Comprehension L43: Week 3 Jul 2023

I was a _____________ (terrify) two minutes when passengers on board Flight SG 395
__________ (tell) that their plane _______________ (go) to crash.
“We shouted, Oh God, please help us,” Miss Lena Martini, 20 told reporters __________ her
hospital bed here in Bandung, Indonesia. “My sister, Ratna, _________ (hug) me as thoughts of
death ___________(flash) through our minds.”
Both were on _________ way to Bali to see Ratna’s fiancé to finalise marriage ___________
(arrange) when the plane _____________ (crash) on Thursday. Now they _________ (laid) side
by side, recovering in Bandung’s St Borromeus Hospital as relatives _____________ (fuss)
around them.
Lena laughed ____________ (nervous) at their close shave with death as she ____________
(recount) how smoke came _________ the left wing shortly after their plane ___________ (take
off). They ____________ (sit) on the right side of the plane. She said, “The stewardesses told us
to be calm. But then the plane ___________ (crash).”
Indonesia ____________ (set) up a special unit to investigate the cause of the plane crash
which was the third in the country in three months.
Air control officers in Bandung ___________ (report) that the pilot ____________ (signal) that
he __________ (want) to return to base because an engine ___________ (stop). Then, he said
that he _________ attempt to make an emergency landing at an air base about one kilometre
from the crash site.
Reporters said last night that a passenger _____________ (die) yesterday from injuries
__________ （sustain）during the crash, ___________ (bring) the total death to 29. Another
21 people ___________ (suffer) burns and broken bones. All bodies had been ___________
(identify).
Mr Johnny Koh, a Singaporean victim on the flight, ________________ (evacuate) to
Singapore. Doctors said he _____________ (regain) consciousness. Mr Koh ______ fractured
his arms and left leg, but his condition _______________ (describe) as ‘good’ as he _______
____________ (respond) well to treatment.

1. The plane crashed ______________________.

A. upon reaching Bali
B. after leaving Indonesia
C. shortly after taking off
D. as soon as it was about to land
 2. Why did Ratna hug her sister?
A. of losing her mind
B. of losing her fiancé
C. that both of them were going to die
D. that she was going to lose her sister

3. Why did Lena laugh ‘nervously’ as she recounted her story of the crash?
A. She was hysterical
B. She had lost her senses
C. She was glad to be alive
D. She found it very amusing

4. What was the pilot’s final decision?

A. Return to base at once
B. Leave everything to God
C. Allow the plane to crash
D. Attempt an emergency landing

5. The Singaporean victim ________________.

A. broke his arms and left leg
B. sprained his left leg and arm
C. fractured his arms and left leg
D. suffered burns and broken bones

Error Identification: L Page 96

After a short while, Ali felt a numbness in the jaw. He saw the dentist pick up a 1. peat of pliers
2. whom he used to grip the 3. trouble molar. With the pliers, he 4. rocks the tooth from side to
side, then 5. at front to back. He didn’t pull it out with one jerk 6. if case the tooth broke.
Seconds later, the tooth 7. take off. “Ouch.” Ali cried. The dentist put a piece of cotton pad in
8. Ali mouth and told him 9. bite it. Then he showed Ali the tooth he had 10. exacted. Feeling
11. relief that everything 12. were done, Ali went home.

1. ________________ 7._______________
2. ________________ 8. ______________
3. ________________ 9._______________
4. ________________ 10.______________
5. ________________ 11. ______________
6. ________________ 12._______________