Past Simple or Continuous
Put the verb in brackets Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
1. Last week. I decided (decide) to invite some friends over for dinner. I ______ (buy) lots of delicious food, including some Parma ham. At about 6:00 I _____ (cook) in the kitchen. The sun ______ (shine) and it ______ (be) a beautiful evening , so I ____ (open) the back door. Then the telephone _____ (ring). I _______ (go) to answer it and when I ______ (come) back the ham _______ (not be) on the table. I _____ (look) out of the window. A cat ______ (sit) on my garden wall and it _______(eat) my ham. What _____ (can) I do? I _______(fill) a pan with water and ______ (go) quietly outside. The cat _______ (not look) in my direction, and it ____ (enjoy) the ham so much That it ____ (not hear) me. I _____ (walk) slowly up to it - I ______ (want) To empty the water over its head. A bit cruel, I know, but the ham _____ (be) very expensive! But at the last moment the cat ______ (hear) me, ______ (jump) over the wall, and ______ (escape).