Lesson 1: Rashid & Rana Designs

A. Complete the sentences with the past simple of an appropriate verb.

1. Rana sent an e-mail to Badria to tell her about her new clothes company.
2. She and her brother, Rashid, started the company last September.
3. They went to Lebanon and Morocco to choose cloth two months ago.
4. They had a lot of success at London Fashion Week.
5. They made/sold important new contracts there and a lot of shirts to influential people.
6. At Heathrow Airport, they saw/met an old school friend called Muna.
7. Muna got married to Ghassan two years ago.

C. Put the correct verb in the correct tense: past continuous or past simple.

1. I was sitting in the park when somebody kicked a ball at me. (sit/kick)
2. We were driving to the beach when we heard a loud crash. (hear/drive)
3. They were camping in the desert when they saw a large snake. (camp/see)
4. When I met her at the airport, Muna was wearing a long blue dress. (meet/wear)
5. Khaled was playing football when he broke his ankle. (play/break)