Put the verbs in the brackets into Past Simple ( all verbs are regular)
My mum ________(love) Australia. She __________(adore)
anything connected to Australia. Kangaroos, koala bears,
Uluru, sun, sea and surfing, she ________(love) all that.
She even___________(support) the Aussie cricket team and
we are British! She also___________(like) to watch
Australian soaps: ‘Neighbours’, ‘Home and Away’, ‘the Young
Doctors’. She________(dream) to go and visit the country
and my dad___________(agree). My sister Ginny and I were
also ready to go: I must admit, I like Australia, too! We__________(save) up for three years
for our trip and finally, last summer, we_________(travel). Luckily, that was before the
coronavirus pandemic! We_________(hurry) to Sydney and _________(stop) in the town centre
in a nice hotel. We________(stay) there for five days. We ________(look) at the Opera
House of course, but we didn’t go to an opera. We had a
trip out to see Uluru. It was magnificent, a brilliant sight.
We ________(want) to see some of the wildlife, so we
______(book) a trip to Edith Falls National Park. The
scenery was wonderful and it was great to see koala bears!
Finally, we _______(visit) Northern Queensland and
______enjoy) some time at a fantastic beach. We didn’t
surf, but we______(jump) into the sea from the rock. It
was brilliant. We _______(notice) the people were very
friendly; everyone _________(greet) us with a ‘G’day’ and
the food was really delicious. My mum was so happy! Now, she wants to go and live there, but
my dad says ‘No!’ – well, at least for the time being!