Complete the text below with the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in Practice
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A young hero
Mike Shaw cycles along the river path every morning on his way to school
On the morning of the 17th January, he never imagined that his journey to
school would be (1)
(exciting) than usual. On that day,
fifteen-year-old Mike became (2)
(young) hero in his
town. As Mike was cycling along the river path, he heard a cry coming from
the river. He realised that there was a car in the river with a woman and two
children inside. The cry was growing weaker and (3)
(weak). Mike jumped into the river and swam towards the car. He knew he
had to spend (4)
(little) time as possible in the icy cold
water. When he reached the car, the woman gave him her children and
Mike swam to the shore. Then he went back for the woman. Swimming
back again was (5)
(difficult) than he had expected. It
was (6)
Chard) than before for Mike to reach the woman
because the river was working against him and was taking the woman
(7)
(far) and farther away. Mike realised he had to get to
her (8)
(quickly) as he could if he was going to save her.
Finally, Mike reached the woman and took her to the river bank where her
children were waiting.​

1. Is there a book on the table? What is there on the table? There is a book on the table, isn't there?
2. Must he work hard today? How must he work today? He must work hard today, mustn't he?
3. Are we leaving for Moscow next week? When are we leaving for Moscow? We are leaving for Moscow next week, aren't we?
4. Were we reading the whole evening? What were we doing the whole evening? We were reading the whole evening, weren't we?
5. Don't they go to work on Sunday? When don't they go to work? They don't go to work on Sunday, do they?
6. Is it cold today? What's the weather like today? It is not cold today, is it?
7. Has Ann already begun to read a new book? Who has already begun to read a new book? Ann has already begun to read a new book, hasn't she?
8. Do you learn English at school? What do you learn at school? We learn English at school, don't we?
9. Will they show you how to get there? Who will show you how to get there? They will show you how to get there, won't they?

  My favourite movie is called "Hachiko". The film was shot by the Holliwood film producer Lasser Khalstryom in 2009.

The role of the main hero in the film was brilliantely performed by a popular American film actor Richard Gere. I highly recommend to watch film "Hachiko" to all those people who haven't seen it yet.   This is an amazing story about the dog which was the most faithful and devoted friend in the whole world for her owner. Now in Japan you can see Hachiko's memorial.  The plot is remarkable but very tragic: Parker Wilson (Richard Gere), a University Professor, returning home in the evening after work, finds at the train station a lost puppy. After several unsuccessful attempts to find the owner of the dog, Parker decides to keep the puppy, naming him Hachiko. From that moment between Parker and Hachiko occurs deep friendship and sincere affection, they spend much time together.

Every morning, Hachiko accompanies the master, hurrying to work, to the station, and in the evening waits for his return, sitting on the parapet in front of the entrance to the station. This ritual continues for a long time, Hachiko is already  known to all the sellers and employees of the station. One day, Parker went to work, where he had a heart attack and he died... but Hachiko continues to come daily to the station and wait for the Parker’s train.  Parker's wife moves to another city and wants to take Hachiko, however, he escapes and returns to the station, where remains to live. Ten years later, the wife of Parker arrives to visit the grave of her husband and at the station she sees Hachiko still waiting for his master... After some time, Hachiko dies on the parapet, where he so many years was waiting for Parker.