Question

Read the story of Chris, a sixteen-year-old boy from Toronto. Complete it with regular past simple
forms of the verbs in brackets.
It was a Tuesday. Chris _______________ (finish) school and ______________ (decide) to go to the
park. He _____________ (relax) on a bench near a lake. Suddenly, someone ____________ (scream)
loudly. A woman was at the edge of the water, and a small boy was in the middle of the lake. The boy
______________ (try) to swim, but he _________________ (disappear) under the water. Chris
______________ (not have) time to put on a swimsuit. He _______________ (jump) into the water and
_______________ (pull) the boy out of the water.
The boy’s mother ____________ (want) to give Chris some money, but he _____________ (not take)
it. He was a true hero!

Answer 1

finished/ decided/ relaxed/ screamed/ tried/ disappeared/ didn’t have/ jumped/ pulled/ wanted/ didn’t take