Question

Choose the correct form, A, B or C, to complete the sentence.
On 26 December 2004, Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old British schoolgirl, 1) __ on the beach with her family. They 2) ___ Christmas in Thailand. Suddenly Tilly 3) __ that something was wrong. She could see that the water 4) __ and waves 5) __ up the beach. The beach 6) __ smaller and smalIer. She 7) __ that there had been an earthquake in Sumatra that morning, but she 8) __ a geography lesson she 9) __ at school just two weeks before.
So she 10) __ her mother what she 11) __ about earthquakes and giant waves. Luckily for the Smith family, Tilly's teacher Andrew Kearney 12) __ the class about earthquakes and 13) __ them a video of a tsunami in Hawaii. Tilly 14) __ screaming at her parents to get off the beach. They 15) __ . Tilly back to their hotel, which was not too close to the shore, and 16) __ the alarm. One of the staff, who was Japanese, 17) __ the word tsunami, and 18) __ everyone to leave the beach. From their room on the third f1oor, the Smiths 19) __ the terrible effects of
the tsunami on the area. Thanks to Tilly, everybody from that beach 20) __ that terrible day.
1) a waked b had walked c was walking
2) a spent b had spent c were spending
3) a felt b had felt c was feeling
4) a rose b had risen c was rising
5) a came b had come c were coming
6) a got b had got c was getting
7) a did not know b had not known c was knowing
8) a suddenly remembered b had remembered suddenly c was suddenly remembering
9) a had b had had c was having
10) a told b had told c was telling
11) a learnt b had learnt c was learning
12) a taught b had taught c was teaching
13) a showed b had shown c was showing
14) a started b had started c was starting
15) a took b had taken c was taking
16) a raised b had raised c was raising
17) a understood b had understood c was understanding
18) a ordered b had ordered c was ordering
19) a watched b had watched c was watching
20) a survived b had survived c was surviving

Answer 1

1) c) was walking
2) b) had spent
3) a) felt
4) c) was rising
5) b) had come
6) a) got
7) a) did not know
8) a) suddenly remembered
9) b) had had
10) b) had told
11) c) was learning
12) a) taught
13) b) had shown
14) a) started
15) a) took
16) c) was raising
17) a) understood
18) b) had ordered
19) b) had watched
20) a) survived