The Unfortunate Tandem
It happened while Mr Harris and his wife sitting on the tandem behind him (0) __were cycling__ (to cycle) through Holland. As the roads (1) (to be) stony, Harris (2) (to ask) his wife to sit tight. She (3) (not/ can) explain later why she (4) (to think) her husband (5) (to order) her to jump down. And she did so. Harris (6) (to go on) without turning his head. He (7) (to believe) his wife (8) (to sit) behind him.
Mrs Harris (9) (to find) herself on the road alone.
At first she (10) (to suppose) her husband (11) (to want) simply to show his skill and he (12) (to return) soon when he (13) (to reach) the hill. But her husband (14) disappeared (to disappear) in the wood.
She (15) (to begin) to cry as she (16) (to have) no money, and she (17) (not know) Dutch.
People (18) _______ (to think) she (19) _______ (to lose) something so they (20) _______ (to take) her to the police station.
Meanwhile, Harris (21) (to cycle) with great pleasure. But soon he (22) (to feel) wrong. He (23) (to look back) but (24) (to see) nobody there.
While thinking how to find his wife he (25) (to meet) some local people. They (26) (to be sure) he (27) (to find) his wife at the police station. There he (28) (to ask) when, where and why he (29) (to lose) his wife.
The meeting of Mr Harris and his wife (30) (to be) not a tender one.
Be careful on the roads!
Example:
It happened while Mr Harris and his wife sitting on the tandem behind him 0 ____ (to cycle) through Holland.
were cycling