A. Read the passages carefully and answer the following questions.

1) What is one common problem in both the stories?

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2) Who faced more problems in his house? Kurt or Phillip?

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3) Can you identify at least two problems that were serious and did more damage?

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4) By the end of both the stories –

 How did Kurt feel? _________________________________________________________

 How did Phillip feel? _______________________________________________________
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Answer Key
1) There was a problem of power cut in both the stories.
2) Philip faced more problems.
3) Water problem because of the pipe burst and the roof that had blown off were the two serious
problems.
4) - Kurt felt happy and nice as his wife just gave a birth to a baby.
- Phillip was not happy, as everything around him was a mess.

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B. Discuss the following situations and complete the sentences in pairs.

1) We don’t have any clean plates because _______________________________________.
2) We had to use candles all evening because _____________________________________.
3) We’ll have to call plumber because ___________________________________________.
4) We can’t get out of the front room because ____________________________________.
5) The torch won’t work because _______________________________________________.
6) There’s no hot water because _______________________________________________.

Adapted from: Cambridge English Unlimited Intermediate Coursebook (B1+)