Exercise 3: Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs
In 2013 Aleksander Doba 1 ____________ (cross) the Atlantic Ocean in a kayak. He 2 ______________ (start) his journey in Lisbon, Portugal and he 3 ______________ (arrive) in Florida six months later. He 4 ______________ (travel) 12,427 kilometres and it 5 ______________ (be) a difficult journey. His kayak 6 ______________ (break) near the Bahamas, so he 7 ______________ (stop) to fi x it. He also 8 ______________ (have) other challenges – his satellite phone 9 ______________ (not work) for 47 days so he 10 ______________ (not have) any communication. Aleksander 11 ______________ (be born) in Poland in 1946 and he 12 ______________ (not begin) kayaking until the age of 34.