4 a) Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple. Which are irregular past forms? Tutankhamun 1) ..... (become) Pharaoh of Egypt at a very young age. He 2) ..... (rule) for only nine years because he 3) ..... (die) at the age of 18. The people 4) ..... (bury) him in the Valley of the Kings in southern Egypt. Over 3,000 years later, in 1922, an archaeologist, Howard Carter, 5) ..... (find) the forgotten tomb. It 6) ..... (have) a lot of treasures inside it, including a beautiful gold mask. After Carter 7) ..... (open) Tut's tomb, one of his men 8) ..... (get) sick and died, a cobra 9) ..... (eat) Carter's pet bird and other strange things 10) ..... (happen). Some people believe this is because of a terrible ancient curse!

Вставим глаголы в Past Simple и определим неправильные формы.

• 1) Tutankhamun became (irregular) Pharaoh of Egypt at a very young age.
• 2) He ruled (regular) for only nine years because he
• 3) died (regular) at the age of 18.
• 4) The people buried (regular) him in the Valley of the Kings in southern Egypt.
• 5) Over 3,000 years later, in 1922, an archaeologist, Howard Carter, found (irregular) the forgotten tomb.
• 6) It had (irregular) a lot of treasures inside it, including a beautiful gold mask.
• 7) After Carter opened (regular) Tut's tomb, one of his men
• 8) got (irregular) sick and died,
• 9) a cobra ate (irregular) Carter's pet bird and
• 10) other strange things happened (regular).

Ответ: Tutankhamun became Pharaoh of Egypt at a very young age. He ruled for only nine years because he died at the age of 18. The people buried him in the Valley of the Kings in southern Egypt. Over 3,000 years later, in 1922, an archaeologist, Howard Carter, found the forgotten tomb. It had a lot of treasures inside it, including a beautiful gold mask. After Carter opened Tut's tomb, one of his men got sick and died, a cobra ate Carter's pet bird and other strange things happened.