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The paragraph below tells about heroes and tall tales. Rewrite the paragraph,<br />
changing all the verbs from present to past. Change heroes to<br />
Stormalong, and change they to he.<br />
“Heroes and Tall Tales”<br />
Heroes are larger than life. They grow very big, and they become<br />
very strong. They do wonderful things. They drink more and eat more<br />
than other people do. They swim better, run faster, throw farther, and<br />
hit harder. They don’t say much, but they do a lot. They are very<br />
independent, too. Of course, the stories about heroes aren’t really true.<br />
Tall tales about heroes are just stories that people tell for fun.<br />
III. Controlled Composition Dictocomp<br />
Your teacher will read the paragraph about Stormalong (in the past<br />
tense, above) three times. Listen carefully, but do not take notes. After<br />
the third reading, write the paragraph as well as you can from memory.<br />
Check the spelling of all the past tense forms.<br />
IV. Sentence Construction Questions and negatives with did<br />
The helping verb for the past tense is did. It is used with questions<br />
and negatives. Study these examples:<br />
How did Stormalong drink soup?<br />
Did Stormalong drink soup out of a whaling boat?<br />
He didn’t have a bowl large enough.<br />
Use the vocabulary that is given and write a question or an answer<br />
for each group. You will need to add the helping verb did.<br />
1. where / Stormalong / sleep / ?<br />
Stormalong / sleep / on deck / ?<br />
he / (not) have / a bed large enough /.<br />
2. where / Stormalong / go / ?<br />
Stormalong / go / to sea / ?<br />
he / (not) stay / on land /.<br />
3. where / the ship / sail / ?<br />
the ship / sail / to the middle of the ocean / ?<br />
they / (not) stay / on shore /.<br />
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