Choose the best verb to complete the following sentences.

1. Can you get the lid off this jar for me, please?
2. The river Thames flows through London. 3. As soon as we got off the plane, we were happy to be on solid ground again.
4. We are flying from Hamburg on 11th August.
5. In the end, we decided to move out of the flat.
6. Donna was standing at the top of the stairs! She must have overheard what we were saying.
7. Patty is arriving in Athens at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.
8. Don’t run down the stairs! You’ll fall and hurt yourself.
9. You can fly to New York in a Helitour helicopter.
10. Rod is a genius. He got his degree in mathematics at the age of 15!

Ever since the day I 1) decided (decide) to move to London, I 2) have been worrying (worry) whether

the decision I 3) took (take) was the right one. As I 4) have already sold (already sell) my

house and 5) have arranged (arrange) a new job, it is too late to change my mind. However, since

then, I 6) have heard (hear) a lot of negative things about living in the capital, and lately some of them

7) have begun (begin) to bother me. I 8) grew up (grow up) in a fairly small town and I

9) have spent (spend) all my life there. I 10) have always wanted (always want) to live in a big city

and so when my company 11) offered (offer) me a job in their London office, I 12) grabbed (grab) at

the chance. But according to a programme I 13) have just heard (just hear) on the radio, more and

more people 14) have stopped (stop) working in London recently , and a lot of large companies

15) have chosen (choose) to move away from the centre. Of course I 16) have told (tell) my parents

that I’m moving and they 17) have accepted (accept) my decision, but when 18) told (tell) my friends

they 19) seemed (seem) rather shocked. Since then I 20) have been hoping (hope) secretly that the

company would tell me that the move was off.