A DAY OUT AT THE MONKEY FOREST Task 1: Complete the table with the appropriate verb forms: Present are buy can choose come feel get go Past Present have is pay see spend take tell think Past Options bought paid could thought had took told were went was got saw chose felt came spent Task 2: Read the text and underline all the verbs you can recognise: It is a half-term school break I take my children to the Monkey Forest in Trentham We go there by bus We come to the Monkey Forest at about 10 a.m I pay £7 for my ticket and £5 for my daughter ’s ticket My son can enter the park for free because he is years old We spend there about hours and we have a really good time We see many different monkeys I take a lot of pictures of my children in the park Then we have a lunch in a café There are few souvenir shops in the park I buy a mug for my daughter and my son chooses a toy We think it is a great day out When we get home, my children tell their father about the park They feel very happy What verb form (tense) is used throughout the text? Is that the best choice? Why? Task 3: Rewrite the text using the Past Simple forms of the verbs: Copyright © 2011-2012 esolworksheets.com PHOTOCOPIABLE - A DAY OUT AT THE MONKEY FOREST ANSWER SHEET Task 1: Complete the table with the appropriate verb forms: Present Past Present Past are were bought could chose came felt got went have had was paid saw spent took told thought buy can choose come feel get go is pay see spend take tell think Options bought paid could thought had took told were went was got saw chose felt came spent Task 2: Read the text and underline all the verbs you can recognise: It is a half-term school break I take my children to the Monkey Forest in Trentham We go there by bus We come to the Monkey Forest at about 10 a.m I pay £7 for my ticket and £5 for my daughter ’s ticket My son can enter the park for free because he is years old We spend there about hours and we have a really good time We see many different monkeys I take a lot of pictures of my children in the park Then we have a lunch in a café There are few souvenir shops in the park I buy a mug for my daughter and my son chooses a toy We think it is a great day out When we get home, my children tell their father about the park They feel very happy What verb form (tense) is used throughout the text? Is that the best choice? Why? Task 3: Rewrite the text using the Past Simple forms of the verbs: It was a half-term school break I took my children to the Monkey Forest in Trentham We went there by bus We came to the Monkey Forest at about 10 a.m I paid £7 for my ticket and £5 for my daughter’s ticket My son could enter the park for free because he was years old We spent there about hours and we had a really good time We saw many different monkeys I took a lot of pictures of my children in the park Then we had a lunch in a café There were few souvenir shops in the park I bought a mug for my daughter and my Copyright © 2011-2012 esolworksheets.com PHOTOCOPIABLE son chose a toy We thought it was a great day out When we got home, my children told their father about the park They felt very happy Copyright © 2011-2012 esolworksheets.com PHOTOCOPIABLE