Put the verbs into the correct tense, then aufswer the questions.
a Laura 1) ....
...... (stare) through the train window
at the cold, snowy fields. It 2) ...
..........(be) Christmas Eve and
she 3)
(travel) home from Newcastle
to spend some time with her parents for the first time in months.
Suddenly an elderly gentleman 4)
.... (enter) her
compartment. He 5).
....(wear)
a black coat and he 6)
(carry) a briefcase
He 7)
.... (sit) opposite Laura, 8).
(open) his
briefcase. 9)
(take) out an
envelope and 10)
(give) it to Laura. ...
b ... Laura 11) .. .... (get) off the train, carefully 12)
(walk)
(put) the envelope in her bag and 13)
(wait)
towards the car which 14) ...
(think) sadly
for her. "What shall I do?" she 15)
1 Where was Laura?
4 Who are the people involved
2 What was she doing?
in the story?
3 When did the story take place? 5 What happened first?
6 How did Laura teel in the end?​