Causative test
Read the text below and fill in the missing words
A Bad Day
Yesterday I had a really bad day. I 1_____ at half past five, because I had to leave home early. I had to take my car to the garage to 2_____. I couldn`t 3_____ the children to school, because she had already arranged to 4_____ that morning before work. Having to 5_____ that early 6_____, but as you can see, I couldn`t help it. Of course, they weren`t very happy, to say the least. Then, they 7_____ them eggs for breakfast, which took quite long, because our cooker is not in perfect order. I should have 8_____ long ago, but somehow I never had the time. My wife started complaining again when she saw me struggling with the cooker that I can never 9_____. It just 10_____, but it didn`t improve anything. Then I spilt some hot oil on my hand, which 11_____ round the kitchen, cursing and banging on everything. We were running short of time and I had to 12_____ their breakfast in a hurry. The weather forecast warned us that it would be cold so I 13_____ two pullovers. Jenny couldn`t find her favourite blue pullover and it 14_____. I 15_____ the whole wardrobe upside down to find it, but of course it was no good. We were running twenty minutes behind schedule when we left the house. In the car, Tony asked me if I had 16_____. This might 17_____ that I`m a careless father, but I hadn`t. I told him that I had 18_____ to the watchmaker`s, but it wouldn`t be ready till Friday. Then Jenny tried to 19_____ faster because she enjoys speed. We were late anyway, so I obliged. But only till the next corner, where I 20_____ by a police car. They 21_____ a breath test and fined me for speeding. When I arrived at the office, I found that my assistant hadn`t been able to 22_____ my letters. That was the end. I decided I had had enough. I simply 23_____ me a cup of coffee and told her to 24_____ for that day. I sat down to my coffee and spent the rest of the morning reading the papers.