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Mr Ant and Mr Grasshopper3Glossary

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Words to learn

A. Learn the past tense form of the verbs below.

Mr Grasshopper hopped and sang all day long, but Mr Ant

was busy finding food. Winter came. Mr Grasshopper did not

have food. He was starving. He went to Mr Ant’s house.

Mr Ant was kind and gave him some food. This story teaches

us not to be lazy.

B. Pam is telling the story to the class. Read the story and learn the words.

PastPresent

come1. came

do3. did

say

get

go

sing

feel

give

am/is/are

5. was/were

see

write

6. said

9. got

2. went

4. sang

7. felt 8. saw

11. wrote10. gave

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Practice

Sue is reading a story. Look at the pictures and complete what Sue and

her mother say with ‘did’ and the words in brackets.

1. Mum: Baby Zebra to his mum? (listen)

Sue: No, he .

2. Mum: Mandy the Monkey Baby Zebra an apple? (give)

Sue: Yes, she .

3. Mum: Baby Zebra the apple? (eat)

Sue:

4. Mum: Eric the Elephant the crocodile away? (drive)

Sue:

5. Mum: Baby Zebra’s mum Eric the Elephant? (thank)

Sue:

6. Mum: Baby Zebra naughty things again? (do)

Sue:

1

4

2

5

3

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