Exercise: past tenses. I don't know if I got it. (You did very, very well!)
In this exercise I had to complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parentheses. Tell me if I've done well the exercice.
Last Friday was a holiday. It (be) WAS Indipendence Day, so I didn't have to go to classes. I (sleep) SLEPT a little later than usual. Around ten, my friend Larry (come) CAME over to my apartment. We (pack) HAD PACKED a picnic basket and then (take) TOOK the bus to Forest Park. We (spend) SPENT most of the day there.
When we (get) GOT to the park, we (find) FOUND an empty picnic table near a pond. There were some ducks on the pond, so we (feed) FED them. We (throw) HAD BEEN THROWING THREW small pieces of bread on the water, and the ducks (swim) SWAM over to get them. One duck was very clever. It (catch) CAUGHT the bread in midair before it (hit) HAD HIT the water. Another duck was a thief. It (steal) STOLE bread from the beaks of other ducks.
While we (feed) WERE FEEDING the ducks, Larry and I (meet) MET a man who usually (come) COMES to the park every day to feed the ducks. We (sit) SAT on a park bench and (speak) HAD BEEN SPEAKING SPOKE to him for fifteen or twenty minutes.
After we (eat) HAD EATEN our lunch, I (take) TOOK a short nap under a tree. While I (sleep) WAS SLEEPING a mosquito (bite) BIT my arm. When I (wake) WOKE up, my arm itched, so I stratched it. Suddenly I (hear) HEARD a noise in the tree above me. I (look) LOOKED up and (see) SAW an orange and gray bird. After a few moments, it (fly) FLEW away.
During the afternoon, we (do) DID many things. First we (take) TOOK a long walk. When we (get) GOT back to our picnic table, I (read) READ a book, and Larry, who (be) IS an artist, (draw) DREW pictures. Later we (play) PLAYED a game of chess. Larry (win) HAD WON the first game, but I (win) WON the second one. Then he (teach) TAUGHT ME how to play a game with dice. While we (play) WERE PLAYING this game, one of the dice (fall) FELL from the picnic table onto the ground. We finally (find) FOUND it in some tall grass.
In the evening, we (join) JOINED a huge crowd to watch the fireworks dispaly. The fireworks (be) WERE beautiful. Some of the explosions (be) WERE very loud, however. They (hurt) HURT my ears. When the display (be) HAD BEEN WAS over, we (leave) LEFT. All in all, it (be) WAS a very enjoyable day.
Well done :)
