Exercise 6
Fill the blanks in the conversation with a verb from the list. Use the past simple or
the
present perfect. Some of the verbs can be used more than once:
to be to expect to have to have to to rent to come
to help to enjoy to begin to take to move * to make
"Rosie is talking to Marcus, who has recently come to work in the same company as her."
Rosie:
So, Marcus, are you setting in here OK, do you think?
Marcus: Oh, yes. Everyone
very friendly. I
to have quite a lot of problems, but I
any really. Not here at work, anyway.
Rosie:
Do you mean there
other problems?
Marcus:
Well, I
to move out of the flat I
when I first
here.
Rosie:
Oh dear. Why
you
do
Marcus:
that? Wasn't it comfortable? Our personnel department
you to find it, didn't they?
That's right. It was a good flat. I
living there very
much. Unfortunately, the journey to work was too long. The bus routes
changed just before I
to work here and it
me two hours to get here every day. So I
to a place just round the corner from here.
Everything's fine now.
Rosie:
I hope all this trouble
came here.
Marcus:
Rosie:
Marcus:
Rosie:
(not) you sorry that you
Not at all. I'm really enjoying the work. And I
a lot of new friends already.
That's good. Oh, well. We'd better get on with some work now, I suppose.
I guess so. See you later.
Yes, Bye.