Emily
: What's that on your desk? It (1) ...was.... ( not ) there.
Ben: This? It (2)
...(is) a telephone. (It was not) there last week.
Emily : But it's got a
cable and there (3)... (are not ) any buttons!
Ben: I know. There (4)
....(were not ) any phones without cables in the past and there (5).. (is) a
dial on the phone, not buttons.
Emily : Great!
Ben: There (6) (is) also
an old remote control in the box. My dad says he (7).. (watched) a lot of
TV when he (8) ...(was) young. He remembers the day the remote control
(9) ...(arrived). He (10)... (changed) the channel every five seconds
until his dad (11).. (shouted) at him. His dad (12) (was) really angry.