128 Read the short texts. Put the verbs in brackets in

128 Read the short texts. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple. 1. A skiing champion (return) home at nine o'clock. He (be) very tired. He (get) up at six o'clock in the morning. He (put) on his sports suit, (take) his skis and (go) the wood. The day (be) sunny and frosty. There (are) no people in the wood at that time. He (ski) about thirty kilometres. It (take) him nearly two hours. It (be) a usual day for him before the international competition.
2. A young man take) an and his paints and (go) to the park to watch animals. He (be) a student and (be given) a task to draw pictures of the birds and dogs in the park. Lots of people were walking there. The young man (find) a vacant bench (put) his paints down by his side, (open) the album and watching. He (see) a lovely brown spaniel playing with a ball and (decide) to draw it