短文填空

Sandy was telling a friend about the fire. Complete her story, using the verbs in the box below on the right. Put the verbs into the simple past or past continuous tenses.

I（1）_________ on the phone when I（2）_________ the alarm, and my brother Sammy（3）_________ his violin. My twin brothers（4）_________ television, and my mum（5）_________ at her desk, writing, a letter. My dad（6）_________ the newspaper（actually, I think he（7）_________ asleep）when the alarm（8）_________ off. It（9）_________ him up suddenly! Our dog was funny! He（10）_________ his dinner, and so he（11）_________ to leave it and go downstairs! Sammy（12）_________ to pick him up and carry him out.

Key: 1.was talking  2.heard  3.was playing  4.were watching   5.was sitting  6.was reading  7.was falling  8.went  9.woke  10.was eating  11.did not want   12.had