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Hare and Tortoise Story in Past Tense

The hare and tortoise lived in the forest with other animals. The hare would dash around and brag about how fast he could run, making fun of the slow tortoise. One day, the tortoise challenges the hare to a race. Though the hare easily pulls ahead at first, he stops to take a nap, allowing the tortoise to steadily make his way to the finish line and win the race. The hare learns his lesson about not being arrogant or making fun of others, and he and the tortoise become good friends.

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Hare and Tortoise Story in Past Tense

The hare and tortoise lived in the forest with other animals. The hare would dash around and brag about how fast he could run, making fun of the slow tortoise. One day, the tortoise challenges the hare to a race. Though the hare easily pulls ahead at first, he stops to take a nap, allowing the tortoise to steadily make his way to the finish line and win the race. The hare learns his lesson about not being arrogant or making fun of others, and he and the tortoise become good friends.

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  • The Hare and the Tortoise

The Hare and the Tortoise

Put the verbs in the Simple Past to complete the story.

The Hare and the Tortoise ________________(live) in the forest with all
the other animals. The Hare ______________(dash) about all day, but the
Tortoise _______________(move) slowly wherever he ____________(go). The
Hare often _______________(brag) about how fast he ____________(run) and
_____________(make) fun of the Tortoise for his short legs and slow
movements.

One day the Tortoise _____________(lose) his patience with the Hare
and ________ (get) very angry. ‘That’s enough,’ he _____________(shout) and
___________________(challenge) the Hare to a race. The Hare ___________
(laugh) at the Tortoise. He ____________(think) it was a great joke. He ______
(know) he __________(can) run much faster than the Tortoise. The Tortoise
____________(have) no chance of winning.

‘All right,’ the Hare ____________(reply). ‘You’re on. Let’s have a race.’

They ________(set) the course and ___________(choose) the fox to be


the umpire.

1
They ___________(begin) as everyone ___________(expect). The Hare
__________(fly) off and ______________(leave) the Tortoise far behind. When
he _____________(reach) the halfway mark, the Hare __________(look) for
the Tortoise, but he ___________(be) a long way back, so the Hare _________
(sit) down and ___________(take) a break. He _______(eat) some grass and
___________(close) his eyes, but it __________(be) so warm he ___________
(fall) asleep.

Meanwhile the Tortoise _______________(plod) on. He _________(put)


one foot in front of the other and never ___________(stop) and never
___________ (slow) down. As he _____________ (pass) the halfway mark, he
_____________(find) the Hare fast asleep by the side of the path. He
_____________(sneak) past quietly. He _________________(not/want) to
wake him.

After a while the Hare ____________(wake) up suddenly and _________


(see) the Tortoise far ahead of him. He _____________(jump) up and _______
(go) as fast as he could, but it __________(be) too late. When he __________
(get) to the finish line, the Tortoise __________(be) already there.

‘I __________(win),’ the Tortoise __________(say), with a big smile on


his face.

The Hare _____________(learn) his lesson. He _________________


(apologise) to the Tortoise and never ________________(make) fun of him
again.

The Hare and the Tortoise _______________(become) good friends.


Every year they ___________(hold) a race for all the animals. They _________
(give) a prize to the winner and one to the animal that _____________(come)
last.

1 The Hare and the Tortoise Put the verbs in the Simple Past to complete the story. The Hare and the Tortoise ________
2 They ___________(begin) as everyone ___________(expect). The Hare __________(fly) off and ______________(leave) the Tor

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