English Exercises: My summer holidays - past simple gap filling

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Complete with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

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Last summer, my family and Iï¿½1. (spend) our holidays in Naxos, an amazingï¿½island in Greece. The islandï¿½2. (be) very big and thereï¿½3. (be) lots of things to see and do.

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Weï¿½4. (stay) at a comfortable bungalow andï¿½ï¿½5. (go) swimming every day at the islandï¿½s beautiful beachesï¿½Iï¿½ï¿½6. (get) a great suntan!

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ We alsoï¿½7.ï¿½ (try) the local cuisine. There 8.ï¿½ (be) various traditional tavernas on the island and we 9.ï¿½ (eat) there every evening!...I 10.ï¿½ (put) on about 3 kilos during these holidays!

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ But Naxos is not all about fun. We also 11.ï¿½ (visit) many interesting sights, like the Archeological Museum and some prehistoric settlements, which I 12.ï¿½ (find) pretty impressive.

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ I also 13.ï¿½ (love) the local people. They 14.ï¿½ (be) very friendly and welcoming!

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ We 15.ï¿½ (have) a great time in Naxos and I would really love to go there again some day!