1 Choose the correct words. The Treasure of Monte Cristo
(1) Have you heard / Were you hearing of the
French writer Alexandre Dumas? I (2) has read/
've read 'The Three Musketeers', and now I'm
reading 'The Treasure of Monte Cristo'. It's a
great story. It's about a man called Edmond
Dantès who goes to prison for a crime which he
(3) wasn't committing / didn't commit. Before
he went to prison, Dantes was a good man,
with a beautiful fiancée called Mercédès. But
when he finally managed to escape from prison,
he (4) has wanted / wanted to take revenge on
his enemies. So, how (5) was he escaping | did
he escape? Well, (6) when / while he was doing
his time in prison, Dantès (7) was meeting
met an old priest called Abbé Faria. They
became good friends, and one day Abbe Faria
said: 'If you ever escape from here, go and find
my fortune. I (8) was hiding /'ve hidden it on
the island of Monte Cristo. Keep it - it's yours!'
Later, Dantès escaped and he (9) found was
finding the treasure. Then he (10) went has
gone to find the men who sent him to prison,
and to look for Mercédès.​