Instituto Federal Sul-riograndense – Câmpus Venâncio Aires

English Class

Fill in the gaps in the text below with the best verb in the past tense:

WHAT DID YOU DO ALL DAY?

I work for a newspaper. I usually go to work by car. Sometimes, however, I go by bus. I like riding
on the bus because I can talk to people and listen to their ideas and stories. Some stories are amazing,
like the one I am going to tell you.
One afternoon a man …………………. home from work to find total chaos in his house. Hs three
children ………………… outside, still in their pajamas. They ………………… playing with empty food boxes in
the front yard. The door of his wife’s car ………………. open, and the front door of the house ………………..
open, too.
“Where is Mom?” The man ……………………….
“Inside the house”, the children ……………………………
The man ……………………… the house and …………………………. Around – everything …………….. a big
mess. A lamp ………………. knocked over, the rug ………………… out of place. In the front room the TV screen
………………………… a cartoon channel and there …………….......... toys on the floor. In the kitchen, dishes
………………………… the sink, breakfast food ………………… spilled on the counter, dog food ……………. on the
floor.
He quickly ………….. up the stairs, stepping over toys and items of clothing, looking for his wife.
She ………………. in the badroom, still in her pajamas, reading a novel.
She ………………… up at him, ………………………….. and …………………… about his day.
He ………………….. at her bewildered and …………………… “What ………………………………… here
today?”.
She ……………………… and ………………………………., “You know every day when you come home and
ask me “What did you do all day?”.
“Yes”, he ……………………………. Incredulously.
She …………………….., “Well, today I didn’t do it.”

Chose among these verbs. All of them are regular, except “to be”.

To answer(3 x), to reply, to enter, to look, to show, to head, to arrive, to be ( 11 x), to ask (3 x), to fill, to
smile(2 x), to ask (3 x).