Grammar
A Complete the text with the Past Simple, the Past Perfect Simple or the Past Perfect Continuous
of these verbs. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
be climb decide explore have manage not tell try
An amazing survival
Aron Lee Ralston (1)
to climb the red rocks near the Canyonlands National Park on
April, 2003. Aron, who was an athletic 27-year-old and a very experienced climber, (2).
peaks for years, before that fateful Saturday.
That day, he was dressed in a T-shirt and shorts. He also had a backpack with a few supplies. At some point while he
over a huge rock that filled a narrow slot in the canyon, it came loose and crashed down
to free his arm, but without success. He
anyone about his plans for that day.
very little food or wate
(3)
trapping his right forearm against the rock wall. He (4).
knew there was little hope of getting help as he (5).
Aron's condition was becoming worse and worse every day because he (6).
for days. He knew that if he didn't do something soon, he would die. Then on Thursday morning, his fifth day in the
canyon, he decided that the only chance he had to survive was to cut off his arm! He did it using a multi-tool he had
in terrible pain, he (8)
to walk out of the
with him. Even though he (7).
canyon
He was spotted by some hikers and eventually rescued by helicopter. The rescuers were amazed at Aron's will to live
and the brave thing he had done.
Saturday, 26
Colorado's
