Read the beginning (a) and ending (b) of story, and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuos,then answaer the questions
a) It ............ (be) a dull Sunday morning and a cold wind .......... (blow) down the empty High Street. Tom Ridley ........... (walk) to the newsagent's to buy his Sunday paper when he ............... (hear) a strange noise. Tom ..........(stop) and .........(look) up and down the street, then he ......... (realise) that the noise ....... (come) from behind the heavy iron door of the museum.
b) After the police ...... (arrest) the robbers, the owner of the museum .... (turn) towards Tom. "Please accept this with my thanks," she ....... (say), and ....... (hand). Tom a cheque 500. Tom ..... (look) at the cheque and ..... (smile) happily. " Tou're very, very welcome", he ..... (reply)
1. Where and when does the story take place?
2.Who is the main character in the story ?
3.What was Tom doing ?
4. What happened?
5. What did Tom realise ?
6. What happened in the end ?
a)
was
was blowing
was walking
heard
stopped
looked
realised
was coming
b)
arrested
turned
said
handed
looked
smiled
replied
1. The story takes place in the museum on Sunday morning.
2. Tom Ridley.
3. He was going to the newsagent.
4. He heard a strange noise.
5. He realised that the noise is coming from behind the heavy iron door of the museum.
6. The police arrested the robbers and the owner of the museum gave Tom a cheque.