Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word or with the correct form of the verb in
brackets.
It was a trip I’ll never forget. We (were feeling/was feeling/had feeling)
___________________________ very excited as we climbed into our bus. With forty
noisy children and three nervous teachers, it was very crowded. I was at (a/the/-)
___________________________ primary school and our teachers had decided to
organize an excursion to a wildlife park. We found the tour round the park
(fascinated/fascinating/fascinate) ___________________________ because we saw
animals that we had only read about in books before, such as zebras and elephants. We
were delighted to see (their/them/they) ___________________________ in real life.
Anyway, just after we had entered (in/-/into) ___________________________ the part
where the monkeys lived, the bus had a puncture. We (should/must/had)
___________________________ to stop. While the wheel (had been changed/was
being changed/was changing) __________________________________ a whole
group of monkeys ran to the bus and started (to climbing/climb/to climb)
___________________________ all over it. We had never felt so excited and we were
shouting for joy. I think that we (wouldn’t enjoy/wouldn’t have enjoyed/hadn’t
enjoyed) __________________________________ our trip so much if the bus hadn’t
had a puncture. Finally, the driver managed to change the wheel and our teachers felt
much happier when we (continued/were continued/would continue)
______________________________ the tour.
Answers & Comments
It was a trip I’ll never forget. We were feeling very excited as we climbed into our bus. With forty noisy children and three nervous teachers, it was very crowded. I was at the primary school and our teachers had decided to organize an excursion to a wildlife park. We found the tour round the park fascinating because we saw animals that we had only read about in books before, such as zebras and elephants. We were delighted to see them in real life. Anyway, just after we had entered in the part where the monkeys lived, the bus had a puncture. We had to stop. While the wheel was changing a whole group of monkeys ran to the bus and started to climb all over it. We had never felt so excited and we were shouting for joy. I think that we wouldn't have enjoyed our trip so much if the bus hadn’t had a puncture. Finally, the driver managed to change the wheel and our teachers felt much happier when we continued the tour.