Complete the text with the Past Continuous or Past Simple form of the verbs in

brackets.

Matthew Kent (1) _____________________________ (surf) with a friend in California when a shark
(2) ______________________________ (attack) him. “I (3) _______________________________ (lie) on my
surfboard, because I was tired, when suddenly a huge black shape (4) _________________________
(appear) in the water”, Matthew said. Matthew (5) ___________________________ (shout) to his friend,
Rob, but Rob (6) _____________________________ (not understand). So Matthew (7)

______________________ (start) to swim very fast. “I (8) _____________________________ (try) not to think
about the danger while I (9) ____________________________ (swim),” he told newspapers reporters.
The shark (10) _______________________ (bite) Matthew’s arm twice. “It (11)

_______________________ (not hurt) very much, but there was a lot of blood and I was very
frightened. Then, suddenly, six or seven dolphins (12) ____________________________ (swim) towards
me. They (13) ___________________________ (make) a circle around me and (14)

_______________________________ (stop) the shark getting near me. While I (15)

__________________________ (swim) towards the shore, the dolphins (16) ______________________ (keep)
me safe”.
Matthew (17) _____________________________ (get) very weak and tired when, luckily, Ned
Winter, the coastguard, (18) _____________________________ (see) him. “I (19)

______________________________ (get) into my boat immediately and (20)

_____________________________ (go) to help him,” Ned said. “The water around Matthew was very
red because he (21) _______________________________ (still lose) a lot of blood. I (22)

__________________________ (lift) him out of the water immediately and (23) ________________________
(take) him back to the shore.”
“When the boat (24) __________________________ (arrive) at the shore”, continued Ned, “a
medical team (25) _____________________________ (already wait) for Matthew. They (26)

___________________________ (give) him first aid and (27) _______________________________ (drive) him
to hospital.”
Complete the text with the Past Continuous or Past Simple form of the verbs in
brackets.

Matthew Kent (1) _____was surfing______________ (surf) with a friend in California when a
shark (2) ____attacked_______________ (attack) him. “I (3) __________was lying_____________ (lie) on
my surfboard, because I was tired, when suddenly a huge black shape (4)

________appeared__________ (appear) in the water”, Matthew said. Matthew (5)

__________shouted_______________ (shout) to his friend, Rob, but Rob (6) ___didn’t

understand______________ (not understand). So Matthew (7) _____started_____________ (start) to
swim very fast. “I (8) ____tried______________________ (try) not to think about the danger while I (9)

_____was swimming___________ (swim),” he told newspapers reporters.

The shark (10) _______bit_____________ (bite) Matthew’s arm twice. “It (11) ___didn’t
hurt________ (not hurt) very much, but there was a lot of blood and I was very frightened. Then,
suddenly, six or seven dolphins (12) _____swam____________ (swim) towards me. They (13)

_________made_____________ (make) a circle around me and (14) _____stopped___________________

(stop) the shark getting near me. While I (15) ___was swimming__________ (swim) towards the
shore, the dolphins (16) _____kept____________ (keep) me safe”.
Matthew (17) _____was getting_____________ (get) very week and tired when, luckily, Ned
Winter, the coastguard, (18) ______saw____________________ (see) him. “I (19)

______got__________________ (get) into my boat immediately and (20) ________went________________

(go) to help him,” Ned said. “The water around Matthew was very red because he (21) ________still
was losing__________ (still lose) a lot of blood. I (22) _______lifted_____________ (lift) him out of the
water immediately and (23) ________took____________ (take) him back to the shore.”
“When the boat (24) ________arrived___________ (arrive) at the shore”, continued Ned, “a
medical team (25) __was already waiting_____ (already wait) for Matthew. They (26)

______gave____________________ (give) him first aid and (27) ________drove__________ (drive) him to
hospital.”