7 Read the extract below and underline the correct past tense. At first, I 1) wasn't/hadn't been frightened by the noise as 1 2) was thinking/thought it 3) had been/was just the wind which 4) was rattling rattled the windows. Then I 5) was freezing/froze when I 6) heard/had heard the wooden stairs creaking outside my bedroom door. I 7) was deciding/decided to be brave and 8) went/was going downstairs to see if it 9) had been/was really a burglar. A few minutes later. I 10) had stood/was standing terrified at the bottom of the stairs, looking round for a burglar. It was then that I 11) was seeing/saw that the 'burglar 12) was/had been my little brother, who 13) was getting/had got up to get a glass of water. ​