A DAY OUT AT THE MONKEY FOREST
Task 1: Complete the table with the appropriate verb forms:
Present
are
buy
can
choose
come
feel
get
go
Past
Present
have
is
pay
see
spend
take
tell
think
Past
Options
bought
paid
could
thought
had
took
told
were
went
was
got
saw
chose
felt
came
spent
Task 2: Read the text and underline all the verbs you can recognise:
It is a half-term school break. I take my children to
the Monkey Forest in Trentham. We go there by bus.
We come to the Monkey Forest at about 10 a.m. I pay
£7 for my ticket and £5 for my daughter ’s ticket. My
son can enter the park for free because he is 2 years
old. We spend there about 4 hours and we have a
really good time. We see many different monkeys. I
take a lot of pictures of my children in the park.
Then we have a lunch in a café. There are few
souvenir shops in the park. I buy a mug for my
daughter and my son chooses a toy. We think it is a
great day out. When we get home, my children tell
their father about the park. They feel very happy.
What verb form (tense) is used throughout the text? Is that the best choice? Why?
Task 3: Rewrite the text using the Past Simple forms of the verbs:
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A DAY OUT AT THE MONKEY FOREST
ANSWER SHEET
Task 1: Complete the table with the appropriate verb forms:
Present
Past
Present
Past
are
were
bought
could
chose
came
felt
got
went
have
had
was
paid
saw
spent
took
told
thought
buy
can
choose
come
feel
get
go
is
pay
see
spend
take
tell
think
Options
bought
paid
could
thought
had
took
told
were
went
was
got
saw
chose
felt
came
spent
Task 2: Read the text and underline all the verbs you can recognise:
It is a half-term school break. I take my children to
the Monkey Forest in Trentham. We go there by bus.
We come to the Monkey Forest at about 10 a.m. I pay
£7 for my ticket and £5 for my daughter ’s ticket. My
son can enter the park for free because he is 2 years
old. We spend there about 4 hours and we have a
really good time. We see many different monkeys. I
take a lot of pictures of my children in the park. Then
we have a lunch in a café. There are few souvenir
shops in the park. I buy a mug for my daughter and
my son chooses a toy. We think it is a great day out.
When we get home, my children tell their father about
the park. They feel very happy.
What verb form (tense) is used throughout the text? Is that the best choice? Why?
Task 3: Rewrite the text using the Past Simple forms of the verbs:
It was a half-term school break. I took my children to the Monkey Forest in
Trentham. We went there by bus. We came to the Monkey Forest at about 10
a.m. I paid £7 for my ticket and £5 for my daughter’s ticket. My son could
enter the park for free because he was 2 years old. We spent there about 4
hours and we had a really good time. We saw many different monkeys. I took a
lot of pictures of my children in the park. Then we had a lunch in a café. There
were few souvenir shops in the park. I bought a mug for my daughter and my
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son chose a toy. We thought it was a great day out. When we got home, my
children told their father about the park. They felt very happy.
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