Question

5 Complete the text with the past simple or past
continuous form of the verbs in the box.
believe come across •
kill
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find hear
not help sleep • travel
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One of Agatha Christie's most famous novels is Murder
on the Orient Express. Private detective Hercule
Poirot, (a)
from Istanbul to London on
a luxurious train called the Orient Express when he
(b)
an American businessman called Mr
that his life was
..him. On the
Ratchett. Ratchett (c)
in danger but Poirot (d)
second night of the journey, Poirot (e)
in his bed when he (f).
a cry from
Ratchett's compartment. The next morning, the train
staff (g)
Mr Ratchett was dead. Poirot
(h)
the evidence and discovered that
Ratchett had killed someone in the US and that all the
people in the coach had a connection to that person's
family. So, who (i) .
Ratchett?

Answer 1

One of Agatha Christie's most famous novels is Murder on the Orient Express. Private detective Hercule Poirot was traveling from Istanbul to London on a luxurious train called the Orient Express when he came across an American businessman called Mr. Ratchett. Ratchett was in danger, but Poirot believed that his life was not in danger. On the second night of the journey, Poirot was sleeping in his bed when he heard a cry from Ratchett's compartment. The next morning, the train staff found that Mr. Ratchett was dead. Poirot examined the evidence and discovered that Ratchett had killed someone in the US and that all the people in the coach had a connection to that person's family. So, who killed Ratchett? Надіюсь що правильно