2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
 The sun circus _____(was, is) a magical place where every child
and every adult travels into a world of imagination and illusion.
 At the circus there _____(are, is) a clown called Clarence and it
_____(is, are) his job to make the audience laugh. But one day, just
as the show _____(was, were) about to begin, Clarence felt sad and
didn’t much feel like going out on stage…
 Passing at that moment outside his dressing room, his friend the
acrobat stopped to talk to him: “Hi Clarence! Ready to get out on
stage?” he called.

7.  That ______(was, is, were) when the acrobat realized
something ______(was, are) wrong with Clarence the clown,
for although his face had a big smile painted on it and he
______(was, were, are) wearing a jolly red nose, his eyes _____
(are, were) sad… “What’s up, my friend?” asked the acrobat.
 Clarence the clown answered: “Well…I ______(are, am) sad
because I’ve lost my lucky flower and I can’t go on stage without
it…“ “But Clarence, my friend, it’s just a flower. The only hero
here ______(is, are) you. Who else will get all those children
laughing till the tears run down their cheeks? The flower?
Definitely not! The children (is, are, were) waiting for you; they
want to see you be silly, and to keep falling over!!”

14.  Without another word, the acrobat left Clarence’s dressing room,
leaving him very surprised at the acrobat’s mysterious exit.
 It ______(was, are) now a few minutes
before Clarence’s performance, and the children had already
begun shouting for the clowns. At that very moment, Clarence’s
dressing room door burst open and the acrobat appeared,
holding a flower in his hand: “Clarence”, he said, “this flower
will bring you luck. I picked it from the field outside the circus
just for you. I know it’s not your flower, but I know it will bring
you all the strength you need… It’s magic, you know…”
 “Thank you so much“, said Clarence to the acrobat,
“I_____(was, am) glad that you’re my friend”.

17. THE END