Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous for of the verb in brackets.

Then listen and check

In 1904, in the middle of a summer afternoon, Fred Lorz was running (run) the Olympic Marathon. The sun
_____________________ (shine) and it was very hot. Nine miles into the race, Fred _______________________(feel)
tired, so he ____________________ (decide) to stop. While he ___________________ (sit) next to the road, his
manager _____________________ (drive) past, _____________________ (stop) his car, and Lorz
____________________ (get) in. But eleven miles later, the car _____________________ (break) down, so Lorz
___________________ (start) running again. He _____________________ (come) first in the race, but while he
__________________ (get) his gold medal, a spectator __________________ (complain). Lorz _________________
(give) back the medal immediately, and said ´It ___________________ (be) just a joke’

Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous for of the verb in brackets. Then listen and check

In 1904, in the middle of a summer afternoon, Fred Lorz was running (run) the Olympic Marathon. The sun
_____________________ (shine) and it was very hot. Nine miles into the race, Fred _______________________(feel)
tired, so he ____________________ (decide) to stop. While he ___________________ (sit) next to the road, his
manager _____________________ (drive) past, _____________________ (stop) his car, and Lorz
____________________ (get) in. But eleven miles later, the car _____________________ (break) down, so Lorz
___________________ (start) running again. He _____________________ (come) first in the race, but while he
__________________ (get) his gold medal, a spectator __________________ (complain). Lorz _________________
(give) back the medal immediately, and said ´It ___________________ (be) just a joke’

Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous for of the verb in brackets. Then listen and check

In 1904, in the middle of a summer afternoon, Fred Lorz was running (run) the Olympic Marathon. The sun
_____________________ (shine) and it was very hot. Nine miles into the race, Fred _______________________(feel)
tired, so he ____________________ (decide) to stop. While he ___________________ (sit) next to the road, his
manager _____________________ (drive) past, _____________________ (stop) his car, and Lorz
____________________ (get) in. But eleven miles later, the car _____________________ (break) down, so Lorz
___________________ (start) running again. He _____________________ (come) first in the race, but while he
__________________ (get) his gold medal, a spectator __________________ (complain). Lorz _________________
(give) back the medal immediately, and said ´It ___________________ (be) just a joke’