Trust your family, not the banks! - 2

Fill in the blanks with the past perfect (had done) or the simple past tense (did) of the verb in brackets. The first four verbs are in the past perfect and the rest in the simple past.

At one time, Hannah’s family (be) wealthy. They (live) in a beautiful

house in the centre of Jerusalem. They (have) servants and they (live) a

luxurious life. However they (lose) their fortune through bad investments. They

(blame) the banks. Since then Hannah (lose) all faith in banks, so she

(keep) all her savings stuffed in her mattress. It was thought that her savings

(amount) to 200,000 US dollars. Her daughter, Esther, (think) her

mother (need) a new mattress. The old one (be) lumpy and not very clean. She

(want) to surprise and delight her mother so she (buy) a new one. She

(call) a removal van and had the old mattress taken to the dump heap. When Hannah

(see) the beautiful new mattress on her bed, she (break down) and

(cry). Where´s my mattress? she (scream). All my savings are stuffed in it.

Since then Esther and Hannah have been searching the local dump heaps but they have not found the old mattress.

© 2012 Menntamálastofnun Um vefinn
At one time Hannah's family had been wealthy. They had lived in a beautiful house in the centre of Jerusalem. They had had servants and they had lived a luxurious life. However they lost their fortune through bad investments. They blamed the banks. Since then Hannah lost all faith in banks, so she kept all her savings stuffed in her mattress. It was thought that her savings amounted to 200,000 US dollars. Her daughter, Esther, thought her mother needed a new mattress. The old one was lumpy and not very clean. She wanted to surprise and delight her mother so she bought a new one. She called a removal van and had the old mattress taken to the dump heap. When Hannah saw the beautiful new mattress on her bed, she broke down and cried. "Where´s my mattress?" she screamed. "All my savings are stuffed in it." Since then Esther and Hannah have been searching the local dump heaps but they have not found the old mattress.