Question

My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things _________________ (GET – Present Perfect) so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He _________________ (BEGIN – Past Simple) his diet a week ago. First of all, he _________________ (WRITE – Past Simple) out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the food he _________________ (LOVE – Past Simple) : butter, potato es, rice, beer milk , chocolate, sweets and so on. Yesterday, I _________________ (PAY – Simple Past) him a visit. I _________________ (RING – Simple Past) the bell and was not surprised to see Herbert as fat as ever. He _________________ (LEAD –Simple Past) me to his room and hurriedly _________________ (HIDE – Simple Past) a large parcel under his desk. He was very embarrassed. When I _________________ (ASK – Simple Past) him what he _________________ (DO –Past Continuous) he _________________ (SMILE – Simple Past) guiltily and then _________________ (PUT – Simple Past) the parcel on the desk. He _________________ (SHOW – Simple Past) me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

Answer 1

1- are getting 2- began 3- wrote 4- loved 5- payed 6- ringed 7- led 8- hidden 9- asked 10- did 11- smiled 12- showed