Shalom and hi!
This week, we'll be doing Grammar drills. You'll be tested mainly on tenses and gerunds.
1. Open your book to the Grammar section, and write today's day and date, as well as the title Grammar Drill (1): Tenses and Gerunds.
2. Copy the essay below and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Think carefully!
Answers will be provided later in the week. Happy writing!
“I _________________ (go) to the shop. Do
you need anything?” Mum __________ (ask) me. I
_______________________ (do, not) even ______________________
(bother) to __________________ (lift) my head from where I
____________________________ (stare) at the television, I just
_____________________ (grunt) a ”No” at her. I __________________
(know) Mum __________________________ (scowl) at me because I
__________________ (be) quite rude, but I ______________________
(do, not, care) – my favourite drama ______________ (be) on and I
couldn’t afford to _______________ (miss) an episode!
Mum
_____________________ (leave),
__________________ (close) the door with a bit of an irritated
bang that I hardly ______________________ (notice), because my
eyes ______________ (be) ____________________ (glue) to the
television screen. It really ______________ (be) a crucial
episode – today’s story would _________________ (explain) the twist
in the previous one, which I _____________________________ (go) mad
_________________ (try) to __________________ (figure) out.
I _____________________ (focus) so intently that it actually
_____________________ (take) the sound of someone
___________________ (clear) their throat for me to
________________________ (realise) that there ______________
(be) something thin, cold and sharp at my neck.
I
______________________ (freeze) and my eyes __________________
(go) wide. Someone ______________________ (come) into my house
without me _____________________ (be) aware of it! I
___________________________ (focus) on the television so much that I
_____________________________ (not, heard) the burglar
____________________ (come) in at all! My heart
____________________ (go) a mile a minute as I
_____________________ (try) to
__________________________ (think) clearly. I
_______________________ (glance) at the burglar from the corner of my
eyes. He
____________________________ (wear) a balaclava, so I
__________________________ (can, not, see) any of his facial features
other than his eyes. They ______________ (be) cold and
unforgiving, and I almost _________________________ (gulp) until I
_______________________ (remember) that he
_________________ (has) a blade at my neck.
“Don’t
____________________ (do) anything stupid,” the man
___________________ (warn) in a rough voice. It
___________________ (sound) like he
________________________ (swallowed) a mouthful of sand. A quiet
corner of my brain that ______________ (be) not panicking
________________________ (think) that he
_______________ (be) probably
________________________ (try) to ____________________
(disguise) his voice. I ______________________ (recall) what I
________________________ (watch) on a documentary on criminals some
time ago – if they _________________________ (show) you their face, your chances of
________________________ (get) out of a situation like this ______________
(be) very, very low. I ______________________ (squeeze) my eyes
shut and ______________________ (try) not to
___________________________ (cry).
“I’m going
to tie you up,” the burglar __________________________ (continue),
“and if you ______________ (be) a good little boy, I won’t
_____________________ (harm) you.” He
__________________________ (press) the knife closer and I
_______________________ (feel) it cut into my skin. I
_______________________ (let) out a whimper that he
______________________ (take) for agreement. “Good. Now
______________ (go) __________________ (sit)
facing that corner. If I ___________________ (see) you
______________________ (peek), your mum will have a very nasty
surprise when she ____________________ (come) home.”
He
____________________ (give) me a kick in the direction of the
corner he ____________________ (want) me to
______________________ (sit) in. I ____________________ (trip)
but _______________________ (manage) to __________________
(prevent) myself from falling by ________________________ (clutch) at the
sofa on my right. I _______________________ (hobble) my way to the
corner and _____________________ (stand) with my nose to the wall. I
___________________ (keep) my eyes closed and _____________________
(try) to _______________________ (tune) out the sounds of drawers being
opened and furniture being overturned violently.
I
_______________ (be) so intent on ____________________
(pretend) that nothing ________________________ (happen) behind me
that it ________________ (take) me a while to
___________________ (realise) that the sounds ______________________ (cease). I had to
____________________ (take) a few minutes to ____________________
(screw) up the courage to _____________________ (turn) around. When I
finally ______________ (do), I ___________________ (see) that
the place ________________ (be) in a shambles, and that the burglar
___________________________ (disappear). My knees _______________________
(knock) together and I _________________________ (sink) to the floor,
___________________ (shiver) and almost __________________________
(faint) in relief.
Mum
______________ (be) horrified when she
________________________ (come) home to ___________________ (find)
me sitting pale and shaking amidst the mess that our living room
______________________ (become). She immediately
___________________ (call) the police, who
________________________ (come) and ___________________
(take) my statement. Till this day I cannot quite
______________________ (remember) what I ___________________________
(say), but I ______________________ (recall) very clearly what the
policeman ______________________ (say).
“You’re very
lucky, boy,” he _______________________ (told) me. “From what you
___________________ (tell) us, this ____________
(be) definitely the modus operandi of The Slasher Thief. He
________________________ (kill) almost all his victims so far, so you
should ______________ (be) very thankful to
___________ (be) alive.”Hearing that, I nearly
__________________ (pass) out again.
Over two
years ________________________ (pass), but as much as I
_________________ (want) to, I’m not going to ________________________
(forget) this whole experience. It’s definitely the most horrible thing that
________________________ (happen) to me, and I’m never
______________________ (go) to _____________________ (forget) it.
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