
- Here, a police officer.
Answer key
- After a long flight, Daniel realised he had left his house key at work.American “realized” is also accepted.
- It was midnight, and his neighbours were already asleep.American “neighbors” is also accepted.
- He decided to climb through the kitchen window, which was slightly open.“Climb” has a silent b.
- Just as he got inside, a police car stopped outside the house.“Just as” means at the same moment.
- It took him twenty minutes to convince the officers that he lived there.Write twenty as a word or digits.