I am a doctor. I have to drive in my job. I 1) … (to drive) for twenty years. In all that time the police never
2) … (to stop) me. But last Tuesday I 3) … (to catch) for speeding. It was the afternoon. I 4) … (to drive)
fast because I was late. I 5) … (to go) to the airport to meet a friend. I was late because a patient 6) … (to
telephone) before I 7) … (to leave) the house. The police 8) … (to wait) at the side road outside town.
When they saw me they 9) … (to stop) me. I 10) … (to tell) I 11) … (to book) for speeding. I 12) … (to
try) to explain to them that my friend’s plane 13) … (to land) a few minutes before and he 14) … (to wait)
for me, but they didn’t want to listen to my excuse. They said I 15) … (have) to pay $50 the next day.

1) have driven2)stop3) was caught4)drove5) was going6)had telephoned7) left8) waited9)stoped10)told11)booked12)was trying13)had lent14)waited15)would have