CPut the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous:
Last year, Hannah and Michelle 1) …………………………. (move) to a large, old house in the country. The day they 2) …………………………. (arrive), it 3) …………………………. (rain) and the wind 4) …………………………. (blow). Their parents 5) …………………………. (take) the car and 6) …………………………. (drive) to a nearby shop to buy food and the girls 7) …………………………. (stay) behind to explore their new home.
They …………………………. (wander) around the corridors upstairs when they suddenly 9) …………………………. (hear) a strange noise coming from one of the rooms. It 10) …………………………. (sound) like somebody — or something — was inside! They 11) …………………………. (feel) terrified, but they 12) …………………………. (not/run) away. Instead, they 13) …………………………. (decide) to be brave and open the door. Slowly, Hannah 14) …………………………. (turn) the key in the lock and then Michelle 15) …………………………. (push) open the door. The girls 16) …………………………. (look) into the room and 17) …………………………. (see), among all the dust and cobwebs, a little mouse! It 18) …………………………. (eat) a nut and it 19) …………………………. (watch) them. The girls 20) ………………………. (laugh) when they thought of how frightened they had been!
1. moved
2. arrived
3. was raining
4. was blowing
5. took
6. drove
7. stayed
8.were wandering
9. heard
10.sounded
11.felt
12. didn’t run away
13. decide
14.turned
15. pushed
16. looked
17. saw
18. was eating
19. was watching
20. laughed
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