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5. Why did he hide the superpower?

B. Vocabulary work

1. “After that, something had happened in my body and I still did not recognize it”. The
word it refers to?
a. I did not recognize
b. Something had happened
c. I was afraid
d. I did usually
2. Where in the passage does the author mention that he used the superpower?
a. Paragraph 1
b. Paragraph 2

c. Paragraph 3
d. Paragraph 4
3. “I was angry at that time” adverb at that time refers to?
a. I was getting an accident
b. The bus did not stop and escaped
c. I went back home

d. I run after it
4. “I realized the first time that I had a superpower”. The antonym of realized is
a. Acquire
b. Lose
c. Get
d. Bring in

C. Grammar
After answering the questions, look at the grammatical features. The first feature is the use of the Past
Tense. Is the Past Tense used in the first paragraph?

I was dreaming of being a superhero when I was a teenager. I imagined myself as
Spiderman. One day, when I was fishing at the river I was bitten by a spider and luckily I was not
dying.

The words highlighted in blue indicate the use of the past. The yellow highlight refers to something
that happened to a teenager, one day. Now, find the use of the past tense, adjectives, adverbs, and
time conjunction in the other paragraphs.
Past Tense
1. _____________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________

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