Katie talks about her trip to Italy and the adventure she had while she was there on vacation.
Man: How _______ your summer vacation?
Woman: Great! I _______ to Italy with my family. It was so fun there! We _______ lots of really nice people and _______ really delicious food.
Man: Where _______ you stay?
Woman: We stayed at a hotel on the beach so we _______ every day to the sunrise over the water. Each day we _______ in the ocean and _______ long walks on the beach. At night, we _______ and watched the stars. We _______ so many stars!
Man: Did anything exciting happen?
Woman: Yes! One day, we _______ a wallet on the beach. We took it to the police department. We _______ the police that someone _______ their wallet. They took it and we_______ . The next day they called us, so we went back to the police station.
Man: Ooh! Why did they call you?
Woman: They found the owner of the wallet and he wanted to meet us. He _______ so happy that he _______ his wallet back, so he _______ us a really nice bottle of wine.
Man: Oh cool! You made a local friend!
Woman: Yes, we _______ friends and _______ dinner that night. The man’s name was Yuri. He told us all about the town and _______ us tips for our vacation. That night, he paid for the meal because he was happy we found his wallet and got it back to him. We knew we would be friends forever!
Woman: Wow! What a great trip!
Text source: Sound Grammar 3-07 Past Tense - Irregular Verbs