Read the text and open the brackets. Use Past Continuous or Past Simple.
AN AMBULANCE
I (drive) along the High Street this morning when I (hear) a siren. An ambulance (come up) behind me. Its lights (flash) and its siren (wail). I (want) to drive my car out of its way, but I couldn’t get through the traffic. All the other drivers just (sit) there, not trying to move out of the way, while the ambulance (get) through. I was really worried that someone (suffer) somewhere, waiting for the ambulance to come and help them. It’s really annoying when people are so selfish.
Bill spent all the previous week travelling while his wife Melissa had to stay at home. Look at the chart and read the sentences below. Then finish the sentences about what Melissa and Bob were doing.
Date | Melissa’s week | Bill’s week |
Saturday 11th June | Shop at a supermarket | Fly to Italy |
Sunday 12th June | Take the children to the swimming pool. | Do a bus tour of Rome |
Monday 13th June (a.m.) | Take the children to school | Take pictures of Colosseum |
Monday 13th June (p.m.) | Collect the children from school. | Visit the Vatican museums |
Tuesday 14th June | Clean the car | Enjoy Italian cuisine |
Wednesday 15th June | Work in the garden | Drive to Sorrento |
Thursday 16th June | Go shopping with friends | Cruise to the isle of Capri |
Friday 17th June | Change library books | Take a gondola trip around Venice |
Saturday 18th June | Visit my mother-in-law in hospital | Do a walking tour of Milan |
Sunday 19th June | Meet Bill at the airport | Fly home to Britain |
Monday 20th | Take the children to school, go to the supermarket etc., etc. | Sleep! |
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