SIMPLE PAST TENSE Change the words in brackets into past tense !! Long - long time ago there ..... (be) a very vain elephant. She ....... (have) a beautiful pointed nose. She ...3... (will) often go to a pond to admire her reflection. One day she ...4... (take) a walk throught a forest. While walking proudly , she ...5... (hear) a hunter shooting. She soon ....... (realize) that the hunter ....... (be) approaching. The elephant was frightened and ....... (hide) among the bamboo trees. She ...8... (cover) her body with the bamboo leaves and ....... (stay) there for a moment. The hunter ...10... (be) now very near. She ....... (sink) her head among the branches of the trees. When she was sure that the hunter ...12... (go) away , soon she ...13... (pull) out her head. Upssss !!!! It ...14... (be) so difficult. She ...15... (try) again and again “one .. two ... three ... “ouch !!! She ...16... (shout). Her nose ...17... (be) bleeding and longer. She ...18... (pull) out again and again. It ...19... (become) longer and longer. Since then an elephant has a long nose called a trunk. .​

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