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ENGLISH 2 SECOND WEEK
Exercise 7 “Lights, Camera, Action”
Fill in the blanks using the Past Simple or Past Continuous of the verb in parentheses.
Living a day in the life of an actress …was………..(1 be) one dream I …had……….. (2 have) while growing up. On February 15, 1979, I had. (3 have) the chance to make this dream become a reality. My name …was……….. (4 be) pulled from a drawing to win atrip for two to Los Angeles and see the taping of the sitcom, "Flying High". When the radio station …was calling………..(5 call) my house to tell me the news, I ……began……..(6 begin) to cry. As I ……jotteddown……..(7 jot down) the details, my hands ……were shaking……..(8 shake) because I …was……….. (9 be) in complete shock. In exactly one month, I would be visiting California for the first time.
We…arrived………..(10 arrive) in Santa Clarita, California at 9:00am. Erick, one of the producers of "Flying High", ……greeted……..(11 greet) both, my mother and me and when he ………was giving…..(12 give) us our VIPguest passes, Kathryn Witt ……joined…….. (13 join) him. As they ……began……..(14 begin) filming, standing right in front of me, was Connie Sellecca (Lisa Benton) with a few other cast members. No wonderConnie is a beautiful girl. When watching "Flying High" from my home television, I ……saw…….. (15 see) the cast as beautiful famous people, but actually seeing them perform in real life …wasbeing………..(16 be) outrageous and overwhelming. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I ……was watching…….. (17 watch) them film for me, just for me.
Pam, Marcy and Lisa …were……….. (18 be) three very gorgeous airlinestewardesses, who ……were working…….. (19 work) for Sun West Airlines ……based…….. (20 base) in Los Angeles. Their plane ……was…….. (21 be) piloted by bumbling ladies' man Captain March, while Raymond ……was ……..(22 be) the airline's PR man. One never ……knew…….. (23 know) the lives of stewardesses could be so thrilling, as our heroines frequently ……got…….. (24 get) into one romantic, adventuresome...