Grammar Story: The Fastest Train

Level: A2

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

This is a story about a Frenchman, an Englishman and an American who _________ (once travel) by train in Europe. They _________ (chat) about this and that. Then the conversation _________ (be) about how fast the trains were in their countries. The Frenchman _________ (say), “In my country thetrains _________ (go) so fast that the telegraph posts by the railway line _________ (look) like a garden fence. The Englishman _________ (say), “At home the trains _________ (run) so fast that we have to pour water on the wheels to stop them from getting hot."The American _________ (say), “That’s nothing! I _________ (once take) a trip and my daughter _________ (come) on to the platform to see me off. While I _________ (get) into the compartment the train _________ (start). I _________ (lean) out of the window to give her a kiss and _________ (kiss) instead a cow in a field six miles down the railway line."

This is a story about a Frenchman,an Englishman and an American who were once travelling by train in Europe. They were chatting about this and that. Then the conversation was about how fast the trains were in their countries. The Frenchman said, “In my country the trains go so fast that the telegraph posts by the railway line look like a garden fence. The Englishman said, “At home the trains run so fast that we have to pour water on the wheels to stop them from getting hot."The American said, “That’s nothing! I was once taking a trip and my daughter came on to the platform to see me off. While I was getting into the compartment the train started. I leaned out of the window to give her a kiss and kissed instead a cow in a field six miles down the railway line."

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