When I returned, there was an appalling spectacle. There was
complete silence from the box, but from its airholes and chinks
around the lid, blood had trickled and dried. I whipped off the lock
and tore open the lid, and Mij, exhausted and blood-spattered,
whimpered and caught at my leg. He had torn the lining of the box to
shreds; when I removed the last of it so that there were no cutting
edges left, it was just ten minutes until the time of the flight, and the
airport was five miles distant. I put the miserable Mij back into the
box, holding down the lid with my hand. I sat in the back of the car
with the box beside me as the driver tore through the streets of Basra
like a ricocheting bullet.
Choose the speaker that uses the phrase ‘appalling spectacle’ correctly.
Speaker 1 – We got back home to see that our pet dog had eaten kheer my mother had kept out of the fridge. Indeed, an appalling spectacle.
Speaking 2 – We got back home and witnessed that our cousin had dressed our pet dog in his t-shirt. Have to admit that it was an appalling spectacle.
Speaker 3 – We got back home to see that our pet dog sitting with a mangled rat. It was an appalling spectacle.
Speaking 4 – We got back home from the airport and observed our pet dog sound asleep on the rug. What an appalling spectacle!