Grammar activities (Elementary) - Coleen Degnan-Veness 2003

The Fishing Trip

Tim and Karl are brothers. The two brothers went fishing yesterday. What happened?

1 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs.

1 Yesterday, my brother and I went (go) fishing.

2 I ... (catch) a very big fish and my brother ... (help) me to pull it into the boat.

3 But, when we ... (try) to take the fish out of the water, our boat ... (turn) over!

4 The fish ... (swim) away, but I ... (hold) onto the line.

5 The fish ... (take) me to his friends - some sharks!

6 So I ... (say) goodbye to the fish very quickly and ... (leave) as fast as I ... (can)!

2 Match the sentences with the pictures.