Simple Past

Present
Can
Know
Be
Say
Have
Find
Tell
Hide
Begin
Run
Think
Decide
Fall
Wake up
See
Sit
Get up
Come
Win

Past

One day the hare and the tortoise decided to have a race. The
hare________(know) that he _______ (can) run faster than the
tortoise. But the tortoise _______ (be) more intelligent than the hare.
'Yes,
I'll
race
you,' _______
(say)
the
clever
tortoise. The
tortoise_______ (have) a clever plan. He _______(find) his brothers and
sisters and he _______ (tell) them to wait in different places along the
path of the race. So they all _______ (hide) behind the trees along the
path. The race _______ (begin)! The tortoise _______ (run) as fast as
possible. But the hare _______ (be) faster, of course. 'This will be a very
easy race', _______ (think) the hare. So the hare _______ (decide) to
have a rest, and he quickly _______ (fall) asleep at the side of the
road.Suddenly, the hare _______ (wake up) and he _______ (see) a
tortoise ahead of him! 'How did he get ahead of me?' the hare asked
himself. In fact, it _______ (be) not his friend the tortoise: it _______
(be) the tortoise's sister. But to a hare, all tortoises look the same. The
hare _______ (run) past the tortoise easily. Soon, he _______ (can't) see
the tortoise, so he _______ (sit) down and he _______ (have) another
rest. Then the hare _______ (get up) and continued the race. But - as the
hare happily _______ (come) around the last corner before the finish line his friend the tortoise crossed the line and _______ (win) the race!