Complete the text with the Past Continuous or Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Matthew Kent (1) _____________________________ (surf) with a friend in California when a shark (2)

______________________________ (attack) him. “I (3) _______________________________ (lie) on my surfboard,

because I was tired, when suddenly a huge black shape (4) _________________________ (appear) in the water”, Matthew
said. Matthew (5) ___________________________ (shout) to his friend, Rob, but Rob (6)

_____________________________ (not understand). So Matthew (7) ______________________ (start) to swim very fast.
“I (8) _____________________________ (try) not to think about the danger while I (9) ____________________________
(swim),” he told newspapers reporters.
The shark (10) _______________________ (bite) Matthew’s arm twice. “It (11) _______________________ (not
hurt) very much, but there was a lot of blood and I was very frightened. Then, suddenly, six or seven dolphins (12)

____________________________ (swim) towards me. They (13) ___________________________ (make) a circle around
me and (14) _______________________________ (stop) the shark getting near me. While I (15)

__________________________ (swim) towards the shore, the dolphins (16) ______________________ (keep) me safe”.
Matthew (17) _____________________________ (get) very weak and tired when, luckily, Ned Winter, the
coastguard, (18) _____________________________ (see) him. “I (19) ______________________________ (get) into my
boat immediately and (20) _____________________________ (go) to help him,” Ned said. “The water around Matthew was
very red because he (21) _______________________________ (still lose) a lot of blood. I (22)

__________________________ (lift) him out of the water immediately and (23) ________________________ (take) him
back to the shore.”
“When the boat (24) __________________________ (arrive) at the shore”, continued Ned, “a medical team (25)

_____________________________ (already wait) for Matthew. They (26) ___________________________ (give) him first
aid and (27) _______________________________ (drive) him to hospital.”
Complete the text with the Past Continuous or Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.