Question

Complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

1. Two walkers are reported to _______gone missing near the summit of Snowdon, the

highest peak in Wales.

2. John Watkins, aged 21 and Melanie McBrian, 19, ________by nightfall, leading to fears

that they _______forced to spend the night on the mountain

weather conditions, when the pair _______off yesterday morning, were fairly good.

3. By the afternoon, however, it had got much worse. Thick clouds quickly _______over the

region and there was a sharp drop in temperature.

4. The surface of the local lakes ______to freeze within a few hours.

5. Blizzards began in the evening, with a great deal of snow ________above 500 metres.

6. Friends of the two walkers _____that they ______from either of them.
7. They think their mobile phones _______unusable for some reason.

8. Melanie’s friend Janet Richards believes Melanie _______her to say they were alright if

her phone ______properly.

9. Joe Hill, a friend of John’s, admits he _______they ______an accident last night, but

insists they have a lot of experience walking in the mountains of Wales.

10. They ____shelter if they _____to stay on the mountain during last night.

11. Mountain rescue teams, which began looking for the couple early this morning, say that

one or both of the walkers _____and fallen in bad weather conditions, especially as neither

of them ______walking in the mountains in winter.

12. The hope is, though, that they _______safe before long, especially as the weather is

forecast to clear up within the next few hou​rs.​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

♧ Answer ♧

1. Two walkers are reported to have gone missing near the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales.
2. John Watkins, aged 21 and Melanie McBrian, 19, did not return by nightfall, leading to fears that they may have been forced to spend the night on the mountain .Weather conditions, when the pair set off yesterday morning, were fairly good.
3. By the afternoon, however, it had got much worse. Thick clouds quickly spread over the region and there was a sharp drop in temperature.
4. The surface of the local lakes began to freeze within a few hours.
5. Blizzards began in the evening, with a great deal of snow falling above 500 metres.
6. Friends of the two walkers were surprised that they hadn't heard from either of them.
7. They think their mobile phones might have become unusable for some reason.
8. Melanie’s friend Janet Richards believes Melanie would have called her to say they were alright if her phone had been working properly.
9. Joe Hill, a friend of John’s, admits he is worried they could had an accident last night, but insists they have a lot of experience walking in the mountains of Wales.
10. They would have found shelter if they had been forced to stay on the mountain during last night.
11. Mountain rescue teams, which began looking for the couple early this morning, say that one or both of the walkers may have slipped and fallen in bad weather conditions, especially as neither of them had been walking in the mountains in winter.
12. The hope is, though, that they should be safe before long, especially as the weather is forecast to clear up within the next few hours.