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Maureen has been having a difficult time on her solo trip through South America. Since arriving last month, she has faced numerous problems including airline strikes that delayed her travel, having to pay extra fees, feeling exhausted after long flights, getting lost multiple times, not sleeping properly for weeks, and now sharing a noisy room in a Bolivian hostel. As a result, Maureen is considering cutting her trip short and returning home next weekend instead of continuing on to her planned destination of Salta, Argentina. She promises to never travel on a budget again after this challenging experience.

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Fill in The Gaps With An Appropriate Form of The Verb Given

Maureen has been having a difficult time on her solo trip through South America. Since arriving last month, she has faced numerous problems including airline strikes that delayed her travel, having to pay extra fees, feeling exhausted after long flights, getting lost multiple times, not sleeping properly for weeks, and now sharing a noisy room in a Bolivian hostel. As a result, Maureen is considering cutting her trip short and returning home next weekend instead of continuing on to her planned destination of Salta, Argentina. She promises to never travel on a budget again after this challenging experience.

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1. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb given.

You can use present, past or future


forms.

Maureen _________ (live) in the USA and last month she _________ (decide) to visit South America.
Her son _________ (drop) her at the airport on April 12th , and that _______ (be) when the real
adventure started. To begin with, she ____________ (find out) the airline she _________ (travel) with
was on strike, and she ____________(have) to wait for ten hours before she could check in.
While she _____________ (check) her luggage, the airline staff ________ (tell) her that she was only
allowed one suitcase, so they _______ (make) her pay extra. By the time the plane __________(land)
in Cuzco, Peru, she __________(feel) exhausted.
Since the day she arrived, she _____________(have) nothing but trouble. She ______(get) lost twice,
and she ______________(not sleep) properly for weeks.
At the moment, for example, she ______________(stay) at a hostel in Bolivia and she
_____________(share) a room with five noisy Brazilians who ___________(enjoy) going out every
night.
Maureen ______________ (not know) if she will make it to the end of her trip. She _______ (go) to
Salta next week where she has hotel reservations. Her coach _____________(leave) tomorrows at
6am. Maureen _____(have) such a terrible time right now that she ___________ (consider) booking an
earlier flight and ______ (coming) home next weekend.
She promises she ________________(never travel) on a budget again!

2. Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the one given.

1. We started working in this office ten years ago.


We have_______________________________
2. This is the first time I’ve been in England.
I haven’t _______________________________
3. I don’t remember your name.
I have _________________________________
4. What about going for a walk?
Shall___________________________________
5. I promise not to make noise.
I______________________________________
6. My dictionary has disappeared.
I can’t __________________________________
7. He went to live in Australia in 1995.
He has _________________________________
3. Complete the pieces of news using Past Simple, Past continuous or Perfect.

People in the Sea Garden park in Varna, Bulgaria, ___________ (enjoy) their afternoon when an escaped
tiger __________(come) through the gate. Everybody _________(run away) in panic. The tiger
________( escape) from its cage at the zoo. The police , _____________(catch) the animal and _____
(take) it back to the zoo.

A cow ________(jump) into a neighbour’s swimming pool during a heatwave in Brazil. The owner of the
house said: ‘I ____________ (cook) lunch when I ___________(hear) a noise. I_______ (go) out to check
what ___________(happen) and I _____ (see) the cow in the swimming pool! It _______(get) over the
fence and go _________(straight) to the pool. Firefighters __________(get) the animal out of the pool and
_______(take) it back to the farmer.

4. Amy is talking to her grandparents, Fran and Bill. Complete with an appropriate form of USED
TO and the verbs in brackets.

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