Complete the story with the Simple Past tense of the verbs in brackets.

The Hare and the Tortoise

Complete with Simple Past:

One day the hare and the tortoise decided to have a race. The hare knew (know) that he could (can) run faster than the tortoise. But the tortoise was (be) more intelligent than the hare.

'Yes, I'll race you,' said (say) the clever tortoise. The tortoise had (have) a clever plan. He found (find) his brothers and sisters and he told (tell) them to wait in different places along the path of the race. So they all hid (hide) behind the trees along the path. The race began (begin)!

The tortoise ran (run) as fast as possible. But the hare was (be) faster, of course.

'This will be a very easy race', thought (think) the hare.

So the hare decided (decide) to have a rest, and he quickly fell (fall) asleep at the side of the road. Suddenly, the hare woke up (wake up) and he saw (see) a tortoise ahead of him!

'How did he get ahead of me?' the hare asked himself. In fact, it was (be) not his friend the tortoise: it was (be) the tortoise's sister. But to a hare, all tortoises look the same.

The hare ran (run) past the tortoise easily. Soon, he couldn't (can't) see the tortoise, so he sat down (sit) down and he had (have) another rest.

Then the hare got up (get up) and continued the race. But - as the hare happily came (come) around the last corner before the finish line - his friend the tortoise crossed the line and won (win) the race!

Ответ: knew, could, was, said, had, found, told, hid, began, ran, was, thought, decided, fell, woke up, saw, was, was, ran, couldn't, sat down, had, got up, came, won.