3. поставьте глаголы в скобках в past simple или past continuous: last night i 1) ___ alone at home (be). i 2) ___ on my bed and i 3) ___ tv when i 4) ___ a strange noise (lie) / (watch) / (hear). the noise 5) ___ from the kitchen (come). i 6) ___ downstairs, 7) ___ a heavy vase from the table and 8) ___ for the kitchen (go) / (pick up) / (head). i 9) ___ the door very slowly (open). then i 10) ___ someone (see). he 11) ___ in the fridge (search). i 12) ___ so frightened that i 13) ___ the vase i 14) ___ and it 15) ___ onto the floor (be) / (drop) / (carry) / (crash). the man 16) ___ towards the door and i 17) ___ his face (turn) / (see). it was my husband!

Here is the completed text with the verbs in the correct tenses (Past Simple for completed actions/sequences and Past Continuous for ongoing background actions). Completed Text Last night I 1) was alone at home. I 2) was lying on my bed and I 3) was watching TV when I 4) heard a strange noise. The noise 5) was coming (or came) from the kitchen. I 6) went downstairs, 7) picked up a heavy vase from the table and 8) headed for the kitchen. I 9) opened the door very slowly. Then I 10) saw someone. He 11) was searching in the fridge. I 12) was so frightened that I 13) dropped the vase I 14) was carrying and it 15) crashed onto the floor. The man 16) turned towards the door and I 17) saw his face. It was my husband! Grammar Explanation

• Past Simple: Used for the main events of the story (went, picked up, opened, saw, dropped) and for states (was). It describes actions that happened one after another.
• Past Continuous: Used to describe the background situation or an action that was already in progress (was lying, was watching, was searching, was carrying) when another shorter action interrupted it.

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