Question

Read the text. Then complete 1-10 with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. I recently (1) (take) an unusual trip around the world with my best friend. For twelve months, we (2) (not get) on a plane or a helicopter once. We (3) (explore) 30 countries on six continents and (4) (go) by camel, bike, boat, bus and train. While we (5) (be) away, we met all kinds of interesting people. For example, while we (6) (travel) on the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Irkutsk, we (7). (make) friends with some fishermen from Finland. Another great thing about our slow trip was that we (8) (have) the time to learn new skills. For instance, while we (9) (sail) from Singapore to Australia on a ten-day boat trip, some Mexican back-packers (10) (teach) us Spanish. It really was the most interesting trip we'd ever taken.​

Answer 1

1. took

2. didn't get

3. explored

4. went

5. were

6. were traveling

7. made

8. had

9. were sailing

10. taught

Answer 2

Certainly! Here's the completed text with the past simple or past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets:

"I recently (1) took an unusual trip around the world with my best friend. For twelve months, we (2) didn't get on a plane or a helicopter once. We (3) explored 30 countries on six continents and (4) went by camel, bike, boat, bus, and train. While we (5) were away, we met all kinds of interesting people. For example, while we (6) were traveling on the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Irkutsk, we (7) made friends with some fishermen from Finland. Another great thing about our slow trip was that we (8) had the time to learn new skills. For instance, while we (9) were sailing from Singapore to Australia on a ten-day boat trip, some Mexican backpackers (10) taught us Spanish. It really was the most interesting trip we'd ever taken."