Unit 5E: My secret life as a teen detective

Class – VII
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1. Tick () the correct answers from the following questions.

a. What does the 19-year-old enjoy about her job as a teen detective?
A) Fixed working hours C) Office location in the city
B) Undefined working hours D) Lack of undercover work

b. What is the work of Answers Investigation?

A) They find answers to questions C) They provide multiple services

B) They are Tech company D) They are a small detective agency

c. What is the primary reason the 19-year-old enjoys working as an undercover detective?

A) Working for long working hours C) Putting up disguises and acting

B) Travelling around for work D) Browsing social networking sites

d. How does the 19-year-old signal for help when she's undercover with a dodgy person?

A) Tying her hair up C) Using a secret code

B) Sending a distress text D) Blowing a whistle

e. Which of the following is NOT a location mentioned where the investigators have traveled for their job?

A) Dubai C) Ibiza
B) France D) Brazil

2. The passage represents an oral genre and contains colloquial and idiomatic phrases.
Replace those below with standard English in the space provided next to the phrases. First one has been
done for you.
a. I tailed a guy- I followed someone closely
b. can be bothered- when I want to
c. in the middle of nowhere- far away from any towns and cities
d. it's easy as pie – an easy task
e. working crazy hours- working for long hours
f. a dodgy person- a tricky person/untrustworthy person
g. sat in a 9-to-5 kind of job- mundane/ boring job
h. are in eyeshot- are close by
i. me, Andy and Nigel- Andy, Nigel and I
j. my life is peachy- my life is happy
k. all over the place- a mess
l. a ditsy idiot- silly/ disorganized
m. what makes me tick- what makes me behave a certain way
n. months of trawling- months of searching/dragging
o. crash out- to go to sleep
p. switch off- stop giving your attention to something