Question

. * Put the verbs in brackets into the past
simple, past continuous, past perfect or the
past perfect continuous.
The
Mystery
House
One rainy night last spring,
Paul and his sister Karen
1)
(drive) home
from a concert when their car 2).
(break down)
They 3).
(decide) to go for help. They
(walk) for about an hour when they
5).
(arrive) at a large spooky house with lights on
near the road. They 6)
(rush) to the front
door and 7).
(ring) the doorbell. An old
woman 8)
(answer). She 9).
(wear) a long grey dress and she 10)
(smile)
She 11)
(look) at Paul and Karen and
12)
(point) to the food on the dining room table.
Paul and Karen 13)
(not/eat) anything
since lunch, so they 14)
(feel) very hungry
(turn) to thank the lady but she
16)
(disappear). Suddenly, the lights
17)
(go) out and Paul and Karen
18)
(hear) a loud scream. Terrified,
they 19)
(run) quickly out of the house.
Afterwards, they 20)
(find) out that no one
21).
(live) in that house for over 50 years!
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Answer 1

The

Mystery

House

One rainy night last spring,

Paul and his sister Karen

1) were driving

(drive) home

from a concert when their car 2)broke down.

(break down)

They 3).decided

(decide) to go for help. They had been walking

(walk) for about an hour when they

5).arrived

(arrive) at a large spooky house with lights on

near the road. They 6) rushed

(rush) to the front

door and 7).rang

(ring) the doorbell. An old

woman 8) answered

(answer). She 9).was wearing

(wear) a long grey dress and she 10) was smiling

(smile)

She 11)looked

(look) at Paul and Karen and

12)pointed

(point) to the food on the dining room table.

Paul and Karen 13)had not eaten

(not/eat) anything

since lunch, so they 14) felt/were feeling

(feel) very hungry.They turned

(turn) to thank the lady but she

16) had disappeared /disappeared

(disappear). Suddenly, the lights

17)went out

(go) out and Paul and Karen

18)heard

(hear) a loud scream. Terrified,

they 19) ran

(run) quickly out of the house.

Afterwards, they 20) found

(find) out that no one

21).had been living

(live) in that house for over 50 years!

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