Question

3 Complete the email. Put the verb in brackets in the past simple or past perfect. Hi Elaine Did you go (you / go) anywhere interesting for New Year’s Eve?Alan and I_____ (decide) to go to Dublin because we __________(not go) to Ireland before When we ________ (arrive) there everything was wet because it __________ (rain) earlier in the day. It ________(take) two hours to find a place to stay, because we _____( not book) a hotel. We 7_______________ (spend) New Year’s Eve with one of Alan’s university friends. They had a lot to talk about because they 8_______________ (not see) each other for a long time.

Answer 1

1) decided

2) didn't go

3) arrived

4) was raining

5) took

6) had not book

7) spent

8) didn't see

Answer 2

Hi Elaine,

Did you go anywhere interesting for New Year’s Eve? Alan and I decided to go to Dublin because we had not been to Ireland before. When we arrived there, everything was wet because it had rained earlier in the day. It took two hours to find a place to stay because we had not booked a hotel. We spent New Year’s Eve with one of Alan’s university friends. They had a lot to talk about because they had not seen each other for a long time.

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