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BBC World Service | Learning English | Grammar Challenge

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Every week, a different student takes our grammar challenge. A continuing online course with quizzes, downloads and grammar tables.

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Practice using the simple past tense by completing the 2 fairy tales.                  Optional song . (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIcJjCF5rWw for the video)

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Practice using the simple past tense by completing the 2 fairy tales.                  Optional song . (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIcJjCF5rWw for the video)

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A nice song to teach Simple Past and quite easy to listen

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A nice song to teach Simple Past and quite easy to listen

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Adele - Someone Like You (Official Music Video)

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Comprehension Check: Did you understand the story?                         Are these sentences true?                              1. The boy was sick on Saturday. Yes or no?   2. On Sunday his father was sick. Yes or no?   3. He had a fever on Saturday. Yes or no?   4. He ate dinner in bed on Saturday. Yes or no?                                      Fill in the Blanks:         5. The family had _______________ for dinner on Satur      6. On Saturday night the boy fell asleep while he ____________.                                 7. He had a head ______________ and his throat was ___________.         8. The boy drank lots of _______________.      9. What is the present tense of these verbs? tried _____________, took ______________,  felt ________________, did _________________

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Comprehension Check: Did you understand the story?                         Are these sentences true?                              1. The boy was sick on Saturday. Yes or no?   2. On Sunday his father was sick. Yes or no?   3. He had a fever on Saturday. Yes or no?   4. He ate dinner in bed on Saturday. Yes or no?                                      Fill in the Blanks:         5. The family had _______________ for dinner on Satur      6. On Saturday night the boy fell asleep while he ____________.                                 7. He had a head ______________ and his throat was ___________.         8. The boy drank lots of _______________.      9. What is the present tense of these verbs? tried _____________, took ______________,  felt ________________, did _________________

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Vocabulary help:ache (verb) - hurts, is painfulasleep (adjective) - to be sleepingcouch (noun) - furniture to sit ondrifted (verb) past tense of to drift - to move slowlydrifted in and out of sleep - when you are not really awake but not really asleep eithermiserable (adjective) - sad, unhappy, unpleasantsnuggled (verb) past tense of to snuggle - to move into a warm, comfortable positionterrible (adjective) - very bad,woke up (verb) past tense of wake up - to stop sleeping

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Vocabulary help:ache (verb) - hurts, is painfulasleep (adjective) - to be sleepingcouch (noun) - furniture to sit ondrifted (verb) past tense of to drift - to move slowlydrifted in and out of sleep - when you are not really awake but not really asleep eithermiserable (adjective) - sad, unhappy, unpleasantsnuggled (verb) past tense of to snuggle - to move into a warm, comfortable positionterrible (adjective) - very bad,woke up (verb) past tense of wake up - to stop sleeping

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Sick on Saturday (simple past)                    I have just had a terrible weekend! On Saturday I was so tired that I slept all morning. When I woke up I had a head ache and my throat was sore. My body ached all over. My nose ran and I coughed a lot. My mother took my temperature but I did not have a fever.My mother made me some soup for lunch and I ate it in bed. I drank some juice. I tried to read a book but I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I lay in bed all afternoon. I drifted in and out of sleep. I drank more juice. I felt miserable all afternoon. I didn’t want to do anything.I got out of bed at dinner time. My parents ordered pizza for dinner and I was able to eat some of it. I drank more juice! I felt a bit better after dinner so I stayed up. I snuggled under a blanket on the couch and watched some TV with my parents. I fell asleep in front of the TV.The next morning I felt better but now my mother had a cold! She looked miserable. It was her turn to be sick.

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Sick on Saturday (simple past)                    I have just had a terrible weekend! On Saturday I was so tired that I slept all morning. When I woke up I had a head ache and my throat was sore. My body ached all over. My nose ran and I coughed a lot. My mother took my temperature but I did not have a fever.My mother made me some soup for lunch and I ate it in bed. I drank some juice. I tried to read a book but I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I lay in bed all afternoon. I drifted in and out of sleep. I drank more juice. I felt miserable all afternoon. I didn’t want to do anything.I got out of bed at dinner time. My parents ordered pizza for dinner and I was able to eat some of it. I drank more juice! I felt a bit better after dinner so I stayed up. I snuggled under a blanket on the couch and watched some TV with my parents. I fell asleep in front of the TV.The next morning I felt better but now my mother had a cold! She looked miserable. It was her turn to be sick.