Exercise 19 -26

Exercise 19                                                                                                   10

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb.

          Hed is so fat.  He ________ (1. know) it.  But he _________ (2. feel) humiliated whenever anyone ___________ (3. call) him ‘Fatty Hed’.  He hates it.  He ___________

(4. find) it hard to swallow being teased in that way.

          Once he always _________ (5. try) to catch those for teasing him.  But they all __________ (6. run) really fast for him to catch and teach them a lesson.  He found that he __________ (7. be) soon out of breath after he ________________ (8. run) for just a few metres.  Very often more and more seem to join in teasing him.  It turned out to be like a game called ‘Catch me if you can’. Many times, he almost _____________ (9. break) down and cried his heart out but his pride somehow  ___________ (10. help) him to hold back his tears.

          When Ned, Hed’s mum found out the problem he _________ (11. face) in school. She _________ (12. tell) him just to ignore them.  However, if they ___________ (13. go) out of bound, he should seek help from his form teacher, Madam Lee.  At the same time, Ned __________ (14. advise) him to eat less bread and exercise more.  She also told Hed to bring a story book to read to keep himself occupied or to read out loud so that he would not be upset by those unkind people around.  She told Hed to sing a song or two to ward off those naughty schoolmates.  Ned, Hed’s mum always told him that he had a beautiful voice.  It ___________       (15. take) Hed some time to tackle the problem.  The methods _________ (16. prove) to be very effective.

          A few months ago while Hed _____________ (17. read) his favourite book called “Alice in the Wonderland”, his naughtiest classmate, Frankie _____________ (18. approach) him.  He ____________ (19. be) curious about the book.  Hed told him the story excitedly.  Frankie ____________ (20. apologise) to Hed for teasing him.  Hed just ____________ (21. smile) shyly.

         

Exercise 20

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb.

          Hed has already read the book, ‘Alice in Wonderland ’ three times.  He _____________ (1. read) the book now.  He almost _______ (2. read) it every day .  If he __________ (3. finish) reading the book again, he _______________ (4. read) it four  times.  Then he __________ (5. lend) the book to Ozee.  She likes the book very much and would like to read on her own.  She ___________ (6. ask) at least three times about when she can get the book to read.  Hed ________ (7. tell) her yesterday that she most probably would get it on Friday this week.  Actually, Oyee, Ozee’s sister also _________ (8. get) a different adaption of the book.  It is a bit too hard for Ozee to read.  Olly, her mother actually ____________ (9. try) to look around for the same adaption of the book.  But so far she has not found one geared to Ozee’s English level.

          Nowadays, there ________ (10. be) more and more friends joining in the circle to listen to Hed telling stories from different books during recess.  Nobody _________ (11. dare) to tease him anymore for fear of being barred from listening to his story-telling.  Ned, Hed’s mum ________ (12. be) very proud of him as he has dealt with his problem tactfully. 

          At the same time, he really ________ (13. try) hard to eat less bread and he

____________ (14. exercise) whenever he can.  Yesterday, he __________ (15. walk) at least 2 kilometres.  When he _____________ (16. walk) for a kilometre, he suffered pangs of hunger.  Somehow, he ___________ (17. endure) it and he felt good after it.

Exercise 21                                                                                                   11

Give the different tenses with the given word ‘Study’.

          Tina cannot go to the park now. She _______________ (1) English.  She _____________ (2) English every day.  She _________________ (3) English for an hour already.  She is a bit tired now.

          Yesterday when she _______________ (4) English, she heard her neighbours screaming and shouting.  After she ________________ (5) for an hour, she went out to the garden to play with her pet dog, Lulu.   She also _____________ (6) Chinese in the afternoon.

          Tomorrow, she will go to the May’s house.  They ______________ (7) Mathematics together.  They _____________________ (8) Mathematics the whole afternoon.               (study)

Exercise 22

Given the different tenses with the given word ‘Read’ . 

          Yalee has borrowed a book called “The Ugly Duckling”.  She ______________(1)

the book as soon as she has finished her homework.

          Yaling, Yalee’s little sister _____________(2) the book now.  She is a bookworm, too.  She ____________(3) a lot.  Actually she _______________ (4) the book in an adapted version for her age.

