Read the text. complete the gaps with the past simple form of the verbs in the box. love, retire, die, work, start, look. susan peel is over ninety years old. she is very happy, but she can remember times when her life was difficult. her parents … when she was twelve. she … work as a housemaid with a rich family. there were five children, so she … after them. she … with that family for twenty years until she … .

1. die
2. start
3. love
4.look
5. work
6. retire

Susan Peel is over ninety years old. She is very happy, but she can remember times when her life was difficult.
Her parents DIED when she was twelve. She STARTED work as a housemaid with a rich family. There were five children, so she LOOKED after them. She WORKED with that family for twenty years until she RETIRED .

Her parents died when she was twelve. She started to work as a housemaid with a rich family. There were five children, so she looked after them. She had been working /worked with that family for twenty years until she retired .

Her parents died… when she was twelve. She started… work as a housemaid with a rich family. There were five children, so she looked… after them. She worked… with that family for twenty years until she …retired .

Сьюзен Пил больше, чем 90 лет. Она очень счастлива, но она может вспомнить моменты, когда её жизнь была тяжелой. Её родители умерли, когда ей было 12. Она начала работать горничной в богатой семье. Там было пятеро детей, и она приглядывала за ними. Она работала в этой семье 20 лет, пока не вышла на пенсию.
ГЛАГОЛЫ В НУЖНОМ ВРЕМЕНИ
1. died
2. started
3. looked
4. worked
5. retired