Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate past tense.
If it ……………………..(not/be) for Louis, Joan
………………………(never/survive) her trip to Paris last month.
She……………(not/meet) him before but she ……….……( be) certainly glad that
she had by the end of her stay. The first thing that………………..( happen) was that
the hotel where she ………………( plan) to stay ………………(not/receive) her

booking, so they had no room for her. Then, as she ……………….( try) to get a taxi
to take her to another hotel, someone on a motorbike ……………..( snatch) her bag
with all her tickets and credit cards in it. As her French ………………(be) quite
rusty, she ……………….( not/know) how to explain what ………………..(happen).
It was then that Louis ………………(approach) her and ……………….( introduce)
himself.

Answer 1

1. weren't

2. would have never survived

3. hadn't met

4. was

5. happened

6. had planned

7. didn't receive

8. was trying

9. snatched

10. was

11. didn't know

12. had happened

13. approached

14. introduced