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Complete the story with the correct answers (Past Simple or Past Continuous).

It was another nice summer day. The sun (1)           (to go) down behind the hills when I (2)     (to get) a village which (3)     (to be) only a few miles from the city. The working day (4)     (to be) over. The people (5)             (to come) back home. Along the road cars (6)              (to drive) in the direction of the city. I (7)      (to come) to a group of people standing near the road and (8)       (to ask) them if I could find a place in the village to spend the night. An old man (9)         (to advise) me to stay at a small inn at the far end of the street. A fire (10)             (to burn) in the fireplace when we (11)         (to enter) the house. One girl of about eighteen (12)               (to prepare) supper in the kitchen while two other girls (13)             (to lay) the tables for their guests. The old man was an owner of that inn and he (14)         (to invite) me to have supper with him and his family. They all (15)        (to seem) to be nice people and we (16)     (to have) a friendly talk. After supper my new friends and I      (17) (to go) out into the garden. The moon (18)             ( to shine) high in the sky, and the night (19)     (to be) warm and beautiful. That evening (20)     (to be) really pleasant.

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— ... I borrow your pen for a minute?

— Sure, no problem.

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You ... worry so much. It doesn’t do you any good.

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You ... be joking! That can’t be true.

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Angela, you ... leave your clothes all over the floor like this.