Question

help.
3 Scan the following news report extract. Then write adjective 'strings, separated by commas.to
fill in the 12 gaps. Hyphenated adjectives are allowed - and encouraged! (Journalists use them
as a space-saving device.) For example, gap (e) could be filled by home-made, comic, comivo-
type.
Yesterday two (a)
robbers failed in their (b) — attempt to stage a
( (c)
robbery at a d
bank. Wearing (e)
masks and waving
pistols, they threatened (g) – bank staff. Tellers handed over
money, but one (h)
robber dropped the (i)
bag. Cursing, he tore off
the mask when he could not see where it was, in full view of the (1)
camera.
staff watched as the (1)
police burst into the bank and escorted
the robbers away.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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masks and waving

pistols, they threatened (g) – bank staff. Tellers handed over

money, but one (h)

robber dropped the (i)

bag. Cursing, he tore off

the mask when he could not see where it was, in full view of the (1)

camera.

staff watched as the (1)

police burst into the bank and escorted

the robbers away.