Вставьте пропущенные глаголы в текст. Выберите один правильный вариант.

Решение:

В данном тексте нужно вставить глаголы в правильной форме, чтобы сохранить логику повествования и грамматическую корректность.

1. Tom Smith was a writer. He 1) wrote (to write) detective stories for magazines.
2. One evening he 2) was not able (to be not able) to invent an end for a story.
3. He 3) sat (to sit) with his typewriter in front of him, but he 4) had (to have) no ideas.
4. Then he 5) went (to go) to the cinema.
5. When he 6) left (to leave), a burglar 7) broke (to break) into his flat and 8) read (to read) his story.
6. The visitor 9) left (to leave) Tom a note: "I have read your story and I 10) did not think (not to think) much of it.
7. I 11) did not go (not to go) to steal anything tonight, but I will return, when you become a successful writer."
8. Tom 12) studied (to study) the burglar's suggestions and 13) wrote (to write) the rest of the story.
9. He 14) was (to be) still not a successful writer, and he 15) waited (wait) for his burglar to return.
10. Before he 16) went out (go out) in the evening, he always 17) left (to leave) a half-finished story near his typewriter.

Правильный вариант для пропуска (14): was