Question

1. Use the correct tense and voice. 1. It was 20 years ago and I 1.(to live) in Paris. I 2.(to earn) very little and 3.(can keep) hardly body and soul together. One of my readers, a lady wrote to me about one of my books she 4.(to read). She asked me if 15.(to give) her a little luncheon. 16.(to answer) that I 7.(to meet) her at the restaurant on Thursday 11.30. The next day when she came 18.(to wait) for her for an hour. She was a woman of forty and not very attractive. When the waiter brought the menu, she said: "I never 9.(to eat) many things. I 10.(to eat) only one thing, a little fish, perhaps."

Answer 1

It was 20 years ago and I lived in Paris.

I earned very little and could keep hardly body and soul together.

One of my readers, a lady wrote to me about one of my books she had read.

She asked me if I would give her a little luncheon.

I answered that I would meet her at the restaurant on Thursday 11.30.

The next day when she came I was waiting for her for an hour.

She was a woman of forty and not very attractive.

When the waiter brought the menu, she said: "I never eat many things.

I eat only one thing, a little fish, perhaps."

Answer 2

1. It was 20 years ago and I lived in Paris.
2. I earned very little.
3. I could hardly keep body and soul together.
4. One of my readers, a lady, wrote to me about one of my books she had read.
5. She asked me if I could give her a little luncheon.
6. I answered that I would meet her at the restaurant on Thursday at 11:30.
7. The next day when she came, I had been waiting for her for an hour.
8. She was a woman of forty and not very attractive.
9. When the waiter brought the menu, she said, "I never eat many things. I only eat one thing, a little fish, perhaps."