          Yaling ___________ (5) an interesting book yesterday.  She ________________ (6) it under a tree during recess.  She _____________ (7) about half of the book when the bell rang.

          Yalee ______________(8) the book “The Ugly Duckling” with her sister when she has finished doing her homework.                  (read)

Exercise 23

Give the different tenses with the given word ‘Choose’.

          Nahui is a choosy and fussy girl.  She always __________(1) her things with so much care and thought.  She never likes things that others ____________ (2) for her.

          She _______________(3) her dress now.  She is going to attend a wedding feast with her parents and she wants to look presentable.  She wants to choose a dress to match with her pair of shoes.

          Last Saturday, she attended a birthday party of a friend.  She ______________ (4) a pair of pink coloured shoes before she ____________(5) the dress.  She fussed so much while she ______________(6) her dress.  She liked the dress so much so that she was even wearing it to sleep.

          Look, she ______________ (7) a red dress to wear.  But she does not have any red shoes.  She never likes red shoes as they remind her of a story called “Dancing Red Shoes”.  The story has a terrible ending.                  (choose)

Exercise 24

Give the different tenses with the given word “run”.

          Madam Lee likes to bring her children, Tina and Peter to the park in the evening.  Her children always ___________ (1) happily in the park every evening.  Look, the children ________________ (2) happily in the park now.  Mdm Lee sometimes __________ (3) after them.

          They _________________ (4) about in the playground a few days ago.  They

________________ (5) about in the square tomorrow evening.

          Peter _____________ (6) for half an hour already.  If he ______________(7) for another round, he _______________ (8) for 5 rounds.  He is a bit tired already.  Yesterday, he sat down for some refreshments after he ______________ (9) for an hour and a half.           (run)

Exercise 25

Give the different tenses with the given word ‘Cross’.

          Paul’s grandfather likes to go to the coffee shop.  He has to walk across a few areas to reach the coffee shop to meet his friends.

          He always _________(1) the streets carefully.  He _____________(2) the pedestrian walk now.  He ________________ (3) half of it when someone is calling him on the handphone.  He just ignores the call.

          Yesterday while he _______________(4) the pedestrian walk, he was nearly knocked down by a car.  He was so shocked that he sweated profusely.  He almost fainted on the spot.

          Hence, he detoured and ______________(5) a large bridge and a big field to reach home.  When he ______________ (6) two-thirds of the field, he slipped and fell.

Luckily, he was not injured at all.

          Next Friday, he is going to visit a friend on the other side of the field.  He ______________ (7) 2 bridges and a big field to reach his friend’s house.  He ______________ (8) the areas with his pet dog, Lubi.  They will be walking slowly and leisurely across the area.

          The two friends will be happy to see each other.  They will be chit-chatting happily at the pavilion in the garden.                  (cross)

Exercise 26

Give the different tenses to the given word ‘Meet’ or  other given words or other verb form.

          Ming Cheng and Timhu are good friends.  They have ___________(1. know) each other since small.  Ming Cheng is a coffee shop operator and he co-partners with Timhu in the business.  So the 2 friends often  ___________ (2) to discuss the various issues concerning their business operation.

          They ______________ (3) each other now.  They ________________ (4. talk) happily with each other.  Actually they _______________ (5) 2 times already this week.

          A few days ago, Timhu ____________ (6) Ming Cheng at the coffee shop.  While he __________ (7.  be) there, he ___________ (8. order) a plate of fried noodles and a cup of milo drink.  When he ______________ (9. take) his lunch, someone __________(10. tell) him the shocking news that his uncle _______________ (11) with a car accident.  He _______________ (12. feel) really upset when he_____________(13. hear) it.  He  _______________ (14. leave) for home immediately.

          Luckily, his uncle only has only ______________ (15. sustain) a minor injury.  He only suffers cuts and bruises here and there.  But he has to stay in hospital for a few more days for observation.

          Timhu and his family _____________ (16. pay) him a visit when he has been discharged.  They ___________ (17) him at his bungalow in the suburb.  They _____________ (18) other members of their clan there.    (meet)