Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
It was a bitterly cold morning. Grey clouds 1)......... (hang) low in the sky and snow 2) .........(fall). It 3)....... (be) the traveled beginning of the winter holidays and Laura 4)......... (travel) home from university to spend the holidays with her family. Suddenly, an elderly gentleman 5) ...... (enter) her carriage. He 6) .......(wear) a black coat and he 7) ........(carry) a briefcase. He 8) .......(sit) opposite Laura, 9) ...........(open) his briefcase, 10) .......(take) out an envelope and 11)........(give) it to Laura.
