Practise your tenses

On the morning of December 14 , 2012 , Peter ____________________ [ go ] to get lunch at work and ____________________ [ find ] colleagues clustered around a television . Shocked by the developing news , Peter ____________________ [ say ] , ? Both my kids ____________________ [ go ] to that school , ? and ____________________ [ go ] back to his office . Then news reports ____________________ [ mention ] that a twenty - and a twenty - four - year - old ____________________ ____________________ [ involve ] ( the ages of his two sons ) and that the shooter ____________________ ____________________ [ attend ] the school . Unable to get any work done , he ____________________ [ drive ] home to watch the coverage . A reporter ____________________ ____________________ [ wait ] in his driveway , and ____________________ [ tell ] him that somebody at his house ____________________ ____________________ [ involve ] in the shootings . Peter ____________________ [ close ] the door , ____________________ [ turn ] on the TV , and ____________________ [ see ] that CNN ____________________ ____________________ [ identify ] Ryan as the shooter . But he ____________________ [ know ] better , and ____________________ [ call ] his wife , Shelley , at work . Shelley ____________________ [ tell ] me , the writer , ? Peter said , ? It's Peter . I think it's Adam . ' I didn't recognize his voice . And he just said it again : ? It's Peter , it's Peter , it's Adam . ' And I still didn't understand him . And he said , ? I think it's Adam , it's Adam . ' When it hit me , I screamed and started shaking violently . ?

As soon as Shelley ____________________ [ get ] home , they ____________________ [ call ] Ryan , Peter's older son , and ____________________ [ begin ] the two - hour drive to his place , in Hoboken . Ryan ____________________ also ____________________ [ leave ] his office early ; by the time he ____________________ [ get ] home , the police ____________________ ____________________ [ tape ] off his apartment building . Adam ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ [ carry ] Ryan's I . D . , which ____________________ ____________________ [ lead ] to the confusion . Ryan ____________________ [ approach ] the police with his arms up and ____________________ [ say ] , ? You're looking for me , but I didn't do it . ? He ____________________ ____________________ [ take ] to a police station , so Peter and Shelley ____________________ [ head ] there , too . They ____________________ ____________________ [ question ] for a couple of hours and ____________________ ____________________ [ make ] to wait for two more before they ____________________ ____________________ [ allow ] to see Ryan . They ____________________ [ go ] to the home of an aunt of Peter's to regroup ; they ____________________ ____________________ [ shuttle ] to a hotel , then to Shelley's family's house and other safe houses , with a canine unit supplied by the police for security ; they ____________________ ____________________ [ interview ] by the F . B . I . , the state police , and various local authorities . ? We didn't even have clothes , ? Peter ____________________ [ say ] . ? I had to borrow my lawyer's pants . ?
Source : http : / / www . newyorker . com / reporting / 2014 / 03 / 17 / 140317fa_fact_solomon ? currentPage = al l