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Exercise 3 - Narrative
Complete the story with the past forms of the verbs.
When he
1
(
arrive
) at her grandma's cottage, which was only a few minutes later as he
2
(
take
) a shortcut, he
3
(
knock
) on the door. Before the poor unfortunate woman
4
(
realize
) what
5
(
happen
), the wolf
6
(
burst
) into the cottage,
7
(
grab
) the old lady and
8
(
gobble
) her up in one gulp. Then he
9
(
get
) into her night clothes, and
10
(
jump
) into the old lady's bed.
11
(
eat
) the little girl's grandma, the wolf now
12
(
feel
) slightly better, but it was the little girl that the wolf
13
(
look
) forward to really, because, which I think I've forgotten to tell you, Red Riding Hood
14
(
be
) rather a plump young girl, and
15
(
promise
) to be a bit more nourishing than her old grandma, who
16
(
be
) to be honest, a bit on the skinny side. Not long after, the little girl herself
17
(
arrive
) at the door. She
18
(
be
) a bit out of breath because she
19
(
run
). "Hopefully that's the last I've seen of that wolf," she
20
(
mutter
) to herself, wondering if in fact he wasn't perhaps a little strange after all. Before she even had time to ring the bell, she heard a voice. "Come on in dear, it's open,"
21
(
say
) the wolf, who
22
(
watch
) her walk up the path, from the bedroom window. "That's strange,"
23
(
think
) the girl, "her voice seems a bit deeper than usual. Perhaps she's got a cold." Then she
24
(
remember
) that her mother
25
(
tell
) her that her grandma
26
(
be
) ill, and that was why she
27
(
take
) her the food.
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Exercise 3 - Narrative
