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Student Name: Byron Plua Baque COURSE: 5 DATE: 21/12/2021

Complete the following text with the verbs in the correct narrative tense
(Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect)

The Expedition

‘When Professor Sutcliffe, the famous archaeologist, 1…invited.. (invite) me to

take part in his expedition to find a lost city in South America, I 2…didn’t

hesitate…. (not hesitate) to accept his invitation. Sutcliffe 3…had discovered

(discover) an ancient map showing the exact position of the city. In fact, most

of Sutcliffe’s colleagues in Cambridge either 4…was believing.. (believe) that

such city 5 …had never existed…. (never exist) or 6…felted…. (feel) that it

7…had vanished…. (vanish) a long time ago and 8…it became.. (become) simply a

legend. According to the Professor, the builders of the city 9…had hidden…

(hide) it among the mountains in order to protect its immense riches, which

10…consisted.. (consist) mainly of gold and precious stones. He 11…believed..

(believe) that the modern inhabitants 12…had still kept… (still keep)

themselves apart from the rest of mankind for the very same reason. So

when we 13…had set off.. (set off) on a cool April morning towards the

unknown, each of us 14…looked forward… (look forward) to exciting

discoveries. For a week we 15…were climbing… (climb) higher and higher,

following the map, which Sutcliffe 16…have studied….. (study) from time to

time. Then one morning, while we 17…rested…. (rest) near a valley, we

18…noticed.. (notice) that a man on a horse 19…was waving .. (wave) at us from

the other side of the valley. A rider whose clothes 20…shined…. (shine) like

gold!

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