Mrs Hay
__________(drive) along a small country road when she ___________(see) a man at the side of the road. He ___________
and pointing at his car. Mrs Hay ______________(stop) and ________(ask) the man if he was all right.
'My car's broken down,' said the man.
'Where do you want
_______(go)?' asked Mrs Hay.
'London,' replied the man.
'Well, i
________(not go) to London, but i _________(give) you a lift to the station, if you like.' on the way to the station they chatted.
'_
___________ you __________(work) in London?' asked Mrs Hay.
'No, I don't. I
____________(run) my own business in Oxford. But today I ___________(have) lunch with a friend in London - we always
___________(have) lunch together on Fridays. I promised ________(meet) her at one o'clock.'
'There's a train at 11.30. I don't think you
_________(be) late for your appointment.' When they arrived at the station, a train _________(stand) at the platform.
'That's your train,' said Mrs Hay.
'You
__________(catch) it if you're quick.' After the man __________(get out) of the car, Mrs Hay ____________(drove away). A few minutes later she realized that she ___________(make) a mistake: it was the wrong train. She went back to the station, but the train wasn't there: it __________ already ___________(leave)! She went into the station and asked at the information desk where the train was going. 'Edinburgh,' the information clerk told her.
'Where does it stop next?' asked Mrs Hay.
'It's the express service,' the clerk told her.
'It doesn't stop until it gets to Edinburgh.'