Last night I ________ (go) to a party. When I ________ (get) there, the room was full of people. Some of them ________ (dance), and others ________ (talk). One young woman ________ (stand) by herself. I ________ (never/ meet) her, so I ________ (introduce) myself to her.
Next month I have a week's vacation. I ________ (plan) to take a trip. First I ________ (go) to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit my brother. After I ________ (leave) Madison, I ________ (go) to Chicago to see a friend who ________ (study) at the university there. She ________ (live) in Chicago for three years, so she ________ (know) her way around the city. She ________ (promise) to take me to many interesting places. I ________ (never/ be) in Chicago, so I ________ (look) forward to going there.
Hello. This ________ (be) Kitty Beamish. I ________ (speak) to you from Oxford, where the finals of the World Quiz Championships will be held tomorrow. The favorite is Claude Jennings of Cornwall, the man who ________ (know) everything. Twelve months ago no one ________ (hear) of Claude Jennings, although he ________ (take) part in quiz competitions for years. Now suddenly he is a big star. So far this year he ________ (answer) every single question correctly. And he is popular, too. When he ________ (arrive) here two days ago, hundreds of fans ________ (wait) at the station to welcome him. Since his arrival Claude ________ (read) encyclopedias in his hotel bedroom. He is clearly the man to watch. And now back to the news desk.
It ________ (happen) last August at the airport. A few weeks before, a group of us ________ (decide) to go to Greece together for a holiday. We ________ (wait) in the queue at passport control when suddenly I ________ (realize) that I ________ (forget) my passport. It ________ (be) quite a shock. I ________ (hurry) to a phone and ________ (ring) my parents. They ________ (work) in the garden, but luckily my mother ________ (hear) the phone. They ________ (find) the passport and immediately ________ (drive) to the airport with it. I ________ (meet) them at the information desk. We ________ (have) no time to talk, but I ________ (say) goodbye to them earlier that morning. I ________ (run) all the way to the plane. I was just in time. When I ________ (get) there, the passengers ________ (sit) on their seats ready for take-off. When they ________ (see) me, everyone ________ (start) clapping.
The weather has been terrible lately. It ________ (rain) off and on for two days, and the temperature ________ (drop) drastically. It ________ (be) really cold today. Just three days ago, the sun ________ (shine) and the weather ________ (be) pleasant. The weather certainly ________ (change) quickly here. I never know what to expect. Who know? When I ________ (wake) up tomorrow morning, maybe it ________ (snow).
Mark Twain, the author of the 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', __________ (be) one of America's best-loved storytellers. He __________ (grow) up in a small town on the Mississippi River. As a young boy, he __________ (greatly/ admire) the pilots of the riverboats and dreamed about being a riverboat pilot on the mighty river. He pursued his dream, and by the age of 22, he himself __________ (become) a riverboat pilot. Later in life, when he __________ (become) a writer, many of his stories __________ (contain) elements of his own experiences. He __________ (write) many humorous stories and articles about life on the Mississippi River before he __________ (die) in 1910 at the age of 74. Sadly, Twain __________ (work) on a new story for several months before his death, but he __________ (finish/ never) it. Over the years since his death, his boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, __________ (become) a favorite place for Americans to visit to learn about Twain and life on the Mississippi at the turn of the 19th century.
The actress Vanessa Kemp __________ (disappear). Yesterday she __________ (fail) to arrive at the Prince Charles Theatre in London's West End for her leading role in the comedy 'Don't look now!'. Ms Kemp, who __________ (live) in Hampstead, __________ (leave) home at four o'clock yesterday afternoon for the theatre, a journey she __________ (make) several times the week before. Two people who __________ (walk) past her home at the time __________ (see) her leave. But no one __________ (see) her since then. At half past seven she still __________ (not/ arrive) at the theatre. At eight o'clock the theatre manager had to break the news to the audience, who __________ (wait) patiently for the play to start. Since yesterday, theatre staff and friends __________ (try) to contact Ms Kemp, but they __________ (have) no success so far. The police __________ (take) the matter seriously, but they __________ (believe) that she is unlikely to be in any danger. Her friends all __________ (want) to hear from her soon.
