Worksheet 2.4 | The Ugly Duckling Past Form

Each yellow duckling jumped/jump into the river and swam behind Mother Duck.

• a. jumped

• b. jump

The Ugly Duckling jumped in and start/started to paddle, too.

• a. start

• b. started

They jumped and splash/splashed in muddy puddles.

• a. splash

• b. splashed

The Ugly Duckling tried/try to play with his brothers and sisters, too.

• a. tried

• b. try

“I can jump and shake my wings!” exclaimed/exclaim the Ugly Duckling.

• a. exclaimed

• b. exclaim

The Ugly Duckling walk/walked with his head down.

• a. walk

• b. walked

The Ugly Duckling went/go to his mum and said, “Mom, they don’t want to play with me. Am I too ugly?”

• a. went

• b. go

But, he was/is not very pleased to hear it.

• a. was

• b. is