Gap-fill text with tenses

Put in the missing words and the verbs in brackets in the right tense

It (be)________ a cold and

____________ night. Soon it

(start)___________ raining

___________and___________. Tom

(sleep)____________in his

_________________. His

________________not be)____________at home; they (go )_________ out to a

______________party. His

__________(watch)______

television in the living room.

Suddenly he (wake)___________up by a lighting and he (hear)__________ his

bedroom

________________open. He (get)_______________very

scared and he (start)_____________ screaming. His grandmother (go)___________

to his bedroom to see what (happen)_______________ and she (find)____________
him under his bed trembling.
She (get)____________him out of there and (start)______________to comfort him
but Tom (cry)___________________and (ask)_________________for his parents.

Poor woman didnt know what to do. She

___________________them

but there (be) ______________ no answer. They (be)._____________ were both

desperate for different reasons
Ten minutes later they (hear)_______________ front door opening. His parents
(be)_________________ back. They (promise)_______________they would never
leave him at home when the weather was bad.

Rania Foka