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.

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!!”

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 minutesbefore Clarence’s performance, and the children had alreadybegun shouting for the clowns. At that very moment, Clarence’sdressing room door burst open and the acrobat appeared,holding a flower in his hand: “Clarence”, he said, “this flowerwill bring you luck. I picked it from the field outside the circusjust for you. I know it’s not your flower, but I know it will bringyou 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”.

THE END