Exercise 6: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets One afternoon, a big wolf (wait) ____________ in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally, a little girl did come along and she (carry) ____________ a basket of food. 'Are you carrying that basket to your grandmother?' asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she (be)____________. So the wolf (ask) ____________her where her grandmother lived and the little girl (tell)____________ him and he (disappear)____________ into the wood. When the little girl (open) ____________ the door of her grandmother's house, she (see)____________ that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. She (approach)____________ no nearer than twenty-five feet from the bed when she (see)____________ that it was not her grandmother but the wolf , for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look like anybody's grandmother. So the little girl (take) ____________ an automatic pistol out of her basket and (shoot) ____________the wolf dead. Exercise 7: Complete this email with either the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think about any difference in meaning. I (1. buy) ____________ a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor’s the jewellers, when I actually (2. see) ____________ somebody shoplifting. I’d finished paying for my clock and as I (3. turn) ____________ round, an elderly woman (4. slowly put) ____________ a silver plate into a bag that she (5. carry) ____________. Then she (6. walk) ____________ over to another part of the shop and (7. pick up) ____________ an expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she (8. think) ____________ that nobody (9. look) ____________, she (10. drop) ____________ it into the bag. Before I (11. have) ____________ a chance to tell the staff in the shop, she (12. notice) ____________ that I (13. watch) ____________ her and (14. hurry)____________ out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers (15. walk) ____________ past just at that moment and she (16. run) ____________ straight into them.
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Exercise 6: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets
One afternoon, a big wolf (wait) was waiting in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally, a little girl did come along and she (carry) was carrying a basket of food. 'Are you carrying that basket to your grandmother?' asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she (be) was. So the wolf (ask) asked her where her grandmother lived and the little girl (tell) told him and he (disappear)disappeared into the wood. When the little girl (open) opened the door of her grandmother's house, she (see) saw that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. She (approach) had approached no nearer than twenty-five feet from the bed when she (see) saw that it was not her grandmother but the wolf , for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look like anybody's grandmother. So the little girl (take) took an automatic pistol out of her basket and (shoot) shot the wolf dead
Exercise 7: Complete this email with either the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think about any difference in meaning.
I (1. buy) was buying a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor’s the jewellers, when I actually (2. see) saw somebody shoplifting. I’d finished paying for my clock and as I (3. turn) turned round, an elderly woman (4. slowly put) was slowly putting a silver plate into a bag that she (5. carry) was carrying. Then she (6. walk) walked over to another part of the shop and (7. pick up) picked up an expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she (8. think) thought that nobody (9. look) was looking , she (10. drop) dropped it into the bag. Before I (11. have) had a chance to tell the staff in the shop, she (12. notice) notice that I (13. watch) was watching her and (14. hurry) hurried out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers (15. walk) were walking past just at that moment and she (16. run) ran straight into them.
