II. FILL IN WITH SIMPLE PAST FORM OF THE VERB:
NOISES IN THE NIGHT
It _________ (be) about two o’clock in the morning, and … suddenly I __________ (wake) up. I _________ (hear) a noise. I ________ (get) out of bed and __________(go) slowly downstairs. There ____________ (be) a light on in the living room. I _____________ (listen) carefully. I could hear two men speaking very quietly. ‘Burglars!’ I ___________ (think). ‘Two burglars!’ Immediately I _________ (run) back upstairs and ________(phone) the police. I _________(be) really frightened. Fortunately the police ____________(arrive) quickly. They _______________(open) the front door and __________(go) into the living room. Then they _____________(come) upstairs to find me. ‘It’s all right now, sir,’ they _____________(explain). ‘We _______________(turn) the television off for you!’
One dollar and eighty–seven cents. That __________(be) all. Della carefully ______________(count) the money again. There __________(be) no mistake. Every day, when she ________(go) to the shops, she didn't spend much money. She ____________(buy) the cheapest meat and the cheapest vegetables. It ________(be) very tiring — she ___________(walk) for hours around the shops to find the cheapest food. She ___________(save) every cent possible. Only one dollar and eighty–seven cents. The next day was Christmas, and she couldn't do anything about it. So she __________ (sit) there in her little room and __________(cry) quietly.
Della _____________(live) in this poor little room in New York with her husband, James Dillingham Young. James (Jim to his friends) _________(be) lucky because he _________(have) a job, but it wasn't a good job. Times _________(be) bad and there was no work for Della. But when Jim ___________(come) home, she immediately __________(put) her arms around him. And that __________(be) good. Della ______________(want) to buy him a Christmas present — something really good to show how much she ___________(love) him. Suddenly she __________(run) to the mirror and __________(look) at her beautiful long hair. Then she _________(put) on her old brown hat and coat and quickly _________(go) into town.
She ______________(stop) when she ____________(come) to a door with 'Madame Eloise — Hair' on it. Inside ____( be) a small fat woman. 'Do you buy hair?' Della ________(ask). 'I buy hair', Madame __________(answer). 'Take your hat off, then, and show me your hair.' Madame slowly ______________(touch) the hair with her hand. 'Twenty dollars', she ________(say) . 'Quick! Cut it off! Give me the money!' Della _________(say). The next two hours ________(go) quickly. Della ________(be) happy, because she _______(be) at the shops with money for a present for Jim. At last she ________(find) him the perfect present. Jim ________(have) one special thing. He ________(have) a beautiful gold watch that once _____________(belong) to his father, and before that to his grandfather. Jim __________(love) his watch, but it _________(have) no chain. When Della __________(see) the gold watch chain, she _________(know) immediately that it ________(be) right for Jim. It ________(cost) twenty–one dollars. Della ________(run) home excitedly with the eighty–seven cents. When she __________(arrive), she _________(look) at her very short hair in the mirror. 'Oh dear. I look like a schoolboy! What is Jim going to say when he sees me?' At seven o'clock Jim ___________(come) in. His eyes _________(be) on Della. She could not understand the look on his face. He _________(be) not angry or surprised. He just ___________(look) at her sadly. Della ________(run) to him. 'Jim, don't look at me like that! I _________(sell) my hair because I ___________(want) to give you a present.' 'You ____________(sell) your hair?' he _________(say) quietly.'Yes, I ___________(tell) you. But don't worry. It grows so fast. But don't you love me anymore, Jim?'
Suddenly Jim _________(put) his arms around Della. 'I love you, Della. It doesn't matter if your hair is long or short. But open this. Then you can see why I _______(be) unhappy at first.' Della ___________(open) the present excitedly. Then she ___________(give) a little scream of happiness. But a second later there was a cry of unhappiness. There _________(be) the combs — for her beautiful hair. When she first ________(see) these lovely, expensive combs in the shop window, she _____________(want) them. And now they __________(be) hers. But she no longer _________(have) her hair! Della ____________(hold) them in her hand and her eyes __________(be) full of love.Then Della _______________(remebered). She ___________(run) to get Jim's present. 'Isn't it lovely, Jim?' Give me your beautiful watch, and let's see it with its new chain!' But Jim __________(sit) down and _____________(smile). 'Della, you see. I ____________(sell) the watch to buy your combs.
Answers
It ___was___(be) about two o’clock in the morning, and suddenly I __woke __ (wake) up.
I __could__ (hear) a noise.
