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Watch the first half of the scene from Legally Blonde.

What is the defendant doing?


What is Elle wearing?
How is Elle feeling when her friends arrive? Why?

Watch the second part of the scene. What happened on the day of the
murder ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS? Put the actions in order.

she went upstairs to take a shower


she got a perm, got a latte, went to the gym
she saw Brooke standing over her fathers dead body
the father was shot
she came home
she came downstairs

What happened actually?

Now read the summary of the proceedings. Put the verbs in brackets
into the correct tense.
Witness:
That day I ...................................... (get) up, ................................. (got) a
latte, ............................. (go) to the gym. When I .........................................
(arrive), I .................................. (go) straight upstairs to take a shower. I didnt
hear the shot because I ............................................. (wash my hair). When I
came downstairs Brooke ................................................... (stand) next to my
fathers dead body drenched in blood.
Solution of the case:
Before the witness came home, she ............................................. (get) a perm. As
she .............................................. (already / get) a perm before,
she ............................................... (know) she couldnt wash her hair. So
she ................................................ (not / wash) her hair because her
curls ....................................... (be) still intact. This means
she ......................................... (had) time to hide the weapon before
Brooke ..................................................... (arrive).

Watch the first half of the scene from Legally Blonde.

What is the defendant doing?


What is Elle wearing?
How is Elle feeling when her friends arrive? Why?

Watch the second part of the scene. What happened on the day of the
murder ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS? Put the actions in order.

she went upstairs to take a shower


she got a perm, got a latte, went to the gym
she saw Brooke standing over her fathers dead body
the father was shot
she came home
she came downstairs

What happened actually?

Now read the summary of the proceedings. Put the verbs in brackets
into the correct tense.
Witness:
That day I ...................................... (get) up, ................................. (got) a
latte, ............................. (go) to the gym. When I .........................................
(arrive), I .................................. (go) straight upstairs to take a shower. I didnt
hear the shot because I ............................................. (wash my hair). When I
came downstairs Brooke ................................................... (stand) next to my
fathers dead body drenched in blood.
Solution of the case:
Before the witness came home, she ............................................. (get) a perm. As
she .............................................. (already / get) a perm before,
she ............................................... (know) she couldnt wash her hair. So
she ................................................ (not / wash) her hair because her
curls ....................................... (be) still intact. This means
she ......................................... (had) time to hide the weapon before
Brooke .............................................. (arrive).

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