Question

[Đỗ Thanh Huyền]

Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets:

Soon after David left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and (1)..…………… (have) no children of his own, died and (2) ………………… (leave) David a lot of money, so he decided to get up his own real estate agency.

He found a nice office, had his friends (3)……………………(decorate) it. He bought some new furniture and moved in. He (4) ……………………(be) there for a few hours when he heard someone (5)……………………(come) towards the door of his office.

“ It’s my first customer!” he thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended (6) ……………………(be) very busy (7) ……………………….(answer) an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

The man knocked at the door while this (8) ……………………..(go) on, came in and waited politely for the agent (9) …………………. (finish) his conversation.Then he said to him, “I’m from the telephone company, and I (10).…………………....(send) here to connect your telephone.”

Answer 1

[An Trần]

Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets:

Soon after David left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and (1)..……had……… (have) no children of his own, died and (2) …………left……… (leave) David a lot of money, so he decided to get up his own real estate agency.

He found a nice office, had his friends (3)……………decorate………(decorate) it. He bought some new furniture and moved in. He (4) …………had been…………(be) there for a few hours when he heard someone (5)…………came…………(come) towards the door of his office.

“ It’s my first customer!” he thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended (6) …………to be…………(be) very busy (7) …………answering…………….(answer) an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

The man knocked at the door while this (8) …………was going…………..(go) on, came in and waited politely for the agent (9) …………to finish………. (finish) his conversation.Then he said to him, “I’m from the telephone company, and I (10).…………was sent………....(send) here to connect your telephone.”