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Reading skill: making inferences
To completely understand a text, we need to be able to make inferences. That is, we need to guess information that isn´t written explicitly in the text.
Readingskill: making inferences
To completely understand a text, we need to be able to make inferences. That is, we need to guess information that isn´t written explicitly in the text.
Reading 4

We´re going toread the beginning of a story called “The Mystery of Allegra”.
Vocabulary
Match the words and the pictures. (1 mark)
corridor lock the door fireplace shutters


Prediction activity
Whatkind of story is this, do you think?
a. a romance b. a thriller c. a comedy

Reading activities
Read the text and make inferences to answer the questions. (1½ marks)
1. Where is the familyfrom, do you think? a. Italy b. England c. France
2. How many people are in the car? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4
3. While they are driving, what are they looking for? a. a hotel b. a friend´s house c.an English school

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I met Allegra one night in April twelve years ago. I was sixteen years old and she was only five.-------------------------------------------------
I remember that it rained a lot that night and we arrived late at the house. We were driving along a dark road when my mother saw a sign, which said in big letters: Villa Henderson –Bed and Breakfast.
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“It´s in English!” my mother said. She was surprised because we were on holiday in Italy. My father turned right and drove along anold road. When we arrived, we saw a big villa with tall black trees around it. There was a light in one of the windows, and on the wall above the door were the words Villa Henderson.-------------------------------------------------
My father knocked at the door and a small woman opened it. She was about sixty and wore strange clothes.
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