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;í10 011.3 Complete the story with the correct form ni Rewrite the two sentences as one
of the verbs in brackets. Then listen and check. r sentence, using the linking words in
brackets. Change the order of the
sentences and use the past perfect where
necessary. Add extra details to make the
story more interesting.

ÿ We decided to go to the beach. We got up early
on Saturday, (because)
we pot up early ons-aturdaij becnust we'd
decided to go to the beach, ft was LoveLy weather
s0 we "pacteed our things.

1 It started raining. We arrived at the beach, (by the
In i860, Robert Burke and William Wills time)
started _(start) an expedition to travel
across Australia from south to north. No white 2 I didn't eat breakfast. I was hungry, (so)
man *_(ever do) this before, and
3 Mum forgot to pack the food. We decided to eat
one year earlier the government
our picnic, (but)
2
_(offer) a prize to the first
people to do it.
4 We bought and ate some sandwiches. It stopped
Burke and Wills3_(organize) a raining, (after)
group of nineteen men and set off in August.
Three months later, they4_ 5 I brought a ball with me in the car. We played
(arrive) at Cooper Creek. Then Burke, Wills games on the beach, (so)
and five other menS_(continue)
their journey to the north coast. The rest of 6 All the other people went. We left the beach.
the men established a camp at Cooper Creek (when)
andf_(wait) for them to return.
7 I fell asleep in the car. We arrived home, (by
By the time they reached the north the time)
coast in February 1861, Burke and Wills
-(travel) 2,000 miles across
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two deserts. But the journey"

( took) 60 days instead of 45 days and, as a
result, theyi._(already eat) most
of their food.

The return journey was terrible. They
-(be) hungry and tired and the
,"
desert was incredibly hot. When they finally
-(arrive) back at Cooper Creek
" Self-evaluation Rate your progress.
on the 2ii, of April, the other men u u u
-(leave). Burke and Wills had
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asked them to wait for thirteen weeks and in
fact, they,3-(wait) for eighteen
weeks. In the end, they"4_
(abandon) the camp only nine hours before

Burke and Wills "S_(return).

Burke and Wills didn,t have the strength
to travel any further and both men
-(die) in June 1861.
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