Complete the story with the following verbs:

became

gave

make

reached

caught

got

make sure

set out

could

had finished

met

slept

decided

had left

misread

understand

drove

hitchhiking

missed

welcomed

explained

know

persuade

were sent

found

lost

put

woke up

The Longest Day

This story happened a few years ago when British people could go on a day trip to France without a passport. It is about a Mr. and Mrs. Elham who went on a day trip to Boulogne.
When they (1) their shopping, the couple (2) for a stroll to see the sights of the town. Unfortunately, they didn’t (3) much French and couldn’t really (4) the street signs, so they (5) completely lost. The French people (6) were very kind and eventually they (7) a lift to the railway station.
As the last ferry (8) , the Elhams (9) to go to Paris and (10) their way back to Dover from there. Unfortunately, they (11) the wrong train and (12) themselves the next morning – in Luxembourg! The local police (13) the confused passengers on a train for Paris and they (14) most of the way – all too soundly in fact, for they (15) their connection and (16) in Basel in Switzerland! The obliging Swiss police (17) the couple directions back to Boulogne, but somehow they (18) their way again and ended up (19) over sixty kilometers to Vesoul in central France. A long-distance lorry driver gave the confused couple a lift to Paris, but when they (20) the Gare du Nord, their troubles were not over.
‘We (21) the signs’, Mrs. Elham (22) , ‘and took the train to Bonn in Germany’.From Germany the Elhams (23) quickly back to France. At the border, a sympathetic gendarme decided to (24) they got to Boulogne safely, so he (25) them all the way there. As they didn’t have passports, it took twenty-four hours to (26) the Customs that their unlikely tale (27) possibly be true. But at last they were allowed on a ferry and soon the familiar white cliffs of Dover (28) the Elhams back to England.