Answers of ‘Squirrel’s Missing Acorns’ Exercises

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in simple past tense.

1. Sammy gathered acorns for the winter all summer long.
2. He stored them in his secret tree hollow.
3. One day, Sammy discovered that many of his acorns were missing.
4. He wondered what had happened.
5. “Who could have taken them?” Sammy thought.
6. Sammy decided to investigate.
7. He talked to his friend, Rosie the rabbit.
8. Rosie shook her head and replied, “No, but I had been noticing strange tracks around your tree.”
9. Sammy and Rosie followed the tracks and found that they led to a large oak tree.
10. The chipmunks looked guilty.

Exercise 2: Make sentences using the words given, in simple past tense.

1. Sammy gathered acorns for the winter.
2. He stored them in his secret tree hollow.
3. Sammy discovered many acorns missing.
4. Sammy wondered what had happened.
5. He decided to investigate.
6. Sammy talked to Rosie.
7. Rosie shook her head.
8. Sammy and Rosie followed the tracks.
9. They found the tracks led to a large oak tree.
10. The chipmunks looked guilty.