3 Complete the texts with the past simple affirmative of the verbs in brackets. Callie Rogers (1) ___ (be) just sixteen when she (2) ___ (win) the lottery in 2003. She (3) ___ (give) up her job as a shop assistant and (4) ___ (start) to spend her money. She (5) ___ (take) her family on expensive holidays, (6) ___ (invite) all her friends to big parties every weekend and (7) ___ (have) cosmetic surgery. Ten years later, she (8) ___ (have) just £2,000 left. But she’s happy now. “I (9) ___ (be) too young to win the lottery,” she (10) ___ (say). Tom Crist (11) ___ (get) a big surprise when he (12) ___ (answer) his phone on 16 December 2013. He (13) ___ (be) a lottery winner, and the prize (14) ___ (be) enormous – $$40 million! He (15) ___ (decide) not to tell anyone about the win. He immediately (16) ___ (give) all the money to charities. “I don’t really need that money,” he (17) ___ (say). “My wife (18) ___ (die) earlier in the year, so I (19) ___ (choose) cancer charities that (20) ___ (help) her.”

Перевод задания: Заполните тексты формами утвердительного прошедшего времени Past Simple глаголов в скобках.

Callie Rogers was (1) just sixteen when she won (2) the lottery in 2003. She gave (3) up her job as a shop assistant and started (4) to spend her money. She took (5) her family on expensive holidays, invited (6) all her friends to big parties every weekend and had (7) cosmetic surgery. Ten years later, she had (8) just £2,000 left. But she’s happy now. “I was (9) too young to win the lottery,” she said (10).

Перевод: Калли Роджерс было всего шестнадцать лет, когда она выиграла в лотерею в 2003 году. Она бросила работу продавца и начала тратить свои деньги. Она возила семью в дорогие поездки, каждые выходные приглашала всех друзей на большие вечеринки и сделала косметическую операцию. Десять лет спустя у неё осталось всего 2000 фунтов. Но теперь она счастлива: «Я была слишком молода, чтобы выиграть в лотерею», — сказала она.

Tom Crist got (11) a big surprise when he answered (12) his phone on 16 December 2013. He was (13) a lottery winner, and the prize was (14) enormous – $$40 million! He decided (15) not to tell anyone about the win. He immediately gave (16) all the money to charities. “I don’t really need that money,” he said (17). “My wife died (18) earlier in the year, so I chose (19) cancer charities that helped (20) her.”

Перевод: Том Крист получил большой сюрприз, когда ответил на телефонный звонок 16 декабря 2013 года. Он оказался победителем лотереи, а приз был огромным — 40 миллионов долларов! Он решил никому не рассказывать о выигрыше. Он сразу отдал все деньги благотворительным организациям. «Мне действительно не нужны эти деньги, — сказал он. — Моя жена умерла в начале года, поэтому я выбрал благотворительные организации, занимающиеся раком, которые помогали ей».

Ответ: 1 was; 2 won; 3 gave; 4 started; 5 took; 6 invited; 7 had; 8 had; 9 was; 10 said; 11 got; 12 answered; 13 was; 14 was; 15 decided; 16 gave; 17 said; 18 died; 19 chose; 20 helped.