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B. Complete the following with simple past forms of the verbs given in brackets.
Ajay's aunt lives in Giza, Egypt. Ajay
(visit) his aunt last May,
(stay) with his cousins. They
(enjoy) a trip
to the zoo in Giza.
They
(see) African and Asian elephants, hippopotamuses,
giraffes and several species of monkeys there. The white rhinoceros
..... (be) asleep when they visited it but the zebras were awake.
When they were walking around looking at birds, a huge snake
(crawl) out of a hole in the ground. It ......
... (look) this
way
and that
and then
. (go) into some thick bushes. Ajay was frightened but
thrilled as well.​

Answer 1

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COMPLETING THE SENTENCE WITH SIMPLE PAST TENSE:

➡Ajay's aunt lives in Giza, Egypt. Ajay visited (visit) his aunt last May, stayed (stay) with his cousins.

➡They enjoyed (enjoy) a trip to the zoo in Giza.

➡They saw (see) an African and Asian elephants, hippopotamuses, giraffes and several species of monkeys there.

➡The white rhinoceros were (be) asleep when they visited it but the zebras were awake.

➡When they were walking around looking at birds, a huge snake crawled (crawl) out of a hole in the ground.

➡It looked (look) this way and that and then it went (go) into some thick bushes.

➡Ajay was frightened but thrilled as well.

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1. Simple past tense is also called as past simple, in which the action had performed before a particular time.
2. These verbs are marked at the ending with either 'd' or 'ed'.
3. This tense is often used woth an adverbial phrase which specifies a time in the past.
4. This tense is classified into two types such as regular and irregular past tense.

⬇EXAMPLE FOR REGULAR PAST TENSE:

• I wasted, we wasted.

⬇EXAMPLE FOR IRREGULAR PAST TENSE:

• I bought, we bought.

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