XIII. Use the right form of the verbs in brackets:
A. The Weather Forecast:
The weather (to be) a thing that I can never understand, i
(to remember) one summer day. Wfe (to read) the weather forecast
in the newspaper: “Heavy showers* with thunderstorms**.”
Wfe (to decide) to stay at home. Wfe (to look) at the people
who (to pass) our house and (to say), “They (to come) home
quite w et”
At twelve o’clock it (to become) very hot. One of us (to
say), “I’d like to know when those heavy showers and thunderstorms
(to begin)? "
“Ah, they (to come) in the afternoon, you’ll see,” we (to
say) to each other. But there (to be) no rain on that day.
The next morning we (to read), “The weather (to be)
warm and fine, no rain.”
Wj (to go) to the country. Wfe (to want) to have a good rest.
But it (to begin) to rain hard, and it (to rain) the whole day. Wfe
(to come) home quite wet, with colds and rheumatism all over
us.
(After Jerome K. Jerome)

to be - wasto remember - rememberedto read - read to decide - decided to look - looked to pass - passedto say - said to come - cameto become - becameto say - saidto begin - beganto go - wentto want - wantedto rain - rained