Past simple: Goldilocks and the three bears:
Once upon a time there (be) ___________three bears: huge Papa Bear, ordinary Mama Bear
and tiny little Baby Bear. They (live) __________in a great big wood.
One day, ordinary Mama Bear (cook) _____________ a delicious porridge for her family and
(put) _________________ it into bowls: a huge bowl for huge Papa Bear, an ordinary bowl for
ordinary Mama Bear and a tiny little bowl for tiny little Baby Bear. To give the porridge
some time to cool down, the three bears (go) ______________ for a walk.
Near the great big wood, there (live) _________________ a little girl called Goldilocks.
She (be) _______________ not allowed to go into the wood. But one day, she (sneak)
__________________ out of the house and (run) ______________ into the great big wood.
After a while, she (come) _______________ to the house of the three bears. She (knock)
_______________ at the door. She (look) _______________ through the windows. But nobody
(seem) ____________________ to be there. So, little Goldilocks (step) ___________ inside.
In the kitchen Goldilocks (smell) ___________________ the porridge. She (get) _______ very
hungry and (try) __________ the porridge in the huge bowl - too hot. Then she (taste)
_________________ some of the porridge from the ordinary bowl - too cold. But the porridge
in the little bowl (be) _______________ just right and Goldilocks (eat) ______ it all up.
In the sitting-room, there (be) _______________ three chairs. Goldilocks (sit) ________ down in
the huge chair - too hard. She (not / like) _________________the ordinary chair either - too
soft. She (love) _________________ the little chair, however. But she (not / sit) _________________
on that one very long, as soon it (break) ______________ into pieces.
So, Goldilocks (go) ______________ on exploring. In the bedroom, there (stand) _________ the
three bears' beds. Goldilocks suddenly (feel) ________________ very tired. She (climb)
___________________ onto the huge bed - too hard. Then she (crawl)_______________ into the
ordinary bed - too soft. The little bed, however, (be) _______________ just right.
So, Goldilocks (lie) ___________ down. And in next to no time, she (fall) __________ asleep.
After a while, the three bears (return) __________________ home. One look at their bowls and
chairs and they (start) _________________ wondering. Something (not / be) _______________
right. They (come) _________________ into the bedroom. And there they (see) _______________
little Goldilocks in Baby Bear's bed. The three bears (watch) ________________ her for a
while and then they (wake) _____________ her up.
Goldilocks (open) _________________ her eyes. She (see) ____________ the bears, (begin)
_______________ to scream and as fast as she (can) ______________, Goldilocks (run)
_______________ out of the bears' house. The three bears (follow) ______________ her.
But at the edge of the wood, the bears suddenly (stop) _______________ . Frightened little
Goldilocks, however, (not / stop) ____________________. She (hurry) _______________ home to
her parents. And she never (visit) ______________________ the bears' house again.