1 Read the story and complete the gaps with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
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Past Tenses 1 Read the story and complete the gaps with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous. Scary Sally One cold, stormy afternoon, Harry’s dad 1) ..... (tell) him a ghost story called Scary Sally. “One day long ago,” he 2) ..... (say), “a man 3) ..... (walk) through the woods, when he 4) ..... (notice) that strange lights 5) ..... (shine) in the north, south, east and west. Suddenly, he also 6) ..... (see) a strange woman. Big, black crows 7) ..... (fly) above her head. Then, the crows 8) ..... (chase) the terrified man out of the woods! Nowadays, people still sometimes see the strange lights, the witch and the crows.” Harry 9) ..... (not/believe) his dad’s story! That night, Harry 10) ..... (hear) a strange tapping sound at his bedroom window. Harry 11) ..... (look) out of the window and 12) ..... (scream) loudly! He 13) ..... (can) see some strange lights and big, black crows 14) ..... (circle) in the trees ...
Краткий ответ:
- was telling
- said
- was walking
- noticed
- were shining
- saw
- were flying
- chased
- didn’t believe
- heard
- looked
- screamed
- could
- were circling
Почему так:
- Past Continuous нужен для процесса или фона: отец was telling историю, человек was walking по лесу, огни were shining, вороны were flying и were circling.
- Past Simple — законченные действия и последовательность событий: said, noticed, saw, chased, didn’t believe, heard, looked, screamed.
- В предложении с when длительное действие обычно стоит в Past Continuous, а короткое — в Past Simple:
\(was\ walking\) → \(when\ he\ noticed\). - После didn’t глагол ставится в начальной форме: didn’t believe, не «didn’t believed».
- could — прошедшая форма от can.
Проверка по ключевым местам:
«…a man was walking through the woods, when he noticed that strange lights were shining…» — фон + короткое событие.
«Harry looked out of the window and screamed loudly!» — цепочка завершённых действий.
