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    Mrs. Ramsey woke up in the middle of the night to strange noises outside her home. She heard two men discussing robbing her house while she lay awake in bed, too afraid to move. A neighbor who was also awakened by the noises called the police, who arrived and arrested the two men trying to break in. The next day, Mrs. Ramsey thanked her neighbors for calling the police, and they have since become good friends, helping each other and meeting regularly.

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    Mrs. Ramsey woke up in the middle of the night to strange noises outside her home. She heard two men discussing robbing her house while she lay awake in bed, too afraid to move. A neighbor who was also awakened by the noises called the police, who arrived and arrested the two men trying to break in. The next day, Mrs. Ramsey thanked her neighbors for calling the police, and they have since become good friends, helping each other and meeting regularly.

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    Grammar II Verb Tenses Prof.

    Maria Olga Neila

    Mrs. Ramsey’s Night

    A year ago, Mrs. Ramsey __________________


    woke up (wake up) at 1.30.am. At first, she didn’t know
    why she __________________
    woken up (wake up), but then she _________________
    heard (hear) a noise. It was a
    scratching sound. Mrs. Ramsey ___________________
    listened (listen) carefully, she _________________
    had never heard

    (never, hear) that sound before. While she __________________


    was sitting (sit) in her bed, the noise
    __________________
    got (get) louder. The old woman wondered where the sound was coming
    from. Although she ______________
    was afraid (be afraid), she decided to get out of bed. ‘I
    __________________
    think (think) this is a cat, that _________________
    is playing (play) with my dustbins. I
    ______________
    will chase (chase) it away so I can sleep again’, she thought. However, then the noise
    suddenly _________________
    changed (change). ‘This sounds like someone ______________________
    is talking (talk)’, she
    whispered to herself.

    Meanwhile, her dog, Tim, _______________


    woken up (wake up) as well. Tim __________________
    walked (walk) up
    to her bed and ___________________
    whimpered (whimper) quietly. ‘Shush’, she said, ‘be quiet, you
    ______________
    are (be) such a baby!’ Really, she was scared herself but she ____________________
    wanted
    (want) to be brave. Before she went to the back window to see what was going on she
    _________________
    went (go) into the kitchen to get a rolling pin. Slowly, she _________________
    tiptoed (tiptoe)
    to the window. ‘You said that old bat ____________________
    wasn't at (be not) home!’ ‘I ________________
    know

    (know) what I said, thanks for reminding me!’ ‘So what ________________________
    are we going to do (we do)
    now?’ Mrs Ramsey’s heart _____________________
    was beating (beat) fast. Tim, her dog, ___________________
    was hiding
    (hide) under the sofa and looked scared. ‘We _____________________
    will rob (rob) her house, of course!
    That’s what we __________________
    decided (decide) to do three weeks ago and this is what we
    ___________________
    are going to (do)’ Mrs. Ramsey froze – what could she do?

    ‘Rob the house when she’s inside? ____________


    Are (be) you crazy?’ the other voice said. Mrs
    Ramsey _____________________
    took (take) a deep breath and said to herself ‘Okay, I need to do
    something. ‘I _____________________
    tiptoe (tiptoe) back into my bedroom and close my eyes. That is
    the safest thing to do’. While she _______________________
    was walking (walk) back to her room, there was
    a loud noise. The old lady _______________
    stopped (stop) for a second and ___________________
    looked (look)
    around, then she ran into her bedroom and closed the door. As she _________________
    was lying (lie) in
    bed, she thought: ‘Nobody _______________________
    has ever broken (ever break) into my house, and I
    _________________
    have never been(never be) so scared in my entire life.’

    The noise Mrs. Ramsey __________________


    heard (hear), had come from the door. Now she could
    hear footsteps and whispering. ‘Where ____________________
    do you want (you want) to start?’ a voice said.
    The other voice answered: ‘Of course we _______________________
    are going to start (start) in the bedroom, we
    Grammar II Verb Tenses Prof. Maria Olga Neila
    always do that, that’s where the old ladies keep all their gold!’ Mrs. Ramsey thought:
    ‘That _______________
    is (be) true, I also _________________
    keep (keep) my gold in the bedroom. ‘Alright
    then, but you go first’. Slowly, the footsteps ________________
    got (get) closer.

    ‘Hands up into the air, and don’t you move an inch’, a loud voice said, ‘You are under
    arrest!’ Mrs Ramsey _______________
    opened (open) her eyes and turned around in bed. A young
    police officer ___________________
    was walking (walk) up to her bed. ‘Are you okay?’ he asked. ‘Yes, thank
    you, I _______________
    heard (hear) noises and ___________
    woke up (wake up). When I heard the two men
    speaking about breaking in I ________________
    decided (decide) to go back to bed and _________________
    pretended
    (pretend) to be asleep, it was too late to call you. How did you know…I mean…why are
    you here now’, the lady asked. ‘One of your neighbours ______________
    woken up (wake up) from the
    noise as well, he saw two men at your door and ________________
    thought (think) something was
    wrong, so he ________________
    called (call) us’, the officer said with a smile. ‘So you should thank
    your neighbour.’ Mrs Ramsey smiled and answered ‘Yes, thank you I ____________________
    will thank

    (thank) him tomorrow, but now I really need some sleep.’

    The next morning Mrs Ramsey ________________


    went (go) to her neighbours´ house and
    _______________
    thanked (thank) them for calling the police. She was very happy that they
    _____________________
    realised (realise) what was going on. She was so thankful that she wanted to
    repay them in some way. She offered to do some of their washing and ironing, because
    she __________________
    knew (know) her neighbours had very busy jobs. At first, they ______________
    said
    (say) no, but then Mrs Ramsey really wanted to do something for them, so they said
    okay. Since that day, Mrs. Ramsey and her neighbours _____________________
    have been (be) very good
    friends. They ______________
    meet (meet) for tea and cake at least once a week and _______________
    help
    (help) each other. ‘I really like having more contact with the neighbours. Now we also
    share work. Right now for instance I 'm
    __________________(iron)
    ironing their clothes and they
    _____________________
    are cutting (cut) my trees.’

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