Verb Forms Exercise

Fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the verbs given.

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Hi Aunt Sally,

How are you? I hope you and Uncle Tim are fine.

Our school holds Book Day every year, and today was this year’s Book Day. Mr Wong (1) _____ (teach) us about plants in the General Studies lessons at the moment, so I wanted to use Book Day to learn more about plants by myself. I (2) _____ (borrow) a book about the plants in Hong Kong from the library. I (3) _____ (discover) a lot of interesting facts about our popular flower, bauhinia. The librarian also helped me (4) _____ (pick) a joke book. The jokes in the book were very funny and I (5) _____ (laugh) a lot.

But something sad happened in the classroom in the afternoon. The pen you gave me for my birthday last year (6) _____ (disappear) from my pencil case. I (7) _____ (look) everywhere but couldn’t find it. I (8) _____ (ask) my classmates but they didn’t know where my pen was. I hope I can find it soon. Apart from this, I really (9) _____ (enjoy) Book Day today.

I know you (10) _____ (love) detective stories. Do you also (11) _____ (enjoy) adventure stories? I (12) _____ (read) a story about an adventure underwater at the moment. I want to be an adventurer like Uncle Tim. He (13) _____ (travel) to many exciting places. I want to join him one day. Can you (14) _____ (ask) him for me?

I hope to see you and Uncle Tim soon. Take care.