Question

Read the letter and complete the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect), or use the structure *used to*: Dear Janet, I promised to tell you all about Adam, so here is our story. One night I *was trying* (try) to finish my project when I ... (receive) an instant message from some guy. He ... (claim) that we ... (meet) at a party. I ... (not remember) that. But he was the funniest person I ... (ever/encounter) on the Net, so we just ... (keep) talking and at the end ... (exchange) our phone numbers. At that time I ... (live) in Prague and Adam ... (study) in Budapest. We ... (only/know) each other for two weeks when he ... (invite) me to spend the weekend in his city. I ... (know) Budapest quite well because I ... (go) there on school trips as a child. When I ... (arrive) in Budapest, Adam ... (wait) for me at the station. By Sunday evening I ... (know) that I ... (bump) into Mr Right on the Internet. From then on, we ... (speak) on Skype every day. Only three months ... (pass) before I ... (decide) to move to Budapest. I can't believe now I ... (think) that Internet dating was only for desperate, lonely people! How are things with you? Eva.

Answer 1

Receieved
claimed
had met
didn't remember
had ever encountered
kept
exchanged
lived
studied
had only known
invited
knew
had gone
arrived
was waiting
had known
bumbed
spoke
had passed
decided
thought

Answer 2

Dear Janet,

I promised to tell you all about Adam, so here is our story. One night I was trying (try) to finish my project when I received (receive) an instant message from some guy. He claimed (claim) that we had met (meet) at a party. I did not remember (not remember) that. But he was the funniest person I had ever encountered (ever/encounter) on the Net, so we just kept (keep) talking and at the end exchanged (exchange) our phone numbers. At that time I lived (live) in Prague and Adam was studying (study) in Budapest. We had only known (only/know) each other for two weeks when he invited (invite) me to spend the weekend in his city. I knew (know) Budapest quite well because I had gone (go) there on school trips as a child. When I arrived (arrive) in Budapest, Adam was waiting (wait) for me at the station. By Sunday evening I knew (know) that I had bumped (bump) into Mr. Right on the Internet. From then on, we spoke (speak) on Skype every day. Only three months passed (pass) before I decided (decide) to move to Budapest. I can't believe now I used to think (think) that Internet dating was only for desperate, lonely people! How are things with you?

Eva.