Read the text below and choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each question 9–22. The first one is done for you.
Asking for directions
Have you ever tried asking people for directions? I (0)__C__ to go to London
on business recently, and I soon (9) that I should have bought a street map.
I (10) the directions of passers-by and (11) lost. ‘You
(12) it, it’s opposite the bank’, they said. In half an hour I
(13) that all that time I (14) in the wrong direction.
“Can you tell me where the bank (15) , please’, I asked someone.
“Which bank (16) ?” I (17) to go back to the station and take
a taxi. After all, London taxi drivers usually (18) a test on their knowledge
of its streets. But I (19) a taxi. In the end a solution (20) up to
my mind. I (21) some tourists near the station to look at their tourist
map. But I (22) to understand exactly what they said.
A B C D
0 ought would had could
9 have realised realised had realised has been realised
10 ’ve been following follow ’ve followed followed
11 ‘ve got get gotten got
12 ’ve already
missed
’re already
missed
’d already
missed
’s already
missed
13 ’ve understood understand understood ’d understood
14 went had been going ’ve been going ’ve gone
15 is was are were
16 do you meant ’ve you mean do you mean ’ve you meant
17 ’d decided decided ’ve decided ’ll decide
18 ’ve pass ’ve passed ’ll pass pass
19 couldn’t find hadn’t find hadn’t found couldn’t found
20 came ’ve come ’ve came come
21 ’d asked ’ll ask ’ve asked asked
22 didn’t be able wasn’t able not be abled weren’t able