The Tortoise and the Hare

Race to master past tense verbs with 'The Tortoise and the Hare'!

Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense form of the verb in parenthesis One day the hare and the tortoise decided to have a race. The hare knew he could(can) run faster than the tortoise. But the tortoise was(be) more intelligent than the hare. "Yes, l'II race you", said(say)the clever tortoise. The tortoise had (have) a clever plan. He found (find) his brothers and told (tell) them to wait in different places along the path of the race. So they hid(hide) behind the trees along the path. The race began(begin)! The tortoise ran(run) as fast as he could. The hare was(be) faster, of course. "This will be a very easy race" thought(think) the hare. So the hare decided(decide) to have a rest and he quickly fell (fall) asleep at the side of the road. Suddenly, the hare woke up(wake up) and saw(see) the tortoise ahead of him! "How did he get ahead of me?" the hare asked himself. In fact, it wasn´t(not be) his friend the tortoise: it was(be) the tortoiose´s sister, but to hare, all tortoises look the same. The hare ran(run) past the tortoise easily, soon he couldn´t(can´t) see the tortoise, so he sat(sit) down and had(have) another rest. Then the hare got up(get up) and continued the race. But - as the hare happily came(come) around the last corner before the finish line - his friend the tortoise crossed(cross) the line and won (win) the race.