Linking Verbs - Recount Text

Last holiday, I went to my grandfather’s hometown in East Java. My grandfather’s house (a)   in Malang.

In 2015 my brother ___ 17, so he ___ 24 now.

I ___ happy with Surabaya now. Years ago, it ___ very dirty and messy.

This time 3 years ago my big family and I (a)   in Bogor visited my grandfather and my uncle’s houses.

When he went to Semarang, the first place he visited (a)   Lawang Sewu.

“Where ___ the children? We have to go to the hotel now.” “I don’t know. They ___ on the seesaw game five minutes ago.”

Hey, I like your new hat. It fits you well, and when you wear it, it reminds me of Yogyakarta. (a)   it expensive?

We saw an empty mosque in the neighborhood and also some empty houses. All of us (a)   scared to get close to those buildings because they seemed creepy.

The last thing that we did when we came to Jakarta ___ visiting Masjid Istiqlal. It ___ a fascinating experience to see a huge mosque like that.

I arrived at school at 07.30. It ___ too late for my class because there ___ an extreme traffic jam on my way to school.