1. Choose the correct word from the brackets to complete the text below. There lived..........an, a, the) university student near my house. He used to go to university ..........(on, in with) foot. One day I met him when he...... (was going, went, had ..(you are gone) to the market. He was in a hurry. I stopped and asked him, "Why... running, he was running, are you running)?" He replied, "The bus is about to leave.. started.. ..(doesn't it, isn't it, aren't it)?" In fact the bus had already (because, but, as) some people were left behind. Neither the boy nor his friends... (was, had, were) able to catch the bus. Everyone... was stranded, are stranded) on the road. If they were in time, they... (were stranded, (would catch, will have caught, will catch) the bus without any problem. In this way, the situation made them..................(.to regret, regret, regretted) themselves.