1. Open the brackets using the verbs in the right form (20 points)
Since I was a child who stood in my grandmother's kitchen sniffing the delicious smell of freshly baked
bread and homemade soups, I 1)
(know) there is only one thing I want to do in life:
cook. So, when I 2)
(spot) an advert on a website inviting young people to apply for a
TV cooking competition, there was little doubt I 3)
(be) first in line to take part. I thought
'This could be the beginning of my cooking career!'
(discover). I had
(become)
The application process was far from straightforward, as I soon 4)
5)
(fill) in a lengthy form, detailing everything from how I 6)
interested in cooking, to things like what I 7)
show. Once I 8)
(invite)
(hope) to get out of being part of the
(get) through that stage of the process, the next step was to cook a dish
for the show's judges: scary but exciting, too. If that was good enough, I 9),
to take part in the four-week televised competition.
Until I had to create a test dish, I 10)
11)
(be) pretty positive about my cooking ability. But I
(find) myself up against 11 other young people who 12)
(cook)
(even / have) part-time jobs as waiters. As I
(stand) at my counter in the test kitchen, ready to start cooking, I remembered my
for longer. Some of them 13)
grandmother's advice: 'Stick to what you know best'.
The judges 15)
Then the wait 17)
televised competition.
20).
(taste) each test dish and 16)
(begin). I wondered if I 18)
Eventually, the phone call 19)_
(come).
(be) in the first live programme of the series the following week!
(send) us all home.
(make) it to the
They said I