Read the text below. Use the words in brackets in the correct form so that they fit the text. Every gap corresponds to a different task (1-9). One day in 1953, a plumber called Harry 1) ..... (work) in a cellar in York, England when he suddenly saw a Roman soldier on a horse. The horse with its rider 2) ..... (step) through the wall of the cellar! More soldiers wearing helmets and carrying swords then followed 3) ..... (they). Harry noticed that the soldiers looked 4) ..... (short) than you would expect, even for ancient Romans. He 5) ..... (not know) the reason until he realised their legs were below the floor of the cellar. In fact, archaeologists who 6) ..... (dig) in the cellar recently said it was once part of an old Roman road! That's why the soldiers seemed to be 7) ..... (walk) on their knees! Terrified, Harry ran out of the house. Later, he found out that some Roman soldiers 8) ..... (disappear) long ago while fighting in York. That was way back in the 9) ..... (two) century and no trace of them was ever found. Maybe these were the soldiers that Harry saw!
- Длительное действие, на фоне которого произошло saw, передаём Past Continuous: was working.
. Отдельное завершённое действие в прошлом — stepped. . После followed нужно объектное местоимение them. . Сигнал than требует сравнительной степени shorter. . Отрицание в Past Simple — did not know. . Недавние раскопки с результатом к моменту рассказа: had dug. . После seemed to be употребляем форму -ing: walking. . Солдаты исчезли до того, как Гарри об этом узнал, — had disappeared. . Перед century нужна порядковая форма second.
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