1 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple to complete the text.
Last night, at about three o'clock in the morning, I (1)
_(hear) a strange noise downstairs.
I(2)_
(get) out of bed, and (3)__ __ (put) on my dressing gown. With my heart
beating fast, I slowly (4)
(go) to the top of the stairs. It (5) _ _(sound) like
there (6)
(be) people talking in the kitchen. I (7)
(not/know) what to do.
Finally, I (8)
(decide) to go downstairs. I (9)
_ (make) my way quietly
down the stairs, and (10)
_(listen) at the kitchen door. A man (11)
(ask):
(12)
(you/kill) him?' and a woman (13)
_(reply):
'Yes, I (14)_ _(shoot) him. Then the man asked: “Why (15) _(you/do) that?
Suddenly, I (16)
(realise) that there (17) _ (not/be) really any people in the
kitchen. It (18)
(be) just the TV. But why (19)_ _(it/turn) itself on in the
middle of the night?
