Tense 25

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The Notebook on the Bench

Change to Simple Past

Read as if these events happened yesterday. Change the verbs as you read.

Read

Rosa notices a notebook on a bench outside her office building. She picks it up and checks the cover for a name. Inside, she finds several pages of handwritten recipes and a phone number. She calls the number and speaks with a man named Paul. He sounds relieved and explains that the recipes belong to his mother. Rosa offers to leave the notebook at the front desk. Paul arrives during her lunch break and thanks her in person. He opens the notebook and shows her his favorite recipe. Rosa realizes that an ordinary notebook holds something much more valuable than paper.

New Vocabulary

List the words you want to review.

Verb Forms

Choose three verbs from the reading. Write their forms.

Verb 1

Present ______________________

Past _________________________

-ing form _____________________

Verb 2

Present ______________________

Past _________________________

-ing form _____________________

Verb 3

Present ______________________

Past _________________________

-ing form _____________________

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