Question

5. Complete the story with the simple past or past continuous of the verbs.
It was a very cold winter day. It 0 was snowing (snow), and Greg and Martha
1____________________________(watch) a tennis match on TV when they
2______________________________(hear) a noise upstairs.They 3
____________________________________(go) to investigate. While They
4__________________________(go) upstairs to see what happened, their younger brother
came out of his room. He said, “The cat 5___________________________(jump) on my desk! It
hit the computer and now … it’s on the floor!

Answer 1

It was a very cold winter day. It was snowing (snow), and Greg and Martha

were watching (watch) a tennis match on TV when they

heard (hear) a noise upstairs. They went (go) to investigate. While They

were going (go) upstairs to see what happened, their younger brother

came out of his room. He said, “The cat jumped (jump) on my desk! It

hit the computer and now … it’s on the floor!