I__went __ (get) out of bed and___walked__(go) slowly downstairs.
There __was__(be) a light on in the living room.
I__listened__(listen) carefully.
I could hear two men speaking very quietly.
‘Burglars!’ I__thought__(think).
‘Two burglars!’ Immediately I__ran__ (run) back upstairs and ___telephoned _____(phone) the police.
I__was__(be) really frightened.Fortunately the police___arrived__(arrive) quickly.
They__opened __(open) the front door and__entered__(go) into the living room.Then they___came__(come) upstairs to find me.
‘It’s all right now, sir,’ they__told__(explain).‘We __turned ___(turn) the television off for you!’One dollar and eighty–seven cents.
That__was__(be) all.Della carefully__counted__(count) the money again.
There __was__(be) no mistake.Every day,when she__went__(go) to the shops, she didn't spend much money.
She__bought__(buy) the cheapest meat and the cheapest vegetables.
It __was__(be) very tiring— she___walked__(walk) for hours around the shops to find the cheapest food.
She__saved___(save) every cent possible.
Only one dollar and eighty–seven cents.
The next day was Christmas, and she couldn't do anything about it.
So she__rested__ (sit) there in her little room and __cried__(cry) quietly.
Della__lived __(live) in this poor little room in New York with her husband,James Dillingham Young.
James (Jim to his friends)__was__(be) lucky because he__got__(have) a job, but it wasn't a good job.
Times__was__(be) bad and there was no work for Della.
But when Jim__returned __(come) home, she immediately __put__(put) her arms around him.
And that __was __(be) good.
Della__wished__(want) to buy him a Christmas present — something really good to show how much she __loved __(love) him.
Suddenly she __moved __(run) to the mirror and __looked __(look) at her beautiful long hair.
Then she __put __(put) on her old brown hat and coat and quickly ___went __(go) into town.
She __stopped__(stop) when she __came__(come) to a door with 'Madame Eloise — Hair' on it. Inside __was__( be) a small fat woman.
'Do you buy hair?'
Della ___asked __(ask).
'I buy hair', Madame ___answered __(answer).
'Take your hat off, then, and show me your hair.'
Madame slowly ___touched __(touch) the hair with her hand.
'Twenty dollars', she __said__(say) . 'Quick! Cut it off! Give me the money!' Della __said ___(say).
The next two hours __passed __(go) quickly.
Della __was__(be) happy, because she ___arrived __(be) at the shops with money for a present for Jim.
At last she __found __(find) him the perfect present.
Jim __had __(have) one special thing.
He ___had __(have) a beautiful gold watch that once __belonged___(belong) to his father, and before that to his grandfather.
Jim __loved __(love) his watch, but it __had ___(have) no chain.
When Della __saw__(see) the gold watch chain, she ___knew__(know) immediately that it __was__(be) right for Jim.
It __cost __(cost) twenty–one dollars. Della __reached __(run) home excitedly with the eighty–seven cents.
When she __had__(arrive), she __looked __(look) at her very short hair in the mirror.
'Oh dear. I look like a schoolboy! What is Jim going to say when he sees me?' At seven o'clock Jim __came__(come) in.
His eyes __were __(be) on Della. She could not understand the look on his face.
He __was__(be) not angry or surprised.
He just __looked__(look) at her sadly.
Della __ran__(run) to him.
'Jim, don't look at me like that! I __sold __(sell) my hair because I __wanted___(want) to give you a present.'
'You __sold __(sell) your hair?'
he __said __(say) quietly.
'Yes, I __told__(tell) you. But don't worry.
It grows so fast.
But don't you love me anymore, Jim?'
Suddenly Jim __put__(put) his arms around Della.
'I love you, Della.
It doesn't matter if your hair is long or short.
But open this.
Then you can see why I __was__(be) unhappy at first.'
Della __opened__(open) the present excitedly.
Then she __gave __(give) a little scream of happiness.
But a second later there was a cry of unhappiness.
There __were __(be) the combs — for her beautiful hair.
When she first __(see) these lovely, expensive combs in the shop window, she __wanted __(want) them.
And now they __were __(be) hers.
But she no longer __had__(have) her hair! Della __hold __(hold) them in her hand and her eyes ___became__(be) full of love.
Then Della __remembered__(remebered).
She __ran __(run) to get Jim's present.
'Isn't it lovely, Jim?' Give me your beautiful watch, and let's see it with its new chain!' But Jim __sat__(sit) down and __=smiled__(smile).
'Della, you see. I ___sold __(sell) the watch to buy your combs.
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