Mrs C: Hello. Helen Carr speaking.
Adam: Oh, hello, Mrs Carr. This is Adam Wells, from the theatre. Is Matt there by any chance?
Mrs C: No , I'm afraid he's not. Hold on, I'll see if Ian knows where he is. He was with Matt yesterday. ... Ian, where did Matt say that he was going today?
Ian: To the Pentland Hills. He went off on a walking trip. Who wants to know?
Mrs C: It's Adam on the phone. Adam, from the theatre. Here, you talk to him.
Ian: Hello, Adam. They said they were going to the Pentland Hills by coach.
Adam: Who's 'they'?
Ian: A friend of Matt's called Kelly, and Zoe, another girl from the theatre.
Adam: Zoe as well! They must have forgotten about the dress rehearsal.
Ian: No, I remember they said they had a rehearsal at six .
Adam: But it's gone seven now!
Ian: The coach might have been held up in a traffic jam or something.
Adam: But why hasn't Matt phoned? He can't have gone without his mobile.
Ian: He must have.
Adam: I don't believe it! The one time he needs it, he doesn't have it with him.
Answer the questions.
1. Why does Adam telephoned Mrs Carr?
2. Why does Mrs Carr ask Ian to speak to Adam?
3. How late are Matt and Zoe?
4. Where does Ian think they might be?
5. What is unusual about Matt's behaviour?
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1. Adam telephones Mrs. Carr to talk to Matt about why he hasn't showed up for the dress rehearsal yet.
2. Mrs. Carr asks Ian to speak to Adam because he had been with Matt the day before.
3. Matt and Zoe are an hour late already.
4. Ian thinks that they may have gone to PentlandHills and then got stuck in the traffic on the way to the theatre.
5. What is unusual about Matt's behaviour is that he hasn't called Adams to inform him that he would be late.
2. Mrs. Carr asks Ian to speak to Adam because he had been with Matt the day before.
3. Matt and Zoe are an hour late already.
4. Ian thinks that they may have gone to PentlandHills and then got stuck in the traffic on the way to the theatre.
5. What is unusual about Matt's behaviour is that he hasn't called Adams to inform him that he would be late.
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1. Adam telephones Mrs. Carr to know whereabouts of Matt. He is worried because Matt has not reached for dress rehearsal.
2. Mrs. Carr asks Ian to speak to Adam as he was with Matt the previous day; she thinks he may have some information about his whereabouts.
3. They are already late by an hour. Their dress rehearsal was to start at six; the clock has struck seven.
4. According to Ian they might have been held up in a traffic jam.
5. The unusual thing about Matt's behaviour is his not having his mobile phone with him, which he appeared to have left at home.
2. Mrs. Carr asks Ian to speak to Adam as he was with Matt the previous day; she thinks he may have some information about his whereabouts.
3. They are already late by an hour. Their dress rehearsal was to start at six; the clock has struck seven.
4. According to Ian they might have been held up in a traffic jam.
5. The unusual thing about Matt's behaviour is his not having his mobile phone with him, which he appeared to have left at home.
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