Grammar

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was robbed
was burgled
was stolen
was asked
was told

to steal - to burgle ( a house)-to rob  



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Steve wanted his neighbor  to help him.

The man wanted Steve to come back to the shop.

Steve wanted his neighbor to drive him back to the shop.

 Fill in with Simple Past form of the verb:

Noises in the night

It _________ (be) about two o’clock in the morning, and … suddenly I __________ (wake) up. I _________ (hear) a noise. I ________ (get) out of bed and __________(go) slowly downstairs. There ____________ (be) a light on in the living room. I _____________ (listen) carefully. I could hear two men speaking very quietly. ‘Burglars!’ I ___________ (think). ‘Two burglars!’ Immediately I _________ (run) back upstairs and ________(phone) the police. I _________(be) really frightened. Fortunately the police ____________(arrive) quickly. They _______________(open) the front door and __________(go) into the living room. Then they _____________(come) upstairs to find me. ‘It’s all right now, sir,’ they _____________(explain). ‘We _______________(turn) the television off for you!’




He would like the police to come quickly.

He wanted the police to help him

  Christmas

One dollar and eighty–seven cents. That _(be) all. Della carefully_(count) the money again. There (be) no mistake. Every day, when she_(go)  shopping
 she didn't  spend much money. She_(buy) the cheapest meat and the cheapest vegetables. It _(be) very tiring — she __(walk) for hours around the shops to find the cheapest food. She_(save) every cent possible. Only one dollar and eighty–seven cents. The next day was Christmas, and she couldn't do anything about it. So she__ (sit) there in her little room and _(cry) quietly.

Della _(live) in this poor little room in New York with her husband, James Dillingham Young. James (Jim to his friends) _(be) lucky because he _(have) a job, but it wasn't a good job. Times _(be) bad and there was no work for Della. But when Jim_(come) home, she immediately _(put) her arms around him. And that __(be) good. Della_(want) to buy him a Christmas present — something really good to show how much she _(love) him. Suddenly she _(run) to the mirror and __(look) at her beautiful long hair. Then she _(put) on her old brown hat and coat and quickly _________(go) to the town

She __(stop) when she __(come) to a door with 'Madame Eloise — Hair' on it. Inside there__( be) a small fat woman. 'Do you buy hair?' Della __(ask). 'I buy hair', Madame ___(answer). 'Take your hat off, then, and show me your hair.' Madame slowly -touch) the hair with her hand. 'Twenty dollars', she ___(say) . 'Quick! Cut it off! Give me the money!' Della ___(say). The next two hours __(go) quickly. Della __(be) happy, because she ___(be) at the shops with money for a present for him. He ___(have) a beautiful gold watch that once ____(belong) to his father, and before that to his grandfather. Jim ___(love) his watch.  At last she ___(find) him the perfect present. Jim ___(have) no chain. When Della ____(see)  the gold watch chain, she ___(know) immediately that it ___(be) right for Jim. It ___(cost)  twenty–one dollars. Della ___(run) home excitedly with the eighty–seven cents. When she __(arrive), she __(look) at her very short hair in the mirror. 'Oh dear. I look like a schoolboy! What is Jim going to say when he sees me?' At seven o'clock Jim __(come) in. His eyes ___(be)  on Della. She could not understand the look on his face. He __(be) not angry or surprised. He just __(look) at her sadly. Della ___(run) to him. 'Jim, don't look at me like that! I __(sell) my hair because I ___(want) to give you a present.' 'You ____(sell) your hair?' he __(say) quietly.'Yes, I ____(tell) you. But don't worry. It grows so fast. But don't you love me anymore, Jim

Suddenly Jim __(put) his arms around Della. 'I love you, Della. It doesn't matter if your hair is long or short. But open this. Then you can see why I _(be) unhappy at first.' Della _(open) the present excitedly. Then she _(give) a little scream of happiness. But a second later there was a cry of unhappiness. There _(be) the combs — for her beautiful hair. When she first _(see)  these lovely, expensive combs in the shop window, she _(want) them. And now they _(be) hers. But she no longer _(have) her hair! Della _(hold) them in her hand and her eyes _(be)  full of love.Then Della _(remebered). She _(run) to get Jim's present. 'Isn't it lovely, Jim?' Give me your beautiful watch, and let's see it with its new chain!' But Jim __(sit) down and _(smile). 'Della, you see. I ____(sell)  the watch to buy your combs.'