Yesterday, I arrived home late from work to notice that the vase my late grandmother gave me was broken. ____________ (thing) happened, and __________ (person) must be responsible for it. I gathered my three children in the living room and asked them if they had __________ (thing) to tell me. Kerry told me that she was __________ (place) …show more content…
Imagine that you were a witness in one. Use the words in parenthesis to formulate the questions a detective would ask and answer them with logical information. Remember the detectives ask questions with any words and the witnesses answer using some words.
Detective: Where were you during the robbery?
Witness: I’m not sure. I was _somewhere __. (place) near the counter.
Detective: Did you notice_____________________ (thing) suspicious before the robbers came in?
Witness: No. Everything seemed normal.
Detective: What were the looters wearing?
Witness: One was wearing _________________ (thing) blue, and the other was wearing a__________________ (thing) on his head.
Detective: Where they carrying _____________ (thing) strange?
Witness: Other than the guns? I don’t think so, but I could only see the guns. I was afraid!
Detective: Did you see them run away?
Witness: I believe they drove away. ____________ (a person) must have been waiting for them outside.
Detective: Did you hear ____________ (thing) important for the case?
Witness: Yes, ___________ (a person) called the robber “Jim”.
Detective: Thanks for your help. We’ll keep in touch with you if we need some further information.
Witness: You’re …show more content…
We can only guess their downfall from the numerous deductions made by researchers and archaeologists devoted to the matter. What they all agree upon is that the Maya and their way of life is virtually a complete mystery to our modern way of thinking. How did this advanced society disappear without leaving any solid evidence of their downfall? Is this a sign of a sudden collapse from a cataclysm or, abandonment as the result of political turmoil?
With the absence of any concrete evidence, there are many possibilities of their decline and the same can be said about their belief system as well. The main clues are from paintings on walls, pottery, and very few writings in the form of deciphered hieroglyphs /haɪərəˈɡlɪfs/. It’s very difficult for researchers to gather the history of this ancient culture without enough information or with the misinterpretation of the data we’ve got. Only recent discoveries have been used to explain how they lived and what happened to their lost civilization. During its reign, there is no doubt this fascinating culture was far beyond it’s time in comparison to others around the globe but there are still many unsolved mysteries surrounding these extraordinary people and their