Read the text and choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.
Last summer, my best friend and I (1)............................. to go on a backpacking holiday in Europe for three weeks. We were very excited about the trip but backpacking was (2).......................... difficult than we expected. We agreed to go (3)............................ train so that we could enjoy the scenery while we (4) ...................................between cities. Our first stop was Paris. We (5).............................. for five hours by the time we reached Paris and as soon as we arrived, it started to rain. We (6) ...........................................the mistake of not booking a room before we left. We were wearing our heavy backpacks and after three hours of walking in the rain, we still (7).......................................... a room! What a way to start our holiday! Unfortunately, the holiday only got (8) .............................................. It didn’t stop raining for days and the hotels we found were awful. In the end, we stayed only a week and decided to go back home.
1. a. have decided b. were deciding c. decided d. had been decided
2. a. a lot b. very c. more d. most
3. a. on b. with c. in d. by
4. a. were travelling b. had been travelling c. had travelled d. travelling
5. a. were travelling b. had been travelling c. have travelled d. had travelled
6. a. haven’t done b. did c. have made d. had made
7. a. haven’t found b. were finding c. hadn’t found d. found
8. a. worst b. worse c. better d. the best
