There (1 – be) many ways of (2 – get) to know people and their country. One way (3 – be) to get a job there.
In June we (11 – set) off for Sonnybrook Fruit Farm in East Anglia. We (12– find) the farm building, but there (13 – be) no one about. We (14 – knock) on the door of the farmhouse, it (15 – open) by a woman. We (16 – explain) to her what we (17 – come) for. Then we (18 – take) to a low white building which (19 – be) our accommodation. We (20 – be) to pay 20 pounds per week for this and food. There (21 – be) other students too, from different countries. They (22 – tell) us a lot of things. They (23 – say) there (24– be) not enough work for everyone, and you (25 – have) to be up early if you (26 – want) to work.
The next day we (27 – come) to the farmyard by 7. That day we (28 – be) lucky. We (29 – send) to pick strawberries. Some of the others who (30– pick) strawberries before (31 – tell) us what to do. We (32 – start) working. After I (33 – work) for five minutes I (34 – get) a backache, but I (35 – keep) on (36 – work). We (37 – work) hard till twelve when we (38 – have) an hour off for lunch. By that time I (39 – pick) thirteen boxes and my friend (40 – do) fourteen.
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1— are, 2— getting, 3— is, 4— thought, 5— would look, 6 — dreamed, 7 — could, 8 — would cost, 9 — would make, 10 — to have, 11— set, 12— found, 13— was, 14— knocked, 15— was opened, 16— explained, 17— had come, 18— were taken, 19— was, 20— were, 21 — were, 22 — told, 23 — said, 24 — was, 25 — had, 26 — wanted, 27 — came, 28 — were, 29— were sent, 30 — had picked, 31 — told, 32 — started, 33— had worked, 34 —got, 35 — kept, 36-- working, 37— had worked, 38 — had, 39 — had picked, 40 — had done.