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Exercise 1 - Narrative
Complete the story with the past forms of the verbs.
The Tragic Tale of Red Riding Hood
There was once this young girl. I don't know what she
1
(
be called
) really, because I only ever
2
(
hear
) her being called by her nickname Red Riding Hood, at least I think it was her nickname. It was how they usually
3
(
refer
) to her in the village, anyway. I always
4
(
assume
) that it
5
(
come
) from the red hooded top that she
6
(
wear
), day in day out, wherever she went. But I might have been wrong. Anyway, one day her mother
7
(
tell
) her to take a basket filled with goodies to her grandma, who
8
(
happen
) to live on the other side of the forest. Red Riding Hood
9
(
live
) in a small cottage on the edge of a big forest, and she
10
(
spend
) all her life there. She
11
(
set
) off in a happy mood. The sun
12
(
shine
) through the trees, the birds
13
(
sing
). It was just as though everyone
14
(
wait
) for Walt Disney to come and draw the scene. What
15
(
can
) possibly spoil such a perfect day? What indeed? While she
16
(
walk
) through the forest, she
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(
see
) a wolf
18
(
stroll
) slowly towards her, humming something to himself. A minute or so earlier, the wolf
19
(
watch
) her from behind a tree, and
20
(
think
) to himself, "She'd make a nice juicy meal." But as he
21
(
not want
) to frighten her off, he
22
(
decide
) to act nonchalant.
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Exercise 1 - Narrative
