A Happy Ending (seaside holiday)

Have you ever 1._________(be) on holiday with your family and really 2. _______(wish) you had a friend of your own age around?

• been, wish

• been, wished

• been, wishing

• be, wished

Last summer, my parents and I were 3. (a)   (stay) in a caravan on the coast.

I loved the area but 4.___________ (feel) a little sad as my best friend, who was supposed to be with me, 5.___________(cancel) at the last minute.

• felt, didn't cancel

• felt, cancels

• was feeling, cancelled

• feel, had cancelled

One morning, I 6._________(wake) up very early and decided to collect shells on the beach.

• had waken

• had been waken

• waked

• woke

The freshness of the early morning air was 7. (a)   (delight) after being in the holiday caravan.

I closed the door behind me as quietly as I 8._________(can), aware of the shapes of my parents still fast asleep in their narrow caravan bed.

• can

• could

• could have

It was a 9. (a)   (glory) morning.

The night before, there 10.___________(be) a 11. ___________(violence) storm,

• had been, violence

• had been, violent

• were, violence

• were, violent

...and I 12.____________(hear) huge waves 13._______(crash) onto the shore.

• had heard, crash

• heard, crashing

• had heard, crashing

• heard, crash

It 14._________(say) that in the past many sailors sadly 15.________(drown) here, their boats 16._______(cruel) smashed on the rocks.

• is said, drown, cruelly

• is said, drowned, cruelly

• has been said, drown, cruel

• says, drowned, cruel