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Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and Jules Verne ① ______ (be) famous writers. Agatha Christie ② ______ (be) born in England in 1890. She ③ ______ (write) mystery stories and ④ ______ (create) two famous detectives, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. They ⑤ ______ (solve) difficult crimes. Arthur Conan Doyle ⑥ ______ (be) born in Scotland in 1859. He ⑦ ______ (study) medicine, and one of his professors ⑧ ______ (inspire) him to create Sherlock Holmes. Holmes ⑨ ______ (notice) small details and ⑩ ______ (solve) mysteries with his friend, Dr Watson. Jules Verne ⑪ ______ (live) in France and ⑫ ______ (love) the sea. When he ⑬ ______ (be) twelve, he ⑭ ______ (try) to run away on a ship, but the sailors ⑮ ______ (catch) him and ⑯ ______ (send) him home. He ⑰ ______ (have) a great imagination and ⑱ ______ (write) adventure stories. One of his characters, Captain Nemo, ⑲ ______ (travel) under the sea in a submarine, ⑳ ______ (meet) strange sea creatures and ㉑ ______ (find) an underwater city.
В утвердительных предложениях Past Simple у правильных глаголов используется окончание -ed, а неправильные глаголы имеют особую форму. Для глагола to be выбираем was или were по подлежащему.
Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and Jules Verne were famous writers. Agatha Christie was born in England in
