Complete the text with the verbs in the Past Simple Tense.We ate________ (1) (to eat) our beef in silence. Existence __________(2) (to seem) hollow and uninteresting. We________ (3) (to think) of the happy days of childhood,
and _______(4) (to sigh). We _______(5) (to brighten) up a bit, however,
over the apple-tart, and, when George ________(6) (to draw) out a tin of pine-apple
from the bottom of the hamper, and________ (7) (to roll) it into the middle of the
boat, we_________ (8) (to feel) that
life

________ (9) (to be) worth living after all.
We are very fond of pine-apples, all three of us.
We ________(10) (to look) at the
picture on the tin; we ________(11) (to think) of the juice. We ________(12)
(to smile) at one another, and Harris ________(13) (to get) a spoon ready.
Then we________ (14) (to look) for the knife to open the tin with.
There________ (15) (to be) no tin-opener to be found.
Then Harris________ (16) (to try) to open the tin with a pocket-knife,
and ________(17) (to break) the blade and________ (18) (to cut) himself badly;
and George________ (19) (to try) a pair of scissors, and the scissors________ (20)
(to fly) up, and nearly (21) ________(to put) his eye out