Task 1: Complete this text with the Simple Past or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Yesterday my friends and I _________________ 1. (go) to the beach. We ______________ 2. (lie) on the sand when we _________________ 3. (hear) a strange noise. We _____________ 4. (jump up) and _____________ 5. (run) to the lifeguard. While we _______________ 6. (run), a woman _____________ 7. (begin) to scream. “I can’t find Danny. Find him, please!” while she ______________ 8. (scream), we ____________ 9. (start) looking for Danny. I _____________ (run) up and down the beach. Andrew _____________ 10. (climb) to the top of the lifeguard stand. Gil _____________ 11.(go) into the water. While we _____________ 12. (search) for Danny, a tall man ______________ 13. (arrive). He _____________ 14. (carry) two ice creams cones and ______________ 15. (talk) to a little boy. The boy and the man _____________ 16. (be) surprised by all the noise. “Danny couldn’t decide which kind of ice cream cones to buy you”, the man said. “ so he _______________ 17. (buy) you two! What a nice little boy you have!” we _________________ 18. (not know) whether to laugh or to cry.
Yesterday my friends and I _________________ 1. (go) to the beach. We ______________ 2. (lie) on the sand when we _________________ 3. (hear) a strange noise. We _____________ 4. (jump up) and _____________ 5. (run) to the lifeguard. While we _______________ 6. (run), a woman _____________ 7. (begin) to scream. “I can’t find Danny. Find him, please!” while she ______________ 8. (scream), we ____________ 9. (start) looking for Danny. I _____________ (run) up and down the beach. Andrew _____________ 10. (climb) to the top of the lifeguard stand. Gil _____________ 11.(go) into the water. While we _____________ 12. (search) for Danny, a tall man ______________ 13. (arrive). He _____________ 14. (carry) two ice creams cones and ______________ 15. (talk) to a little boy. The boy and the man _____________ 16. (be) surprised by all the noise. “Danny couldn’t decide which kind of ice cream cones to buy you”, the man said. “ so he _______________ 17. (buy) you two! What a nice little boy you have!” we _________________ 18. (not know) whether to laugh or to cry.
Respuesta:1) went
2)lay
3)heard
4) jumped
5) ran
6) ran
7)began
8) screamed
9) ran
10) climbed
11) went
12) searched
13) arrived
14) talked
15)were
16bought
17) don't know
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