B. Complete the text below with the Past Simple Past Progressive Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Progressive of the
verbs in brackets
Fishing in a... coracle
Last summer, 1 (1)
(stay) at a friend's house
in a pretty village in Wales. One morning, while
1(2)
(have) breakfast, my friend
(3)
(tell me that his cousins
(go) fishing in a coracle. As
I(5)
(not hear) of a corade before, he
(6)
(explain) to me what it is. A coracle is
a circular boat which Welsh people commonly
(use) from the time of the Romans until
the 1970s. In those days, coracles (8)
(carry) people or things up and down the rivers but, nowadays, coracles are used for fishing.
We (9)
(decide) to go down to the river and have a look for ourselves. We (10)
(walk) for about an hour when we finally (11)
(spot) my friend's cousins sitting in separate boats. As
they (12)
(fish) all morning, they (13)
(catch) quite a few fish. I was really curious to
see how they do it. (14)
(notice) that with one hand they (15)
(hold) a net while with the other hand they (16)
(control) their boats. Suddenly, a fish
(17)
(get) caught in their net. So each of them (18)
(pull) in his end of the net
until the boats (19)
(touch) and then, as if by magic, they (20)
(lift) the fish
out of the net. The whole scene was amazing!
Больше всего люблю, когда мы все сидим за столом, обедаем, не спешим и рассказываем друг другу новости. Даже самый маленький человек в нашей семье, который еще ходит в детский садик, тоже рассказывает о садике.
Вечером устраиваем шашечный турнир или смотрим передачи по телевидению. Мне хорошо, когда мы вместе.
На английском: My favorite day of the week - Sunday, because on that day the whole family to gather.
Most of all I love, when we all sit at the table having dinner, not in a hurry and tell each other news. Even the smallest person in our family, who still goes to kindergarten, also talks about the garden.
In the evening we arrange checkers tournament or watch televised. I feel good when we're together.
1. People do risk because they get pleasure from it.
2. People go trekking the mountains to work in team, develop their body and spirit.
3. Trekking in the mountains dangerous, because it's height, steep slopes, where you can stumble and fall down.
4. I think people feel absolutely happy, when they go a long and hard way and finally reach the top.
5. Maybe, they want new sharp feelings (thrill).
6. It's dangerous, because your parachute may not open.
7. I think it's euphoria, fear and happiness together.
8. They want to get extreme.
9. Whitewater rafting is dangerous, because your boat can crash in any moment.
10. I think they are scared.