Circle the correct words to complete the text.
Someone's toy tiger
(1) has started /(started
a big police operation
in Hampshire last week
and stopped a game
of cricket at a nearby
cricket club.
The police received)/ have received calls from
members of the public on Saturday about a white
tiger (3) who /(which was hiding in a field' near
Hedge End. Armed police (4) were going / went
to the field and a helicopter prepared to take
thermal images of it from above. Animal experts
from nearby Marwell Zoo (5) were also waiting /
had also waited to give help.
Golfers at a nearby golf club were told to stay
inside and cricket players at the Rose Bowl stopped
their game for 20 minutes while the police (6) were
investigating / have investigated the area.
The police officers saw that the 'wild animal' was
not moving and the helicopter didn't (7) detected /
detect any body heat. Then the tiger (8) was falling /
fell onto its side as a rush of air from the helicopter
knocked it over. At that stage, the team realised
the tiger was a life-sized toy.
Here are some comments from people who read
about the incident.
'It was very realistic. If you have / had seen it,
you would have been scared:
'When I saw the tiger I said "it (10) must / can't be real"
I was certain it was a toy!
'It (11) would / will have been funny if the police
had closed the motorway for a toy tiger!
I'm never (12) forgetting / going to forget this story!
'I haven't laughed this much (13) for / since a very
long time. It's the funniest news story (14) I'm ever
hearing / I've ever heard!​