Question

14 a) Read the text and put the verbs into the
past simple.
Tom Stevens 1)
(live) in the country
on a big farm. He 2]
(have) a happy
childhood, but he 3)
(want) to
see the world. When Tom 4) ......... (leave)
school, he 5)
(decide) to join the
navy. He 6)
(spend) the next ten
years sailing around the world. He 7)
(travel) to lots of places and 8).............(meet) lots
of people. Tom 9)
(save) his money and
one day he 10)
(say goodbye to the
navy. He 11)
Igo) back to his village,
12)
(buy) a farm of his own, and
13)
(start) work. A year later he
14)
(marry) Carla, his schoolfriend, and
they 15)
(have) three children. Tom and
Carla 16)
(live) happily on their farm and
17)
(be) lucky enough to have lots of
grandchildren

Answer 1

Răspuns:

1. lived

2.had

3.wanted

4.left

5.decided

6.spent

7.travelled

8.spent

9.saved

10.said

11.went

12.bought

13.started

14.married

15.had

16.lived

17.were