97 Review of verb tenses
► Finder 39-52
Complete this newspaper report. It telis a true story. Put each verb in brackets into the correct tense. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
Rats (►) _ _ ^T^-'? í . . (be not) really very popular animals. But now a rat called Fido
(1)..............(do) something to improve their image. The young rat, who
(2)..............(live) in Torquay with the Gumbley family, (3)..............(lie)
in his cage in the middle of the night when an electric heater (4)..............(start) a fire
on the ground floor of the house. Fido (5)..............(notice) that someone
(6)..............(forget) to shut his cage door property, so he (7)..............
(jump) out, (8)..............(run) upstairs and (9)..............(scratch) at the
door of the bedroom where Lisa Gumbley and her two daughters (10)..............
(sleep). Nine-year-old Megan (11)..............(wake) up. When she
(12)..............(open) the bedroom door, she (13)..............(see) Fido. As
she (14)..............(carry) him back down to his cage, she (15)..............
(see) the smoke and flames. But the fire (16).....................(only just start) - it
(17).....................(not burn) for long. When mum, Megan and three-year-o Id
Shannon (18)..............(get) safely out of the house, they (19)..............
(call) the fire brigade, which soon (20)..............(bring) the fire under control. 'We
(21)..............(owe) our lives to Fido,' said Lisa. 'He (22)..............(not
run) away. He (23)..............(save) us, and we (24)..............(love) him. At
the moment (25)..............(he/have) a special chocolate treat.
(26).....................(we/make) a fuss of him all day.' One firefighter said
(27)'..............(we/hear) of dogs and cats doing this but never a rat before.'