5 Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Continuous. It 1) ........................ (rain) hard that Sunday morning. Vince and Andy couldn't go outside. They 2) ........................ (be) bored and 3) ........................ (not/know) what to do until Vince 4) ........................ (suggest) exploring the attic upstairs. They 5) ........................ (climb) the stairs slowly, 6) ........................ (open) the creaking wooden door and 7) ........................ (enter) the attic. They 8) ........................ (look) around the attic when suddenly they 9) ........................ (hear) a loud cry. They 10) ........................ (turn) round and 11) ........................ (see) a huge shadow. The boys 12) ........................ (scream) and 13) ........................ (run) out of the attic as fast as they could. As they 14) ........................ (run) out of the house, they 15) ........................ (look) back and 16) ........................ (spot) their brother in the attic window! He 17) ........................ (laugh) and 18) ........................ (point) at them. There 19) ........................ (be) no ghost after all!

Task 5: Past Simple or Past Continuous

• It 1) was raining hard that Sunday morning. Vince and Andy couldn't go outside. They 2) were bored and 3) did not know what to do until Vince 4) suggested exploring the attic upstairs.
• They 5) climbed the stairs slowly, 6) opened the creaking wooden door and 7) entered the attic.
• They 8) looked around the attic when suddenly they 9) heard a loud cry. They 10) turned round and 11) saw a huge shadow.
• The boys 12) screamed and 13) ran out of the attic as fast as they could. As they 14) ran out of the house, they 15) looked back and 16) spotted their brother in the attic window!
• He 17) laughed and 18) pointed at them. There 19) was no ghost after all!