11 Grammar The mystery of Lord Buckingham

You are a magazine journalist working on this story with your colleagues. Report your research.

A Charles
Who to? When? What?

Jody In the 1980s ‘I am Lord Buckingham. My parents had an accident and they died many years ago.’ (TELL)

Jody In the 1980s ‘If you marry me, I’ll be able to give you whatever you want one day.’ (PROMISE)

Jody In 2006 ‘I’m never going to tell you who I am!’ (REFUSE)

– In 2006 ‘I haven’t stolen anyone’s identity!’ (DENY)

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B Jody (Charles’s ex-wife)

Who to? When? What?

During their
Charles ‘Who are you? Why won’t you tell me who you really are?’ (ASK)
marriage

– In 2006 ‘I met him over twenty years ago and we now have two grown-up children.’ (SAY)

– In 2006 ‘This web of lies is all Charles’s fault. He invented the whole story!’ (BLAME)

‘Inspector Sprigg and his team of police officers have worked so hard to
– In 2006
help us discover his true identity.’ (PRAISE)

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C The police (Inspector Sprigg and his team of police officers)

Who to? When? What?

– In 2006 ‘Charles was pretending to be someone else for twenty-three years.’ (CONFIRM)

‘We think that he stole the story from a best-selling novel. In this story, a man steals
– In 2006
a child’s identity.’ (SAY)

‘Charles will be sent back to the USA. American lawyers are going to decide what will
Journalists In 2006
happen to him.’ (ANNOUNCE)

Charles’s real
In 2006 ‘Can you look after Charles if he returns to the USA?’ (ASK)
family

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D Rebecca (Charles’s real sister)

Who to? When? What?

‘My father recognized his son in some photos on a UK news website. He found out
– In 2006
that the police were trying to understand who Charles Buckingham really was.’ (SAY)

The police In 2006 ‘My brother disappeared in the early 1980s.’ (CONFIRM)

Inspector Sprigg In 2006 ‘He loved speaking with an English accent and pretending to be English when growing up.’ (INFORM)

– In 2006 ‘We don’t feel angry with him.’ (DENY)

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