You prepared for weeks: the perfect CV, the perfect outfit, the perfect answers. What could possibly go wrong?
Complete the story with suitable forms of the verbs in brackets. Read the whole story before you start; the order of events matters.
By the time I arrived at the office, everything (1) ______ (go) wrong.
I (2) ______ (wait) for the bus for twenty minutes when I realised I was standing on the wrong side of the road.
As I (3) ______ (run) towards the building, my phone rang. It was the interviewer, wondering where I was.
I finally reached reception, where I discovered that I (4) ______ (leave) my CV at home.
The receptionist smiled sympathetically. “I’m afraid the interview (5) ______ (cancel) yesterday.”
I stared at her. “Didn’t anyone tell you?”
“No,” I replied. “But I (6) ______ (think) about changing careers for months anyway.”
Extra challenge: Add one final sentence that makes this disastrous morning even worse — or unexpectedly wonderful.
