Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs given. a: hi, carrie. i (1)………………………(not see) you since your birthday. what have you been doing? b: i wish i (2)………………………(be able to) chat to you before, but everything happened really quickly. after the party, we went on a surprise holiday to new york! a: wow! that’s amazing! b: yes. apparently, dad (3)………………………(try) to find somewhere to take us for ages. it was my birthday present. he was browsing through some last-minute holiday deals online and found one for new york. so we went! a: some birthday present! i expect i (4)………………………(go) for a meal in town for my birthday! have you been back long? b: no, just two hours! i (5)………………………(hope) to see mr brown to give him my project which i finished in new york. he’s teaching this afternoon, isn’t he? a: yes, but i don’t think he’s going to be happy. you should (6)………………………(hand in) that project last week. i told him you were probably ill. b: well, there’s nothing i can do about it now. and new york was too good an opportunity to miss. a: did you remember (7)………………………(do) your assignment for media studies as well? b: yes. that was easy. i did that in new york as well. i (8)………………………(research) my article all the time i was there and then i wrote it up on the plane home. a: that must (9)………………………(be) interesting. b: yes, it was. i really enjoyed (10)………………………(write) it. but i must hurry and try to catch mr brown. see you later.
It was my late father who introduced me by chance to English words. He loved reading. For that, in his spare time he went downtown to buy some used-books from street vendors. Someday, my father came home and brought some used books where I found an English book of fairy tales among others. I couldn’t read even its title, for sure, since I was at second grade of my primary school, but I found some interesting pictures in it and some keywords on the outer column of each page. So, I chose a picture and asked my father to read the story about it. I sat down side by side with him and he began to read a full sentence in a deep voice and then gave me its translation. Once in a while he got stuck in the meaning of a word, and so he opened English – Indonesian dictionary in order to figure it out. That was my first English reading session as well as my first experience to know how to use dictionary. Ever since, reading English become our regular agenda whenever my father was at home.
1. did they go to London last year? 2. did agronomists apply this new irrigation method last summer? 3. did you discuss this issue yesterday? 4. did you pass the English exam last semester? 5. did he learn Spanish at school? 6. did they plant Apple trees in their garden last year? 7. did you live in Moscow ten years ago? 8. did you work yesterday? 9. did she really lose her keys yesterday? 10. did he really come home early yesterday? 11. did she really write him a letter yesterday? 12. did they really leave Moscow a week ago?