Put the verbs in brackets into the past
simple or the past continuous.
1 A: When did the tsunami hit (the tsunami
hit) the coast?
B: At 6:42 this morning. Most people
(still/sleep) in their beds at that time.
2 A: What
(happen
to Douglas last weekend?
B: He
(walk) in
the mountains when he
(see) an avalanche. He
(call) the emergency services. They
(arrive)
quickly and
(rescue) three people.
3 A: What
(you/do) at 10 o'clock last night when
the hurricane hit?
B: I (do) my homework
and my brother Ben
(read) a book​

Cap Seller and the Monkeys

There was a cap seller in a city. He used to go from village to village to sell his caps. His way laid back a forest. It was a hot summer day and he got tired. To get some rest he sat under a tree. Soon he fell asleep . Many monkeys lived on that tree. When they saw the caps, they climbed down the tree and took the caps. Then they climbed up the tree again

The cap seller woke up after some time. He found that his caps were missing. He looked up and saw the monkeys wearing his caps. He tried his best to get his caps but he couldn’t. Suddenly an idea occurred to him. He took off his own cap and threw it on the ground. The monkeys did the same, since they are imitators. The cap seller collected all his caps and went away happily.

Kurgaldzhino reserve is located in the steppes of the Tselinograd region and occupies freshwater lake Kurgaljin, part of the salt lake Tengiz with adjacent coastal sites located in the lower reaches of the river Nura and Kalakutas. The reserve area of 193.5 thousand hectares It is organized in 1968 in order to preserve the area of Kazakhstan and rare nesting birds pink flamingos. The predominant area of the reserve (107.7 thousand ha) occupies the surface of lakes Kurgaljin and Tengiz and marshy coasts. The reserve covers just a narrow strip of fescue-feather grass steppes adjacent to the lake Kurgaljin, and its coast with dense reed beds. Numerous nesting waterfowl, especially geese and ducks, many swans. Occasionally bustard ordinary, Houbara bustard and little bustards - first of the typical inhabitants of virgin lands of Kazakhstan steppes. Another rare white Heron. On lake Tengiz is the most Northern in the world breeding rare birds pink flamingos. In the reeds found boars. Tengiz-Kurgaldzhin lake concentration of a huge number of waterfowl during spring flights, making Kurgaldzhino reserve gained world fame. It is included in the UNESCO world heritage list, as a specially protected landscape of marsh and lake areas.