WORKSHEET BIU2032 WEEK 2 (Blended Learning)
Complete the sentences by filling in the blanks with the verbs in parentheses/brackets.
Use the simple past, simple present or past progressive tenses.
Once upon a time, a king and his three daughters (live) _______lived___ in a castle in
a faraway land. One day while the king (think) _____was thinking_____ about his daughters,
he (have) ____had______ an idea. He (form) _______formed___
a plan for finding
husbands for them.
When it (come) _______came ___ time for the three daughters to marry, the king (announce)
announced__ his plan. He said, Im going to take three jewels to the fountain in the centre of
the village. The young men (meet) _____met_____ together there every day. The three young
men who find the jewels will become my daughters husbands.
The next day, the king (choose) ______chose____ three jewels an emerald, a ruby,
and a diamond and (take) __took___ them into the village. He (hold) ___held_ them in his
hands and (walk) ____walked among the young men. First, he (drop)___dropped__ the
emerald, then the ruby, and then the diamond. A handsome man (pick)___picked__ up the
emerald. Then a wealthy prince (spot) ____spotted______ the ruby and (bend) ___bent___
down to pick it up. The king (be) __was__ very pleased.
But then a frog (hop) ______hopped____ toward the diamond and (pick)
__picked___ it up. The frog (bring) __brought___ the diamond to the king and said, I (be)
__am____ the Frog Prince. I (claim) __claim__ your third daughter as my wife.
When the king (tell) ____told______ Tina, his third daughter, about the Frog Prince,
she (refuse) ______refused____ to marry him. When the people of the land (hear)
__heard____ the news about the frog and the princess, they (laugh) ___laughed__ and
(laugh) ____laughed__. Have you heard the news? the people (say) ____said__ to each
other. Princess Tina is going to marry a frog!
Tina (feel) ___felt____ terrible. She said, I (be) ___am____ the unluckiest person in
the world. She (fall) __fell________ to the floor and (sob) _____sobbed_____. No one
(love) ___loves__ her, she (believe) __believed__. Her father (understand, not) __did not
understand_ her. She (hide) _____hid_____ from her friends and (keep) __kept____ her pain
in her heart. Every day, she (grow) ___grew_______ sadder and sadder. Her two sisters
(have) ___had_______ grand weddings. Their wedding bells (ring) _______rang___ with joy
across the land.
Eventually, Tina (leave) ___left_______ the castle. She (run) _____ran_____ away
from her family and (go) went to live in the woods by herself. She (eat) ____ate______
simple food, (drink) _______drank___ from the lake, (cut) ____cut______ her own
firewood, (wash) _____washed_____ her own clothes, (sweep) ____swept______ the floor
herself, (made) ___made_______ her own bed, and (take) ___took_______ care of all her
own needs. But she (be) __was__ very lonely and unhappy.
One day Tina (go) ___went_______ swimming. The water (be) ____was____deep
and cold. Tina (swim) ___swam___ for a long time and (become) ____became______ very
tired. While she (swim) ___swam_______ back toward the shore, she (lose) ___lost_______
the desire to live. She (quit) ___quitted_______ trying to swim to safety. She (drown) ___was
drowning_______ when the frog suddenly (appear) ____appeared______ and with all his
strength (push) ___pushed_______ Tina to the shore. He (save) ____saved___ her life.
Why (save, you) __did you save__ my life, Frog?
Because you (be) ____are______ very young and (have) _____have_____ a lot to
live for.
No, I (do, not) _____do not_____, said the princess. I (be) ___am_______ the
most miserable person in the whole universe.
Lets talk about it, (say) ____said______ the frog.
And they (begin) ___began_______ to talk. Tina and the Frog Prince (sit)
___sat_______ together for hours and hours.
Frog (listen) ____listened______ and
(understand) ____understood______. He (tell) ____told___ her about himself and his own
unhappiness and loneliness. They (share) ____shared___ their minds and hearts. Day after
day, they (spend) ___spent___ hours with each other. They (talk) ____talked______, (laugh)
___laughed_______, (play) ___played_______, and (work) __worked________ together.
One day while they (sit) __sat___ near the lake, Tina (bend) __bent___ down and,
with great affection, (kiss) ___kissed_______ the frog on his forehead. Poof! Suddenly the
frog (turn) __turned________ into a man! He (take) ___took_______ Tina in his arms, and
said, You (save) ___saved_______ me with your kiss. Outside, I (look) ___looked______
like a frog, but you (see) ____saw______ the inside and (find) ____found______ the real me.
Now I (be) _____am_____ free. An evil wizard had turned me into a frog until I found the
love of a woman with a truly good heart.
Tina and the prince (return) ___returned_______ to the castle and (got)
___got_______ married. Her two sisters, she discovered, (be) _____was_____ very unhappy.
The handsome husband (ignore) ___ignored_______ his wife and (talk, not) _did not talk__
to her. The wealthy husband (make) ___made_______ fun of his wife and (give)
___gave_______ her orders all the time. But Tina and her Frog Prince (live)
__lived________ happily ever after.
