Past Simple либо Past Continuous? Поставьте глаголв скобках в правильную форму.Last

Past Simple или Past Continuous? Поставьте глагол
в скобках в правильную форму.
Last night Bobs father 1) ______ (read) a book in the
living room when suddenly he 2) _______ (hear) something
outside the house. He 3) ______ (open) the window and
4) ______ (look) out. It 5) ______ (be) very dark and at
fi rst he 6) _______ (not/can) see anything. But while he
7) ______ (close) the window, he 8) ______ (notice) a man. The
man 9) ______ (try) to climb over the garden wall. When he
10) ______ (see) Bobs father at the window, he 11) _______
(jump) off the wall and 12) ______ (try) to escape. Bobs
father 13) ______ (run) after him. There 14) _______ (be) a
few cars at the end of the street. Just as the thief 15) ______
(get) into one of them, Bobs father 16) _______ (catch) him.