Exercise 5 — Grammar in context. Complete the short biography. Use the Past Simple forms of the verbs in brackets and choose another / other / the other where necessary. Lena Morris 1) (be) a school librarian before she became a writer. She 2) (write) her first mystery at the age of twenty-six. Her first hero was a young reporter, but in 3) ____ book she introduced a clever detective called Max Grey. Readers 4) (like) him, so Lena 5) (create) two 6) another / other stories about him. One story took place in London; 7) another / the other took place in a small seaside town. Lena 8) (not/write) only mysteries: she also wrote adventure stories for younger readers.

Перевод задания: Дополните краткую биографию. Используйте формы глаголов в скобках в Past Simple и, где необходимо, выберите another / other / the other.

Lena Morris was a school librarian before she became a writer. (Лена Моррис была школьным библиотекарем, прежде чем стала писательницей.)

She wrote her first mystery at the age of twenty-six. (Она написала свой первый детектив в возрасте двадцати шести лет.)

Her first hero was a young reporter, but in another book she introduced a clever detective called Max Grey. (Её первым героем был молодой репортёр, но в другой книге она представила умного детектива по имени Макс Грей.)

Readers liked him, so Lena created two other stories about him. (Он понравился читателям, поэтому Лена создала о нём ещё две истории.)

One story took place in London; the other took place in a small seaside town. (Действие одной истории происходило в Лондоне, а другой — в небольшом приморском городке.)

Lena did not write only mysteries: she also wrote adventure stories for younger readers. (Лена писала не только детективы: она также писала приключенческие истории для юных читателей.)

Вставки: 1) was; 2) wrote; 3) another; 4) liked; 5) created; 6) other; 7) the other; 8) did not write.