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Exercise 17 Mixed combinations used in a connected passage. Complete the passage, using suitable combinations.

We ¹................ early and had breakfast at 7.30. After breakfast my sister Alice ².................. (washed the dishes) while I got out the car. We ³............. (began our journey) at 8.30 and drove first to Mr Pitt’s house to⁴.................... (collect) his son Tom who was coming with us. Tom had never met my niece Ann and I wasn’t sure how the two children would ⁵................... But I needn’t have worried, for it⁶............ (was revealed) that they had a lot of interests in common and seemed quite pleased with each other. Even my sister, who doesn’t usually ⁷............. (like) small boys, ⁸.................. (was attracted by/liked at first meeting) him from the first. She whispered to me that he had very good manners and had obviously been well ⁹....................... Tom also pleased her very much by ¹⁰................ (indicating) various interesting buildings as we drove through the town. Ann, however, was not much impressed by this and clearly thought that Tom was just ¹¹ …..........(displaying his knowledge). Suddenly Alice said, ‘Good heavens! I forgot to ¹² ….................the iron. We’ll have to go back or it will start a fire and ¹³................... (destroy by fire) the house.’ I said, ‘Let’s try to ¹⁴.................. (telephone) our neighbour, Mr Smith, first and see if he can get into the house and ¹⁵................. the iron.’ ‘But he won’t be able to ¹⁶ …........................(enter), said Alice. ‘The house is ¹⁷................. ’‘Then he’ll have to ¹⁸................ (enter by force),' I said. ‘Better to have a window broken than let the house ¹⁹ ….................in flames.’ So I ²⁰ …..................(telephoned) Mr Smith, who said that he’d ²¹.............................. the matter. I ²²................ (waited, holding the receiver) while he went to do this, and very soon I heard his voice saying, ‘It’s all right. I ²³............... (entered) through a window you’d left open and ²⁴............. the iron. No damage was done.’ I thanked him warmly and we ²⁵............... (continued) with our journey, much relieved. We stopped at 1.00,²⁶ …..................of (left) the car and picnicked by the side of the road. Alice was just ²⁷ …..............(offering to each of us) the sandwiches when a police car ²⁸............... (stopped) beside us. ‘You mustn’t park here,’ said the policeman. ‘It’s a clearway.’ I explained that I was a foreigner, so he said, ‘Well, I’ll²⁹. . . …..you (overlook the offence) this time, but don’t do it again. You mightn’t ³⁰...................... (escape unpunished) it another time.’ My sister was rather³¹ …...................(annoyed) by this incident but I explained that these regulations were necessary and we must ³²...................... (endure/bear patiently) them. Tom was very impressed by the police car. He ³³..........................(respects) all policemen and hopes to be one when he ³⁴................. (becomes an adult). He is already ³⁵....................... (anticipating with pleasure) driving round in a fast car ³⁶.............. (seeking) lawbreakers. Poor Tom likes fast cars and was rather ³⁷................. (bored/disgusted) because so many cars ³⁸......................... (drew level with) us and passed us. As we listened to the sound of their engines ³⁹....................(diminishing) in the distance he said, ‘Next time I go out with you I’ll come on my bicycle. I’m sure I’ll be able to⁴⁰........................... (remain abreast of) you, you go so slowly.’ However we did ⁴¹............... (arrive at) Stratford in the end and went to the house of a friend, who had promised to ⁴². . . …....us (give us accommodation) for the night. We tried to get seats for the Memorial Theatre but they were ⁴³ …...............(all sold) so we spent the evening sitting by the fire and ⁴⁴.................... (discussing) our day.

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