Maria’s guest houseExercise
Insert the correct tense.
Our guest house .......................... (open) in October last year. We (call) it ‘Visitors’ Rest’. It (be) very near the shopping centre and only a five minute walk from the beach. During the first month we (have) fifteen guests. The following month ten businessmen from China and eight Australian tourists (come) to stay.
The Christmas period (be) good for business. In both December and January the guest house (be) full to capacity with twenty eight guests each month. Unfortunately February .......................... (not, be) as good, as guest numbers .......................... (drop) by ten. However March .......................... (be) much better; we (have) three more guests than in February. April and May (be) both quiet months for visitors; in each of those months we (have) half our maximum number of guests, mainly from Europe. In June we .......................... (be) only a quarter full but in July there .......................... (be) a conference in Labuan Bajo, and so guest numbers (shoot up) by fourteen to twenty one. In August we (have) nine fewer guests than July and in September we .......................... (be) full again with UN officials. That (be) a summary of the past twelve months. Our average number of guests (be) fifteen, so, overall last year .......................... (be) a good year.