GRAMMAR IN USE PRE INDEPENDENT 2 by fabian

The Case of the Missing Trophy

hefato5 — 2024-06-17 22:33:35 UTC

Once upon a time at Greenfield High, there was excitement in the air. The school’s soccer team had won the championship, and Coach Thompson had promised to display the trophy in the school’s case for everyone to admire.

CHARACTERS

Coach Thompson
The janitor, Mr Lopez
The students

TASK

hefato5 — 2024-06-17 22:36:05 UTC

Use the beginning of the story and the characters to write events before the trophy disappear
use a different pront for each event
at the end, write who stole the trophy according to the events you described
used past perfect and simple past

Alexander Castrillón and Cortes and Sergio Amaya

2024-06-18 01:10:24 UTC

But something unexpected occured, when the coach Thompson had been with the students talking about the next matches of the next championship

2

2024-06-18 01:12:50 UTC

The Janitor, Mr Lopez had observed their celebration and their conversation after they played their final match

3

2024-06-18 01:16:56 UTC

He had cleaned the trophy's room before the match and he had said "This is a so beatiful trophy"

4

2024-06-18 01:19:21 UTC

A student had seen the janitor Mr Lopez a little suspicious but he ignored him

5

2024-06-18 01:22:04 UTC

When they were going to deliver the trophy to the team and went to the trophy room for it, they realized that the janitor Mr. Lopez had escaped with it.

COMPLETE STORY

hefato5 — 2024-06-18 01:30:30 UTC

The janitor, Mr. Lopez, had always taken great pride in keeping the trophy case sparkling clean. He had polished the glass that morning, making sure it was spotless for the new addition.

The students had been talking about the trophy all day. Some had even stayed after school in hopes of seeing Coach Thompson place it in the case.

But as fate would have it, when Coach Thompson had gone to put the trophy away at 3:00 PM, he had received an urgent phone call and had left the trophy unattended for just a moment.

In that brief time, something mysterious had occurred. When Coach Thompson returned, he was shocked to find that the trophy was missing!

hefato5 — 2024-06-18 22:48:26 UTC

hefato5 — 2024-06-19 00:58:38 UTC

2024-06-19 01:00:25 UTC

hefato5 — 2024-06-19 01:19:47 UTC

Sara, Cristhian, Lizeth

2025-08-13 00:57:39 UTC

The Janitor, Mr Lopez always had a clean display case. The students admired the trophy.

Beatriz - Jhon - Alexis

2025-08-13 01:03:14 UTC

In the morning on that day, the coach talked about your trophy with a lot of people.

Beatriz - Jhon - Alexis

2025-08-13 01:07:26 UTC

All the people was happy for the trophy but someone had been envy for the victory.

Juan - Daniela

2025-08-13 01:08:43 UTC

Before Coach Thompson displayed the trophy, he had shown it to some students in the locker room and took pictures with it.

2025-08-13 01:11:42 UTC

The coach Thompson had met with the team after de victory. He left the trophy on a table and forget about it.

The plan

2025-08-13 01:16:56 UTC

The person in the public had been pending to the other people in the same place and discover a teacher for planning the steal

2025-08-13 01:17:09 UTC

Mr. Lopez had noticed the presence of new students while cleaning the trophy. He didn't pay much attention and kept working.

2025-08-13 01:21:11 UTC

The student pepito wanted to join the team, but it was not possible. He had stolen the trophy.

2025-08-13 01:22:07 UTC

After the final bell rang, A fake student had stolen the trophy while everyone was celebrating.

The steal

2025-08-13 01:24:28 UTC

The plan was to distract the coach while accomplice men take the trophy and take it out later from the school

2025-08-13 01:28:13 UTC

Finally, when Coach Thompson returned, the trophy was gone. Later, he discovered that one fake student had stole it. but the real students had found the trophy in the park.

2025-08-13 01:31:34 UTC

Mr Lopez was asked if he had the trophy. The students doubted him because he had cleaned next to the table.