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EXERCISE 20. Verb tense and irregular verb
review. (Chapters 1 and 2)
Directions: Complete the sentences with
the verbs in parentheses. Use the simple past, simple present, or past
progressive.
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(1) Once upon a time, a king and his three daughters (live) ____ lived ___ in a castle in a faraway land. One day while the king
(think) _____ was thinking ____ about his daughters,
he (have)_____ had _____ an idea. He (form) ____ formed _____ a plan for finding husbands for them.
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(2)When it (come) _____ came ____ time for the three
daughters to marry, the king (announce)
____ announced ____ his plan. He
said, "I'm going to take three jewels to the fountain in the center of
the village. The young men (meet)
____ meet* _____ together there
every day. The three young men who find the jewels will become my daughters'
husbands."
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(3)The next day, the king (choose)
__________ three jewels-an emerald, a ruby, and a diamond-and (take) __________ them into the
village. He (hold) __________ them
in his hand and (walk) __________
among the young men. First he (drop)
__________ the emerald, then the ruby, and then the diamond. A handsome man
(pick) __________ up the emerald.
Then a wealthy prince (spot) the
ruby and (bend) __________ down
to pick it up. The king (be) __________
very pleased.
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(4) But then a frog (hop) __________
toward the diamond and (pick) __________
it up. The frog (bring) __________
the diamond to the king and said, "I (be) __________ the Frog Prince. I (claim) __________ your third daughter as my wife."
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(5)When the king (tell) __________
Tina, his third daughter, about the Frog Prince, she (refuse) __________ to marry him. When the people of the land (hear) __________ the news about the
frog and the princess, they (laugh)
__________ and (laugh) __________.
"Have you heard the news?" the people (say) __________ to each other. "Princess Tina is going to
marry a frog!"
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(6) Tina (feel) __________ terrible.
She said, "I (be) __________
the unluckiest person in the world." She (fall) __________ to the floor and (sob) __________. No one (love)
__________ her, she (believe) __________. Her father (understand, not) __________ her. She (hide) __________ from her friends and (keep) __________ her pain in her heart. Every day, she (grow) __________ sadder and sadder.
Her two sisters (have) __________
grand weddings. Their wedding bells (ring)
__________ with joy across the land.
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(7) Eventually, Tina (leave)
__________ the castle. She (run) __________
away h m her family and (go) __________
to live in the woods by herself. She (eat)
__________ simple food, (drink) __________
water from the lake, (cut) __________
her own firewood, (wash) __________
her own clothes, (sweep) __________
the floor herself, (make) __________
her own bed, and (take) __________
care of all her own needs. But she (be)
__________ very lonely and unhappy.
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(8) One day Tina (go)
swimming. The water (be) __________
deep and cold. Tina (swim) __________
for a long time and (become) __________
very tired. While she (swim) __________
back toward the shore, she (lose)
__________ the desire to live. She (quit)
__________ trying to swim to safety. She(drown) __________ when the frog suddenly (appear) and with all his strength (Push) __________ Tina to the shore. He (save) __________ her life.
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(9) "Why (save, you) __________
my life, Frog?"
"Because you (be) __________
very young and you (have) __________
a lot to live for."
"No, I (do, not) __________,"
said the princess. "I (be) __________
the most miserable person in the whole universe."
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(10) "Let's talk about it," (say) __________ the frog. And they (begin) __________ to talk. Tina and the Frog Prince (sit) __________ together for hours
and hours. Frog (listen) __________
and (understand) __________. He (tell) __________ her about himself
and his own unhappiness and loneliness. They (share) __________ their minds and hearts. Day after day, they (spend) __________ hours with each
other. They (talk) __________,(laugh) __________, (play) __________ and (work) together.
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(11) One day while they (sit)
__________ near the lake, Tina (bend)
__________ down and, with great affection, (kiss) __________ the frog on his forehead. Poof! Suddenly the
frog (turn) __________ into a
man! He (take) __________ Tina in
his arms, and said, "You (save)
__________ me with your kiss. Outside, I (look) __________ like a frog, but you (see) __________ inside and (find)
__________ the real me. Now I (be)
__________ free. An evil wizard had turned me into a frog until I found the
love of a woman with a truly good heart!' When Tina through outside
appearances, she (find) __________
true love.
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(12) Tina and the prince (return)
__________ to the castle and (get)
__________ married. Her two sisters, she discovered, (be) __________ very unhappy. The handsome husband (ignore) __________ his wife and (talk, not) __________ to her. The
wealthy husband (make) __________
fun of his wife and (give) __________
her orders all the time. But Tina and her Frog Prince (live) __________ happily ever after.
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