Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past form. HOLIDAY TROUBLE I remember the first time I (1 go) abroad on holiday. I (2 just/leave) school. I (3 study) very hard for my final exams and I (4 feel) that I needed to get away. A friend of mine (5 want) to go away as well, so we (6 decide) to look at some brochures at a travel agent’s. We (7 search) for about an hour when my friend (8 find) the perfect holiday – two weeks in Cuba. We (9 be) very excited about it. Finally, the day of our holiday (10 arrive). We (11 just/ leave) the house when the phone (12 ring). I (13 run) back into the house but the phone (14 stop) by the time I (15 reach) it. When we (16 get) to the airport, we (17 check) in and (18 go) to the cafeteria. While we were having our coffee, the airline (19 make) an announcement. Our flight was delayed for eight hours. It was then that I (20 realise) what the phone call was about.

Answer 1

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past form.

HOLIDAY TROUBLE

I remember the first time I (1 went) abroad on holiday. I (2 had just/left) school. I (3 was studying) very hard for my final exams and I (4 felt) that I needed to get away. A friend of mine (5 wanted) to go away as well, so we (6 decided) to look at some brochures at a travel agent’s. We (7 had been searching) for about an hour when my friend (8 found) the perfect holiday – two weeks in Cuba. We (9 were) very excited about it. Finally, the day of our holiday (10 arrived). We (11 had just/ left) the house when the phone (12 rang). I (13 ran) back into the house but the phone (14 had stopped) by the time I (15 reached) it. When we (16 got) to the airport, we (17 checked) in and (18 went) to the cafeteria. While we were having our coffee, the airline (19 made) an announcement. Our flight was delayed for eight hours. It was then that I (20 realised) what the phone call was about.

Answer 2

HOLIDAY TROUBLE I remember the first time I went (1 go) abroad on holiday. I had just left (2 just/leave) school. I had studied (3 study) very hard for my final exams and I felt (4 feel) that I needed to get away. A friend of mine wanted (5 want) to go away as well, so we decided (6 decide) to look at some brochures at a travel agent’s. We searched (7 search) for about an hour when my friend found (8 find) the perfect holiday – two weeks in Cuba. We were (9 be) very excited about it. Finally, the day of our holiday arrived (10 arrive). We had just left (11 just/leave) the house when the phone rang (12 ring). I ran (13 run) back into the house but the phone had stopped (14 stop) by the time I reached (15 reach) it. When we got (16 get) to the airport, we checked (17 check) in and went (18 go) to the cafeteria. While we were having our coffee, the airline made (19 make) an announcement. Our flight was delayed for eight hours. It was then that I realized (20 realise) what the phone call was about.