CPut the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous: Last year, Hannah and Michelle…
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 While they were walking, they saw a fence.
2 While they were crossing the sea, a terrible storm nearly destroyed the raft.
3 They ran away one night while it was raining.
4 While he was wandering in the wilderness, he met some people who helped him.
5 When the men were sailing on the ocean, they saw many sea creatures.
6 While he was living in an abandoned bus, he realized he might die.