1) It was midnight and I was alone in the house. Outside it was (rain) very hard. I (get) ready to go to the bed when I suddenly heard a strange noise outside my room in the corridor. Then, when I ___ (look) at the door, I noticed that someone ___ (turn) the handle! I ___ (rush) over to the door and quickly (turn) the key in the lock. Then I ___ (ask) in a trembling voice, “Who is it?” 2) It was early evening and it ___ (begin) to get dark in the surgery of Doctor Nugel Harris. The young handsome doctor (stand) looking sadly out of the window when there (be) a quiet knock at the surgery door. The doctor ___ (open) and Dr. Harris (turn) around to see the young girl who had just entered the room. She was beautiful. With a sad smile the doctor ___ (ask), “Are you the new nurse?’ 3) I ___ (sit) in the big chair in Henry’s barber’s shop at that time. Henry __ (cut) my hair with his pair of scissors when we heard the sound of horses outside. The noise was so loud that we ___ (go) over the window to look. Through the window, we could see at least twenty gunmen riding into town. Henry immediately (go) over to his desk and ___ (put) on his gun and Sheriff’s badge.