Texte à trous (conjuguer les verbes au prétérit) : The gingerbread man (le petit bonhomme de pain d'épices)
One day an old woman ……………. (prepare) a gingerbread man for her husband. Suddenly, she ………….. (hear) a voice from the oven. "Let me out! Let me out!" it ………. (say). She …………… (open) the door and the gingerbread man ………………. (run) out. The old couple …… (run) after him, shouting "Stop! We want to eat you!"

But the gingerbread man ……….. (run) away singing "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" A horse …… (see) him and……… (say) "Stop! I want to eat you!"

But the gingerbread man ……. (run) away even faster singing "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" A cow …… (see) him and …… (say) "Stop! I want to eat you!"

But the gingerbread man …….. (run) away even faster singing "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" A fox …… (see) him and ………. (say) "Stop! I want to talk to you!"

The gingerbread man ……. (run) on singing "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" But the fox ……….. (chase) him all the way to a river. The gingerbread man …………. (do not) know how to swim."I can help you," said the cunning fox. "If you jump on my tail, I'll carry you across." The gingerbread man ………….. (jump) on the fox's tail and the fox …………… (start) to swim across the river. But the fox …………. (say) "jump on my nose. You are too heavy for my tail." When they …………… (reach) the river bank the fox ……….. (throw) the gingerbread man high up into the air. Down he ………… (fall) and the fox ………. (eat) him all up! And that ………. (be) the end of the gingerbread man