The Amsterdam Connection 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 4

Volgende vraag is 'waar denk je dat het verhaal over zal gaan'?

What do you think this story is going to be about?

Volgende vraag is een woordweb over Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Match the chapter titles with the sentences from

each chapter.

Chapter 1: at the pub

Chapter 2: The past

Chapter 3 Amsterdam Spring

Chapter 4: Talk with striker

Chapter 5: Dinner at Sluizer's

It was a fine spring day; the sky was blue with

little white clouds here and there.

Max looked at his watch and finished his

beer quickly.

I remembered that I’d recently read in the

newspaper that he’d retired from football.

We sat down and ordered steaks and a bottle

of Bordeaux.

‘I was really young and really stupid, I guess.

I wanted to write a big story.’

Who or what is HE in this sentence?
'In fact, he was famous for his bad temper'.

1. Max Carson
2. Kate Jensen
3. Dave Balzano
4. The barkeeper

Who or what is IT in this sentence?
'I got the feeling that he didn’t really want to
talk about it'.

1. Rotterdam City Football Club
2. The drinks
3. The drugs
4. The relationship

Who or what is YOU in this sentence?
‘Listen ... why don’t YOU come and write a
story about our club in Holland.’

1. Max Carson
2. Kate Jensen
3. Dave Balzano
4. The barkeeper

Who or what is ME in this sentence?
‘You know me, Max, I only write about
crime.’

1. Max Carson
2. Kate Jensen
3. Dave Balzano
4. The barkeeper

Who or what is HE in this sentence?
Two days later, he was found lying dead in an
Amsterdam street.

1. Max Carson
2. Kate Jensen
3. Dave Balzano
4. The barkeeper

Match the beginnings with the endings.

Kate couldn’t understand why

Kate wrote a story about a gang murder

As a result of this story

Max put his life in danger

Dave Balzano finally agreed

she was kept prisoner by the gang.

in order to save Kate.

when she worked in Manchester.

to let Kate go to Amsterdam.

Max had been murdered.

Match the question with the right answer.
‘So, it just looks like it was a mugging that
went wrong?’

1. ‘ ... one of the police teams going round the city early on Thursday morning.’
2. ‘I’m afraid that’s what it looks like, Kate.’
3. ‘Well, the police couldn’t find his wallet.’
4. ‘Joop de Vries. Murder Squad.’

Match the question with the right answer.
‘So who found him?’

1. ‘ ... one of the police teams going round the city early on Thursday morning.’
2. ‘He must have had a business meeting the next morning.’
3. ‘Well, the police couldn’t find his wallet.’
4. ‘Joop de Vries. Murder Squad.’

Match the question with the right answer.
‘Did the killer take his money, then?’

1. ‘ ... one of the police teams going round the city early on Thursday morning.’
2. ‘I’m afraid that’s what it looks like, Kate.’
3. ‘Well, the police couldn’t find his wallet.’
4. ‘Joop de Vries. Murder Squad.’

Match the question with the right answer.
‘Why didn’t he just go back to the Hague?’

1. ‘ ... one of the police teams going round the city early on Thursday morning.’
2. ‘He must have had a business meeting the next morning.’
3. ‘Well, the police couldn’t find his wallet.’
4. ‘Joop de Vries. Murder Squad.’

Match the question with the right answer.
‘Who’s in charge of Max’s case?’

1. ‘ ... one of the police teams going round the city early on Thursday morning.’
2. ‘He must have had a business meeting the next morning.’
3. ‘Well, the police couldn’t find his wallet.’
4. ‘Joop de Vries. Murder Squad.’

What do you think of the story so far?

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