B
It was a beautiful spring day and the sun
was shining
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(shine). Four boys decided not to go to school in the morning. They planned to play football, although they
had
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(have) an English exam that day.
The boys
were playing
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(play) football when it started to rain heavily. They
thought
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(think) the exam was probably over so they decided to go back to school. When they
were walking/walked
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(walk) in the hallway, their English teacher saw them. “Why did you miss the exam today? ” she asked. A boy answered her with a lie, “While we
rode/were riding
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(ride) bikes to school, our bikes all had a flat tyre and they couldn’t move. ” “OK,” the teacher said. “Then you can take the exam now. ”
The boys
felt
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(feel) very worried, but the teacher smiled. “Oh, don’t worry! It will be easy! ”she told them. When they
were sitting/sat
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(sit) at their desks, the teacher gave them the exam papers. They
opened
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(open) the papers and saw only one question, “Which tyre was flat?”
As a result, they had different answers. They
said
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(say) sorry to the teacher and the teacher said, “It’s not good to miss school and it’s not good to tell a lie, either. ”