Complete the story with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

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Last month we went on holiday to California. We ___ in a nice hotel near the beach.
We____ some surfing and we ____
lots of photos of dolphins swimming in the sea.
One morning, it was a lovely day so we_____ the hotel and we ___ breakfast
outside a lovely café. Suddenly, it was dark and cloudy and it was very windy. There was a big storm
coming. The waiter ___
us to get up and run into the café. We____a loud noise
outside so we looked out of the window. We ____
a tree fall on to the tables outside the café!
'It's raining cats and dogs,' I said. The waiter smiled. 'This happens very often here!' After about an hour, it _____
sunny again and we saw a beautiful rainbow. We ____
back to the hotel.
Outside the hotel there were trees on the ground and the swimming pool was full! We went shopping
in the afternoon and ____
an umbrella!