5 Put the verbs in brackets into the past
simple or the 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 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!