For questions (1-20) choose the correct verb form for each gap. (0) - is done for you as an example. Mark Twain, the famous American author, (0) was well known (to know) as a lecturer, and literary clubs often (1) ___________ (to invite) him to speak. Before one of his lectures a club member (2) ___________ (to come) up to him and said, "Mr. Twain, people (3) ___________ (to say) that you can tell very funny stories. I hope that during your lecture you (4) ___________ (to make) my uncle (5) ___________ (to laugh). He (6) ___________ (not to laugh) for ten years." "I'll do my best", Mark Twain said. At the beginning of his lecture, Mark Twain (7) ___________ (to notice) the club member who (8) ___________ (to sit) in front of him with an old sad man. Mark Twain (9) ___________ (to begin) (to tell) jokes, one after another, long jokes and short jokes, new jokes and old jokes. Soon everybody (10) ___________ (to cry) with laughter. Everybody - but not the old man. He (11) ___________ (to look) at Mark Twain with his cold blue eyes. Mark Twain (12) ___________ (to ashame). After the lecture, the club member (13) ___________ (to thank) Mark Twain because he (14) ___________ (never to hear) so many funny stories. "They (15) ___________ (not to be) funny enough for your uncle. He (16) ___________ (not even smile)!" Mark Twain (17) ___________ (to answer). "I'd like to thank you and say again my uncle (18) ___________ (not to laugh) for ten years. I want you to know he (19) ___________ (not to hear) anything for ten years. He (20) ___________(to be deaf)."

Task 2

Давай выберем правильную форму глагола для каждого пропуска.

1. literary clubs often invite (to invite) him to speak. (Приглашают - настоящее время, множественное число)
2. member came (to come) up to him and said. (Подошел и сказал - прошедшее время)
3. Mr. Twain, people say (to say) that you can tell very funny stories. (Говорят - настоящее время, множественное число)
4. I hope that during your lecture you make (to make) my uncle laugh. (Вы заставите смеяться - настоящее время)
5. my uncle laughed (to laugh). He. (Он засмеялся - прошедшее время)
6. He hasn't laughed (not to laugh) for ten years. (Он не смеялся в течение 10 лет - настоящее совершенное время)
7. Mark Twain noticed (to notice) the club member. (Твейн заметил - прошедшее время)
8. (8) was sitting (to sit) in front of him with an old sad man. (сидел - прошедшее продолженное время)
9. Mark Twain began (to begin) (to tell) jokes. (начал - прошедшее время)
10. everybody cried (to cry) with laughter. (Все заплакали от смеха - прошедшее время)
11. He looked (to look) at Mark Twain with his cold blue eyes. (Он посмотрел - прошедшее время)
12. Mark Twain was ashamed (to ashame). (Твейну было стыдно - прошедшее время)
13. the club member thanked (to thank) Mark Twain. (член клуба поблагодарил - прошедшее время)
14. because he had never heard (never to hear) so many funny stories. (потому что он никогда не слышал - прошедшее совершенное время)
15. They aren't (not to be) funny enough for your uncle. (Они недостаточно смешные - настоящее время)
16. He didn't (not even smile)! (Он даже не улыбнулся - прошедшее время)
17. Mark Twain answered (to answer). (Твейн ответил - прошедшее время)
18. I'd like to thank you and say again my uncle hasn't laughed (not to laugh) for ten years. (Мой дядя не смеялся - настоящее совершенное время)
19. I want you to know he hasn't heard (not to hear) anything for ten years. (Он не слышал - настоящее совершенное время)
20. He is (to be deaf). (Он глухой - настоящее время)

Ответ: 1. invite, 2. came, 3. say, 4. make, 5. laughed, 6. hasn't laughed, 7. noticed, 8. was sitting, 9. began, 10. cried, 11. looked, 12. was ashamed, 13. thanked, 14. had never heard, 15. aren't, 16. didn't, 17. answered, 18. hasn't laughed, 19. hasn't heard, 20. is

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