Complete the following sentences using appropriate verb forms.

A big lion ……………… (sleep) in the sun and the a little mouse ……………. (play) nearby. It …………….. (run) here and there and between the sleeping lion’s paws. The lion ………….. (wake) up and ……………. (catch) the mouse in his paw. The frightened little mouse ………………. (say), ‘Please let me go. I ………………… (help) you some day.’

The lion ………………… (amused). He ……………….. (begin) to laugh. ‘I’m so big and you’re so small. How are you going to help me? Anyway, I ……………. (let) you go.’
A few days later, the lion ……………… (catch) in a net. He …………….. (try) his level best to free himself, but he couldn’t. The lion roared and roared. The little mouse ………….. (hear) the lion. ‘My friend …………….. (be) in trouble,’ he told himself and …………….. (rush) to help the lion. The mouse ……………. (nibble) at the ropes of the net. The ropes …………….. (begin) to snap and soon the lion was free. The lion thanked the mouse and they ………………. (become) good friends.

Answers

A big lion was sleeping in the sun and a little mouse was playing nearby. It ran here and there and between the sleeping lion’s paws. The lion woke up and caught the mouse in his paw. The frightened little mouse said, ‘Please let me go. I will help you some day.’

The lion was amused. He began to laugh. ‘I’m so big and you’re so small. How are you going to help me? Anyway, I will let you go.’

A few days later, the lion was caught in a net. He tried his level best to free himself, but he couldn’t. The lion roared and roared. The little mouse heard the lion. ‘My friend is in trouble,’ he told himself and rushed to help the lion. The mouse nibbled at the ropes of the net. The ropes began to snap and soon the lion was free. The lion thanked the mouse and they became good friends.