Question

10 Complete this story. Put the verbs in brackets in
the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
Sergeant Harris left the police station at 6 p.m. He
(not have) his car so he 2.
1
(walk)
home. He 3
(cross) the park when he
45
(see) a little girl playing near the river - she
(run) after the birds. The sergeant
6
(sit down) to have a rest and 7.
newspaper. He 8
9
she 10
11
(open) his
(read) the sports page when he
(hear) screams; the girl was in the water and
(wave) her arms; her mother
river and 12
(call) for help. Sergeant Harris ran to the
(jump) into the water. He got to
the girl quickly and pulled her out. A lot of people
(watch) the scene. When they saw that the
(clap) and
13
girl was safe, they all 14.
15
(cheer).

Answer 1

doesn't

walked

crossed

saw

ran

sat down

opened

read

heard