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A family takes a day trip to the Monkey Forest in Trentham. The mother takes her two children, a daughter and a son who is 2 years old, to the park by bus. Upon arriving around 10am, the mother pays £7 for her ticket and £5 for her daughter's ticket, while the son is allowed to enter for free due to his age. They spend about 4 hours in the park, seeing many different monkeys. The mother takes pictures of the children. For lunch, they eat at a nearby cafe. There are also some souvenir shops. The mother buys a mug for her daughter, while the son picks out a toy. At the end of the day, they think it was a

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Homework Dox

A family takes a day trip to the Monkey Forest in Trentham. The mother takes her two children, a daughter and a son who is 2 years old, to the park by bus. Upon arriving around 10am, the mother pays £7 for her ticket and £5 for her daughter's ticket, while the son is allowed to enter for free due to his age. They spend about 4 hours in the park, seeing many different monkeys. The mother takes pictures of the children. For lunch, they eat at a nearby cafe. There are also some souvenir shops. The mother buys a mug for her daughter, while the son picks out a toy. At the end of the day, they think it was a

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A DAY OUT AT THE MONKEY FOREST

Task 1: Complete the table with the appropriate verb forms:

Present Past Present Past Options


are were have had bought could
buy bought is was paid thought
can could pay paid had took
choose chose see saw told were
come came spend spent went was
feel felt take took got saw
get got tell told chose felt
go went think thought 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 2 years old. We spend
there about 4 hours and we have a really goo d 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 pounds for
my ticket and 5 pounds for my daughter s ticket. My son could enter the park for free
because he was 2 years old. We spent there about 4 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 son chose a toy. We thought it is a great day out. When we got home, my
children told their father about the park. They felt very happy.--------------------------------------
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