Fill in the Blanks StoriesOnline version Read the texts and complete the stories. Use the simple past or the past progressive. by Jorge Gomez 1 It ( be ) just before midnight on October 31st last year . Susan Lee ( drive ) home after visiting her sister . The road was clear and she ( drive ) carefully . Suddenly , out of nowhere , a young man ( step ) out in front of her . He ( wear ) a dark coloured raincoat and carrying a backpack . Susan ( step ) hard on the brake pedal but it was too late . She ( get ) out of the car but , to her surprise , there ( be ) nobody there . While she ( look ) under the car , she felt a cold wind on her face and a strange presence that ( send ) shivers down her spine . She was still looking under her car when a truck ( stop ) behind her . The truck driver , a middle - aged man , ( walk ) up to her and asked her if she needed help to start her car so she ( tell ) him what had happened . He ( not be ) surprised when Susan ( tell ) him about the young man . 'In October 1978 , there ( be ) a car accident on this road and a hitchhiker was fatally run over . You're not the first to have seen his ghost here' , he ( say ) in a mysterious tone .
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