Контрольные задания > 1. Grammar. Read the humorous stories about the famous writers below. For questions 1–19, fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs and pronouns given in capital letters. There is an example at the beginning (0).
A One day Robert Burns (0) was walking near the sea. Suddenly he (1) __________ a cry for help. He (2) __________ towards the water. Just then a sailor (3) __________ off a boat, and began to swim towards the man who (4) __________ for help and saved him. The man who (5) __________ was very rich. He thanked the brave sailor and gave (6) __________ a shilling. By this time a lot of people (7) __________ round them. They called the sailor a hero but the rich man (8) __________ him only a shilling. Burns stopped (9) __________ and said, “Let him alone. The gentleman (10) __________ better how much his life costs.”
B The famous author of detective stories, Arthur Conan Doyle, once (11) __________ to Paris. He took a cab at the railway station to go to the hotel. “What hotel would you like to go to, Mr Conan Doyle?” asked the cabman. The writer (12) __________. “How (13) __________ you __________ my name?” he asked.
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1. Grammar. Read the humorous stories about the famous writers below. For questions 1–19, fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs and pronouns given in capital letters. There is an example at the beginning (0).
A One day Robert Burns (0) was walking near the sea. Suddenly he (1) __________ a cry for help. He (2) __________ towards the water. Just then a sailor (3) __________ off a boat, and began to swim towards the man who (4) __________ for help and saved him. The man who (5) __________ was very rich. He thanked the brave sailor and gave (6) __________ a shilling. By this time a lot of people (7) __________ round them. They called the sailor a hero but the rich man (8) __________ him only a shilling. Burns stopped (9) __________ and said, “Let him alone. The gentleman (10) __________ better how much his life costs.”
B The famous author of detective stories, Arthur Conan Doyle, once (11) __________ to Paris. He took a cab at the railway station to go to the hotel. “What hotel would you like to go to, Mr Conan Doyle?” asked the cabman. The writer (12) __________. “How (13) __________ you __________ my name?” he asked.