II. Complete the text with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
Last night Dave
.............
(watch) TV when he suddenly saw his friend
Jason on the screen. "Jason McDermont............
(stop) two thieves today
outside Alpha Bank in King Street, the presenter said. "How.........
(you
stop) them Jason ?"
"I..........
(ride ) my bike on the pavement outside the bank when
two men ran out of it", Jason answered. "They.................
(wear ) masks, but I
knew they were bank robbers. I tried to stop them, but I........
(hit) them
with my bike and we fell to the ground. When the police arrived, they arrested the two men
what.......(the police / say ) to you Jason?" the presenter asked.
They were very angry with me because I.................
(cycle) on the
pavement. In fact, I had to pay a fine of 20 $".
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