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Difficult situations

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Check your understanding: gap fill

Di!cult situations
Fill the gaps with the correct option from the box.

1. The boy is telling his mum that

he failed his exam .

2. The girl is telling her friend that

her dog got hit by a car .

3. The boy is telling his dad that

the mobile phone he borrowed got stolen .

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Submitted by pomelo on Wed, 03/01/2023 -

15:30

I don't have much difficult situations, but i

have difficult situations with my anger

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Submitted by ahgima099 on Wed,

10/19/2022 - 09:38

Yes. I had a difficult situation when my dad

passed away.

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Submitted by editor_rachael on Fri,

10/21/2022 - 11:51

Hi ahgima099,

We're very sorry to hear that. We hope

that you have got lots of support from
your family and friends.

Rachael
LearnEnglish Teens team

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Submitted by Wendy on Sat, 08/20/2022 -

13:21

My difficult situation is studying pressure. My

parents are very strict and I also don't want
to make them disappointed. Moreover, my
school is one of the best schools in my
province, so the students here always try as
much as possible to have a good score, and
also a good university in the future. This is
the most stressful studying environment that
I have ever met. However, luckily, I always
have my best friends, who usually support
and empathize with me. They help me
reduce the stressful studying and give me a
lot of happiness. I love my friends so much.

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Submitted by ittsmezey on Tue, 08/02/2022 -

16:44

I really felt sorry for the girl that her dog died.
If I were her, I couldn't move on my life that
easily. :(

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Submitted by Freshka on Fri, 07/08/2022 -

13:49

I'm not under so much pressure, because

my parents don't give me many reasons to
feel like that. I'm studying because I want.
The environment is putting pressure on me a
bit. I like to compete, so it's great for me, but
not too much. I considerably think no one
should feel lots of pressure from their
parents. It could distract plenty of dreams
that young people have!

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Submitted by Edaa on Wed, 06/08/2022 -

05:51

I did not stay in this situation, but it is a very

bad situation.

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Submitted by 01Aras on Tue, 06/07/2022 -

10:47

Even though my grades are good, my

parents are pressing me to get even higher
grades

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Submitted by lucalvesilva on Sat,

05/14/2022 - 10:43

Yes, I did. Recently I had an argument with

one of my best friends, whose boyfriend was
an awful person. She didn't like what I said
but we've already made up. She broke with
him in the end.

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Submitted by Blixer on Tue, 04/05/2022 -

07:04

Difficult situation

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Submitted by Valeria_ on Fri, 08/13/2021 -

03:52

I had a difficult situation last week because I

could not register for school and they did not
answer my emails, but in the end everything
was resolved and I was able to register

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Submitted by moonborn on Tue, 08/10/2021

- 17:53

I haven't been in difficult situations lately.

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Submitted by Dominicbeudean on Tue,

03/16/2021 - 06:39

Last year in summer I was going to see my

grandparents. When we arrived, we
prepared everything to make a campfire
outside, I was going to cut the wood but the
axe was pretty big and I hit myself in the
hand, but it wasn't a big cut and I just used
some bandages. It wasn't a big deal but I
was very scared and unfortunately I couldn't
help anymore

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Submitted by Isabellabuzzetti on Tue,

01/05/2021 - 11:00

I had a difficult situation last week when my

teacher told us the marks and I got a low
one. I had to told my dad about it, it was
terrible!

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Submitted by Xuka on Wed, 08/26/2020 -

17:05

Last December, I lost my gold charm

bracelet when I went out with my friends. It's
a beautiful gift from my grandmother. I didn't
still understand how it disappeared because
I wore it for 6 years. When I told my mum
about that, I felt she was very sad also. But
she comforted me to be more careful next
time. And it was so amazing, my mum found
and bought another bracelet the same as a
lost one. I was happy and grateful for that.

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Submitted by cookiepg on Tue, 08/25/2020 -

07:41

no

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Submitted by Mamou1 on Tue, 07/07/2020 -

10:04

Recently i haven't been in a difficult situation

gratefully. I alsa hope that evreryone doesn't
have any difficult situation either.

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Submitted by Athony on Thu, 05/14/2020 -

15:40

My parent always make me to have better

grades although I am the best or second
student in my class. I'm under so much
pressure.

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Submitted by lbun30 on Wed,

01/06/2021 - 07:20

I hope it gets better one day. Stay

strong.

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Submitted by Thu on Sun, 08/11/2019 -

08:46

It was a Maths time in my school, I didn't

read all the thread and I was the first one
rise hand. When the teacher called my
name, I stood up and said the wrong
answer. Then everyone looking at me, I was
very surprised when the teacher said: "It's
wrong!". I was very embarrassed, I sat down
and didn't say any words with my tablemate.
:>

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Submitted by Tina on Tue, 07/02/2019 -

12:30

I had a difficult time in the last year at

Secondary School. That time, I was one of
the best student represented my school
participated a contest. My family, teachers,
friends believed in me a lot that I could get
the prize and I also believed that at least I
could get the second prize. However, in my
school's festival, I heard the news about the
result that I failed, there was no prize for me.
The worst thing was I was the only person of
my school didn't have any prize that time. I
cried so much. Thankfully, I overcame that
sorrow and achieved success in the next
competition. I hope that failure will never
emerge in my study life next time:(( *My
English is not so good. If you read my
comment, please help me correct my
mistakes. Thanks!*

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Submitted by JoModerator on Wed,

07/03/2019 - 05:54

Hi Tina,

Thanks for your comment. Don't worry

about making mistakes - the most
important thing is to communicate in
English!

Best wishes

Jo (LearnEnglish Teens team)

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Submitted by Tina on Wed,

07/03/2019 - 14:38

Thanks a lot!

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Submitted by FatimaH on Thu, 02/21/2019 -

18:03

I haven't been in any difficult situations

recently . I wish everyone luck and calm life
in near future.

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Submitted by Ekzort on Sun, 11/11/2018 -

15:32

On the one day, two years ago, when i woke

up and go to the yard i saw, that my dog
wasn't there, later occurred that our dog was
stolen.

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Submitted by elinasala on Thu, 06/28/2018 -

15:59

The other day, I was in my room and I was

playing games on my phone. Suddenly my
mum opend the door and she shouted:
"you've been glued to your phone for 5
hours!". After that, she forbade me to use my
phone on weekdays.

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Submitted by Batgirl on Thu, 04/19/2018 -

15:58

Happily, I haven't been in any difficult

situations recently, but reading all these
comments I feel really san for all people who
got in troubles. I wish them to be more lucky
and I hope that their fails taught them
something ;)

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Submitted by anphuonglinh_155 on Wed,

02/21/2018 - 11:07

yes, last summer I had a a bad mark in

English. My teacher told my mother and she
threw the book at me. TT

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