1. Fill in the gap with the past simple of the verbs in brackets. Autobiography Agatha Christie __________ (to be) born on 15th September 1890. She __________ (to go) to school because her mother wanted to teach her at home. She __________ (take) piano lessons and learnt singing in Paris. She __________ (get married) in 1914 to a pilot and they __________ (to have) one daughter. During the first World War, she __________ (to work)as a nurse and she __________ (to learn) a lot about drugs and poisons and she __________ (to use) this information in her novels. She __________ (to publish) her first novel in 1920. The book soon __________ (to become) a best-seller. Then she __________ (get divorced). In 1928, she mysteriously __________ (to disappear). The police __________ (to find) her two weeks later suffering from amnesia. She __________ (can/not) remember anything.

Ответ:

• Agatha Christie was born on 15th September 1890.
• She went to school because her mother wanted to teach her at home.
• She took piano lessons and learnt singing in Paris.
• She got married in 1914 to a pilot and they had one daughter.
• During the first World War, she worked as a nurse and she learnt a lot about drugs and poisons.
• She used this information in her novels.
• She published her first novel in 1920.
• The book soon became a best-seller.
• Then she got divorced.
• In 1928, she mysteriously disappeared.
• The police found her two weeks later suffering from amnesia.
• She couldn't remember anything.

Перевод:

• Агата Кристи родилась 15 сентября 1890 года.
• Она ходила в школу, потому что ее мать хотела учить ее дома.
• Она брала уроки игры на фортепиано и научилась петь в Париже.
• Она вышла замуж в 1914 году за пилота, и у них была одна дочь.
• Во время Первой мировой войны она работала медсестрой и изучила много о лекарствах и ядах.
• Она использовала эту информацию в своих романах.
• Она опубликовала свой первый роман в 1920 году.
• Книга вскоре стала бестселлером.
• Затем она развелась.
• В 1928 году она таинственно исчезла.
• Полиция нашла ее две недели спустя, страдающую от амнезии.
• Она не могла ничего вспомнить.