Six sentences are missing from this text. Choose the correct sentence for each gap. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use. My Aunt Emma My Aunt Emma has…
Six sentences are missing from this text. Choose the correct sentence for each gap. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use. My Aunt Emma My Aunt Emma has always been passionate about music and she really enjoys playing the piano. Emma also loves children, so it’s hardly surprising that she’s a music teacher. She says that it’s the best job ever as children are a lot of fun to be with. Emma wasn’t always a music teacher though. 1 . She found the training challenging but it was rewarding caring for the patients. In her free time, Emma practised the piano as often as she could. She also played keyboards in a band. 2 . So, they practised some well-known tracks together and made some posters to advertise it. Perhaps they didn’t advertise in the right places as hardly anybody came to the concert. They were quite upset that it wasn’t a big success they were hoping for. However, they didn’t want to give up on their dream and Emma kept telling the others in the band that one day they would become famous. 3 . The band were practising and performing several times a week and it got to be too much for some of the band members. Sadly, they decided that they didn’t want to play any more and the band split up. Emma was very upset about that, but fortunately, something good was soon to happen. While she was working at the hospital, she met a man called Oscar, who later became her husband. 4 . She looked after him while he was in the hospital, and they became friends. When Oscar was well enough to go home, they kept in touch with each other and fell in love. Oscar and Emma eventually got married and bought a house together. Oscar had given up being a stunt man and was running a motorbike repair shop when Emma decided that she didn’t want to be a nurse any more, she missed music too much. So, she went to university and studied to be a music teacher. 5 . Although she loves her new job as a music teacher, she does sometimes miss being in her band. It may not be the end of Emma’s performing days, though. 6 . When she won, Emma said to her husband, Oscar, ‘One day I’ll be famous.’ A It was a huge shock, but nobody came to the concert. B Over time, more and more people started coming to see them and they became quite popular. C After finishing school, she worked in the local hospital while studying to become a nurse. D After she graduated, she got a job at a local school. E One day, a few of her friends suggested that they put on a concert together. F Last year, one of her colleagues suggested that Emma should enter a music talent show. G After she graduated, she stopped playing the piano. H He was a stunt man and he’d hurt his leg while filming a movie in the town where Emma lived and worked.
- C
- E
- A
- H
- B
- F