The Greedy Crow

Mr. Crow was very hungry. He flew

everywhere to look for food.
Suddenly, he saw a piece of meat on
the ground. He flew down to get it.
Wow! Thats a big piece of meat!
He took the piece of meat up to a
branch of a nearby tree. He was very
happy.
As Mr. Crow was about to eat, he saw
Mr. Hawk. Mr. Hawk had a dead rat in
his claws.
Hello! Where did you get that rat?

Mr. Hawk did not reply. He flew off as

fast as he could. Mr. Crow decided to
follow Mr. Hawk. He wanted to eat
the rat as well.
Mr. Crow could not fly fast enough so
he did not get the dead rat. While
chasing Mr. Hawk, his piece of meat
fell to the ground.
Mr. Eagle saw the incident. He
quickly flew down to get the piece of
meat.
Stop! Thats mine!

Lets answer.
Name the characters in the story.
The characters in the story were ___________,
_______________ and ______________ .
What did Mr. Crow find on the ground?
He saw ________________________________ .
When did Mr. Crow drop the meat?
He dropped the meat ________________________ .
What did you learn from the story?
We must not be ________________ .

Exclamation Marks (!)

An exclamation mark ( ! ) is used for
greetings, to give commands and to
show excitement, surprise, anger,
shock, happiness and sadness.

Hello!
Go away!
Wow!
Oh, no!
Im so happy!

Past Tense

Past

Verb + ed or
change spelling
go went
buy bought
play played
walk - walked
Is was
Are were
See - saw

Fill in the blanks with the simple

past tense.
Mr. Crow _____________ (is) very
greedy. He ________ (have) a piece
of meat but _____________ (want) a
dead rat as well. He ___________
(drop) the meat and ____________
(fly) after the rat. In the end, he
__________ (lose) both the piece of
meat and the rat.