Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verbs from the boxes. In each box there is one extra word. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous. Verbs: to come, to see, to be, to look; to hang, to be, to sing, to eat, to put; to hate, to like, to want, to be. It a) ____ Christmas Eve. The Grinch b) ____ at Whoville from his cave at the top of the mountain. And what c) ____ he ____? Every Who d) ____ busy. The Who-boys and Who-girls e) ____ their stockings for presents. Their parents f) ____ up Christmas decorations. And they all g) ____ happily. But the Grinch h) ____ angry because he i) ____ Christmas. So he j) ____ to stop Christmas from coming.

Перевод задания: Заполните пропуски подходящими глаголами из рамок. В каждой рамке есть одно лишнее слово. Используйте Past Simple или Past Continuous.

It was Christmas Eve. The Grinch looked at Whoville from his cave at the top of the mountain. And what did he see? Every Who was busy. The Who-boys and Who-girls were hanging their stockings for presents. Their parents were putting up Christmas decorations. And they all were singing happily. But the Grinch was angry because he hated Christmas. So he wanted to stop Christmas from coming.

Это был канун Рождества. Гринч смотрел на Ктоград из своей пещеры на вершине горы. И что же он увидел? Все жители Ктограда были заняты. Мальчики и девочки развешивали чулки для подарков. Их родители устанавливали рождественские украшения. И все они весело пели. Но Гринч был зол, потому что ненавидел Рождество. Поэтому он хотел помешать наступлению Рождества.

Лишние слова: to come, to eat, to like.