?
Complete
with
the
verbs
in
brackets
in
either
the
past
continuous
,
past
simple
or
past
perfect
.
In
2010
,
a
British
adventurer
____________________
(
become
)
the
first
person
to
walk
the
entire
length
of
the
Amazon
after
a
6
,
000
-
mile
trek
.
When
he
finally
____________________
(
reach
)
the
finish
,
he
____________________
(
walk
)
for
nearly
two
-
and
-
a
-
half
years
.
Ex
-
army
officer
Ed
Stafford
,
34
,
____________________
(
arrive
)
at
the
finishing
point
,
the
mouth
of
the
river
in
Brazil
,
859
days
after
he
____________________
(
set
off
)
from
its
source
in
Peru
.
He
____________________
(
begin
)
the
epic
journey
with
walking
partner
Luke
Collyer
,
37
,
an
outdoor
activities
instructor
.
But
three
months
after
they
____________________
(
set
off
)
on
their
journey
,
the
pair
____________________
(
fall
out
)
after
an
argument
and
Collyer
____________________
(
return
)
to
the
UK
.
Along
the
way
Stafford
____________________
(
encounter
)
poisonous
snakes
,
scorpions
,
electric
eels
and
piranhas
.
But
Stafford's
scariest
moment
was
at
the
hands
of
local
tribesmen
.
One
day
,
Stafford
____________________
(
approach
)
a
small
village
when
five
or
six
locals
suddenly
____________________
(
start
)
running
towards
him
with
machetes
,
guns
,
and
bows
and
arrows
.
The
tribesmen
____________________
(
capture
)
Stafford
,
but
they
____________________
(
allow
)
him
to
leave
soon
after
.
By
the
end
of
the
trip
,
Stafford
____________________
(
endure
)
hundreds
of
wasp
stings
and
____________________
(
suffer
)
an
estimated
50
,
000
mosquito
bites
.
