Fill in the Blanks Grab your umbrellas (Past)Online version Short text using verbs in past by Elizabeth Garces Nava 1 lifted were waited sat was had looked blew walked knew It like rain . The sky was gray . It almost noon , but the sun was hidden by a gray blanket . It was cool . There no birds flying anywhere . A couple of birds on the telephone wire . Bob was standing outside talking to Bill . They both their hands in their pockets . They that it was probably going to rain shortly . A sudden breeze some leaves off a tree onto the sidewalk . A young woman wearing a dark blue coat and jeans by . She was walking a small dog . It was pure white , and pretty . It sniffed at a tree trunk . The woman patiently . Finally , the dog its leg .