Question

Complete the two texts. use the verbs in the right forms. give names to the texts. last friday mike (take) his dog to the pond. he (play) with his dog. they (run) and (jump) a lot. they (meet) mike's friend bob there.bob (be) thersty. mike (give) him a bottle of mineral water he (have). bob (thank) mike and (drink) some water. yesterday fred and jim (decide) to go to the park. they (want) to ride their bikes. in the park they (see) their friends-kevin and lis. they (have.not) their bikes with them.but they (have)abig brown ball. the children (begin) to play. they (play) three games. then they (go) home tj do their lessons. fred (read) an english book and (write) an english text. at 5 o'clock he (his) dinner.

Answer 1

1) Mike's walk
Last Friday Mike (took) his dog to the pond. He (played) with his dog. They (ran) and (jumped) a lot. They (met) Mike's friend Bob there. Bob (was) thirsty. Mike (gave) him a bottle of mineral water he (had). Bob (thanked) Mike and (drank) some water.

2) Fred and Jim's day
 Yesterday Fred and Jim (decided) to go to the park. They (wanted) to ride their bikes. In the park they (saw) their friends - Kevin and Lis. They (did not have) their bikes with them but they (had) a big brown ball. The children (began) to play. They (played) three games. Then they (went) home to do their lessons. Fred (read) an English book and (wrote) an English text. At 5 o'clock he (had) dinner.

Answer 2

Text 1: Mike and Bob at the Pond
Last Friday, Mike took his dog to the pond. He played with his dog, and they ran and jumped a lot. While they were at the pond, they met Mike's friend Bob. Bob was very thirsty, so Mike gave him a bottle of mineral water that he had. Bob thanked Mike and drank some water.

Step 1: Past Simple Tense
We need to use the past simple tense for all the verbs in the text. Let's identify the verbs first:
- take
- play
- run
- jump
- meet
- be
- give
- have
- thank
- drink

Using the past simple tense, we make the following changes:
- took
- played
- ran
- jumped
- met
- was
- gave
- had
- thanked
- drank

Step 2: Text 1
Last Friday, Mike took his dog to the pond. He played with his dog, and they ran and jumped a lot. While they were at the pond, they met Mike's friend Bob. Bob was very thirsty, so Mike gave him a bottle of mineral water that he had. Bob thanked Mike and drank some water.

Text 2: Fred, Jim, Kevin, and Lis at the Park
Yesterday, Fred and Jim decided to go to the park. They wanted to ride their bikes. In the park, they saw their friends Kevin and Lis. However, Fred and Jim didn't have their bikes with them. Instead, they had a big brown ball. The children began to play and played three games. Then, they went home to do their lessons. Fred read an English book and wrote an English text. At 5 o'clock, he had his dinner.

Step 1: Past Simple Tense
Let's identify the verbs in the text:
- decide
- want
- see
- have (not)
- have
- begin
- play
- go
- read
- write
- have

Using the past simple tense, we make the following changes:
- decided
- wanted
- saw
- did not have (abbreviated to didn't have)
- had
- began
- played
- went
- read
- wrote
- had

Step 2: Text 2
Yesterday, Fred and Jim decided to go to the park. They wanted to ride their bikes. In the park, they saw their friends Kevin and Lis. However, Fred and Jim didn't have their bikes with them. Instead, they had a big brown ball. The children began to play and played three games. Then, they went home to do their lessons. Fred read an English book and wrote an English text. At 5 o'clock, he had his dinner.