Question

Complete the crime report with the correct past simple, past continuous and past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

Mr Andrews said that while he (read) a text message, a young man in a red jacket (take) his phone. Mrs Abbott told me she (notice) a young man in a red jacket on the same street a moment before the attack. We (speak) to another witness and he explained that he (leave) a shop when he (see) a man in a red jacket attack Mr Andrews from behind​

Answer 1

Mr. Andrews said that while he **was reading** a text message, a young man in a red jacket **took** his phone. Mrs. Abbott told me she **had noticed** a young man in a red jacket on the same street a moment before the attack. We **were speaking** to another witness, and he explained that he **had left** a shop when he **saw** a man in a red jacket attack Mr. Andrews from behind.