3. Read the email and put the verbs in the past simple or past continuous.
Hi Laura, How are you? 1) Did you hear (you/hear) about the floods here in the UK? We 2) (have) a horrible experience last Saturday while we 3)... (travel) to my cousin's house in York. It 4) (rain) heavily when we 5) (start) our journey and while we 6) (drive) through the (begin) to ******* countryside, the road 7) fill with water! Suddenly, our car 8) (stop). Dad 9) services, but while we 10) (call) the emergency (wait) for help to arrive, the water 11) ........ (rise) higher and higher! We 12) (climb) onto the roof of our car and soon a helicopter 13).... (arrive) and 14)............. (take) us to safety. We were lucky that we 15) ....... (not/get) hurt! Annie