Question

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the verbs in brackets. Yesterday morning, there (1)__________________(be) an attempted robbery at a computer shop. Two men who (2)_________________ (wear) gorilla masks (3 ) __________________(run) into the shop, (4 ) __________________(pull) out their guns and(5 ) _________________ (ask) for all the money in the till. At first, the staff (6)__________________(think) the robbers (7 ) __________________(play) a joke on them as it was April Fool’s Day, and one of the shop assistants even (8 ) _________________ (offer) the robbers a banana. However, the robbers (9 )__________________(get) angry and (10)__________________(fire) their guns into the air. It (11)__________________(become) apparent that this was no joke, so the shop assistants (12)_________________(give) the robbers all the money in the till. However, when the robbers (13)__________________(fire) their guns into the air, the alarm (14)__________________(go off) and the police (15)__________________(arrive) at the scene in no time. As the robbers (16)_________________ (leave) the shop, they (17)_________________ (notice) that the shop was surrounded by police cars. They(18)_________________ (have) no choice but to surrender.

Answer 1

1 was

2 were wearing

3 ran

4 pulled

5 asked

6 thought

7 were playing

8 offered

9 got

10 fired

12 became

13 were firing

14 went off

15 arrived

16 were leaving

17 noticed

18 had

Answer 2

Yesterday morning, there was an attempted robbery at a computer shop. Two men who were wearing gorilla masks ran into the shop, pulled out their guns and asked for all the money in the till. At first, the staff thought the robbers were playing a joke on them as it was April Fool’s Day, and one of the shop assistants even offered the robbers a banana. However, the robbers got angry and fired their guns into the air. It became apparent that this was no joke, so the shop assistants gave the robbers all the money in the till. However, when the robbers fired their guns into the air, the alarm went off and the police arrived at the scene in no time. As the robbers were leaving the shop, they noticed that the shop was surrounded by police cars. They had no choice but to surrender.