(Adapted from an article in The Telegraph by Alice Philipson on 7 March 2013.

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It _____________ (1 SUPPOSE) __________________ (2 BE) a day of fun and celebration. But when a group of Welshwomen _____________ (3 ARRIVE) at Harrods ______________ (4 DRESS) in national costume on St David's Day, their good spirits quickly vanished. Six Welshwomen who ________________ (5 CELEBRATE) St David's day in London ______________ (6 REFUSE) entry to top department store, Harrods, because they ______________ (7 WEAR) traditional Welsh dress.
The women, who ______________ (8 DRESS) in red skirts, white aprons and black bonnets, ______________ (8 TELL) they didn't meet the dress code of the famous London store. Trip organiser Gaynor Newton, 56, said the group of women, _____________ (9 INCLUDE) a doctor and a lawyer, _______________ (10 SHOCK) by the way they were treated by staff after a female officer told them:'You can't come in here dressed like that.' She told the Daily Mail: 'We were gobsmacked we _____________________ (11 SMARTLY DRESS) and well-behaved on our national day. The first security officer who ________________ (12 STOP) us was quite rude and just said we could not enter the store because we were in our national costume. As we _______________ (13 STAND) there an Asian woman ______________ (14 WEAR) a sari and an African woman in lovely colourful robes both entered the store without a problem.' The group ____________ (15 BE) in London as part of a weekend theatre trip from their homes in Bridgend, South Wales. They _______________ (16 SPEND) 200 on their national costumes and _______________ (17 WANT) _________________ (18 GO) to the Harrods champagne bar while they were in the capital. The women ____________________ (19 EVENTUALLY LET IN) by Harrods staff. Harrods apologised for the blunder and their spokesman said:'The security guard asked for the group _______________ (20 WAIT) while she double-checked it was in keeping with our dress code. 'The women ______________ (21 NOT WANT) to wait and _______________ (22 GO) to another entrance where they ______________ (23 ADMIT), as by that time the security team were aware they ________________ (24 WEAR) national dress. We certainly did not deny them entry and always ________________ (25 WELCOME) all visitors in national costume. We apologise for any confusion.'

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1 was supposed 2 to be 3 arrived 4 were celebrating 5 were refused 6 were wearing 7 were dressed 8 were told 9 including 10 were shocked 11 were smartly dressed 12 stopped 13 stood / were standing 14 wearing 15 were 16 had spent 17 had wanted 18 to go 19 were eventually let in 20 to wait 21 didn't want 22 went 23 were admitted 24 were wearing 25 welcome