Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. a. as soon as margaret 1) (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”.

1) got

2) pulled

3)was falling

4)was blowing

5)looked

6) was waiting

7)was turning

8) heard

9)was walking

10)smiled

11)said

1)picked

2)threw

3)was getting

4)had

5)started

6)heard

7) saw

8)was heading

9)stopped

10)was sitting

11)opened

12)said

a. as soon as margaret got off the train, she pulled her coat around her. rain was falling heavily and a cold wind was blowing across the platform. she looked around, but no one was waiting to meet her. she turned to leave when she heard footsteps. a man was walking towards her. he smiled at her, then he said, “you’re finally here”.

b. george picked up his bag then, threw it over his shoulder. it was getting dark and he had a long way to go. he wished that he had let someone know that he was coming. it started to rain, and he was feeling cold and tired from the long journey. suddenly, he heard a noise, then he saw two bright lights on the road ahead. a car was heading towards him. it slowed down and finally stopped beside him. a man was sitting at the wheel. he opened the door quickly and said “get in, george”.

1) i have not been to the zoo yet.

2)i've never been to the africa.

3) mr.rambler has never been to kenya.

4) my brother has not seen a fox in the wild yet.

5) they have not travelled to australia yet.

6)she has not touched a kangaroo yet.

                                                                    the most unusual story i've heard.    not so long ago, my friend told me a very unusual story, which he'd read in spiegel. i'm sure everyone's heard, that rock music is harmful for plants, and animals. apparently, wolves are not fans of rock music as well!   more than that , some of them are scared of it!     this story happened somewhere in the countryside of norway. a 13-year old boy was walking home from his school bus stop. he was listening to the rock music in his mobile phone, while he noticed 4 wolves on the hillside. at first he thought, that they were just neighbor's dogs, but very soon he realized that they were real mother had told him, that he should never run away from wolves. it is impossible to escape that way, and by trying so, you would encourage them to chase you down. the boy said, that he was really scared and would not be able to run any way. he just pulled out headphones from his cell phone, turn the volume as loud as he could and started yelling, while flailing his arms. wild animals did not enjoy his heavy metal show. they turned around and trotted away.       it is hard to say now, what scared wolves more: a strange, yelling boy, or a heavy metal. probably combination of both. fortunatly for the boy, his plan worked!   maybe if red robin hood would listen to the heavy rock, nobody would have to kill big gray wolf.