André´s spacesuit

The Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers trained for more than one year in order to be prepared to take part in the Delta mission to the International Space Station in April 2004. The following texts are taken from his diary (part 6). If you want to know more, visit the Delta mission website: www.esa.int/delta

In the following text, conjugate the verbs in the indicated tense.

On Wednesday I _____ (to visit, past tense) the factory where the spacesuits are made. The factory _____ (to be, present) in Tomlino, an hour's drive from Moscow. We _____ (to do, past tense) the final tests on the spacesuit in order to ensure that everything _____ (to fit, present) like a glove. It _____ (to feel, present) a bit like wearing a diving suit, with your head in a fishbowl. Everything was made to measure, just like the chair that I _____ (to sit, present) on. I _____ (to have, past tense) to sit in a plaster-of-Paris mould for this some time ago.

Everything was already prepared, because I _____ (to train, past tense) as the reserve for my Spanish colleague, Pedro Duque. Nevertheless, the suit and the seat still _____ (to have, past tense) to be tested again. Imagine what would happen if you _____ (to put, present) on weight during your holiday, and they didn't fit anymore. We _____ (to make, past tense) a few small adjustments, to the length of the spacesuit's sleeves for example, because my fingertips were touching the end of the gloves. Now it _____ (to feel, present) fine. Another hurdle passed on the way to the mission…