King arthurs legend reading comprehension exercises Interactive ... - Free Printable

This is a grammar exercise where you need to put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense form. Since this story happened in the 6th Century, we will mostly use the Past Simple tense.

Here are the answers for each section:

1.
* Merlin was Uthur's counsellor. (Verb: *be* -> Past: *was*)
* He was also a magician. (Verb: *be* -> Past: *was*)
* Merlin said, "You can't keep Arthur at court..." (Verb: *say* -> Past: *said*)
* King Uthur sent Arthur to a friend... (Verb: *send* -> Past: *sent*)
* Arthur grew up with them. (Verb: *grow* -> Past: *grew*)

2.
* King Uther died and there was no one to become king. (Verbs: *die* -> *died*, *be* -> *was*)
* Merlin spoke to the Archbishop of Canterbury. (Verb: *speak* -> Past: *spoke*)
* On Christmas day there was a big stone... (Verb: *be* -> Past: *was*)
* There were words on the stone. (Verb: *be* -> Past: *were* because "words" is plural)

*(Paragraph below the box)*
* Arthur was 16 years old. (Verb: *be* -> Past: *was*)
* He was not (or wasn't) a Knight because he is too young. (Verb: *not be* -> Past: *was not*)
* He tried to take the sword... (Verb: *try* -> Past: *tried*)
* ...and he succeeded! (Verb: *succeed* -> Past: *succeeded*)

3.
* Merlin told the people that Arthur is a King's son... (Verb: *tell* -> Past: *told*)
* Some of the Knights were not (or weren't) happy... (Verb: *not be* -> Past: *were not*)
* The Saxons won some battles... (Verb: *win* -> Past: *won*)
* ...and Arthur and his Celts stayed in Cornwall... (Verb: *stay* -> Past: *stayed*)
* King Arthur made his court in Camelot. (Verb: *make* -> Past: *made*)

Final Answer:
1. was, was, said, sent, grew
2. died, was, spoke, was, were
(Paragraph): was, was not (wasn't), tried, succeeded
3. told, were not (weren't), won, stayed, made