One morning, Amber (1) woke up early. The sun (2) was shining and the birds (3) were singing. Amber (4) was very excited because it was the day of the big tennis match.
Amber (5) went downstairs and into the kitchen, where her father (6) was having breakfast.
“Morning, Amber. Today’s the day!” he (7) said. Amber smiled nervously. “Don’t worry!” he (8) continued. “You’ll be fine!”
Amber (9) put some toast into the toaster and (10) opened the fridge. Just as she (11) was getting the butter out, the phone (12) rang. Her father (13) answered it. After a few minutes, he put the phone down.
“Bad news, I’m afraid. The other player (14) was practising yesterday when she had an accident. The match is off.”
Past Simple используется для завершённых последовательных действий и событий, а Past Continuous — для действий, происходивших в определённый момент или прерванных другим событием.