Контрольные задания > 4 GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Complete the text. Write one word in
each space.
The History of
the Selfie Stick
Selfie sticks are very useful when you want
to take a photo. But 1 **do** you know
who invented them?
Two men say that they are the inventors of the
selfie stick: the 2 **one** is Japanese and
the second is from Canada. In the 1980s, Hiroshi
Ueda worked 3 **at** the Minolta camera
company. He liked going on holiday to Europe,
and he always 4 **took** a lot of photos.
One day, he gave his camera to a child, because
he wanted a photo with his wife. But the child
5 **ran** away with the camera. When Hiroshi went
to Japan, he made a kind of selfie
stick. He was very happy with it, but other people
6 **didn't** like it, and he couldn't sell it.
Twenty years later, Wayne Fromm
7 **was** on holiday in Europe with
his daughter. He wanted a photo with
8 **but** they couldn't speak the
language of the country. They waited to ask a
person who 9 **spoke** English. After the
holiday, Wayne made a kind of selfie stick called
the Quik Pod. People liked it very much and he
sold a lot of them.
Hiroshi's selfie stick was too early, so people
10 **weren't** interested in it. But Wayne's selfie
stick was popular because he invented it at the
right time.
Вопрос:
4 GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Complete the text. Write one word in
each space.
The History of
the Selfie Stick
Selfie sticks are very useful when you want
to take a photo. But 1 **do** you know
who invented them?
Two men say that they are the inventors of the
selfie stick: the 2 **one** is Japanese and
the second is from Canada. In the 1980s, Hiroshi
Ueda worked 3 **at** the Minolta camera
company. He liked going on holiday to Europe,
and he always 4 **took** a lot of photos.
One day, he gave his camera to a child, because
he wanted a photo with his wife. But the child
5 **ran** away with the camera. When Hiroshi went
to Japan, he made a kind of selfie
stick. He was very happy with it, but other people
6 **didn't** like it, and he couldn't sell it.
Twenty years later, Wayne Fromm
7 **was** on holiday in Europe with
his daughter. He wanted a photo with
8 **but** they couldn't speak the
language of the country. They waited to ask a
person who 9 **spoke** English. After the
holiday, Wayne made a kind of selfie stick called
the Quik Pod. People liked it very much and he
sold a lot of them.
Hiroshi's selfie stick was too early, so people
10 **weren't** interested in it. But Wayne's selfie
stick was popular because he invented it at the
right time.