ENGLISH 5 BLENDED HU-61

WORKSHEET 2
OBJECTIVES: To practice highlighting key moments in a story: changing Past tenses to Present tenses.
1. Read the stories you heard in the previuos exercise. Change the underlined verbs into Present Simple
or Present Continuous to make the stories more dramatic.
Andy

I was playing rugby for the local team. I was jumping up to catch the ball, when
suddenly, a player from the other team knocked me over. And I fell heavily on my
left leg. I twisted my ankle and couldnt play rugby for more than three months.
Beth

I was walking my dog one day with my sister. And we were crossing this field. Then
we saw a horse in it and it suddenly started running towards us, looking really
mad. I know you arent supposed to run away from animals because they can sense
your fear. But we ran away as fast as we could.
Cindy

Last summer I was driving on the motorway in Spain. We were getting close to
Barcelona, so I started to slow down, ready to turn off the motorway. Suddenly, this
black sports car appeared out of nowhere, pulled in fornt of me and stopped! I
lamost drove into the back of it! But I just managed to turn off the motorway in
time. Ive never been so frightened in my life!

Source: Inside Out Intermediate page 14