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    Tim Wilkins did not have any siblings and usually played alone in London where he lived. He would go to the park every afternoon after school when the weather was fine. When it rained, his mom would take him to the library and Tim would choose a book and read. He preferred reading adventure books about pirates, explorers or spacemen. When Tim was 8 years old, his father lost his job. His father worked as a carpenter and decided to start a new life in a little village called Stonebridge. So Tim's parents sold their house in London and bought a beautiful house in Stonebridge. This house was not new and the windows and doors were broken. The roof had a hole. They

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    Tim Wilkins did not have any siblings and usually played alone in London where he lived. He would go to the park every afternoon after school when the weather was fine. When it rained, his mom would take him to the library and Tim would choose a book and read. He preferred reading adventure books about pirates, explorers or spacemen. When Tim was 8 years old, his father lost his job. His father worked as a carpenter and decided to start a new life in a little village called Stonebridge. So Tim's parents sold their house in London and bought a beautiful house in Stonebridge. This house was not new and the windows and doors were broken. The roof had a hole. They

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    Tree House

    Uploaded by

    Jose Moy Hernandez
    Tim Wilkins did not have any siblings and usually played alone in London where he lived. He would go to the park every afternoon after school when the weather was fine. When it rained, his mom would take him to the library and Tim would choose a book and read. He preferred reading adventure books about pirates, explorers or spacemen. When Tim was 8 years old, his father lost his job. His father worked as a carpenter and decided to start a new life in a little village called Stonebridge. So Tim's parents sold their house in London and bought a beautiful house in Stonebridge. This house was not new and the windows and doors were broken. The roof had a hole. They

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    Complete the story in the Past Simple.

    Use
    the verbs in brackets.

    (1) (2)
    Tim Wilkins ___________________ (not have) any siblings. He usually ________________ (play)
    (3) (4)
    alone when his family ________________ (live) in London. He ________________ (go) to the
    (5)
    park every afternoon after school when the weather _________________ (be) fine. When it
    (6) (7)
    __________________ (rain), his mum ___________________ (take) him to the library and Tim
    (8) (9) (10)
    _______________ (choose) a book and he _______________ (read). He __________________
    (11)
    (prefer) reading adventure books about pirates, explorers or spacemen. He _____________
    (be) very imaginative.

    (12) (13)
    When Tim _______________ (be) 8 years old, his father ________________ (lose) his job. He
    (14) (15)
    ________________ (work) as a carpenter and he ________________ (decide) to start a new
    (16)
    life in a little village called Stonebridge. So Tim’s parents ________________ (sell) their
    (17)
    house in London and they ________________ (buy) a beautiful house in Stonebridge. This
    (18) (19)
    house __________________ (not be) new and the windows and doors ________________
    (20) (21)
    (be) broken. The roof ________________ (have) a hole. They _________________ (repair)
    (22) (23)
    the house and ________________ (paint) the walls. When they __________________
    (24)
    (finish), the house __________________ (look) fantastic!

    (25) (26)
    Tim’s father _________________ (have) an idea. Their garden _______________ (be) very
    (27) (28)
    big and there _________________ (be) a lot of old trees. There ______________ (be) one
    (29)
    tree especially tall and thick. Tim’s father ___________________ (design) a tree house and
    (30)
    he _______________ (spend) the whole spring building the tree house. When the summer
    (31) (32)
    ___________________ (begin), Tim __________________ (have) his new house finished. He
    (33) (34)
    ________________ (invite) some boys to play there and all the things he ______________
    (35)
    (read) in the books _________________ (come) true.

    (36)
    The tree house ____________________ (not survive) many years. Unluckily, a terrible storm
    (37) (38)
    ____________________ (destroy) it some years ago. But Tim Wilkins ____________________
    (39) (40)
    (not forget) it when he ___________________ (grow up). He ___________________
    (become) an architect and now he builds tree houses all around the world!
    (41) (42)
    ______________________ (you / have) a tree house when you _____________ (be) a child?
    Find the Past Simple forms of the verbs in the boxes below. Then write their past
    forms in the boxes next to them.

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