Tenses: Preintermediate

Complete the text with the verbs in the correct tense. Use modals if necessary Last Friday Mary (1 BE) one of 225 passengers on a flight from London to Sofia. She (2 FEEL) very excited when she (3 GET) on the plane at Heathrow Airport. She (4 WAIT) a long time for this dayto come. She (5 LEAVE) England to start working in the eastern European capital.Mary was an experienced traveler . When she was younger, she (6 FLY) a lot. In those days her father (7 BE) a diplomat and every few years the whole family (8 HAVE TO) move to a different country.Not long after the plane (9 TAKE ) off the captain (10 TELL) the passengers that they would have to return to Heathrow and for the first time Mary (11 START) to worry. A few minutes later she (12 SEE) the lights of the airport and (13 WONDER) why fire engines and ambulances (14 STAND) nearby. At that time, she (15 NOT KNOW) that the plane's front wheel (16 FALL) off during take-off. Write your answer in CAPITALS 1 WAS Write your answer in CAPITALS 2 FELT Write your answer in CAPITALS 3 GOT Write your answer in CAPITALS 4 WAITED Write your answer in CAPITALS 5 WAS LEAVING Write your answer in CAPITALS 6 USED TO FLY Write your answer in CAPITALS 7 WAS Write your answer in CAPITALS 8 HAD TO Write your answer in CAPITALS 9 TOOK Write your answer in CAPITALS 10 TOLD Write your answer in CAPITALS 11 STARTED Write your answer in CAPITALS 12 SAW Write your answer in CAPITALS 13 WONDERED Write your answer in CAPITALS 14 WERE STANDING Write your answer in CAPITALS 15 DIDN'T KNOW Write your answer in CAPITALS 16 FELL Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. George and Joan ( 1 live) in a small house in London. Right now they ( 2 stand) in the sitting room of their house. They ( 3 just come) back from a holiday in the country . They ( 4 arrive) at the house five minutes ago."What ( 5 happen) ?" said Joan, as she ( 6 look) round at the untidy room. "Someone ( 7 be) in the house. They ( 8 take) everything out of the cupboards and ( 9 throw) it on the floor. George (10 be) very angry. He ( 11 pick) up the telephone. "Someone (12 break) into our house while we ( 13 be) away. I don´t know what they ( 14 take). The place is very untidy." Write your answer in CAPITALS 1 LIVE Write your answer in CAPITALS 2 ARE STANDING Write your answer in CAPITALS 3 HAVE JUST COME Write your answer in CAPITALS 4 ARRIVED Write your answer in CAPITALS 5 HAPPENED Write your answer in CAPITALS 6 LOOKED Write your answer in CAPITALS 7 HAS BEEN 8 HAVE TAKEN Write your answer in CAPITALS 9 THROWN Write your answer in CAPITALS 10 WAS Write your answer in CAPITALS 11 PICKED Write your answer in CAPITALS 12 HAS BROKEN Write your answer in CAPITALS 13 WERE Write your answer in CAPITALS 14 HAVE TAKEN