Fill in the Blanks Who threw the snowball?Online version Read the text and complete the words that are missing by using the right form of either past simple or past continuous. by Alexander Artunduaga 1 On a snowy winter night , a detective ( rest ) in front of the fireplace . Suddenly , somebody ( throw ) a snowball at his window . The hit was so strong that the glass shattered . The detective stood up and ( see ) three kids who lived in the neighborhood running away . They were brothers with thenames Sam Blacksmith , Peter Blacksmith , and Mark Blacksmith . The next day a paper note was left on the detective´s doors . There someone ( write ) " ? Blacksmith . He threw the snowball " . The detective knew immediately which brother ( throw ) the snowball .