Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1These men
were fishing
(fish) without any problem in the ocean, but suddenly, they Correct decideddecided (decide) to turn back.
2This young dolphin
(swim) with its group when it Correct gotgot (get) separated in a big wave.
3The storm
(hit) when the people in the village Correct were goingwere going (go) to bed.
4Torrential rain Correct arrivedarrived (arrive) while the people Correct were buildingwere building (build) a big shelter.
5We
(travel) by boat when a huge whale
(hit) the side and the boat Correct startedstarted (start) to sink.

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.