1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 .When it _______________________ (stop) raining, we _______________________ (go out) and _______________________ (put) the kayak in the water.
2. While I _______________________ (wait) at the bus stop, I _______________________ (see) an accident.
3 .Suddenly, the man _______________________ (take) the purse from the woman’s handbag and _______________________ (run off).
4 .At 5 p.m. yesterday, I _______________________ (read) a book about Captain Cook and my sister _______________________ (watch) a film about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott.
5. I _______________________ (relax) in the sun when a cloud _______________________ (appear) in the sky.
6. When the sailor _______________________ (open) the box, he _______________________ (find) an old map inside.
7. While everyone _______________________ (argue), I _______________________ (realise) it was a good time to go.
8. As I _______________________ (leave) the party, I finally _______________________ (remember) the man’s name.
9. The man _______________________ (wear) a raincoat and _______________________ (carry) a big suitcase.
10. The girl _______________________ (run) through the forest when she _______________________ (slip) over.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.
1 It was a bright day in July, but inside the Son Doong C_ _ _ it was very dark and cold.
2 It's a s_ _ _ _ climb to the top of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, but the view is worth it.
3 Angel Falls, on the Guaja River in Venezuela, is the highest w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the world.
4 During the day, the temperature in the Sahara d_ _ _ _ _ can reach 50°C, but at night it sometimes falls to below 0°C.
5 The beautiful White C_ _ _ _s of Dover are very high and it’s dangerous to walk too close to the edge.
6 The edges of Lake Como in Italy are s_ _ _ _ _ _ , but it’s quite deep in the middle.
7 Over 1,500 people lost their lives in the early morning of 15 April 1912 when the Titanic sank in the i_ _ waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
8 You can collect seashells from the s_ _ _ _ in the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.
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I had a wonderful biology teacher, Mrs Hughes. She (make) made us excited about the subject because she was so interested herself. i remember one lesson in particular, we (study) studied different types of plants, and mrs Hughes ( describe) described the different parts of the flower. she (pick up) picked up a purple flower, i can't remember exactlly what it was, and then suddenly we (notice) noticed that she (cry) was crying ! She (apologise) apologised and(say) said that sometimes nature was so beautiful it just made her cry! We (not/know) didn't know what to do at first, but it certainly (make) made us think, something similar (happen) was happening while she (show) was showing us how to work the microscope. She (examine) examined a slide of some plant tissue and she (smile) smiled all over her face. she suddenly (get) got all excited and(say) said :"isn't it wonderful" some students (laugh) laughed at her when she (not/look) wasn't looking but i didn't. Somehow her enthusiasm (inspire) inspired me, and i (start) started to like biology.