Complete the story with the verbs in the past
simple or past continuous.
marcus jones was very lucky last weekend.
he (0) was.cycling. (cycle) home from the city
centre. it ( ) and the road was
icy. suddenly his bike ( (slip) and
he (3)
(fall off) onto the pavement.
he (4)
up) his bike off the road
when he (5)
(see) something in the
sky. it (6)
) towards him very
fast. he () back onto the
pavement and the object ( (hit)
the road. it was a piece of a meteorite. i was glad!
(9).
(not stand) there! ' he
(10)
(tell) told journalists later.
