Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses. it was a clear day as i stepped on the board for the first time. i (1) … (go) down the hill and could feel the wind in my face, but i (2) … (lose) control and (3) … (slide) into the snow. what (4) … i … (do) wrong? my friend (5) … (help) me down the first hill and (6) … (explain) how to turn the board. next moment i (7) … (go) down the hill but kept falling with every passing minute. then i (8) … (realise) i (9) … (not turn) the board properly. i went down a little more, trying it that way. i finally (10) … (make) it. now i needed to get on the lift. it (11) … (come) so fast that i thought it (12) … (knock) me over. but then something very strange (13) … (happen) – i found it easy to get on the lift. i felt as if i (14) … (do) it in the past life. the next day i tried again and my turns (15) … (be) better.

It was a clear day as I stepped on the board for the first time. I (1) was going down the hill and could feel the wind in my face, but I (2) lost control and (3) slided into the snow. What (4) had I been doing wrong?
My friend (5) helped me down the first hill and (6) explained how to turn the board. Next moment I (7) was going down the hill but kept falling with every passing minute. Then I (8) realised I (9) had not been turning the board properly. I went down a little more, trying it that way.
I finally (10) made it. Now I needed to get on the lift. It (11) was coming so fast that I thought it (12) would knock me over. But then something very strange (13) happened – I found it easy to get on the lift. I felt as if I (14) had done it in the past life.
The next day I tried again and my turns (15) were better.