IV. Put the verb in the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple.
1. Carol broke (break) her arm last week.
2. It ...(happen) when she ... (paint) her room. She ... (fall)
of the larder. 3. The train ... (arrive) at the station when Paula
(get) off. 4. Two friends of hers, John and Jenny, ... (wait) to
meet her. 5. Yesterday Sue ... (walk) along the road when she
(meet) Jim. 6. He ... (go) to the station to catch a train and he ...
(carry) a bag. 7. They ... (stop) to talk for a few minutes.​

Easter is one of the most important christian holidays. the exact date of the holiday changes from year to year but it usually falls on april. preparation for easter starts seven weeks before the actual holiday. it’s called the advent of lent. many christian people don’t eat meat and animal products during this period. the week before easter is quite busy because people start thoroughly preparing for the holiday. the traditions of easter celebration vary from country to country. for example, in our country the sunday before easter is called a willow sunday. on this day people bring home some willow branches which have been blessed in church. thursday before easter is called clean thursday. traditionally people should bathe before sunrise on this day. houses and flats should be cleaned too. there is also a good friday. it’s the day when women bake easter bread called “paska” or “paskha”. on saturday children dye easter eggs, which are called “pysankas”. in the evening people go to church for the easter mass, which lasts all night. sunday is the actual day of easter. people visit each other on this day and exchange colourful “pysankas”. in english-speaking countries the official symbol of this holiday is easter bunny. children are especially fond of this day because they get lots of chocolate and fluffy bunnies as a present.

Two days ago I lost my keys. When I went to school, I bragged to my friends about my new charm, which my father brought to me from France. I was very happy to see such a wonderful gift for me. In addition to this bleat, he gave me the key to my future apartment in France, which he bought me for his birthday. I could not believe it, and the next day, all my friends knew about my new apartment and a wonderful keychain. I let my key be touched, all the friends gave me the orders. Teachers too bvli are surprised, and I received compliments in the address. It was excellent! But, returning home, I noticed that I do not have my keychain with keys. I was scared and disappointed, I was afraid that my dad would punish me. I ran back to school, asked Lyubi whether they had seen my key chain, but everyone was silent. It seemed to me that it was a failure. I cried and went home. At home, my father met me and told me not to get upset. He had one more such keychain and another key to the apartment. It was unreasonable.