Задание

Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the given words
Past Simple и Past Continuous
Past Simple используется. когда речь идёт:

  • о действиях в прошлом, которые происходили одно за другим:

    We didn't wait for you because we were in a hurry;

  • прошлых привычках или состояниях:

    I used to read a lot of books when I was a child;

  • действиях, которые произошли в указанное время в прошлом:

    Lisa brushed her teeth, had breakfast and then went to school;

  • действии в прошлом, которое прервало другое действие в процессе:

    When the fire in the kitchen started, dad was taking a shower.

Past Continuous (was/were + -ing) используется, когда речь идёт:

  • о действиях, которые происходили в указанное время в прошлом:

    Larrywas playing computer games while his brotherwas chatting with a friend yesterday evening;

  • действии, которое происходило, когда другое действие в прошлом прервало его:

    Peter was playing video games when the lights went off;

  • фоновых описаниях событий в истории/рассказе:

    The sun was shining.

Trick or Treat!

I remember last year's Halloween with warmth! My cousins [ ] at our house. They also brought some huge pumpkins. All day we [ ] lanterns out of pumpkins, and mum [ ] costumes for us. The next whole evening we [ ] the house, and it turned out very frightening! Boo! Our next goal [ ] to arrange a "trick or treat". We [ ] a lot of fun and got a bunch of sweets! My cousins [ ] scary stories the whole night. At one moment, the lights [ ] out, and we screamed in fear. It turned out that the wind was to blame for everything!