Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks.
I hope you …………1……….. my last letter. A lot has …………2………. since I wrote to you. I …………3……….. with an accident about a week ago while ………4……….. football. Actually I ………5………. in hospital since then but I am …………6……… myself here because I ……7………. a lot of good friends. Actually I have not …………8………. Hindi since I came here which, of course, is good for my English. On my first day, I ………9……… a nurse called Sophia and ………10…….. in love with her almost instantly.
1. a) received; b) will receive; c) receive
2. a) happening; b) happened; c) happen
3. a) meet; b) met; c) am meeting; d) would meet
4. a) played; b) playing; c) was playing
5. a) am; b) had been; c) have been
6. a) enjoy; b) enjoyed; c) enjoying
7. a) have made; b) had made; c) making
8. a) speaking; b) spoken; c) spoke
9. a) meet; b) meeting; c) met
10. a) fall; b) fallen; c) fell
Answers
I hope you received (1) my last letter. A lot has happened (2) since I wrote to you. I met (3) with an accident about a week ago while playing (4) football. Actually I have been (5) in hospital since then but I am enjoying (6) myself here because I have made (7) a lot of good friends. Actually I have not spoken (8) Hindi since I came here which, of course, is good for my English. On my first day, I met (9) a nurse called Sophia and fell (10) in love with her almost instantly.