1. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Past forms.
Yesterday, as I ... (walk) down the Strand, I ... (meet) George, an old friend of mine. He ...
(recognize) me at once, though I... (wear) a scarf round my face as 1 ... (suffer) from toothache. He ... (tell)
me how sorry he was to see me in such a poor way, and ... (add): « ... (come) to see you a fortnight ago but
unfortunately we ... (prepare) the annual accounts and as one of my colleagues ... (be) ill, I couldn't find time
to get round to you.» All the time he ... (say) this, I ... (try) to remember something I ... (want) to tell.
Eventually I ... (remember) and ... (say) to him: «Just before I ... (come) out, I ... (receive) a letter from
Smith, in which he ... (say) that he ... (hope) you would call on him soon. He last ... (see) you at Marion's
birthday party but you ... (talk) so animatedly to Robertson that he ... (not, dare) to interrupt!» Just then I ...
(see) another friend of mine: he (wave) to me from the other side of the road. I ... (say) goodbye to George
and ... (start) to cross the road; while I... (cross), a car ... (rush) out from nowhere and ... (knock) me down.
Luckily, I ... (fall) into an open crate of bananas, which a barrow-boy ... (sell) so I... (sustain) no great injury
- though the bananas ... (do)!
Yesterday, as I walked down the Strand, I met George, an old friend of mine. He recognized me at once, though I wore a scarf round my face as 1 suffered from toothache. He told me how sorry he was to see me in such a poor way, and added: « came to see you a fortnight ago but unfortunately we prepared the annual accounts and as one of my colleagues were ill, I couldn't find time to get round to you.» All the time he said this, I tried to remember something I wanted to tell.
Eventually I remembered and said to him: «Just before I came out, I received a letter from
Smith, in which he said that he hoped you would call on him soon. He last ... saw you at Marion's birthday party but you talked so animatedly to Robertson that he didn`t dare to interrupt!» Just then I saw another friend of mine: he waved to me from the other side of the road. I said goodbye to George and started to cross the road; while I crossed a car rushed out from nowhere and knocked me down. Luckily, I fell into an open crate of bananas, which a barrow-boy sold so I sustained no great injury
- though the bananas did!