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    1) The narrator spent last summer at their uncle and aunt's house in Ireland. 2) One morning, they saw a large brown pigeon with a numbered ring on its leg eating bread crumbs in the backyard. 3) The pigeon kept returning each morning, much to the annoyance of the narrator's aunt who had to clean up after it. 4) One night, the pigeon ate all the lettuce from the kitchen garden, angering the uncle. He caught the pigeon and released it far away, but it found its way back again.

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    1) The narrator spent last summer at their uncle and aunt's house in Ireland. 2) One morning, they saw a large brown pigeon with a numbered ring on its leg eating bread crumbs in the backyard. 3) The pigeon kept returning each morning, much to the annoyance of the narrator's aunt who had to clean up after it. 4) One night, the pigeon ate all the lettuce from the kitchen garden, angering the uncle. He caught the pigeon and released it far away, but it found its way back again.

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    Actions in The Past

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    1) The narrator spent last summer at their uncle and aunt's house in Ireland. 2) One morning, they saw a large brown pigeon with a numbered ring on its leg eating bread crumbs in the backyard. 3) The pigeon kept returning each morning, much to the annoyance of the narrator's aunt who had to clean up after it. 4) One night, the pigeon ate all the lettuce from the kitchen garden, angering the uncle. He caught the pigeon and released it far away, but it found its way back again.

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    VERB PATTERNS: ACTIONS IN THE PAST

    SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK


    While reading the following story, fill in the gaps with the SIMPLE PAST, the PAST PERFECT, the PAST CO TI !O!S or the PRESE T PERFECT of the "er#s in #ra$%ets&
    Last summer I ..( spend) my holidays in a small town in Ireland at my uncle and aunts place. They live in a very nice detached house with a small garden full of flowers and plants. One morning when I (get) up I (see) a big brown pigeon in the bac yard. It .(be) !uite big and ..(have) a ring with some numbers printed on it around its leg. It (eat) some bread crumbs while I(look) at it. I .(like) it and (think) it probably ..(belong) to some of my aunts neighbours. "y uncle ..(say) he never . ( see) that bird before. The morning after the pigeon ..still (be) there. "y aunt .(not be) happy at all as she ( have) to clean the steps outside where the pigeon (sleep). #he .(say) to my uncle$ %I really hope it will fly away soon&. 'ut the day after the pigeon ( be) still there. (uring the night it ..(eat) all the lettuce in the itchen garden. "y uncle was really angry. )e .(take) the pigeon, .(put) it into a plastic bag and ( tell) me to follow him. *e .(drive) to a huge par about twenty miles from my uncles house. *hen we .(arrive) I ..(open) the bag and the pigeon .( fly) away. "y uncle was really satisfied. )e ..(say) we ..(have) a really good idea. *hen we .(arrive) bac home+ my aunt (wait) for us in front of the bac door. #he ..(look) very disappointed. %Loo &+ she said. %It ,ust .(arrive). The pigeon .(look) at us as if to say$ %*elcome bac -&.

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