Completing gaps activity (English File Elementary; File 7B)

1. EF Elementary 7B
The taxi journey

2. Read the true story
Charles Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, has three
daughters, 18-year-old Kitty, and 15-year-old twins
Eliza and Amelia. They live in Althorp, a large country
house near Northampton, about 85 miles (136
kilometres) north of London.

3. Complete the gaps:
One of the sisters and her friend ____1 to go to a
football match in London. It _____2 a Premier League
match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford
Bridge. They ____3 a taxi to take them to London and
back. The taxi ____ 4 and the driver _____5 Stamford
Bridge into his satnav.
The girls ____6 in the back of the car. They probably
____7, ____8 to music on their iPods, and ____9 their
friends. They didn’t ____ 10 to the taxi driver.

4. Two hours later the taxi _____ 11. They _____12 out
of the window. It _____ 13 a street with pretty houses.
The girls _____ 14 a bit surprised, and they _____ 15
the taxi driver where they were. ‘In Stamford Bridge,’
he ____16. ‘Where did you _____17 to go?’

6. Answer the questions:
1. How many daughters does Charles Spencer have?
2. Where do the live?
3. Where did the girls want to go?
4. What did the driver type into his satnav?
5. What did the girls do in the taxi?
6. Where did they arrive?