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1) Write a memo to the manager of the store (Mr Swartzkopf) and inform him about the visit of the vip client and the article you’ve just read.

2) Write a memo to the salesperson you were working with that day.

Grammar Revision

Grammar Training

26. Supply the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

A.

Killer’s Helper Found Guilty of Bride’s Murder

The owner of a taxi firm who helped his cousin (1) ____________ (to carry out) the ‘honour killing’ of a Muslim bride moments before her wedding yesterday (2) _______________ (to convict) of murder.

A jury at Birmingham crown court took seven-and-a-half hours (3) _______________ (to find) Tafarak Hussein guilty of (4) _______________ (to murder) Sahjda Bibi, who (5) ____________ (to stab) 22 times.

Miss Bibi, 21, died almost immediately at her home in Alum Rock, Birmingham, on January 11, after (6) _______________ (to attack) by Tafarak’s cousin, Rafaqat Hussein, who was angry that she (7) _______________ (not to marry) a blood relative. The cousins, who both face mandatory life terms, (8) _______________ (to sentence) by Mr Justice Wakerley on Monday.

During the eight-day trial Tim Raggatt QC, for the prosecution, told the jury how Rafaqat (9) _______________ (to attack) Miss Bibi, a dressmaker, with a kitchen knife in her bedroom as she (10) _______________ (to prepare) for the wedding ceremony. The bride’s mother (11) _______________ (to witness) the final stages of the murder. Rafaqat then fled in a waiting BMW (12) _______________ (to drive) by Tafarak.

The killer (13) _______________ (to learn) of the wedding a few days earlier and, together with Tafarak, decided (14) ______________ (to kill) Miss Bibi before it could take place. On January 10, they met in Birmingham (15) _______________ (to finalize) their plan. They bought a plane ticket (16) _______________ (to allow) Rafaqat (17) _______________ (to flee) to Pakistan immediately after the killing.

Although he pleaded guilty to murder in September, Rafaqat told police Miss Bibi’s death (18) _______________ (to be) an accident and (19) _______________ (to offer) no other explanation.

However, detectives believe the factory worker decided (20) _______________ (to kill) Miss Bibi because he (21) _____________ (not to approve) of her choice of husband.

(22) _______________ (to speak) after the case, the West Midlands police said they were satisfied with the court’s decision. A spokesman said: “Sahjda’s death (23) _______________ (to call) an honour killing, when a person (24) _______________ (to murder) because they (25) _______________ (to bring) ‘dishonour’ upon their family. But I can see no honour in killing another human being. In this case the victim was a relative of the killer and she seemed (26) _______________ (to trust) him. It seems Sahjda (27) _______________ (to fall) in love with a wrong man. Rafaqat appears (28) _______________ (to be unable) to accept this union and took it upon himself (29) _______________ (to prevent) it (30) _______________ (to take) place – at any cost.”

(From ‘The Guardian’, abridged)

B.

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