4. Past Simple vs Progressive
Past (2. Stammform: had, saw, went etc.) or Progressive (was/were having, was/were going etc.)?
Last year I (a. to provide) _ first aid for the first time when I (b. to be)
in Reading to visit a friend of mine. We (c. to sit) in John’s garden
when we suddenly (d. to hear) __ __ a squeal of tyres (‘Reifenquietschen’) and
a bang. Then there (e. to be) a lot of shouts and cries. I immediately (f. to know)
what (g. to go on) __ ___ . I (h. to rush) through
the garden gate, and when I (i. to reach) the car I (k. to see)
two injured persons: The driver (l. to sit) __ behind the steering wheel, and
blood (m. to run) __ from a wound to his head; his wife (n. to lie)
on the ground beside the open left-hand door. Some neighbours or passers-
by (o. to help) __ _ her, so I (p. to open) ___ _ the other door and
carefully (q. to drag) _ him out of the car and (r. to put) him in a
side position. I (s. to talk) ___ to him and (t. to try) ___ to stop the
20 blood with a paper hanky when the ambulance (u. to arrive) _ _ .
