Read the story and complete the gaps with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous. Scary Sally. One cold, stormy afternoon, Harry’s dad 1) ..... (tell) him a ghost story called Scary Sally. “One day long ago,” he 2) ..... (say), “a man 3) ..... (walk) through the woods, when he 4) ..... (notice) that strange lights 5) ..... (shine) in the north, south, east and west. Suddenly, he also 6) ..... (see) a strange woman. Big, black crows 7) ..... (fly) above her head. Then, the crows 8) ..... (chase) the terrified man out of the woods! Nowadays, people still sometimes see the strange lights, the witch and the crows.” Harry 9) ..... (not/believe) his dad’s story! That night, Harry 10) ..... (hear) a strange tapping sound at his bedroom window. Harry 11) ..... (look) out of the window and 12) ..... (scream) loudly! He 13) ..... (can) see some strange lights and big, black crows 14) ..... (circle) in the trees ... What do you think Harry did after that?
- Was telling создаёт фон: отец рассказывал историю.
. Said вводит его слова как отдельное завершённое действие. . Was walking — фоновое длительное действие; его прервало краткое noticed ( ). . Were shining описывает свет, который уже сиял в тот момент. . Suddenly вводит новое завершённое событие saw. . Were flying — происходившее в это время движение ворон. . Then указывает на следующее завершённое действие chased. . Не поверил — didn’t believe; после did глагол в начальной форме. – . Heard, looked, screamed — последовательные события той ночи. . Прошедшая форма can — could. . Вороны кружили, пока Гарри смотрел: were circling. Возможное продолжение истории даём как образец.
One cold, stormy afternoon, Harry’s dad was telling him a ghost story called Scary Sally. “One day long ago,” he said, “a man was walking through the woods, when he noticed that strange lights were shining in the north, south, east and west. Suddenly, he also saw a strange woman. Big, black crows were flying above her head. Then, the crows chased the terrified man out of the woods! Nowadays, people still sometimes see the strange lights, the witch and the crows.” Harry didn’t believe his dad’s story! That night, Harry heard a strange tapping sound at his bedroom window. Harry looked out of the window and screamed loudly! He could see some strange lights and big, black crows were circling in the trees.
I think Harry ran to his parents’ room and told them what he had seen. Перевод: Думаю, Гарри побежал к родителям и рассказал им, что увидел.
