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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.2 - Unbelievable? for the textbook Navigate Intermediate B1+ - Workbook with authors Edward Alden and Mike Sayer from Oxford University Press

Question

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

Answer

  1. A seven-year-old boy disappeared while he was playing in the garden.
  2. His mother called the police as soon as she noticed he wasn't there.
  3. By the time police arrived, the neighbours has already started looking for him.
  4. Several groups searched the area. Meanwhile OR in the meanwhile, a police officer interviewed the parents to identify possible suspects.
  5. Everybody believed he had been kidnapped until the family dog found him.
  6. He had been hiding in a tree in the garden during the whole search. He said it was an April Fool's Day joke!