Complete the text with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
It was a cold, dark evening. The snow was falling fast and an icy wind was blowing. As Rick (1)__________________(walk) home along the empty street, he saw a strange flash of light in the distance. He (2)__________________(stop). “Maybe it was just my imagnation,” he thought. Then, suddenly, the light (3)__________________(flash) again. As he was watching it, he ran towards he light when something hit his heads. Rick (4)__________________ (fall) onto the snow. A car door opened and a man (5)_________________(step) out in front of him …
