Fill in the correct forms of the verbs.

This ... about ten years ago. I ... my bike in England in the countryside. It was a beautiful morning. The sun ... and the birds ... . I rode through a pretty little village and I ... happily when I ... a noise behind me. It was a click - click - click noise and at first I ... something was caught in the wheel of my bike. So I
... down but the wheel was fine. The noise started to get louder and I looked behind me. To my alarm, I saw a very big dog chasing me. It was the biggest dog I ... . It looked more like a donkey than a dog!

Dogs usually bark when they chase bikes. But this one ... and this worried me even more. I pedalled as hard as I could and the bike began to go faster but still, the dog ... me. I looked back again. I could see him clearly. He had a big red tongue and a row of gleaming white teeth! Then there ... a loud bang, the bike jumped up and down and I nearly ... as I went over a cattle-grid at high speed. But fortunately, the grid seemed to stop the dog because the next time I looked back he was gone. A little further up the road, I stopped my bike and had a drink of water. My heart ... like a steam engine.