Quizizz 0723

I remember the journey so clearly. The [1]__________ in Delhi was hot and crowded with thousands of people; taxi and rickshaw drivers, boys selling strange items of food, men selling carpets, and a million other things.

The heat and the choking steam made us thirsty and hungry, so we found a sort of [2]__________ and went inside for some [3]__________.

After a while, we returned to the heaving masses and stood on the [4]__________ as the train pulled in.

There was almost a fight to get on, but we managed to climb aboard one of the [5]__________, fight our way down the narrow [6]__________, and find a [7]__________ which wasn't too crowded.

The journey was hot but exciting, with delicious smells from the open fires in the kitchens next to [8]__________ and fantastic scenery passing by as the [9]__________ pulled us across the plains of India.

We leaned out of the windows in search of fresh air. The [10]__________ stretched before us - two metal lines running into an endless distance.

That evening we rested at Agra under the shadow of the Taj Mahal before boarding a [11]__________ for a night journey further south.

We slept in a [12]__________, the seats converting into narrow beds, and chatted to the early hours, our words full of the romance and excitement of our Indian adventure.'