Crehana l Gramática básica en inglés

LET’S WRITE
TOGETHER: Gramática básica en
inglés, de Antonio
PROJECT (2nd part) Ortiz

ill in the blanks. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Remember to use the
simple past tense of regular or irregular verbs. The first one has been done for you.

Martin had (have) a terrible day yesterday. It _____ (be) the day of his vacation to Spain

but it _____ (be) a nightmare. He ______ (leave)the house at 10 o'clock in the morning

and ________ (catch) a taxi to the airport.

Martin ________ (go)to the check-in with his luggage. When the man who __________

(work) for the airline asked for his passport, Martin ______ (become) very upset. Where

______ (be) his passport? Martin _______ (realize) he _______ (not/ have) his passport

with him. What a disaster!

He _________ ( jump) back into the taxi and _______ (tell )the driver to take him home.

The driver ________ (drive) quickly and Martin ______ (arrive) back at his house in twenty

minutes.

He ______ (run) into the house and _______ (go) into his bedroom. He ________

(find) his passport on the bedside table and _______ (leave) the house again. But the taxi

_______ (not/be) there! Where ______ (was) the taxi!

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Crehana l Gramática básica en inglés

Martin ________ (jump) up and down angrily. "I don't believe it. The taxi ______ (leave!)"

he ________ (shout) He ______ (run) down the street and ______ (look) for another

taxi.

After a few minutes, Martin _______ (find) another taxi and _____ (tell) the driver to

take him to the airport as quickly as possible. The traffic on the roads ______ (be) very

bad and, unfortunately, Martin's taxi _____ (arrive) at the airport late. His plane ______

(leave) for Spain at 11.30 and Martin _______ (miss) it. He ______ (be) very sad and

_______ (go) to speak to the airline. They _________ (promise) to get him a seat on an

evening flight and Martin ________ (go) home on another taxi to wait.