Complete this text using the Past simple or the Past continuous.


It 1)________________________(be) about midnight.


My parents 2) __________________________(sleep) in their bedroom, but I 3)____
______________(stand)on the balcony and 4)__________________________(look) at the black sky. The moon 5)__________________________(shine) brightly and everything was peaceful. Suddenly I 6)__________________________(hear) a strange sound: somebody wanted to climb onto my balcony. I 7)__________________________(feel) scared. I couldn’t see who was under the balcony. While I 8)__________________________(try) to see who was there, something small 9)_______________(touch) my leg. I nearly died of fright. But it was just our cat Mackie.