Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Then listen and check. The human story The first humans! (hunt) animals and ? nuts for their food. They 3 (look) for fruit, seeds and (travel) from place to place and 4 their young children with them. Big families weren't possible. But about 10,000 years ago, (carry) humans $ 6 (invent) farming, probably in the Middle East, and human life (change) completely. The first farmer 7 in the earth. "You are wasting your food,' his tribe 8 (plant) some seeds (wait). Soon he 10 (laugh). But the farmer Plants 11 (notice) little green plants in the earth and these other tribes, and they (produce) a lot of food. The people in his tribe 12 other tribes, and they 13 (chat) to and humans 14 (copy) the farmer's idea. Soon there were a lot of farmers, (stop) travelling. They 15 (live) in small villages, and could have more children because they weren't travelling all the time. The human population 16 (start) to grow.

Here is the completed text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets: The human story The first humans! They **hunted** animals and **gathered** nuts for their food. They **looked** for fruit, seeds and **traveled** from place to place and **carried** their young children with them. Big families weren't possible. But about 10,000 years ago, humans **invented** farming, probably in the Middle East, and human life **changed** completely. The first farmer **planted** some seeds in the earth. "You are wasting your food," his tribe **waited**. Soon he **laughed**. But the farmer **noticed** little green plants in the earth and these **produced** a lot of food. The people in his tribe **chatted** to other tribes, and they **copied** the farmer's idea. Soon there were a lot of farmers, and humans **stopped** traveling. They **lived** in small villages, and could have more children because they weren't traveling all the time. The human population **started** to grow.