Question

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1.Complete this passage with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Use the past simple ,the past continuous ,the present perfect ,the present perfect continuonus or the past perfect.
is this sport too dangerous?
Jocky Sanderson .......(paraglide)for many years .During thid time he ....(win)many competitions .He ..........(also/be)in many dangerous situations.The latest as he describes below nearly .....(cost) him his life.Over the past few days competitors from all over the world ...(gather) in Italy to battle for the championship.I .......(stand) on the slopes of the mountain .....(wait) for the signal to start.Best day we .....(have) this week I agreed.Together with the other pilots I ....(wait) anxiously for the right wind conditions. We...(run) down the mountain slope and our parachutes .....(begn) to rise in the warm air.
I.....(sail) up and I could almost touch the bottom of the clouds .To go higher would be dangerous I knew that five Italian hang glider pilots...........(freeze) to death some years before when day ...........(fly) into an icy storm cloud.
Then suddently just as I ....(start) to relax disaster.....(strike) .The pressure gauge round my leg .................(begin) to click loundly and I realised that I ....(fall) out of the sky!

Answer 1

Jocky Sanderson has been paragliding for many years. During this time he has won many competitions. He also was in many dangerous situations. The latest, as he describes below, nearly cost him his life.

Over the past few days competitors from all over the world have gathered in Italy to battle for the championship.
I was standing on the slopes of the mountain waiting for the signal to start. Best day we had this week, I agreed. Together with the other pilots I was waiting anxiously for the right wind conditions. We ran down the mountain slope and our parachutes began to rise in the warm air.
I was sailing up and I could almost touch the bottom of the clouds. To go higher would be dangerous, I knew that five Italian hang glider pilots had frozen to death some years before, when they had flown into an icy storm cloud.
Then suddenly just as I was starting to relax disaster stroke. The pressure gauge round my leg began to click loudly and I realized that I was falling out of the sky!