The Simple Past Tense

One day, a mighty lion, tired from hunting all morning, ____ down to take a nap under a large, shady tree.

• lay

• lays

• laid

• laying

Some mice that ____ at the foot of the tree ____ over the sleeping lion to return to their home.

• lived - scrambled

• live - scramble

• lives - scrambles

• living -scrambling

But just as the last mouse was crawling over him, the lion ____ up.

• wake

• wakes

• woke

• woken

The mouse ____ the lion’s cries.

• hear

• hears

• hearing

• heard

The mouse ____ his sharp little mouse teeth to gnaw the thick ropes and set the lion free.

• used

• uses

• using

• use

Snow white was so sad, and she ____ to run away from the palace.

• try

• trying

• tried

• tries

Snow white ____ the wild animal and she hide.

• meet

• met

• meeting

• meets

After along time, Snow White ____ to tired and sleepy.

• felt

• feel

• feeling

• feels

Seven dwarfs ____ so shocked after knowing there was a girl inside their house.

• was

• is

• were

• are

Snow White told about her live and the dwarfs ____ her as their eldest sister.

• take

• takes

• took

• taking