Suggested Answer Key (lesson 5, grammar part 2, practice 3.)

…he was waiting at the airport. He was really looking forward to going to Rome. Just then there was an announcement, ‘ We regret to inform you that flight to Rome will be delayed.’ John didn’t mind waiting. He sat down and tried to finish reading his book. However, in three hours, John started to worry. He had arranged to go on a tour of the city as soon as he arrived and he hated to be late for the excursion in Rome. He wanted to call and warn that he was going to be late. He decided to find out what was going on. He asked the man at the counter, who said, “I’m sorry, Sir, but your flight left two hours ago.”

3. Conversational topic “Our motherland - Ukraine”