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Mary Maloney 2 and forms of verbs

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'A leg of lamb'! It was the first thing that she had seen ... well wrapped in grease-proof paper in the freezer. She (seize)will seizeseizesseizedwas seizingI don't know it with both hands - it was so heavy - and Mary (look)lookedwill lookhas lookedI don't know at it 'as if she (be)should bewill beiswereI don't know being controlled by a remote-control, by a tremendous force that she (not + can)cannotshouldn'tcan'tcouldn'tI don't know overcome. It was incomprehensible.
Like a zombie, she shuffled into the living room. Patrick (gather)was gathering's gatheringgatherswill gatherI don't know important papers before going away. He (not/even/look up)wasn't even looking upwill not even look updidn't even look upI don't know when she called him... Suddenly, as if in a daze, she came in, stood behind him like a ghost, and (swing)swingedswunghad swungswangI don't know the heavy, frozen club behind his head. There was a thud ! It all happened in an instant! He (die)dieddeathwas deaddyingI don't know!
She (feel/still) didn't feelstill feelingfelt stillwas still feelingI don't know as if she were under a spell, and the heavy leg of lamb (weigh) had to weighhad weighedwould weighwas weighingI don't know down her arm ... Without thinking further, Mary went back to her kitchen, mechanically (unwrap)unwrappedunwrapingunwrapsunwrapedI don't know the frozen meat, put it into the oven, and went out for vegetables. Mary wondered if Mr Green (notice)'s noticinghas noticedwould noticewill noticeI don't know anything abnormal in her demeanor and behaviour. She (not/speak)didn't speakhadn't spokendidn't spokeI don't know to him since the preceding week. He wasn't surprised to see her smiling calmly. She simply explained that it was the first time Patrick (refuse)refusedrefuseshas refusedhad refusedI don't know to go out on a Thursday : he was so exhausted. She (cook)cookedwould cookwill cookhas cookedI don't know for him, and left the little shop, still smiling, with her vegetables.
When she arrived home, she yelled Patrick's name,(for the neighbours to hear her), knocked down a lamp and a few chairs, and staged a robbery, (scatter)has scatteredshould be scatteringscatteringbeen scatteringI don't know files and papers and then, called the police ... They arrived a few minutes later! ...

Mary (devastate)devastatesdevastated's being devastatedwas devastatedI don't know. The investigation was proceeding slowly and meticulously ... Mary mechanically stated her alibi ... The detectives (desperately/ look)had desperately lookingwill desperately lookwere desperately lookingI don't know for the murder weapon, convinced it couldn't be far! They searched the house, in vain! In the meantime, complaining that she was so shaken that she couldn't eat anything, the pregnant woman had insisted that Patrick would (want)will wanthave wantedwantingI don't know his colleagues to have some dinner ! Soon, the tired and hungry detectives were enjoying their meal ...the roasted leg of lamb !

In the living room, by herself, Mary (giggle)'s gigglinghad been giggledwill gigglewas gigglingI don't know softly!