6 М u Complete the story with used to, the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Past Simple or the Past Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. близько WILT It was a very stormy night near the end of November. ing Sherlock Holmes and I were (read) by the fire. It was late, and most people 2 were (be) in bed. Holmes put down his book, and said: "I'm glad that we aren't going out tonight, Watson. nagel then we (hear) a carriage stop outside the 3 house. Someone 4 window and 5 'Someone 6 7 (come) here,' I said. Very soon we (know) who our visitor was. It was Stanley Hopkins, a young detective from Scotland Yard. Holmes and 18 (help) him in the past. 'Have you seen the newspapers this evening, Mr Holmes?', he asked. 'No,' said Holmes. (get) out. I went to the Myjub ligbare (look) out into the darkness. Hopkins said, 'The case is very new and the police at Yoxley (investigate)'. Where is Yoxley?' I asked. 'It's in Kent,' he replied. 'It's a very small place. It looks like a difficult case. A man is dead, and I really 10 (not/know) why anyone wanted to kill him.' 9 From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, simplified by Alan Pugh​

Simple Past: Used for completed actions in the past, such as "was reading," "put down," "said," "helped," etc.Present Simple: Used for habitual actions or facts, such as "most people are in bed," "It looks like a difficult case," "Yoxley is in Kent," etc.Past Continuous: Used for ongoing actions in the past, such as "were getting out," "we were knowing," "the police were investigating," etc.Present Continuous: Used for actions happening right now, such as "it is dark