I. Fill in the right verb in the blanks. Read the story out loud afterwards.
Herbie loves trains! He first __________________ (see) a train when he was five years old and he __________________ (be) absolutely fascinated. He __________________ (go) to a different train station every week and __________________ (write) down the engine number of every train he sees. He _____________________ (do) this since he was seven. By the time he left school he _____________________ (collect) over 5000 different engine numbers from all over the world. At one time, while he __________________ (stand) at a station he _____________ (see) something very strange. He __________________ (wait) for a train for an hour when he suddenly __________________ (see) an old steam locomotive coming down the tracks. It __________________ (not stop) at the station and when it __________________ (pass) Herbie saw that all the passengers __________________ (wear) old-fashioned clothes. He told the station manager about this, but the manager said that no steam locomotive ___________________ (pass) through the station for years, and that the last one __________________ (crash), killing everyone on board.
II. Change the following sentences into past tenses.
- The students need help.
- The boy doesn’t like music.
- He collects antique objects.
- Farzana bakes delicious cakes.
- Sujata practices yoga in her free time.
- Elen gets up early in the morning.
- Mr Smith is a frequent flyer.
- The children jump on the bed all the time.
- The nephew doesn’t like vegetables.
- Farina prepares food for her baby.
Answers:
I.
Herbie loves trains! He first saw a train when he was five years old and he was absolutely fascinated. He goes to a different train station every week and writes down the engine number of every train he sees. He has been doing this since he was seven. By the time he left school he had collected over 5000 different engine numbers from all over the world. At one time, while he was standing at a station he saw something very strange. He had been waiting for a train for an hour when he suddenly saw an old steam locomotive coming down the tracks. It did not stop at the station and when it passed, Herbie saw that all the passengers were wearing old-fashioned clothes. He told the station manager about this, but the manager said that no steam locomotive had passed through the station for years, and that the last one had crashed, killing everyone on board.
II.
- The students needed help.
- The boy didn’t like music.
- He collected antique objects.
- Farzana baked delicious cakes.
- Sujata practiced yoga in her free time.
- Elen got up early in the morning.
- Mr Smith was a frequent flyer.
- The children jumped on the bed all the time.
- The nephew didn’t like vegetables.
- Farina prepared food for her baby.