Completing a story

Writing Exercise: Fill in the Gaps in the Story

Instructions:

Read the story below. Some words are missing. Fill in the gaps using the words in the box. Make sure to use the past simple or past continuous tense. 

Words to use:

- walk

- hear

- tell

- beat

- find

- get

- sing

- run

- look

- want

- be

- enter

- see

The Mysterious Forest

Last Saturday, I (1) __________ into a mysterious forest. The sun (2) __________ high in the sky, and the birds (3) __________ sweetly. As I (4) __________ down the path, I suddenly (5) __________ a strange noise. I (6) __________ scared, so I (7) __________ faster.

While I (8) __________, I (9) __________ an old, broken house. I decided to (10) __________ inside. The door (11) __________ creaky, and when I opened it, I (12) __________ a dark room. I (13) __________ for a light, but I couldn't see anything.

Just then, I (14) __________ something moving in the corner! My heart (15) __________ fast. I (16) __________ to run out of the house, but I tripped over a chair. 

Finally, I (17) __________ outside and (18) __________ down the path as fast as I could. I (19) __________ back home, and I (20) __________ my friends about my adventure.

Write the necessary linking words (conjunctions) in the blanks.

________, I walked into a mysterious forest. The sun was high in the sky, ________ the birds were singing sweetly. ________ I was walking down the path, I suddenly heard a strange noise. I (6) was scared, _______ I ran faster.

________ I was running, I saw an old, broken house. I decided to enter inside. The door was creaky, and ________ I opened it, I saw a dark room. I looked for a light, _______ I couldn't see anything.

________, I heard something moving in the corner! My heart was beating fast. I wanted to run out of the house, ________ I tripped over a chair.

________, I got outside and ran down the path as fast as I could. I walked back home, ________ I told my friends about my adventure.

Complete the following story

Rose loved drawing. She was very poor and didn’t have pens or pencils. She drew pictures in the sand with sticks. One day, an old woman saw Rose and said, ‘Hello! Here’s a paintbrush and some paper for you.’

‘Thank you!’ smiled Rose. She was so happy. ‘Hmmm, what can I paint?’ she thought. She looked around and saw a duck on the pond. ‘I know! I’ll paint a duck!’

So she did. Suddenly, the duck flew off the paper and onto the pond. ‘Wow!’ she said. ‘A magic paintbrush!’

Rose was a very kind girl and she painted pictures for everyone in her village. She painted a cow for the farmer, pencils for the teacher and toys for all the children.

The king heard about the magic paintbrush and sent a soldier to find Rose..........