Question

[Linh Nhi]

Give the correct form of the verbs.

Last month, I attended a reunion of students who had been on the same course as me at university ten years earlier. When I left university, I didn't keep in touch with many people - just my closest friends and one or two of the lecturers - so I (1. not know) who or what to expect. When I arrived at the hotel where the reunion was being held, most of the guests (2. already / arrive). They 3. (chat) in small groups, or in the queue for food, or at the bar. Everyone seemed to have someone to talk to except me. I (4. make) my way to the bar and stood patiently (5. wait) for the barman to notice me. After what seemed an age, I (6. tap) on the shoulders and someone shouted, I didn’t believe it! ‘You, at the university reunion!' I turned round quickly and faced at a man of about my age that I (7. not recognise) at all. He seemed to know me through, and continued, "How are you? What you (8. do) since I left?" Instead of explaining that I didn't know him, I found myself replying 'I am fine, erm'..., I work in computing now, but I spent five years abroad working as a voluntary teacher'. For the next hour, this man told me his whole life story while I (9. desperately / search) for someone I knew. I managed to talk to a couple of my old lecturers, but my strongest memory of the evening was that I (10. have) a reunion with someone that I didn't even know!

Answer 1

[Đỗ Thanh Hải]

1 didn't know

2 had already arrived

3 were chatting

4 made

5 to wait

6 tapped

7 didn't recignise

8 have you done

9 was desperately searching

10 had