Topic 2 The Past Tenses
Exercise
5
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in the blanks with the Past Tenses.
Tom Chieng and his family _________
(1. go) to the beach for a picnic last Sunday.
They ___________ (2. set) out at 6:30 am by car. Tom and his siblings, Peter and Jenny
___________ (3. be) very excited and happy.
They __________ (4. pack) the things the day before. When it ________ (5. be) time to go, they
just ________ (6. take) the bag and _______ (7. get) in the car without any
delay.
Tom and his siblings ________ (8.
sing) and ________ (9. play) games like ‘Scissors, Stone and Cloth’, ‘Clap and Point fingers’ and so on. Tom’s father _________
(10. drive) carefully. It __________ (11. take) them half an hour to
reach the beach. There _________ (12.
be) quite a number of people there already.
Tom’s father quickly __________ (13. look) for a place to park his
car. Then they __________ (14. carry) the things that Tom’s mother
____________ (15. prepare) the day before to the spot under a shady tree.
Tom’s mother _________ (16. spread)
out a plastic sheet and they _________ (17. put) the things on it. Then they quickly __________ (18. change)
into swimming trunks and swimsuit. After
that Peter, Tom and Jenny __________ (19. run) to the beach nearby to collect
seashells, build sandcastles or play games.
Peter liked to build sandcastles. Quickly, he _________ (20. build) 2 small
sandcastles. He __________ (21. build)
another bigger sandcastle and his father was helping him. Jenny ___________ (22. walk) around. She __________ (23. collect) seashells. Actually, she __________ (collect) a
plastic-ful of seashells already. She
_________ (24. be) so happy. Tom
____________ (25. play) with his pet dog ‘Lulu’. He _________ (26. run) after it. Their parents __________ (27. watch) them
from a distance. The children
____________ (28. play) happily.
Exercise
6
Fill
in the blanks with the Past Tenses.
It _______ (1. be) about noon. They _________ (2. have) sandwiches, apples,
a piece of cheese cake and green bean soup.
After lunch, they ________ (3. go) for a dip. Their parents _________ (4. teach) them how to swim. They ________ (5. have) a lot of fun in the
water. After swimming for an hour or
two, the family ________ (6. stroll)
about the beach.
About 3 pm in the afternoon, they _________ (7. wash)
themselves before they _________ (8. make) their way home. Everybody ________ (9. be) tired but happy. Peter __________ (10. fall) asleep on the way
home. Jenny __________ (11. yawn) all
the time and Tom ____________ (12. listen) to MP3. Their mother __________ (13. doze) off,
too. Their father __________ (14. drive) carefully.
Instead of going home straight away, they went to their
grandparents’ home as it _________ (15. be) their grandmother’s birthday. Their grandparents ____________ (16. be) very
happy to see. They ____________ (17. welcome) them with the open arms. Their cousins, Tintin and James ___________ (18.
shout) with joy to meet them.
Exercise
7
Fill
in the blanks with the past tenses.
Nina is my neighbour. She is a Malay girl. She is one of my good friends. Last Saturday, she __________ (1. celebrate) her ninth birthday. She __________ (2. be) so happy. A few days before her birthday, she and her
siblings ____________ (3. decorate)
their living room with balloons, ribbons, colourful bands and beads. The cleaner _________ (4. help) the general
cleaning of the whole house the week before.
The day before her birthday, Nina’s
mother Puan Ashiah ____________ (5. buy) all the raw materials for
cooking. She ___________ (6. purchase)
mackerel, octopuses, black pomfrets, some beef, mutton, broccoli, cauliflower,
lettuce, carrots, cabbage, wild ferns, chicken legs, chicken wings, noodles,
kuih Teow and so on.
On the day of her birthday, she
__________ (7. get) up earlier than before.
She quickly __________ (8. prepare) some breakfast for Encik Rahim and
her children. Then she ____________ (9. slaughter) a chicken and a
duck. Nina’s aunts, Puan Fatimah and Puah
Lucia _________ (10. come) to help, too.
Puan Fatimah is an expert in cake making. She __________ (11. make) a big jelly cake
which is Nina’s favourite. She
__________ (12. furnish) the cake with some drawings. Nina ________ (13. be) delighted to see such
an attractive cake.
Puan Ashiah and her aunts ____________
(14. cook) many kinds of food such as mixed vegetables, ‘beef rendang’ , nasi
lemak, fried chicken wings, stewed chicken legs, baked mutton, fried rice,
fried noodles, fried ‘Kuih Teow’, curry chicken, roasted duck, wild ferns, and
fried black pomfrets. They also ________
(15. make) spring rolls with minced onion, garlic, cabbage, carrots, octopus
and mackerel. I _________ (16. be)
really surprised to find that they also __________ (17. steam) a plate of
‘shoumai’ with more or less the same ingredients as that of spring rolls for filling. By noon, there ___________
(18.
be) an array of foods on display on the table.
Exercise
8
Fill
in the blanks with the past tenses.
At about 11am, Nina ________ (1. take)
a bath and ________ (2. change) into the birthday dress that her mother
custom-made for her. She ________ (3.
plait) her hair on two sides. She
_________ (4. look) beautiful and lovely.
By noon, all the invited guests
____________ (5. arrive). They
___________ (6. bring) along presents. Nina ___________ (6. welcome) them with open arms. Soon they __________ (7. start) the birthday
party. They __________ (8. sing) the
birthday song and Nina ________ (9. make) a wish in silence. Then she _________ (10. blow) off the nine
candles. Everybody __________ (11. clap)
happily and Nina __________ (12. cut) the cake and ___________ (13. distribute)
the slices to everybody. They all
_________ (14. enjoy) the jelly cake very much.
After this, Nina _________ (15.
invite) her friends and cousins to take the food on displayed on the
table. Everyone _________ (16. take) as
many kinds of food as they ________ (17. can) finish eating. The food ________ (18. taste) so
delicious. Everybody __________ (19.
eat) to the bursting full.
After eating, they __________ (20.
have) some games, __________ (21. solve) riddles, ________ (22. crack) jokes,
________ (23. tell) stories and_________ (24. dance), too. They __________ (25. have) a lot of fun.
At about 3pm, Puan Lucia ___________
(26. give) each a glass of ground green bean soup with pine leave juice. Everyone ________ (27. like) the drink a lot.
At
about 4 pm, the party _________ (28. end) and everybody _______ (29. help) to
clean up and _________ (30. leave) for home.
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