Chapter 5

My grandfather

5.1 Forming Pastparticiple

What is the past participle of these verbs?

Ride = rode hunt = hunted meet = met

Have = had get = got be = was/were

Travel = travelled stay = stayed see = saw

Visit = visited do = did

5.2 Complete the text with suitable verbs from 5.1 above.

My grandfather is 96 years old, and he (1) had a long and interesting life. He (2) traveled a lot. He (3)
saw the Tajmahal in India, and the Pyramids in Egypt. He (4)hunted lions in Africa, and (5) rode a
camel across the Sahara dissert. He says that the most beautiful place he (6) visited to is Kathmandu
in Nepal. He (7) met the Queen in several occations. In 1959 he was a soldier in New Zealand when
he came to visit, and in 1972 he went to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.

He (8) did married twice. His first wife died when she was 32. He met his second wife while he was
travelling round France by bike. He and his wife, Eleaner, (9) stayed married for 50 years, and they
(10)were in the same cottage in the country since they got married. He says that he (11) had never
got ill in his life. The secret of good health, according to my grandfather, is exercise. He goes
swimming