2. Put each word in brackets into a suitable verb form.
Moving house
I come from a very large family ,and racently my parents (1) ..decided... (decide) that they (2)................(spend) long enough living in an overcrowded house in Birmimgham. 'We (3)......................(move)to the cuntry' , my father (4).......................(announce) one evening .' I (5).................(sell) this house ,and we (6)....................(live) on a farm'. So last week we (7)...................(load) all our possessions into two hired vans ,and for the last few days we (8)........... (try)to organize ourselves in our new home.Yesterday ,for example , my three brothers and I (9).................. (start) painting the downstairs rooms.
Unfortunately while I (10)................ (mix) the paint ,one of my sisters (11)............................(open) the door . Nobody (12)...............(tell) her that we (13)....................... (be) the room , you see . So instead of paniting the walls ,we (14) ..................... (spend) all morning cleaning the paint off the floor. But worse things (15)......................(happen) since then . This morning when I (16)..........................(wake up) ,water (17).................... (drip) through the ceiling next to my bed . We (18)...................... (spend ) today so far repairing the roof . It's no all bad news ,though. The school in the village nearby (19) .............(close down )two years ago ,and my parents (20) ...................... (not find) another school for us yet
Moving house
I come from a very large family ,and racently my parents (1) ..decided... (decide) that they (2)........had spent........(spend) long enough living in an overcrowded house in Birmimgham. 'We (3).............are moving.........(move)to the cuntry' , my father (4).........announced..............(announce) one evening .' I (5).........will sell........(sell) this house ,and we (6)..........will live..........(live) on a farm'. So last week we (7).........loaded..........(load) all our possessions into two hired vans ,and for the last few days we (8).....have been trying...... (try)to organize ourselves in our new home.Yesterday ,for example , my three brothers and I (9).........started......... (start) painting the downstairs rooms.
Unfortunately while I (10).........was mixing....... (mix) the paint ,one of my sisters (11).................opened...........(open) the door . Nobody (12).......told........(tell) her that we (13)..........were............. (be) the room , you see . So instead of paniting the walls ,we (14) .........spent............ (spend) all morning cleaning the paint off the floor. But worse things (15)..........have happened............(happen) since then . This morning when I (16)..............woke up............(wake up) ,water (17)...........was dripping......... (drip) through the ceiling next to my bed . We (18)...........had spent........... (spend ) today so far repairing the roof . It's no all bad news ,though. The school in the village nearby (19) ......closed down.......(close down )two years ago ,and my parents (20) .............haven't found......... (not find) another school for us yet
