Question

Write a verb from the box in each gap in the past simple to complete the text.

be•find•read•build•get•spend•draw•keep•talk•eat•meet•write.

FREE TIME THEN AND NOW
Teenagers today often play video games or use the internet.
Our grandparents' free time was often a bit different! In the past,
many young people (1)_____stamps in an album, or (2)______ model aeroplanes. They (3)______books or
(4)_________pictures, and sometimes (5)_________letters to
their pen friends. Perhaps they (6)________their time making
things, such as clothes. Of course, some teenagers today still do
these things, but they are not as popular as they (7)________.

Not everything was different, though. Just like today,
teenagers in the past (8)______their friends and (9)______lunch together while they (10)______about
their lives, their hopes and their dreams. And as they (11)______older, they (12)______they had less free time to enjoy. Perhaps some things stay the same!​

Answer 1

1)kept
2) built
3)read
4)drew
5)wrote
6)spent
7) were
8)met
9) ate
10)talked
11) got
12)found