Complete this story using the correct past tense of the verbs in parentheses. Then listen and check your answers. Mr. Charles Everson and his wife Linda 1 (drive) home one Sunday when a cow 2 (fall) from the sky and 3 (land) on the hood of their van. The cow—which 4 (escape) from a local farm—5 (graze) all morning near the edge of a cliff, when it slipped and 6 (plunge) seventy meters to the road below. The Eversons weren’t hurt, but the cow wasn’t so lucky—it 7 (have) to be put to sleep.

1. drove

               2. fell

               3. landed

               4. escaped

               5. grazed

               6. plunged

               7. had

Explanation:

Charles Everson and his wife Linda 1 (drive) home one Sunday when a cow 2 (fell) from the sky and 3 (landed) on the hood of their van. The cow—which 4 (escaped) from a local farm—5 (grazed) all morning near the edge of a cliff, when it slipped and 6 (plunged) seventy meters to the road below. The Eversons weren’t hurt, but the cow wasn’t so lucky—it 7 (had) to be put to sleep.

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