Question

3
Complete the text with the correct form of the
past simple or past perfect. Use the verbs in the box.
Then listen and check.

get on ,not let ,wait,
ask ,say ,put up, see,
have, want, sell out,
arrive, be

The concert last night .... absolutely fantastic. We 2. to
see the band for a very long time, so when we ³.... a poster
of the concert two months ago at a bus stop, we were very
excited. We 4.... our parents if we could go and they 5.... yes!
They 6.... us go to a concert on our own before and we were
really excited.
A month later, we 7.... a train to go and buy the tickets. We
at the ticket office the night before with a tent. A lot of
other people 9.... their tents on the street before us. The next
day we 10.... for five hours until at last we 11.... the tickets in
our hands. Five minutes later, all the tickets ¹2 ! We were
so lucky! And the concert was brilliant.
....

Answer 1

was

had

saw

asked

said

hadn't

got

had

waited

had

sold