PRESENT SIMPLE - CHARACTER DESCRIPTION/SETTING (ENTRY 1)

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PRESENT SIMPLE

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION / SETTING

(based on the book "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas")

On the next 12 slides, choose the correct form of the verb in parentheses in the Present Simple

You will be reading sentences from a paragraph

describing a character and the setting in the book

"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas," written by John Boyne.

Think about which sentences are character descriptions and

which sentences are about the setting of the book.

The main character (protagonist) of the book _____ Bruno. (to be)

1. was
2. are
3. is
4. has

Bruno is a nine-year-old German boy whose father is a high-ranking Nazi, although Bruno _____ not know or really understand what his father does. (do)

1. do
2. did
3. doesn't
4. does

Bruno’s father’s career unexpectedly _____ the family – Bruno, his mother and father and his 12-year-old sister Gretel - from their large, comfortable house in Berlin to a lonely and isolated home in Auschwitz, Poland. (take)

1. take
2. takes
3. took
4. taked

It _____ clear from the beginning that the story
_____ place during World War II. (be / take)

1. is / takes
2. is / take
3. was / took
4. was / taked

In the first few chapters of the
book, the reader _____ that Bruno's
parents are fairly strict. (learn)

1. learn
2. learned
3. learns
4. learnd

He usually abides by their rules but because he’s adventurous, he sometimes _____ the rules
to go exploring. (break)

1. breaked
2. broke
3. break
4. breaks

He _____ intimidated by his father’s stern personality, but he also _____ up to him and respects his authority. (feel / look)

1. feels / looks
2. feel / looks
3. felt / looked
4. feels / look

We also _____ that Bruno
is curious and honest. (learn)

1. learned
2. learns
3. learn
4. are learning

He often asks questions to his mother, sister and the family’s maid about where they _____ as he simply doesn’t really understand where he is. (live)

1. lives
2. lived
3. is living
4. live

He is especially curious about the massive fence behind his house and why so many people behind the fence _____ striped pyjamas. (wear)

1. wear
2. wears
3. wore
4. wearing

Bruno is very lonely and _____ the friends he left behind in Berlin. (miss)

1. miss
2. missed
3. misses

He _____ really understand why his family had to move to Auschwitz
nor what is happening there. (do/not)

1. don't
2. does not
3. do not
4. doesn't

That's it!

Remember the "SHIT" rule for verbs in the Present Simple