Exercise3. Supply the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Gap-fill exercise

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Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tents in the middle of a field. As soon as this(1) (do), they (2) (cook) a meal over an open fire. They (3) (be) all hungry and the food (4) (smell) good. After a wonderful meal, they(5) (tell) stories and (6) (sing) songs by the camp fire. But some time later it (7) (begin) to rain. The boys (8) (feel) tired so they (9) (put out) the fire and (10) (creep) into their tent. Their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all (11) (sleep) soundly. In the middle of the night two boys (12) (wake) up and began shouting. The tent (13) (be) full of water. They all (14) (leap) out of their sleeping-bags and (15) (hurry) outside. It was raining heavily and they (16) (find) that a stream had formed in the field. The stream (17) (wind) its way across the field and then (18) (flow) right under their tent!