Frederick Stamp, a young man in his early
twenties, 1 was committed) by his family to a psychiatric
hospital. Frederick’s best friend, a very wealthy man named sir Ernest
Frump, 2 was greatly upset by this, so he started 3 spending a great deal of time and money to secure
Frederick’s release. Sir Ernest strongly 4 believed
that Frederick was normal and 5 had always been. He
finally 6 (persuaded) three well-known psychiatrists
to assess Frederick, in the hope that they would realize what a huge
mistake 7 had been (made). “If you 8 (talk)
to him, you 9 will (see) what a completely sane man he
is,” insisted Sir Ernest. “I 10 have been (trying) for years to set
my friend free. I wish someone 11 (listened) to me!” The
day of the assessment finally 12 (arrived). Frederick 13 was (sitting) perfectly relaxed while the three doctors 14 were (asking) him questions. “What 15 will (you do)
when you leave here?” one of them asked. “16 Will (you get)
a job?” “Well, I 17 will (think) about it,” replied
Frederick. “I 18 have (not made up) my mind yet, though.
Perhaps I 19 will (write) a book or I may 20
(take up) painting again.”