Grammar revision sheets- page t17

Sir Guy Loonaby-Smith, the famous explorer, is being interviewed on TV about his exciting life. Complete the dialogue and fill in the correct tenses!

	Interviewer		Sir Guy, you have spent (spend) the last sixty years exploring the world. When did you first become (you first become) interested in travelling?
	Sir Guy		Well, I can tell you the exact day. I was (be) eleven years old and I was sitting (sit) in the school library and I was reading (read)a book about South Africa. Suddenly I saw (see) a picture of Lake Victoria and at that moment I decided (decide) to become an explorer.
	Interviewer		When did you first go (you, first, go) to Lake Victoria?
	Sir Guy		Well, after I had left (leave) school at the age of 15, I lived (live) with my uncle for two years. He was (be) an old man then, but he had been (be) a sailor all his life. He found (find) me a job on a ship and at the age of 17 I arrived (arrive) in Africa!
	Interviewer		You have travelled (travel) to the most interesting countries in the world. Have you ever had (you, ever, have) any frightening experiences?
	Sir Guy		Oh yes, lot’s of them
	Interviewer		Which was (be) your most frightening?
	Sir Guy		Perhaps it was (be) one night in India in 1942. Something really frightening happened (happen). It was (be) about ten o’clock and I was (be) in bed. I had been hunting/was hunting (hunt) all day and so I felt/ was feeling (feel) very tired. I had just blown (just blow) out my candle when I felt (feel) something heavy sitting on my feet. When I lit (light) my candle, I could (can) hardly believe my eyes: a tiger was sitting (sit) on my bed!
Interviewer			My goodness! Is that story really true, Sir Guy?
Sir Guy			How dare you ask me that! I have never told (never tell) a lie in my life.