5 Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Continuous.

It was raining (rain) hard that Sunday morning. Vince and Andy couldn't go outside. They were (be) bored and 3) didn't know (not/know) what to do until Vince 4) suggested (suggest) exploring the attic upstairs.

They 5) climbed (climb) the stairs slowly, 6) opened (open) the creaking wooden door and 7) entered (enter) the attic.

They 8) looked (look) around the attic when suddenly they 9) heard (hear) a loud cry. They 10) turned round and 11) saw (see) a huge shadow.

The boys 12) screamed (scream) and 13) ran (run) out of the attic as fast as they could. As they 14) ran (run) out of the house, they 15) looked back and 16) spotted (spot) their brother in the attic window! He 17) pointed (point) at them. There 18) was (be) no ghost after all!