The sun circus was a magical place where children and adults could experience imagination and illusion. At the circus, there was a clown named Clarence whose job was to make the audience laugh, but one day he felt sad and lost his lucky flower. His friend the acrobat noticed Clarence seemed upset and asked what was wrong. Clarence explained he couldn't perform without his lucky flower. The acrobat left and returned with a replacement flower, telling Clarence this new flower would bring him luck. Clarence thanked the acrobat for being his friend.

2. 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.

7.  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!!”

14.  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 minutes
before Clarence’s performance, and the children had already
begun shouting for the clowns. At that very moment, Clarence’s
dressing room door burst open and the acrobat appeared,
holding a flower in his hand: “Clarence”, he said, “this flower
will bring you luck. I picked it from the field outside the circus
just for you. I know it’s not your flower, but I know it will bring
you 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”.

17. THE END