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JOKES AND PAST SIMPLE - practice




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BEFORE WE BEGIN 'MAKING A JOKE' OUT OF THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE, LET'S REVISE THE PAST SIMPLE FORM OF SOME REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS. WRITE THE CORRECT FORM IN THE BOXES NEXT TO THE PRESENT FORM.
 
play       say     pay     stay        pray        
 
break      speak       take     make         shake
 
swim        run          sing       ring         sting
 
stand          understand      marry     carry    bury
 
 plan     lay        lie         rise     raise
 
am/are/is  (write both versions)       has/have    can     do/does    give
 
go      come         sleep          learn        hang
 
   
 
HERE'S A FUN TEXT FROM http://karmaskorner.com/ CALLED 'DON'T ARGUE WITH KIDS'. LET'S USE IT TO REVISE THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT PAST SIMPLE TENSE FORM OF THE RED VERB.
 

A little girl BE talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher SAY it BE physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it BE a very large mammal, it's throat was very small.

The little girl STATE that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale CAN not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The teacher ASK, "What if Jonah GO to hell?"

The little girl REPLY, "Then you ask him."

 

 
A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they DRAW. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she GET to one little girl who was working diligently, she ASK what the drawing was.

The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."

The teacher PAUSE and SAY, "But no one knows what God looks like."

With no hesitation, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."

 

 

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honor thy Father and thy Mother," she ASK, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"

Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) ANSWER, "Thou shall not kill."

 

 

A three year old GO with his dad to see a litter of kittens. Upon returning home, he breathlessly INFORM his mother that there BE two boy kittens and two girl kittens.

"How did you know?" his mother asked.

"Daddy PICK them up and LOOK underneath," he replied. "I think it's printed on the bottom."

 

 

 

 
NOW ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN PAST SIMPLE. USE SHORT ANSWERS e. g. Yes, he did. OR No, she didn't.
 
Did Harry Potter have a magic wand?
 
Did Cinderella get the Frog Prince?
 
Did Tom and Jerry get married?
 
Did Spongebob have a friend named Patrick?
 
Did Ben 10 have a girl cousin?
 
Did Wolverine have claws?
 
Did Spiderman fly?
 
Did Ariel (the mermaid) have brothers?