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THIRD CONDITIONAL READING COMPREHENSION

septiembre 07, 2023

Third Conditional - Marge's Day of Hell!!! Read the text about poor old Marge and then complete the third conditional sentences about her day using the prompts provided. Only use contractions for negatives, e.g. wouldn't / didn't, etc. Marge is a woman of 55 who lives on her own in a small house in Scotland. She did not have a very nice day yesterday! As she was leaving the house, she forgot her bus ticket. Only when she got to the bus stop did she realise this, so she had to hurry back to the house. She opened the door, put the keys on the telephone table, went into the kitchen to get her bus ticket and left again without her keys. She caught the 8.42 a.m bus instead of her usual 8.30 a.m bus and arrived at work about ten minutes late. Mr. Jones, her boss, was in a bad mood yesterday and shouted at her when she arrived late. As a result, they had an argument in front of all the other people in the office. Mr. Jones told her she would have to stay behind f...