26730 past simple or progressive

Read and complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
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with your
classmates
Journalist Nigel Rogers got a certificate for bravery
from
London’s Chief of Police
last year. This is the story of what happened.

“One day last year Kevin Brown_______________(walk) to his office.
I____________(Know) Kevin. He _____________ (be) a lawyer in an
office near my newspaper and we______________ (play) squash
together sometimes. That day I_______________ (not go) to my
newspaper,I_________________ (go) to the pub on the corner for
lunch. As I______________ (go) into the pub I________________ (see)
that a man__________(run) along the street behind Kevin.
I__________________ (shout), “Kevin, There’s a man behind you!” But
Kevin____________________ (not hear) me and________________
(not look back) at the man, so he________________ (not see) him. The
man______________(hit) Kevin from behind and then tried to take his
money. I___________________(run) across the street. Then
I________________ (pull) the man down the ground. A police
car______________ (come), I could hear it. I__________________
(hold) him away. I’m don’t think I’m a hero but the
police______________________ (give) me a certificate for bravery.”