ГДЗ 4 Complete the beginnings of two stories with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in bracket...

4 Complete the beginnings of two stories with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

It was a terrible stormy night six months after my father's death. My mother ¹was sitting (sit) alone by the fire, waiting for her baby to arrive. She ² was feeling (feel) sad and ill. Suddenly she ³ heard (hear) a noise outside. 'There's someone at the door, Peggotty,' my mother ⁴ called (call). 'Who is it?' Peggotty was her servant and her only real friend. 'I'll go and see,' Peggotty ⁵ replied (reply). She ⁶ went (go) and ⁷ opened (open) the door.

As the carriage moved quickly along the rough dry road, Jonathan Harker ⁸ was looking out (look out) at the changing view. Behind him was a land of small, green hills and colourful fields of fruit trees. Now he ⁹ was driving (drive) into the Transylvanian mountains through a thick forest. It ¹⁰ was getting (get) dark, and the other people in the carriage ¹¹ were (be) quiet and afraid. A woman opposite him ¹² reached (reach) towards him and ¹³ put (put) something in his hand. It ¹⁴ was (be) a small, silver cross. 'Wear it around your neck,' she said. 'You'll be safe.'