1put the verbs in brackets into the past simple to complete the text.
last night, at about three o'clock in the morning, i (1)
_(hear) a strange noise downstairs.
i(2)_
(get) out of bed, and ( __ (put) on my dressing gown. with my heart
beating fast, i slowly (4)
(go) to the top of the stairs. it (5) _ _(sound) like
there (6)
(be) people talking in the kitchen. i (7)
(not/know) what to do.
finally, i (8)
(decide) to go downstairs. i (9)
_ (make) my way quietly
down the stairs, and (10)
_(listen) at the kitchen door. a man (11)
(ask):
(12)
(you/kill) him? ' and a woman (13)
_(reply):
'yes, i (14)_ _(shoot) him. then the man asked: “why (15) _(you/do) that?
suddenly, i (16)
(realise) that there (17) _ (not/be) really any people in the
kitchen. it (18)
(be) just the tv. but why (19)_ _(it/turn) itself on in the
middle of the night?