Exercise 2. Say if the statements are true or false. 1. It was a big new shop. 2. The shopkeeper usually stood at the open door. 3. The things in the shop were beautiful and expensive. 4. The shopkeeper asked the boy not to leave the door. 5. The shopkeeper went to the king’s palace. 6. When the shopkeeper came back, his shop was ruined. 7. The boy took the door with him. 8. The boy did what the shopkeeper had told him.

Перевод задания: Скажите, являются ли утверждения верными или неверными.

1. It was a big new shop. — False. It was a small shop in an old town. (Это была большая новая лавка. — Неверно. Это была маленькая лавка в старом городе.)
2. The shopkeeper usually stood at the open door. — True. (Хозяин лавки обычно стоял у открытой двери. — Верно.)
3. The things in the shop were beautiful and expensive. — False. They were beautiful and made of silver and gold; the text does not say they were expensive. (Вещи в лавке были красивыми и дорогими. — Неверно: сказано, что они были красивыми и сделанными из серебра и золота, но об их цене не говорится.)
4. The shopkeeper asked the boy not to leave the door. — True. (Хозяин попросил мальчика не уходить от двери. — Верно.)
5. The shopkeeper went to the king’s palace. — True. (Хозяин пошёл во дворец короля. — Верно.)
6. When the shopkeeper came back, his shop was ruined. — False. The door was gone, but the story does not say that the shop was ruined. (Когда хозяин вернулся, его лавка была разрушена. — Неверно: двери не было, но в рассказе не сказано, что лавка была разрушена.)
7. The boy took the door with him. — True. (Мальчик унёс дверь с собой. — Верно.)
8. The boy did what the shopkeeper had told him. — True, literally: he did not leave the door behind. (Мальчик сделал то, что велел хозяин. — Верно, если понимать слова буквально: он не оставил дверь.)