3rd Grade (Past Simple)
3rd Grade (Past Simple)
Language Arts
Third Grade (3A)
Past Simple - Worksheet practice
Name: _______________________________________ Date: __________________________
1. Read the text and fill the gaps with the correct form of the verbs you have in the brackets.
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Willy Wonka (to be) ____was____ the owner of a big chocolate factory. In
the factory he (to invent) ___________ the most strange but delicious
candies. One day Willy (to decide) ______________ to allow five children to
visit the factory. To visit the factory, the kids (to have) ______________ to
find one of the five golden tickets. Willy (to hide) _____________ the tickets
inside the Wonka bars.
Five kids from all over the world (to find) _____________ a golden ticket: Augustus (to eat)
_____________ everything he could; Veruca (to be) _____________ a rich and spoiled girl;
Violet (to chew) _____________ gum all day; Mike (to watch) _____________ television and (to
play) _____________ video games all day; and Charlie (to live) _____________ with his big
family.
The factory (to be) _____________ full of strange and fantastical rooms. There was a chocolate-
mixing room that (to look) _____________ like a huge garden.
Some accidents (to happen) _____________ during the tour. Augustus (to fall) _____________
in the chocolate lake. Violet (to try) _____________ an odd gum and she (to become)
_____________ a blueberry. Veruca (to be) _____________ thrown into the garbage. Mike (to
shrink) _____________ in the Wonkavision machine. Charlie was the only kid who did not suffer
any accident. Then, after the tour Charlie (to win) _____________ the prize, one day he will own
the chocolates factory.
READING COMPREHENSION
2. Write if the following sentences are (T) true of (F) false.
1. Willy Wonka was the owner of a very small yoghurt and ice-cream factory. ______
2. Willy did not invent any special candy. ______
3. The five visitors found their golden tickets in a Wonka Bar. ______
4. Charlie was the only visitor who suffered a terrible accident. ______
5. Mike became smaller in the Wonkavision machine. ______
6. Violet ate bar of pineapple chocolate and became a big pineapple. ______
7. Nobody won the prize. ______
8. Veruca was a very rich girl. ______