Complete the text. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
It was an exciting day at the school sports day at the beach last Friday. It was eleven o’clock and I was in the
water. I 1
_______________ (swim) in the 800-metre race, and I was in first place. Lots of people
2
_______________ (watch) the race and they 3
_______________ (shout) my name: ‘Carl! Carl!’ Suddenly, I
4
_______________ (realise) they 5
_______________ (say) something different. It 6
_______________ (sound)
like ‘Shark! Shark!’ I 7
_______________ (look) over my shoulder and 8
_______________ (see) an enormous
shark. Then I really 9
_______________ (swim) fast! I think I 10_______________ (break) the world record!