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Worksheet 2 - Past Tense (Narrative Text)

The document provides exercises to practice using past tense and reported speech. It includes: 1) A fill-in-the-blank activity with 10 sentences to complete using simple past tense verbs from a word bank. 2) A short story told in the present tense, with an instruction to rewrite the story using simple past tense. 3) A task to change 10 sentences into reported speech.

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Worksheet 2 - Past Tense (Narrative Text)

The document provides exercises to practice using past tense and reported speech. It includes: 1) A fill-in-the-blank activity with 10 sentences to complete using simple past tense verbs from a word bank. 2) A short story told in the present tense, with an instruction to rewrite the story using simple past tense. 3) A task to change 10 sentences into reported speech.

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Bahasa Inggris I SMA I Fase E I 10 I Narrative Text I Bahan Ajar

Past Tense & Reported Speech Worksheet

Task 1 : Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST.

1. He………………….. a cake two hours ago.


2. They………………….. a hat last month.
3. The girl………………….. a letter last week.
4. Diana……………………. in the sea for two hours.
5. Mega………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
6. Rini………………… her arm yesterday.
7. Steven……………………. all his money yesterday.
8. Rita…………………… a bath two hours ago.
9. Gusman……………………. his wallet last week.
10. Nina………………….. on the old chair a minute ago

Read the following story:


Budi is a young sailor. He lives in Indonesia, but he is often away with his ship. One
summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s house.
They have a pretty daughter, and Budi soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he
comes back. Budi promises the girl to send a present from every port.
Budi’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The
parrot speaks three languages. When Budi’s ship reaches New Zealand, a letter comes from
the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Budi. It tasted much better than chicken.”
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Task 2 : Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST


Budi was a young sailor. He lived in Indonesia, but he was often away with his ship.
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Task 3. Change the following sentences into reported speech.


Bahasa Inggris I SMA I Fase E I 10 I Narrative Text I Bahan Ajar

1. “I read a book per month”.


Steven said -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. “I go to the cinema on Saturdays.”
Rini said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. “Teachers don’t like noise.”
Gusman said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. “We are very calm.”
They said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. “We don’t want to watch TV.”
The children said ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. “I don’t like horror films.”
Rita said ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. “I don’t like TV. I prefer cinema.”
Hidayatur said ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. “The church is just around the corner.”
Mrs. Esther said -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. “This is my favourite film.”
Vira said ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. “Sara likes to chew gum when she is at the cinema.”
Theo said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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