Complete the text with the past simple or past
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
A terrible trip!
On the day of the school trip 1 (1)
(wake up) as usual at 8 o'clock to go to school
1 (2)
(leave) the house when
I realised I(3)
inot have) my
sandwiches, so I (4)
(run) back
inside. I(5)
(set off) again and I
(6)
(walk) along the road when
suddenly it (7)
(start) to rain At
that moment, my friend Alice (8)
(come) past in her mother's car and they
(9)
(stop) to pick me up. The
excursion (10)
(be) to the wildlife
park about 15 minutes from our town. When we
(11)
(arrive) at school the bus
was waiting outside, so we (12)
(get on) and sat down
Alice and I (13)
(talk), so we
(14)
(not notice) the other
students on the bus. Half an hour later we
(15)
(look) out of the window
We (16)
(be) at the museum, not
in the park! We looked at the other people around us
and we (17)
(see) they were from
another class. It (18)
(be) the
wrong bus!
At school