1. woke

2. was shining 

3. were singing

4. was

5. went 

6. was having

7. said

8. continued

9. put

10. opened 

11. was getting 

12. rang

13. answered

14. was practising

One morning, Amber (1) __ woke _____ up early. The sun (2) was shining _________ and the birds (3)__ were singing _________. Amber (4)___ was ________ very excited because it was the day of the big tennis match.

Amber(5)___went _______ downstairs and into the kitchen, where her father (6) __was having _______ breakfast.

'Morning, Amber. Today's the day!' He (7) ___said _________. Amber smiled nervously. 'Don't worry!' he (8) __continued_______ . 'You'll be fine.'

Amber (9) __ put  _______ some toast into the toaster and (10) _opened_______ the fridge. Just as she (11) _was getting ________ the butter out, the phone (12) _____rang _______. Her father (13) __answered ________ it. After a few minutes, he put the phone down.

'Bad news, I'm afraid. The other player (14) ___was practising ______ yesterday when she had an accident. The match is off.'

Amber ate her toast slowly. She was surprised she didn't feel disappointed.