- Open the brackets to use the correct tense. (Раскройте скобки, употребив правильное время.)
The Lion and the Mouse
Once when a lion, the king of the jungle, 1) ……… (be) asleep, a little mouse 2) ……… (begin/run) up and down on him. This soon awakened the lion, who 3) ……… (place) his huge paw on the mouse, and 4) ……… (open) his big jaws to swallow her. "Pardon, O King!" 5) ……… (cry) the little mouse. "Forgive me this time and I never 6) ……… (forget) your kindness. And who 7) ……… (know), I may 8) ……… (be able) to do you a good turn one of these days!" The lion was so surprised by the idea that he 9) ……… (let) her go. Some time later, a few hunters 10) ……… (capture) the lion, and 11) ……… (tie) him to a tree. After that they 12) ……… (go) in search of a wagon, to take him to the zoo. Just then the little mouse was passing by and 13) ……… (see) the lion. She 14) ……… (run) up to him and gnawed away the ropes with her sharp teeth. "15) ……… (be) I not right?" 16) ……… (say) the little mouse, very happy to help the lion.
Сказка рассказана о прошлом, поэтому большинство глаголов ставим в Past Simple (прошедшее простое): правильные глаголы + -ed, неправильные — вторая форма.
- lion … asleep — was (прошедшее от be для единственного числа).
- began to run — begin → began (неправильный), «начала бегать».
- placed — place + -d.
- opened — open + -ed.
- cried — cry → cried (y после согласной меняется на -ied).
- В речи мыши обещание о будущем: «I never will forget» — will forget (обычно ставят will перед never, но с пропуском после never пишем will forget).
- «And who knows» — Present Simple,
-е лицо: knows («кто знает»). - «I may be able» — после may глагол без to: be able («смогу»).
- let — неправильный глагол: let — let — let.
- captured — Past Simple.
- tied — tie + -d.
- went — go → went.
- saw — see → saw.
- ran — run → ran.
- Was — вопрос «Разве я не была права?»: Was I not right?
- said — say → said.
Once when a lion, the king of the jungle,
