The Zoo

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple form.

Kings sometimes get strange presents. About 700 years ago King Henry III (get) 3 leopards, an elephant and a polar bear. He (keep) them in the Tower. The elephant (die) after two years but the polar bear was happy as it (go) swimming and fishing in the Thames with a strong rope round its neck. That (be) the start of the London Zoo. In 1835 all animals (leave) the Tower and were sent to the Zoo in Regent’s Park. Only the ravens (stay on) .