11 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. A As soon as Margaret 1) ...got... (get) off the train, she 2) .................. (pull) her coat around her. Rain 3) .................. (fall) heavily and a cold wind 4) .................. (blow) across the platform. She 5) .................. (look) around, but no one 6) .................. (wait) to meet her. She 7) .................. (turn) to leave when she 8) .................. (hear) footsteps. A man 9) .................. (walk) towards her. He 10) .................. (smile) at her, then he 11) .................. (say), 'You're finally here.' B George 1) .................. (pick) up his bag then, 2) .................. (throw) it over his shoulder. It 3) .................. (get) dark and he 4) .................. (have) a long way to go. He wished that he had let someone know that he was coming. It 5) .................. (start) to rain, and he was feeling cold and tired from the long journey. Suddenly, he 6) .................. (hear) a noise, then he 7) .................. (see) two bright lights on the road ahead. A car 8) .................. (head) towards him. It slowed down and finally 9) .................. (stop) beside him. A man 10) .................. (sit) at the wheel. He 11) .................. (open) the door quickly and 12) .................. (say) 'Get in, George.' C Andy 1) .................. (step) into the house and 2) .................. (close) the door behind him. Everything 3) .................. (be) quiet. His heart 4) .................. (beat) fast and his hands 5) .................. (shake) as he crept silently into the empty house, but he was trying not to panic. He soon 6) .................. (find) what he 7) .................. (look) for. He smiled with relief as he put on the clothes. The men who 8) .................. (follow) him would never recognise him now.