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A Bad Smell

Complete the text with the past form of the verb:

BE (X 6) – PUT – NEED – WALK - ARRIVE

It _____ a warm, sunny day. She _____ a hat on to keep the sun out
of her eyes. She ____ to visit her bank. She _____down to the
corner. There were four buildings at the intersection. One ____ her
bank. Opposite the bank was a fast food restaurant. The other two
buildings _____a dry cleaner and an office building. Before she
arrived at the corner, she could smell the fried chicken. The
restaurant ____ open seven days a week, and the odor of fried
chicken _____ in the neighborhood daily. She ____ a vegetarian.

BE – FIND – HAVE – OPEN – KNOW

She used to eat meat and fish. But that ____ before she ______ a
dead cat in her dumpster one day. Of course, she ___ smelled the
dead cat before she _______ the dumpster lid. Everyone knows the
smell of dead flesh. She ____ that something in the dumpster was
dead, but she didn't know what.

OPEN – SEE – COVER – LOVE

Just in case it was a human (some people dump their babies into
dumpsters), she _____ the lid. She ____ the cat. Flies ______ most
of it. They were enjoying their meal. She _____ cats. She had two of
her own.

ORDER – THINK – SPIT - BECOME

A week later at a restaurant, she _________ a hamburger. While


she was eating it, she suddenly ________ about the dead cat. She
_____ out the hamburger. That was the day she _________ a
vegetarian.
A Bad Smell
Complete the text with the past form of the verb:

BE (X 6) – PUT – NEED – WALK - ARRIVE

It _____ a warm, sunny day. She _____ a hat on to keep the sun out
of her eyes. She ____ to visit her bank. She _____down to the
corner. There were four buildings at the intersection. One ____ her
bank. Opposite the bank was a fast food restaurant. The other two
buildings _____a dry cleaner and an office building. Before she
arrived at the corner, she could smell the fried chicken. The
restaurant ____ open seven days a week, and the odor of fried
chicken _____ in the neighborhood daily. She ____ a vegetarian.

BE – FIND – HAVE – OPEN – KNOW

She used to eat meat and fish. But that ____ before she ______ a
dead cat in her dumpster one day. Of course, she ___ smelled the
dead cat before she _______ the dumpster lid. Everyone knows the
smell of dead flesh. She ____ that something in the dumpster was
dead, but she didn't know what.

OPEN – SEE – COVER – LOVE

Just in case it was a human (some people dump their babies into
dumpsters), she _____ the lid. She ____ the cat. Flies ______ most
of it. They were enjoying their meal. She _____ cats. She had two of
her own.

ORDER – THINK – SPIT - BECOME

A week later at a restaurant, she _________ a hamburger. While


she was eating it, she suddenly ________ about the dead cat. She
_____ out the hamburger. That was the day she _________ a
vegetarian.

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