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Past Tense
1. Read the following story:
Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship. One summer he
comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s house. They have
a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he comes back.
Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port. Bob’s first port is Capetown in
Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot speaks three languages. When
Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for the
parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”
Rewrite the story. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:
Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
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2. Answer the questions about the story:
a. What change did he find when he was back home?
b. What did the girl do with the parrot?
c. If you were the main character, what would you do if your loved one do that thing to
you? Explain your answer.

3. Read the text. Write the questions below about Ping’s holiday:

Last September Ping went to Bali. She went by plane and stayed in a big hotel. It was
very hot, so she swam every day. In the evenings she went to different restaurants, the
food was very good. She met some nice people and every night she danced with them
at the disco. She was happy because she wasn’t alone.

a. Where did she go? ………………………………………………. Bali.

b. …………………………………………………………………… Last September.
c. …………………………………………………………………… By plane.
d. …………………………………………………………………… In a big hotel.
e. …………………………………………………………………… It was very hot.
f. …………………………………………………………………… She swam.
g. …………………………………………………………………… It was very good.
h. …………………………………………………………………… Some nice people.
4. Write what Kinari DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:
Do her homework ( - ) Kinari didn’t do her homework yesterday.
Drink coffee ( + ) …………………………………………
Clean her bedroom ( + ) …………………………………………
Buy groceries ( - ) …………………………………………
watch a movie ( - ) …………………………………………
bake a cake ( + ) …………………………………………

5. Rewrite the sentences using the word and signs in parenthesis:

1. They went to the Suropati Park last night.

(he) (-) 2. …………………………………………………
(yesterday) (?) 3. …………………………………………………
(buy a new guitar) (+) 4. …………………………………………………
(we) (-) 5. …………………………………………………
(eat ramen) (+) 6. ………………………………………………….
(I) (-) 7. …………………………………………………
(get a present) (+) 8. …………………………………………………
(you) (-) 9. …………………………………………………
(go shopping) (?) 10. ………………………………………………..
(ride a bicycle) (+) 11.…………………………………………………
6. Make a story about holiday based on the itinerary above, please use Simple Past Tense
and write it in two paragraphs at least 10 sentences.