The night-walkers of Uganda

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Passengers fume in the chaos of Terminal 5’s first day
Level 1
Elementary
Vocabulary development: Meanings of get
5
Get has a lot of meanings in English. In this story it is used a lot, with three basic meanings.
Mark each of the extracts below with one of these letters.
1. Customers … could
get their money back... (para 8) _____________________
2. ... the handlers could not
get where they were supposed to go... (para 9) _____________________
3. ... they could not get into the car parks... (para 9) _____________________
4. ... or
get security clearance (para 9) _____________________
5. ... so that its jets could
 get ready... (para 9) _____________________
6. BA ...
got little sympathy... (para 10) _____________________
7. ... his wheelchair couldn’t
 get up the step. (para 13) _____________________
8. “I couldn’t even
get into the building... (para 13) _____________________
9. ... without
getting up a step,”... (para 13) _____________________
General understanding 
4
Match the beginnings and endings of these sentences about the story.
1. Terminal 5...
a. ... they were sorry.
2. A lot of flights...
b. ... because the computers didn’t accept their ID.
3. A lot of people’s...
c. ... had a bad first day.
4. People could only take...
d. ... were timetabled to leave yesterday.
5. British Airways said...
e. ... did not take off.
6. BA offered to give...
f. ... luggage did not arrive.
7. Some staff could not work...
g. ... their hand luggage onto the plane.
8. About 340 flights...
h. ... some people their money back.