Question

4 Read the text and put the verbs in the past simple or past continuous. Six Nights in a Tree (have) a ***** David George 1) ........ terrible experience while he 2) (camp) out in Queensland, Australia last summer. As he 3) (return) home, his horse 4) (get) and David 5)... (fall) off. He 6) ...... (tell) his horse to carry him back, but the horse 7) (take) him into dangerous crocodile country. David 8).... (know) that he was in a lot of trouble so he 9) (dimb) up a tree. It . It was soon midnight, but David 10) .... (not/sleep) because two crocodiles 11) (walt) for him at the bottom of the tree. Back home, people 12) (look) for David at the same time as the crocodiles 13) *** (look) for lunch. David 14) (spend) six nights up the tree before a team arrived and 15). .. (rescue) him David 16). .... (have) only two sandwiches to eat during that time, but at least the crocodiles 17).... (not/have) David to eat! 15​

Answer 1

David George l)had a terrible experience while he 2) was camping out in Queensland, Australia last summer. As he 3) was returning home, his horse 4) got and David 5) fell off.

Не 6) told his horse to carry him

Back, but the horse 7) took him into dangerous crocodile country. David 8) knew that he was in a lot oil rouble so he 9) climbed up a tree. It was soon midnight, but David 10) was not sleeping because two crocodiles 11) were waiting

For him at the bottom of the tree. Back home, people 12) were looking for David at the same time as the crocodiles 13) were looking for lunch. David 14) spent six nights up the tree before a team arrived and 15) rescued him..