The document you provided appears to be an English language exercise involving fill-in-the-blank activities and sentence combining tasks. Here’s an attempt to help you complete these exercises based on standard English grammar rules:
8. Fill in the Blanks with Past Forms:
- went - Yesterday Tom and Janice went to the zoo, where they saw…
- saw - …many kinds of animals and had a few adventures.
- had - …by an elephant, it began to squirt water at them…
- began - …they ran behind a rock and dried themselves.
- ran
- dried - Later, while they were in the giraffe area, one of the tall, purple-tongued animals lowered its head toward Tom and tried to nibble…
- were (in the sentence ‘while they were in the giraffe area’)
- tried - Janice’s green hat. Janice moved her head toward Tom and said…
- moved
- said - “Shoo!” At that point, the giraffe jerked its head toward Janice…
- jerked - To eat her ice cream cone. Janice let go of the ice cream, and the giraffe ate…
- let go
- ate - The ice cream because she fainted tight in front of a sign that said, “DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS.” She glanced at the sign…
- fainted
- glanced - …and said to the giraffe, “Can’t you read?”
PRACTICE 26: Past Time Using Time Clauses
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After Alan finished his chores, I gave him his allowance.
- I gave Alan his allowance. He finished his chores. (before)
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The doorbell rang as I was climbing the stairs.
- The doorbell rang. I was climbing the stairs. (while)
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When the firefighters checked the ashes one last time, they went home.
- The firefighters checked the ashes one last time. They went home. (before)
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The Novaks stopped by our table at the restaurant while they showed us their new baby.
- The Novaks stopped by our table at the restaurant. They showed us their new baby. (when)
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As soon as we started to dance, the music began.
- We started to dance. The music began. (as soon as)
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We stayed in our seats until the game ended.
- We stayed in our seats. The game ended. (until)
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While my father was listening to a baseball game on the radio, he was watching a basketball game on television.
- My father was listening to a baseball game on the radio. He was watching a basketball game on television. (while)
PRACTICE 27: Past Verbs
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was
- Last Friday was a holiday. It was Independence Day, so I didn’t have to go to classes.
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slept
- I slept a little later than usual. Around ten, my friend Larry came over to my apartment.
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came
- We packed a picnic basket…
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packed
- …and then took the bus to Forest Park.
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spent
- We spent most of the day there.
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went
- When we went to the park, we found an empty picnic table near a pond.
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found
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were
- There were some ducks on the pond, so we fed them.
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fed
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threw
- We threw small pieces of bread on the water, and the ducks quickly swam over to eat them.
These answers use past simple and past continuous verbs where appropriate, matching time clauses with subordinate clauses to form a grammatically correct statement.