English, 12.08.2021 18:20, Arealbot

Complete the second part of the article. Use the past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous of the verbs in brackets: By 1717 Black Sam and his crew had captured over fifty ships but none was as large or as rich as the slave ship, the W. In April of 1717 the Whydah (15) ……………………………………………. (just / sell) a cargo of slaves and was returning to London when Black Sam (16) ………………………………. (begin) to chase her. By the time he (17) ……………………………………………. (capture) her, he (18) ……………………………………………. (chase) her for three days.
At last Black Sam (19) ……………………………………………. (find) the wealth he (20) ……………………………………………. (look) for and he (21) ……………………………………………. (decide) to sail back to Cape Cod. But the Whydah (22) ……………………………………………. (sail) into a storm and strong winds (23) ……………………………………………. (drive) her towards land. The ship (24) …………………………………. (strike) rocks a hundred yards from the shores of Cape Cod and (25) …………………………………. (sink). Two men (26) ………………..……..……………. (swim) to shore but Black Sam wasn't one of them.
According to legend. Black Sam (27) ……………………………………………. (travel) home to meet Maria Hallet. Some people believe he (28) ……………………………………………. (decide) to propose marriage. They also say Maria (29) ……………………………………………. (wait) for his return and was watching from the cliffs of Cape Cod when the Whydah (30) ……………………………………………. (go) down. Was Maria saddened to lose her lover - or was she glad to be rid of such a dangerous man? No one knows.

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