The Mysterious Hitchhiker

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps with the past tense form of the verbs, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints !
   asked      braked      drove      gave      got      had      noticed      opened      reached      realized      said      saw      shook      stopped      took      tried      was      was beginning      was driving      was making      was raining      was standing   
pastpro5.jpgA young woman through lonely countryside. It heavily and it to get dark. Suddenly she an old woman who by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift. "I can't leave her out in this weather," the young woman to herself. So she the car and opened the door. "Do you want a lift?" she . The old woman nodded and in.
As she herself comfortable, the young woman her, "Did you wait long?" The old woman her head. "You were lucky then, "the young woman commented, wondering why the old woman never spoke. She again. "Nasty weather for the time of year," she continued. The old woman nodded in agreement. No matter what the young woman said the hitchhiker no answer except for a nod or a shake of the head.
All of a sudden, the young woman that her passenger's hands were very large and hairy. With a shock she that the hitchhiker wasn't an old woman at all but a man dressed up as an old woman. She suddenly. "I can't see out of the rear window," she explained. "Would you mind cleaning it for me?" The hitchhiker nodded and the car door. As soon as the hitchhiker out of the car, the terrified woman off at top speed.
When she the next village she stopped. She that the hitchhiker had left a handbag behind. She it and opened it. Inside the bag was a gun. She a narrow escape!