PUT THE VERB INTO THE CORRECT FORM, PAST PROGRESSIVE OR PAST SIMPLE.
1. A man fined $4,000 for stealing an ambulance. The ambulance driver____(make) a phone call when the thief____(start up) the ambulance. He____(speed) away when the driver____(see) him and____(call) the police.
2. Police got a shock when they____(stop) a motorist as she____(speed) on the highway. While they____(search) the trunk of her car, they____(find) three snakes. The driver said she____(take) them to a pet fair.
3. It was my first day of class. I____(finally/find) the right room. The room____(already/be) full of students. On one side of the room, students____(talk) busily to each other in Spanish. Other students____(speak) Japanese, and some____(converse) in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of students, however,____(just/sit) quietly by themselves. I____(choose) an empty seat in the last row and____(sit) down. In a few minutes, the teacher____(walk) into the room and all the multilingual conversation____(stop).