Question

11
Put the verbs in brackets
into the past simple or the
past continuous.
Dear Jack,
Hi, how are you? I'm
having a fantastic time
here in Milan.
One unlucky thing
1) – happened (happen)
at the airport, though. I
2).
(miss)
my plane! 13)
(decide) to get a taxi to
the airport but the roads
4).
busy because of an
(be) very
accident. We 5) ........ (wait) in a traffic jam for two
hours! Anyway, 16) ..... (fly) on the next plane five
hours later.
The weather here is lovely and warm, although yesterday
it 7) ................ (rain) all day so I 8)
(not/do) much sightseeing. I 9)
(visit) an art
gallery instead. I also 10)
(go) to a concert
last night because a good rock band 11) .....
..... (play).
Give
my love to your family. See you very soon.
Best wishes,
Larry

Answer 1

2) missed
3)decided
4) were
5) waited
6)flew
7)rained
8)didn’t do
9)visited
10)went
11)played