Use of English

Task 1

Complete the story with the verb in brackets (1 – 11) in the correct tense.

 

Sometimes people get into funny situations. And each person (0) __behaves__(behave) in a different way. Yesterday something very strange (1) __________(happen) to me too. I (2) __________(pick up) the phone to make a call and found out that I (3) __________(listen)

to a conversation between two strangers. They (4) __________(talk) about attacking the president. I immediately (5) __________(phone) the police who (6) __________(trace) the two men and (7) __________(question) them. It (8) __________(turn out) that they were actors and they (9) __________(practise) their lines on the phone! I (10) __________(feel) very silly, but the actors (11) __________(give) me tickets to their play as they were so pleased. I had really believed them.