Summing up
12 Past continuous or Past simple? Put th
verbs in brackets into the correct tens
4
I was waiting (wait) for my friend Ellie
outside the White Rose Shopping Centre
(look) at a jacket in a shor
window when 12-
- (see)
a boy next to me. He
(not/look) at the clothes in the shop - he
- (look) at my bag! I knew
something was wrong, so I decided to go.
When 15
-(turn) to walk
away, the boy
- (pull) my
bag from my hand. He
(run) to the corner of the street. His friend
_ (wait) for him on a
scooter
A nice woman
(ask) me it
I was OK. She 10
her mobile and I "1_
(phone)
my mum. While I 12
(talk)
to Mum, Ellie 13__
(arrive).
| 14
-(tell) her about my bag
and we 15
(go) to the police
station together.
- (give) me

Ineed . identify the item that shows sharp and vivid details rather than vague and general ones (put a or b for your answer.) a. my brother doesn’t know the value of money. he buys new things, even though his old ones are still perfectly good. he recently took his girlfriend on a trip. they stayed at a nice hotel and ate all their meals out. while they were there, he proposed marriage to her and gave her an engagement ring. b. my brother bought a new car this year, even though his last car was only three years old and running well. he recently took his girlfriend to hawaii for a week. they stayed at a hilton hotel right on the beach and ate dinner by candlelight in elegant gourmet restaurants. on their last night there, he surprised her with a two-carat diamond ring.