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Past narratives (2)
Past simple or past continuous?
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past form
I had a terrible time last Saturday. It was rather cold, but quite sunny, so after lunch I
(walk)into town. I
(want) to buy a pullover. I
(look) in the window of a clothes shop when someone
(steal) my wallet. While I
(walk) home, it
(start) to rain and I
(arrive) home cold and miserable. I
(decide) to have a hot bath. I
(get) ready to have my bath when the doorbell
(ring). It was a salesman, and it
(take) me several minutes to get rid of him. Unfortunately, all the time he
(talk) to me the water
(run). You can imagine the state of the bathroom!
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