Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses.
It was a clear day as I stepped on the board for the first time. I (1) … (go) down the hill and could feel the wind in my face, but I (2) … (lose) control and (3) … (slide) into the snow. What (4) … I … (do) wrong?

My friend (5) … (help) me down the first hill and (6) … (explain) how to turn the board. Next moment I (7) … (go) down the hill but kept falling with every passing minute. Then I (8) … (realise) I (9) … (not turn) the board properly. I went down a little more, trying it that way.

I finally (10) … (make) it. Now I needed to get on the lift. It (11) … (come) so fast that I thought it (12) … (knock) me over. But then something very strange (13) … (happen) – I found it easy to get on the lift. I felt as if I (14) … (do) it in the past life.

The next day I tried again and my turns (15) … (be) better.