Complete the story with the verbs in the past simple or past continuous.
Marcus Jones was very lucky last weekend.
He (0) was.cycling. (cycle) home from the city
centre. It (1)....... ......(snow) and the road was
icy. Suddenly his bike (2)....................... (slip) and
he (3)
...... (fall off) onto the pavement.
He (4)
.....(pick up) his bike off the road
when he (5)
... (see) something in the
sky. It (6)
...(move) towards him very
fast. He (7)........................(jump) back onto the
pavement and the object (8)....................... (hit)
the road. It was a piece of a meteorite. I was glad!
(9).
......... (not stand) there!' he
(10)
(tell) told journalists later.​

Here’s a detailed completion of the story using the correct forms of the past simple and past continuous verbs:

Marcus Jones was very lucky last weekend. He was cycling (cycle) home from the city centre. It was snowing (snow) and the road was icy. Suddenly, his bike slipped (slip) and he fell off (fall off) onto the pavement.

He was picking up (pick up) his bike off the road when he saw (see) something in the sky. It was moving (move) towards him very fast. He jumped (jump) back onto the pavement, and the object hit (hit) the road. It was a piece of a meteorite.

"I was glad I wasn't standing (not stand) there!" he told (tell) journalists later.

This version uses the past simple for completed actions and the past continuous for ongoing actions in the background or actions interrupted by another event. It provides a vivid sense of timing and detail to the story.