86. Choose a verb from the list and complete the text using Past Simple or Past Continuous. Verbs: be, drive, shine, stop, look, seem, hear, fly, can, feel, wonder, go, think, get into, talk. It 1) ___ 10 o’clock on a dark winter night. Mr Trindle 2) ___ home alone on a small country road. The stars 3) ___ and it 4) ___ very quiet. Suddenly his car 5) ___. Mr Trindle 6) ___ under the bonnet but everything 7) ___ to be normal. Then, as he 8) ___ at the engine, he 9) ___ a strange noise. A UFO 10) ___ above him! He 11) ___ (not) believe his eyes. A bright light 12) ___ on him and he 13) ___ very strange. He 14) ___ what to do when suddenly everything 15) ___ quiet. Mr Trindle 16) ___ he had imagined the UFO, but as he 17) ___ the car, the newsreader on the radio 18) ___ about a UFO that people had seen the previous night. “The previous night?” Mr Trindle 19) ___ at his watch. It 20) ___ 7 o’clock in the morning!

Перевод задания: Выберите глагол из списка и заполните текст, используя Past Simple или Past Continuous.

It was 10 o’clock on a dark winter night. (Было десять часов тёмной зимней ночью.)

Mr Trindle was driving home alone on a small country road. (Мистер Триндл один ехал домой по небольшой просёлочной дороге.)

The stars were shining and it seemed very quiet. (Звёзды сияли, и было очень тихо.)

Suddenly his car stopped. (Вдруг его машина остановилась.)

Mr Trindle looked under the bonnet but everything seemed to be normal. (Мистер Триндл заглянул под капот, но всё, казалось, было в порядке.)

Then, as he was looking at the engine, he heard a strange noise. (Затем, когда он смотрел на двигатель, он услышал странный шум.)

A UFO was flying above him! He couldn’t believe his eyes. (Над ним летел НЛО! Он не мог поверить своим глазам.)

A bright light shone on him and he felt very strange. (На него упал яркий свет, и он почувствовал себя очень странно.)

He was wondering what to do when suddenly everything went quiet. (Он думал, что делать, как вдруг всё стихло.)

Mr Trindle thought he had imagined the UFO, but as he was getting into the car, the newsreader on the radio was talking about a UFO that people had seen the previous night. (“В прошлую ночь?” — Мистер Триндл посмотрел на часы.)

It was 7 o’clock in the morning! (Было семь часов утра!)

Заполненные формы: 1) was; 2) was driving; 3) were shining; 4) seemed; 5) stopped; 6) looked; 7) seemed; 8) was looking; 9) heard; 10) was flying; 11) couldn’t; 12) shone; 13) felt; 14) was wondering; 15) went; 16) thought; 17) was getting into; 18) was talking; 19) looked; 20) was.