PAST SIMPLE - Jenny: It 16)_____________________(be)

PAST CONTINUOUS me. I 17)__________________ (fell)

out of bed and 18)______________
(wake) up.
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Complete the 2 A Special Holiday in Florida

text. Put the
verbs in
brackets into
the correct
tense
(past simple or
past
continuous).
1 A
Dream
Jenny: I dreamed I 1)__________________
(see) a tornado last night. I remember
everything. You
2)_________________ (play) with
Trig, Mum 3)____________ (cook),
Dad 4)____________________ (work)
in the garden, and I
5)______________________ (look)
for Chip, when the wind
6)_____________ (begin) to blow …
Nick: … and you 7)___________________
(see) the tornado.
Jenny: Yes. It 8)______________________
(come) straight towards me when I
9)______________________ (run)
into the house. I
10)___________________ (close) the
window just when the tornado
11)__________________ (hit).
Nick: And?
Jenny: Well, I remember that the wind
12)_____________________ (blow)
and the house 13)_________________
(spin) when I
14)__________________ (hear) a
terrible noise.
Last February, I 1)_____________________
(decide) to go on holiday to Florida. The day I
2)________________________ (leave)
England it 3)________________________
(rain), but, when I 4)___________________
(land) in Florida, the sun
5)__________________ (shine) and a lovely
warm breeze 6)___________________ (blow)
from the sea. I 7)______________________
(take) a taxi to my hotel. As I
8)________________________ (check in),
someone 9)________________________ (tap)
me on the shoulder.
I 10)________________________ (not can)
believe my eyes! It was my old girlfriend. She
11)________________________ (stay) at the
same hotel. The next day we
12)_____________________ (go) snorkeling
and 13)_______________________ (see)
hundreds of beautiful fish. It
14)________________________ (get) dark
when we 15)________________________
(return) to our hotel after a wonderful day. We
16)______________ (spend) the rest of the
week together.
It 17)___________________ (be) very
romantic. We 18)__________________ (fell)
very sad when the holiday
19)_____________________ (end).
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Nick: What 15)________________ (be) it?

3 A Sad Story (crash) into an iceberg: 1,513 passengers
_____________________ (go dawn) with
the ship.
WATER – RUN (2X) – NOT CAN – ARRIVE –
3 In October, 1954, some passengers
TRY –KILL – PUT – CALL –
_____________________ (ride) by Loch
WAIT – RING – Ness on a bus when a monster
INVITE – NOT SEE – _____________________ (come up) to the
SAVE – HAVE – PLAY surface of the lake. It
– BE – LEAVE _____________________ (surface) 100
metres away and they could observe it for
10 minutes.
____ /8
Yesterday evening, Mrs Taylor
1)________________ the plants in the garden,
5 The Mary Rose
while her cat, Billy,
2)________________________ near her.
It was 2 pm on Sunday 19th July 1545. The
Suddenly, Billy 3)________________________
English ships 1)_______________________
up a tree. Mrs Taylor
(sail) from Portsmouth. They
4)________________________ to Billy, but he
2)_______________ (go) to fight the French.
5)________________________ get down, so
King Henry VIII 3)_____________________
she 6)________________________ the Fire
(be) in Southsea Castle.
Brigade. While she
He 4)____________________ (watch)
7)________________________ for them to
his ships.
arrive, she 8)________________________ to
It 5)___________________ (be) a very windy
tempt him down with some fish. The Fire
day but still crowds of people
Brigade eventually
6)_______________________ (stand) on the
9)________________________ ,
shore. Men 7)_______________________
10)________________________ up their
(shout), women 8)______________________
ladder and 11)________________________
(cheer), boys and girls 9)______________
Billy. Mrs Taylor 12)____________________
(sing) and 10)______________ (wave) flags.
so pleased that she 13)__________________
Sailors and soldiers
firemen in for a tea. While they
11)_______________________ (stand) on the
14)_____________________ tea, they
decks of the big ships.
15)_____________________ Billy go outside
Then disaster! As the Mary Rose
again, and ten minutes later as they
12)_________________ (sail) past the King,
16)________________, they
the wind 13)___________________ (blow)
17)_______________ him over and
very hard. The Mary Rose slowly
unfortunately they 18)__________________
14)_______________________ (turn) over
him.
and (sink) to the bottom of the sea. Only thirty-
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two men 15)_____________________
(survive).
4 Past simple and past continuous. Put
the correct verb forms into the sentences.
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1 In 1492, Columbus
_____________________ (look for) a new
way to India when his ships
_____________________ (reach) America.
2 On the night of 14 April 1912, the
Titanic, a luxury cruiser,
_____________________ (sail) from
Southampton to New York when, near
Newfoundland, it _____________________