Last weekend when my friend invited me to stay with her in Brooklyn I was looking forward to it with anticipation. She was house sitting for a coworker so, at the very least, staying at the apartment would be a fresh experience. My friend Kerry also accompanied me, and we walked down the sidewalk looking for the building number until we found ourselves faced with a two story, concrete building with detailed molding and four beautiful, old, wooden doors. We assumed we had somehow missed the apartment and became momentarily worried that we had already gotten ourselves lost. However, when Lana popped her head out of the double doors in the middle, we became pleasantly surprised and quite perplexed. Immediately, questions ran through my mind, Is this where we are staying? What the heck is this place? Are we staying in an old firehouse? Isn't this too pretty to have been a firehouse? As we crossed the threshold and asked Lana, "Um, was this place a Church at one time?" She looked at us with wide eyes replying, "No, it used to be a funeral home"
anticipation (n)- Having prior knowledge of something and awaiting it's outcome.
experience (n)- Directly participating in something.
accompanied (v)- past tense of accompany - To be in association with something or someone else.
concrete (n)- A solid, hard building material.
molding (n)- A decorative trim used on and inside buildings.
assumed (v)- past tense of assume - To form an opinion before all the facts are confirmed.
momentarily (adv)- A short amount of time.
perplexed (v)- past tense of perplex- Confused
immediately (adv)- Without delay
threshold (n)- The place of entrance/exit to a building
The minute I woke up this morning I shuddered with ______, I just had a feeling the day wouldn't be so great. When I woke up I hit my head on the ______, while coming down the stairs. On my way to the car, I slipped on some ice and skinned my knee on the ______. Third, after starting my car, it ______ stalled. Just as I ______ that the day couldn't get much worse, one of my headlights burnt out. Thankfully, brother ______ me to purchase a new light for my car. I knew having him there would make the ______ much more bearable. As my brother and I crossed the ______ of the auto parts store, I felt overwhelmed. Looking around at all the different parts made me very ______. I was______ thankful that my brother had come along to help.
Verbs in the past tense: These types of verbs express an action that was started or completed in the past, as in, the action or experience has already happened.
Choose the verb that fits correctly in the sentence
1. The girl turned to me and _____ something I couldn't understand. (mumble / mumbled)
2. Emily ______ up the snowy hill with her sled dragging behind. (struggled/ struggle)
3. A group of politicians ______ an important decision yesterday. (make/ made)
4. After a huge dinner, Matt and Sasha ______ for a while. (talked/ talk)
anticipation (n)- Having prior knowledge of something and awaiting it's outcome.
experience (n)- Directly participating in something.
accompanied (v)- past tense of accompany - To be in association with something or someone else.
concrete (n)- A solid, hard building material.
molding (n)- A decorative trim used on and inside buildings.
assumed (v)- past tense of assume - To form an opinion before all the facts are confirmed.
momentarily (adv)- A short amount of time.
perplexed (v)- past tense of perplex- Confused
immediately (adv)- Without delay
threshold (n)- The place of entrance/exit to a building
The minute I woke up this morning I shuddered with ______, I just had a feeling the day wouldn't be so great. When I woke up I hit my head on the ______, while coming down the stairs. On my way to the car, I slipped on some ice and skinned my knee on the ______. Third, after starting my car, it ______ stalled. Just as I ______ that the day couldn't get much worse, one of my headlights burnt out. Thankfully, brother ______ me to purchase a new light for my car. I knew having him there would make the ______ much more bearable. As my brother and I crossed the ______ of the auto parts store, I felt overwhelmed. Looking around at all the different parts made me very ______. I was______ thankful that my brother had come along to help.
Verbs in the past tense: These types of verbs express an action that was started or completed in the past, as in, the action or experience has already happened.
Choose the verb that fits correctly in the sentence
1. The girl turned to me and _____ something I couldn't understand. (mumble / mumbled)
2. Emily ______ up the snowy hill with her sled dragging behind. (struggled/ struggle)
3. A group of politicians ______ an important decision yesterday. (make/ made)
4. After a huge dinner, Matt and Sasha ______ for a while. (talked/ talk)
