• Pre-Intermediate
  • Grammar

Travel and Free Time

Choose the correct Past Simple form. These are short excerpts from other Aesop fables, with gaps added for practice.
1 One day he a pair of Ducks and told them all his trouble.
2 For the moment he just where he was.
3 Now he sat down and at the grapes in disgust.
4 Just then a Crow by.
Choose the correct Past Continuous form.
1 The sun
2 Meanwhile, the flock slowly homeward.
3 A Hare fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow.
4 One evening he along the open road outside the village.
Choose the meaning of each phrase about travel and free time.
1 What does "set out into the world" mean?
2 What does "all his trouble" mean?
3 What does "keep quiet" mean?
4 What does "take a nap" mean?
5 What does "far out of sight" mean?
6 What does "ripe grapes" mean?
7 What does "a short distance" mean?