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Exercise 2 - Narrative
Complete the story with the past forms of the verbs.
As he approached the little girl, she
1
(
remember
) what her mother
2
(
tell
) her before she left the house. That on no account
3
(
be
) she to stop or dawdle on the way, or to talk to strangers. But the wolf
4
(
look
) like such a handsome creature that she
5
(
think
) to herself, "He's not like a real stranger." So when he
6
(
ask
) her where she
7
(
go
) on such a fine day, she innocently
8
(
reply
) that she
9
(
be
) on her way to visit somebody on the other side of the forest. "Who are you going to visit, little girl?"
10
(
inquire
) the wolf inquisitively. "It's
whom
?" said the girl petulantly. "You ought to say, '
Whom
are you going to visit?'" She could be a stickler about grammar. But then thinking that perhaps she
11
(
hurt
) his feelings, she
12
(
relent
) and told him she was going to her grandma's. The wolf
13
(
need
) a bit of time to carry out the plan he
14
(
think
) up on the spot, so he
15
(
tell
) her that up ahead there
16
(
be
) a clearing full of beautiful bluebells, and what a good idea it
17
(
will be
) to pick some to take to her grandma. When she
18
(
protest
) that her mother
19
(
tell
) her never to pick wild flowers, he
20
(
laugh
) and said that there
21
(
be
) thousands of them, and that nobody
22
(
going to
) miss a dozen or so. And with that he
23
(
disappear
) into the forest, whistling a happy tune.
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Exercise 2 - Narrative
