3. Open the brackets to use the correct tense. The Hare and the Tortoise There once 1) … (be) a speedy Hare who 2) … (brag - хвастаться) about how fast he 3) … (can) run. One day the Tortoise 4) … (challenge) him to a race. All the animals in the forest 5)… (gather) to watch. The Hare 6) … (run) down the road for a while and then 7) … (pause) to rest. He 8) … (look) back at the tortoise and 9) … (cry) out, "How you 10) … (expect) to win this race when you 11) … (walk) along at your slow, slow pace?" The Hare 12) … (stretch) himself out alongside the road and 13) … (fall) asleep, thinking, "There 14) … (be) a lot of time to relax." The Tortoise 15)… (walk) never stopping until he 16) … (come) to the finish line. The animals cheered so loudly for Tortoise that they 17) … (wake) up the Hare. The Hare 18) … (begin) to run again, but it 19) … (be) too late. "The Tortoise already 20) … (cross) the finish line", shouted the animals.

Ответ (The Hare and the Tortoise)

1. There once 1) was (be) a speedy Hare who 2) bragged (brag - хвастаться) about how fast he 3) could (can) run. One day the Tortoise 4) challenged (challenge) him to a race. All the animals in the forest 5) gathered (gather) to watch. The Hare 6) ran (run) down the road for a while and then 7) paused (pause) to rest. He 8) looked (look) back at the tortoise and 9) cried (cry) out, "How you 10) expect (expect) to win this race when you 11) walk (walk) along at your slow, slow pace?" The Hare 12) stretched (stretch) himself out alongside the road and 13) fell (fall) asleep, thinking, "There 14) is (be) a lot of time to relax." The Tortoise 15) walked (walk) never stopping until he 16) came (come) to the finish line. The animals cheered so loudly for Tortoise that they 17) woke (wake) up the Hare. The Hare 18) began (begin) to run again, but it 19) was (be) too late. "The Tortoise already 20) crossed (cross) the finish line", shouted the animals.