Fill in the Blanks Strange Experience Online version Story to complete with the past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. by MOIRA FERNANDEZ 1 started decided stopped happened had living descending heard had knew stopped had had been smelled been working was arrived went had heard told I ( just start ) preparing the evening meal when I suddenly ( hear ) some strange noises coming from the cellars below . The noise ( stop ) by the time the restaurant owners ( arrive ) , so I decided not to tell them anything . I only ( work ) there for five days and I didn't want them to think I was mad . A week later I ( hear ) the noise again and ( decide ) to go down and investigate . While I ( descend ) the steep steps to the dark cellar , the noises suddenly ( stop ) , but I ( go ) into the cellar anyway to see what I could find . The room ( smell ) strongly of food - as if someone had been cooking very recently ; and someone had thrown some clothes and books on the floor . But whoever it was had obviously left the room in a hurry . When I ( tell ) the owners what ( happen ) they thought I was imagining things . But I ( know ) that someone ( live ) in the cellar and I was determined to find out who it was .
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