PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORMS1.Dear George,

I _______________(write) this letter sitting in my room. It’s the 1st time I ______________(choose) a mountain resort i8n the Alps for a holiday. So far I ____________(spend) all my days ______________(ski) ; I _____________(stay) at a friend’s flat. I ______________(know) him for 8 years. We _______________(meet) at scuola media. We really ________________(get) on well. He _______________(buy) his flat a few months ago. I’m really happy to be here. We _____________(have )great fun. Yesterday we ______(go) to a charming village not far from here. We ____________(eat) out. We really ______________(enjoy) the food. Perhaps I _______________________(drink) a bit too much.

I don’t know where my friend ____________(go) he _______________(leave) the hotel at 3 o’clock and he _______________(not/come) back yet. Today the weather ____________(be) awful, it ______________(rain) and I’m afraid the snow _____________(melt), as it _________________(be) qite warm all this week.

The place is not far from Sestrière. The journey was real hell. I ____________(drive) my mother’s car. It’s quite old, in fact it __________________(break down) several times this year and ____________________(break down) on my way to the mountains too. It was the longest journey I _______________(ever have)

By the way I ____________________(just hear) that you __________(leave) on a package tour to Egypt next Christmas. Lucky you! I ________________(never be) there. So far I ____________________(travel) only within Europe.

That’s all for now, my friend _______________(call) me.

I look forward to _________________(hear) from you.

See you soonJohn

2.1. The children ________________(sleep) when Father Christmas _________________(leave) their

presents.2. We ___________________(have) a drink with Tony this evening. ____________________( you

/come)3. The printer _____________(run out) of toner. _______________________(anybody/order a new

one?4. While Peter_______________(open) the window the cat _______________(shoot out) into the

garden.5. _______________________(you/see) my bag anywhere? I can’t find it.6. Larry _________________________(write) his novel for the last two years.7. Where’s my pizza? I _____________________(wait) for an hour.8. I’m sorry about not coming last week. I ____________________(have) a cold and so I

___________(stay) at home9. It’s nice to be back that’s the 2nd time I ________________(visit) this country.10. This place is in terrible mess! What __________________(you/do)?11. This tooth _____________(hurt) a lot lately. So I ________________(make) an appointment with the

dentist’s for next Tuesday.12. I ________________________(live) here since the end of last year.