Read this modern version of Hamlet. Put the verbs into the past simple or past continuous:

Hamlet was a student in New York. His father …..........(be) the boss of the family business, but he
…........(die) in a street accident. Hamlet's uncle …......................(become) the boss and …..............
(marry) Hamlet's mother. One day Hamlet ….......................(study) in the library when he
…...........................(receive) a note from a friend. It …...................(say) „Your uncle …....................
(kill) your father”. Hamlet …...................(phone) his mother on his mobile phone and she …............
(come) to the library. They …................................(argue) when Hamlet …......................(hear)
a noise behind a bookshelf. Somebody …............................(listen) to their conversation. Hamlet got furious and …............(hit) the guy. The man............(fall) onto the floor and …............(lose)
consciousness. They …................(call) an ambulance but unfortunately the man …..............(die) of a heart attack.
Guess what! He …..........(be) Hamlet's girlfriend's father. The young woman's name ….............(be)
Ophelia...When she ….....................(find out) about her father, she …...............(drown) herself in the university pool.
Hamlet …....................(sit) in a local burger bar when Ophelia's brother …..............(come) in.
He …......................(carry) a gun and was very angry...


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Hamlet was a student in New York. His father was the boss of the family business, but he died in a street accident. Hamlet's uncle became the boss and married Hamlet's mother. One day Hamlet was studying  in the library when he received a note from a friend. It said „Your uncle killed your father”. Hamlet phoned his mother on his mobile phone and she came) to the library. They were arguing when Hamlet heard a noise behind a bookshelf. Somebody was listening to their conversation. Hamlet got furious and hit the guy. The man fell onto the floor and lost consciousness. They called an ambulance but unfortunately the man died of a heart attack.

Guess what! He was Hamlet's girlfriend's father. The young woman's name was Ophelia. When she found out about her father, she drowned herself in the university pool. Hamlet was sitting in a local burger bar when Ophelia's brother came in. He was carrying a gun and was very angry...

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