The tiger
1 Read the story and insert the right form of the verbs given.
To do /to enjoy/ to sleep/to walk/ to move/ to take/ to look at/ to see/ to jump up/ to envy
to run /to be/ to meet/ to have to/ to interrupt
It’s a sunny day and two men 1 through a forest. They have never been in the forest before and they 2 the smell of the vegetation and its wonderful colours.
“They say 3tigers here not long ago”, says the first man.
“”Wow, it would be great if 4the last survivor. We could tell our friends. Everybody 5 us!” answers the second.
Suddenly, they 6it. They gasp. Is it a vision? No, no, it’s true.
Behind a tree, not too far away, there is a tiger. The tiger 7, because 8 at all.
The two men stop: they 9 each other in silence, quickly deciding what to do. Then, without speaking, they turn back and tiptoe away.
Suddenly one of them sneezes. The tiger 10 and starts moving towards them.
The men run desperately. But then one of them stops, 11some running shoes from his bag, and starts putting them on.
“12 ” shouts the other man, without 13 his desperate run.
“Do you think 14_faster than that tiger with those shoes on?”
“I 15run faster than the tiger,” the first man answers. “I just have to run faster than you.”