E Read the text and complete gaps 1-7 with the correct form and tense of the verb in capitals. Free again!
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SUPPORT
FEEL
HAPPEN
It was a few seconds before Sandra realised why she felt so excited
when she woke up. Then she remembered that at last the heavy white
plaster that 1) her left leg for the previous two months
was to be removed. "At last I 2) free again!" she thought.
"If only I hadn't gone skiing that day, none of this 3)
Awkwardly, she got out of bed and started to dress. She knew her
mother 4)
to help her soon, as usual, but she wanted
5) as much as possible for herself because she knew that,
with three other children in the family, her mother was a very busy
woman. Just as Sandra 6) that she wished she could do
more to help, there was a loud crash from the kitchen and seconds
later her mother called out: "Sandra, call an ambulance! I think !
7)
my leg!"
COME
DO
THINK
BREAK
Marks
A little while later, Ben Rogers, another boy Tom’s age, walks by. Tom convinces Ben that whitewashing a fence is great pleasure, and after some bargaining, Ben agrees to give Tom his apple in exchange for the privilege of working on the fence. Over the course of the day, every boy who passes ends up staying to whitewash, and each one gives Tom something in exchange. By the time the fence has three coats, Tom has collected a hoard of miscellaneous treasures. Tom muses that all it takes to make someone want something is to make that thing hard to get.