Read the article below and fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. See “Grammar reference” (pages 182-183).
Thanksgiving with the family
“Did you know that Montana is the largest supplier of turkeys?" My uncle Dennis kept on chatting about other useless facts, thinking my other uncles
(I) ... more ... (interest) in him than in the football game on ТУ As for me. I (2) ... (try) to finish writing a story about ancient Egypt for school while listening to my uncle name every person who (3) ... (sign) the Mozambique Peace Treaty of 1635. This was not my idea of a fun Thanksgiving.
I (4) ... (sit) with my mom at my grandparents’ house. It (5) ... just ... (snow), and the little sunlight that (6) ... (peek) through the clouds reflected off the clean snow and the porch window. Overcome by writer’s block and boredom, I started (7) ... (bite) my nails. My mom (6) ... (look up) from writing her annual letter. “Don’t do that. Go help grandma in the kitchen.”
I obediently (9) ... (get up), smiled at Uncle Dennis when he (10) ... (try) to tell me that the name Krystal could be spelled five different ways, and
(II) ... (give) an extremely annoyed look to my grandpa, who (12) ... (sit) in “his" chair. Suddenly, I (13) ... (smell) smoke and heard screams coming from the kitchen. I got there in time to find an item that looked like volcanic rock in the microwave.
“That was the stuffing ...” aunt Anne (14) ... (dictate) to her video camera as she zoomed in on the “rock”.
How did I ever get stuck with this crazy family?
(From Teenlnk magazine)
