Réponse :
Bonjour,
Last summer Sean and Mary DECIDED to redecorate their sitting room. They DIDN’T CHOOSE a dark colour but PREFERRED a cream paint for the walls and brown for the celling. They BEGAN painting, but they FOUND the walls WERE too wet. While they WERE WAITING for the walls to dry, Mary REMEMBERED that she HAD a call to make. What DID SEAN DECIDE to do? He THOUGHT he would do the ceilling. He WAS CLIMBING when the dorbell RANG . It WAS his aunt Amy, coming to spend the weekend with them.
Explications :
Le texte est ( comme c'est dit dans la consigne ) au passé.
Indices " last summer ". Il faut donc utiliser le prétérit.
Verbes irréguliers ...
Verbes réguliers ( on ajoute "ed" ) ... mais parfois on double la consonne finale comme pour " prefer" qui devient preferred ...
Il faut aussi utiliser du prétérit be + ing. pour décrire les actions qui étaient en train de se dérouler. Ses actions sont "interrompues" par du prétérit simple.
Ex :
" He was climbing when the doorbell rang "
=> Il grimpait ( = il était en train de grimper )= prétérit be + ing
