SIMPLE PAST
Peter and the wolf
Complete the text with the simple past of the verbs in brackets.
Peter is (be) a young boy who
(live) in a small village in the Russian
countryside. He
(not have
Father or mother, so he
(live)
with his grandfather.
(ask) Peter to
The people of the village
cake their sheep to the meadows.
So, early in the morning, he
(Walk) up the hill with lots of sheep around him.
During the day he
(look after the sheep.
(count them.
(play his flute,
(climb up the trees and he
(talk) to the
sheep but they
_(not answer) him, of course. So, ne
(feel very lonely
and bored up there in the mountains.
One day he
(have) an idea to try to have some fun.
He
(decide) to play a trick on the people of the
Village
He (Cry)
for help as loudly as he
(cant:
Wolf. wolf, please help mer
Some men and women
(get) out of their houses and
(run) up
the hill to help Peter. But when they
(arrive) there, there
be)
no wolf at all. Peter
(augh) like crazy at the villagers but they
(not be very pleased with him. And they
Qol back home
Some days later when Peter
(be) watching over the sheep in the
meadows, a real wolf appeared and attacked the sheep. The boy
Try) to fight
the wolf but it
(becomel too dangerous. So Peter
(Cry loudly
for help again: Wolf, wolf, please help me!"
But this time nobody
(show) up. The people of the village
(stay at home because they
(not believe) in Peter anymore.
Poor Peter, nobody
(helpt him and he
(haveto run to
the village for nelp
That
(be) a good lesson ne
(learn) that day.​