(5) Complete the text with the Past Simple, the Past Perfect Simple or
the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
Fresh ice (1)
(form) around the Nautilus all
morning. We were stuck, and the situation was getting worse.
It was becoming obvious that we could go no further south.
1 (2)
(talk) to the other sailors but nobody
(3)
(have) any idea about how to escape. I
(4)
(decide) to go and see Captain Nemo. He
(think) about our situation for some time.
and when I (6)
(speak) to him, he
(already / decide) how to solve the
problem. He (8)
(suggest) something which I
(9)
(not think of. 'We will sail under the ice to
the South Pole,' he said. I (10)
(think) about the
idea for a moment and (11)
(realise) that we
might have to stay underwater for several days. It would be
extremely dangerous.
125

replinova    2   18.01.2021 05:47    14