Read the following letter.

For each box/space, use your mouse to drag the

correct sentence from the list of missing sentences below.

Dear Jane,

Thank you for your last letter (1)  I am happy that you have decided to
start learning French like me. If you want, we can go on holiday together next summer to France and

then (2)  when I come to visit you in London in the spring, we can talk together
in French if you want.

Yesterday, I returned from my short holiday camping in Scotland. I went with Melissa, my

friend that you met (3)  Do you remember her? We stayed in her tent in a

campsite near Edinburgh but the weather was terrible for (4)  we were

there. It rained every day and everything was so wet and (5)  But while I was there I

saw a lot of interesting places and we visited a lot of castles (6)  One day, we

hired a boat and went out onto a lake which was near the campsite. It rained all day (7)
decided to go for a swim in the lake and that was wonderful.

I am starting my new job tomorrow in the library near my house. (8)

and he helped me to find a job for every Saturday morning. I work from nine o'clock in the morning

until one o'clock in the afternoon. It is very useful for me (9)  in a

library when I finish university. How is your job at the supermarket? Please tell me what you are

(10)  .

I am going to do my French homework now! Au revoir.

Kate

The sentences
 1. and other historical places  5. but me and Melissa

 2. we can practice our French together  6. which I received last Saturday

 3. the whole four days  7. we were so cold

 4. doing this month  8. My uncle works there

 9. the last time you were here 10. because I want to work

Exercises

1.- Escribe el verbo entre paréntesis en "past simple" o "past continuous" según
corresponda:

1.        Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I

________ TV (to watch)
2.        The police arrested the murderer when he
________ an old woman (to attack)
3.        My uncle ________ all his fortune playing in
casinos (to lose)
4.        Yesterday it rained all day and the river almost
________ its banks (to burst)
5.        Last night when I left the party two gangs of
hooligans ________ (to fight)
6.        Last Friday my father ________ to Paris to visit
my brother who works there (to go)
7.        They ________ the new bridge in time for the
Olympic Games (to finish)
8.        My girlfriend didn't come with us to the cinema
because she ________ (to study)
9.        When the teacher entered the classroom the
students ________ very loudly (to speak)
10.        That terrible accident ________ yesterday
evening (to happen)
11.        Last night when the thieves ________ into my
house I was sleeping (to break)
12.        My parents ________ in the Cathedral of Seville
40 years ago (to get married)
13.        The Socialist Party ________ the last elections
and is now in power (to win)
14.        The other day when I ________ tennis I hurt my
leg (to play)
15.        Philip ________ at home in very strange
circumstances (to die)
16.        Susan ________ Law in the university of Madrid
(to study)
17.        Yesterday when you came home I ________ the
dog (to walk)
18.        The plane ________ into the mountains due to the
weather conditions (to crash)
19.        He ________ late at the station and missed his
train (to arrive)
20.        The mother went to calm her little baby because
she ________ (to cry)
21.        My neighbour ________ a heart attack last year
and still hasn't fully recovered (to have)
22.        This morning while my friends played football I
________ my homework (to do)
23.        Last summer we ________ to the south of Spain
for our holiday (to go)
24.        Yesterday night it was raining when we ________
the Theatre (to leave)
25.        This morning the dog ________ the postman
when he was delivering the mail (to attack)