A boy who worked in a shop in a country town (send) by his master to the house of a rich customer with a valuable ring. "(Not open) the box," the shopkeeper (tell) the boy. "If you (lose) the ring you (punish)." The boy's way (lie) across a large park through which (flow) a stream. As the boy (cross) the bridge which (throw) across the stream he foolishly (take) the ring out of the box as he (want) to have a look at it. While he (do) so the ring (slip) out of his hand and (fall) into the mud on the bank of the stream. He (try) to find it for a long time but (not can) do it. At last darkness (make) him (stop) his search. "If my master (learn) it he (kill) me," (think) the poor boy. He (be) so frightened that he (decide) that he never (return) home. He (have to) (run away) and he (become) a sailor. He (spend) many years in America and (get) very rich. But still he (dream) that one day he (go back) to his home country. And so he (do). He (buy) the estate with the stream into which he (drop) the ring as a boy. One day when he and his friend (walk) along the bank of the stream, which (cause) him so much trouble, they (come) to the place where he (lose) the ring. He (push) his stick into the mud exclaiming, "I (be) absolutely sure that it (be) the exact spot where the ring (lose)." And when he (pull) the stick out he (see) the ring (hang) at the end of it.

Решение:

В тексте нужно вставить пропущенные слова, которые даны в скобках в исходной форме. Следует подобрать нужную форму слова, чтобы предложение имело смысл.

1. (send) → sent: "A boy who worked in a shop in a country town sent by his master..."
2. (open) → open: "(Not open the box..."
3. (tell) → told: "...the shopkeeper told the boy."
4. (lose) → lose: "If you lose the ring..."
5. (punish) → punish: "...you punish."
6. (lie) → lay: "The boy's way lay across a large park..."
7. (flow) → flowed: "...through which flowed a stream."
8. (cross) → crossed: "As the boy crossed the bridge..."
9. (throw) → threw: "...which threw across the stream..."
10. (take) → took: "...he foolishly took the ring out of the box..."
11. (want) → want: "...as he want to have a look at it."
12. (do) → did: "While he did so the ring..."
13. (slip) → slipped: "...the ring slipped out of his hand..."
14. (fall) → fell: "...and fell into the mud..."
15. (try) → tried: "He tried to find it for a long time..."
16. (not can) → could not: "...but could not do it."
17. (make) → made: "At last darkness made him (stop) his search."
18. (stop) → stop: "...darkness made him stop his search."
19. (learn) → learn: "If my master learn it..."
20. (kill) → killed: "...he killed me..."
21. (think) → thought: "...thought the poor boy."
22. (be) → was: "He was so frightened..."
23. (decide) → decided: "...that he decided that he never (return) home."
24. (return) → return: "...that he never return home."
25. (have to) → had to: "He had to (run away)..."
26. (run away) → run away: "He had to run away..."
27. (become) → become: "...and he become a sailor."
28. (spend) → spent: "He spent many years in America..."
29. (get) → got: "...and got very rich."
30. (dream) → dreamed: "But still he dreamed that one day..."
31. (go back) → go back: "...that one day he go back to his home country."
32. (do) → did: "And so he did."
33. (buy) → bought: "He bought the estate..."
34. (drop) → dropped: "...into which he dropped the ring..."
35. (walk) → walked: "One day when he and his friend walked along the bank..."
36. (cause) → caused: "...which caused him so much trouble..."
37. (come) → came: "...they came to the place..."
38. (lose) → lost: "...where he lost the ring."
39. (push) → pushed: "He pushed his stick into the mud..."
40. (be) → am: "I am absolutely sure..."
41. (be) → is: "...that it is the exact spot..."
42. (lose) → lost: "...where the ring lost."
43. (pull) → pulled: "And when he pulled the stick out..."
44. (see) → saw: "...he saw the ring (hang) at the end of it."
45. (hang) → hanging: "...the ring hanging at the end of it."

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