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Irregular Verbs Exercises

The document tells a story about a woman named Carol who goes to a cafe for a meal. A man named Ted notices Carol and thinks she is beautiful. When Carol leaves the cafe without her bag, Ted chases after her to return it. Ted finds Carol's address in her bag and brings the bag back to her house.

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Irregular Verbs Exercises

The document tells a story about a woman named Carol who goes to a cafe for a meal. A man named Ted notices Carol and thinks she is beautiful. When Carol leaves the cafe without her bag, Ted chases after her to return it. Ted finds Carol's address in her bag and brings the bag back to her house.

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ANSWRS!
Fill in the gaps. Use the simple past form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Last Tuesday Carol was shopping in town. She was walking along the High Street.
2 Carol (feel)______ hungry. She looked at the menu in the café window. She decided
to go in.
3 Carol ordered a large meal. She (eat)____ it slowly.
4 Ted was sitting at another table. He (see) Carol and (think)_____ that she
(be)______ very beautiful.
5 Carol finished her meal and (pay) ____her bill.
6 She (get) ____up and (leave)_____ the café.
7 Suddenly Ted noticed that Carol’s bag was still on the table.
8 He picked it up and (run) ____out of the café after her.
9 Unfortunately Carol (Be)
was already getting into her car.
10 Ted ran up behind her, but he was too late. Carol (drive)____
away. Poor Ted! He was exhausted!
11 Ted looked in Carol’s handbag and (find)____ an envelope with her address.
12 Ted (catch) ____a bus …
13 … and finally arrived at Carol’s house. He (ring) _____the doorbell.
14 Carol answered the door and Ted (give)_____ her the bag. She was very pleased.
15 Carol saw that Ted was
(Be) very tired. She invited him to come inside and have some
tea.
16 Everyone was happy … except the waiter at the café. Where (do)
did that man go?

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Rachel Tsateri-adapted version of Carol and Ted from Learning Teaching by Jim Scrivener, Macmillan
Books for Teachers.
Answer Key/AK
Irregular verbs
1 Last Tuesday Carol was shopping in town. She was
walking along the High Street.
2 Carol felt hungry. She looked at the menu in the café window. She decided to
go in.
3 Carol ordered a large meal. She ate it slowly.
4 Ted was sitting at another table. He saw Carol and
thought that she was very beautiful.
5 Carol finished her meal and paid her bill.
6 She got up and left the café.
7 Suddenly Ted noticed that Carol’s bag was still on the table.
8 He picked it up and ran out of the café after her.
9 Unfortunately Carol was already getting into her car.
10 Ted ran up behind her, but he was too late. Carol drove away. Poor Ted! He
was exhausted!
11 Ted looked in Carol’s handbag and found an envelope with her address
12 Ted caught a bus …
13 … and finally arrived at Carol’s house. He rang the doorbell.
14 Carol answered the door and Ted gave her the bag. She was very pleased.
15 Carol saw that Ted was very tired. She invited him to come inside and have
some tea.
16 Everyone was happy … except the waiter at the café. Where did that man go

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