Read the text attentively and fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb tense:

( For some blanks only the idea will be given. So attention!)

 

 

 

Barbara is a good student. She never ……………. classes (to miss).

 

She ……………………………. an important class at this right moment (to attend). 

 

Sometimes  she ……………………… (obligation / necessity ) wake up at 6 o’clock because……………….(existence) days that her mother ……………….(impossibility)  take her to school  and she needs to go by bus. These days her parents get very worried. But what can they do?  Only to pray!   

 

Barbara is very responsible! She ……….. (to do) her homework everyday.

Next week …………………………………… (to have) a very difficult test, but she is not

worried. She’ll do fine! .

 

Her parents …………………………(absence of obligation or necessity) be worried where she will live. Her  aunt Clara …………..(to live) there. Barbara’s parents ……………………………….. (to write – plans, arrangements) a letter to her telling their plans and asking what she thinks of their idea. Of course aunt Clara ……………………. …..(to be - predictions) very happy because she sometimes  ……………….(to feel)  lonely and Barbara is her favorite niece.

 

Besides (além disso...) ……………………  (existence) a lot of  space in her apartment and Barbara will feel very comfortable in it.

 

Aunt Clara ………………. drive (incapacity), so  Barbara ……………………..( necessity-obligation) go to school by bus. But it’s OK.  Buses in Europe …………………..(to be - negative)  the buses in Brazil. They’re safe!  

 

 From: Rosa Façanha Sampaio - Number One - Vilas