COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TEXT WITH THESE VERBS IN PRESENT OR PAST SIMPLE.

ask (2) – give – breathe – take– run – hear – have (2) – be (4) – explain– arrive – look – telephone – go
– start

An asthma attack

This ______ Emma. She’s twelve. Last week, she ______ at

her friend Katie’s house after school, playing with Katie’s
dog, Barker. All of a sudden Emma couldn’t ________. She
________ to panic, so Katie _____ to tell her mother. Katie’s
mother _________ 000 and ________ for an ambulance.
She ________ them the address and telephone number.
She _________ what was happening and ________ them to
hurry.

Five minutes later, they ________ sirens. When the ambulance ________, the ambulance paramedics
________ after Emma. Then they ________ her to hospital in the ambulance. Katie’s mother ________
in the ambulance too. It _____ very frightening for Emma, but she _____ fine now, and back at home. She
_____ asthma and _____ to carry an asthma inhaler from now on.

WRITE TRUE OR FALSE TO THE STATEMENTS.

1. Emma is 11 years old. __________

2. Last week, Emma went to her friend’s house after school. __________
3. Emma has a dog called Barker. __________
4. Emma couldn’t breathe while she was playing with the dog. __________
5. Emma had an asthma attack. __________
6. Emma stayed at her friend’s house until she felt better. __________
7. Katie called an ambulance. __________
8. The ambulance arrived five minutes later. __________
9. Emma’s mother went in the ambulance too. __________
10. Emma is in hospital now. __________
11. From now on, Emma has to carry an inhaler with her all the time. __________