🧭 TEST 3 — A TRAVELLER'S TALE (Gap-fill)

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1. It (happen)
         many years ago.
        I (be)  in India.
        I (hunt)  there.
      
2. Once I (spend)
         the whole day in the jungle.
        It (get)  completely dark when I (decide)
         to return to my camp.
      
3. I (walk)
         along a narrow path.
        Strange sounds (hear)  everywhere.
        On my right there (be)  a river
        and on my left there (be)  a thick tropical forest.
      
4. Suddenly I (see)
         something terrible in the jungle on my left.
        Two green eyes (look)  at me.
        It (be)  a man-eating tiger, ready to spring at me.
      
5. I (know)
         that if I (start)
         to run the tiger (catch)
         me easily.
        As I could swim well I (make up)  my mind to escape that way.
      
6. I (look)
         at the river on my right.
        There in the river, (be)  a huge crocodile.
        It (wait)  for me with open jaws.
      
7. I (faint)
         .
        A moment later I (jump)  to my feet again.
        What do you think I (see)  ?
        The tiger (be)  in the jaws of the crocodile.
      
8. Five years (pass)
         since that time but I (remember, still)
         every moment of that terrible night.
      

Tip: continuous for background (was getting, was walking), past simple for events (saw, jumped), would for future in the past, and present perfect in the last line.

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It happened many years ago. I was in India. I was hunting there.
Once I spent the whole day in the jungle. It was getting completely dark when I decided to return to my camp.
I was walking along a narrow path. Strange sounds were heard everywhere.
On my right there was a river and on my left there was a thick tropical forest.
Suddenly I saw something terrible in the jungle on my left. Two green eyes were looking at me.
It was a man-eating tiger, ready to spring at me.
I knew that if I started to run the tiger would catch me easily. As I could swim well I made up my mind to escape that way.
I looked at the river on my right. There in the river was a huge crocodile. It was waiting for me with open jaws.
I fainted. A moment later I jumped to my feet again. What do you think I saw?
The tiger was in the jaws of the crocodile.
Five years have passed since that time but I still remember every moment of that terrible night.
    