Choose the correct form, A, B or C, to complete the sentence.
On 26 December 2004, Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old British schoolgirl, 1) __ on the beach with her family. They 2) ___ Christmas in Thailand. Suddenly Tilly 3) __ that something was wrong. She could see that the water 4) __ and waves 5) __ up the beach. The beach 6) __ smaller and smalIer. She 7) __ that there had been an earthquake in Sumatra that morning, but she 8) __ a geography lesson she 9) __ at school just two weeks before.
So she 10) __ her mother what she 11) __ about earthquakes and giant waves. Luckily for the Smith family, Tilly's teacher Andrew Kearney 12) __ the class about earthquakes and 13) __ them a video of a tsunami in Hawaii. Tilly 14) __ screaming at her parents to get off the beach. They 15) __ . Tilly back to their hotel, which was not too close to the shore, and 16) __ the alarm. One of the staff, who was Japanese, 17) __ the word tsunami, and 18) __ everyone to leave the beach. From their room on the third f1oor, the Smiths 19) __ the terrible effects of
the tsunami on the area. Thanks to Tilly, everybody from that beach 20) __ that terrible day.
1) a waked b had walked c was walking
2) a spent b had spent c were spending
3) a felt b had felt c was feeling
4) a rose b had risen c was rising
5) a came b had come c were coming
6) a got b had got c was getting
7) a did not know b had not known c was knowing
8) a suddenly remembered b had remembered suddenly c was suddenly remembering
9) a had b had had c was having
10) a told b had told c was telling
11) a learnt b had learnt c was learning
12) a taught b had taught c was teaching
13) a showed b had shown c was showing
14) a started b had started c was starting
15) a took b had taken c was taking
16) a raised b had raised c was raising
17) a understood b had understood c was understanding
18) a ordered b had ordered c was ordering
19) a watched b had watched c was watching
20) a survived b had survived c was surviving