13. Insert one word.

A few weeks ago, while we (1) .......... out at the cinema, we (2) .......... our house broken into. We (3) .......... (4) .......... meaning to (5) .......... locks fitted on the windows, but we hadn't (6) .......... the work (7) .........., and so the burglars found it easy to get in. Luckily we (8) .......... have many things taken. When the police arrived, they (9) .......... us to go through the house and check what (10) ……… missing. We (11) .......... actually (12) .......... a new kitchen fitted at that time, and some power tools (13) .......... (14) .......... stolen. One of the burglars (15) .......... seen acting suspiciously near another house a few days later, and (16) .......... himself arrested. When he had (17) .......... his fingerprints taken at the police station, the police (18) .......... able to prove he (19) .......... the one who (20) .......... burgled us. Since then we (21) .......... had new locks fitted and a new alarm installed. Next week we're (22) .......... bars put on the ground floor windows, so we (23) ....... hoping not to (24) .......... burgled again.

My son (1 study) medicine for six years and (2 take) his final examinations in two months' time. Provided he (3 pass) them, he (4 specialise) in psychiatry, which (5 take) another two years' study at least. So he (6 not | be) ready to practise full time until he (7 be) nearly thirty. By then he (8 study) for a total of eight or nine years and (9 earn) practically nothing. Until now his wife (10 work) and (11 support) him, but she (12 expect) a baby in four months and so she (13 give up) her job soon. What on earth they (14 live) on when she (15 stop) working I do not know. But they (16 not |worry) about it. My daughter-in-law says that they (17 manage) somehow, while my son says simply that he (18 quality) as a psychiatrist however long it (19 take).

Brenda Pearl (1 join) our firm ten years ago. She (2 work) for the previous five years with an advertising company and (3 acquire) much useful experience. For the first eight years with us she (4 work) in the Sales Department, and (5 work) there when I (6 become) Managing Director. Since then she (7 work) as my personal assistant, and (8 prove) herself to be outstandingly capable on many occasions. She (9 work) on the top floor, in an office next to mine, but at the moment (10 work) in London on a special assignment.

(On the telephone): Yes, I'm at Georgina's house this evening. What (1 do |I) here? I (2 babysit). She and her husband (3 go) to a party. Four-four children. They (4 be) usually rather wild. I (5 babysit) here once when they all (6 start) screaming. But they (7 be) very good at the moment. I can see the youngest now in the room next door: she (8 eat) a huge box of chocolates that Georgina (9 give) me before she (10 leave). The others (11 find) a tin of paint and happily (12 paint) the walls of the kitchen. They (13 assure) me that they (14 do) this before and that their mother and father (15 have) no objection then. I only (16 hope) they (17 tell) me the truth. One of them (18 get) himself in a bit of a mess. 1(19 try) to clean him up with paint remover, but so far without much success.