Little Red Riding Hood ______ (say) goodbye to her mother and ______ (set) off for her grandma’s house.
Little Red Riding Hood said goodbye to her mother and then she set off for her grandma’s house.
The wolf was eat Grandma when Red Riding Hood arrived.
The wolf was eating Grandma when Red Riding Hood arrived.
The wolf had eaten the grandmother.
PP
Little Red Riding Hood / meet / wolf / while / walk)
Little Red Riding Hood met the wolf while she was walking.
Jack ______ (cut) down the beanstalk while the giant ______ (sleep).
Jack cut down the beanstalk while the giant was sleeping.
The bears was going for a walk when Goldilocks arrived.
The bears were going for a walk when Goldilocks arrived.
The girl was walking through the woods.
PC
(Jack / not see / the giant / until / climb / top)
Jack had not seen the giant until he climbed to the top.
Goldilocks ______ (sleep) when the three bears ______ (find) her.
Goldilocks was sleeping when the three bears found her.
Cinderella has left her shoe on the stairs.
Cinderella had left her shoe on the stairs.
Jack climbed the beanstalk.
PS
Cinderella / cry / because / lose / slipper)
Cinderella was crying because she had lost her slipper.
We use the _____________ to describe an action that was in progress when a second event occurred.
Past Continuous
The Prince was only able to find Cinderella because she ______ (leave) her glass slipper behind.
The Prince was only able to find Cinderella because she had left her glass slipper behind.
The woodcutter had heard a scream while he chopped wood.
The woodcutter heard a scream while he was chopping wood.
The pigs had built a strong brick house.
PP
The wolf / dress / Grandma’s clothes / before / girl / arrive
The wolf dressed in Grandma’s clothes before the girl arrived.
We use the ___________ when we are looking back from a point in the past to a situation or event that occurred before that point in time.
Past Perfect
The three little pigs all (hide) in the
brick house because the wolf
(blow) down the straw house and the wooden
house.
The three little pigs all hid in the brick house because the wolf blew down the other houses.
Goldilocks was sleeping when they found her.
PC / PS
The woodcutter / hear / scream / while / cut / wood)
The woodcutter heard the scream while he was cutting wood.
We use the _________to talk about a single action or event which occurred at a particular time in the past.
Past Simple