Complete the text using the correct tense. Note, not only past tenses are possible here.
I 1) (bore) in London, in the capital of England and I 2) (live) there until I 3) (leave)
home at the age of 18. My parents 4) (move) to England from China in the 1970s.
As a child I 5) (go) to the local school and, of course, 6) (speak) English with a local
accent, just like all the other children. But at home it was very different. We 7) (live) in
a Chinese environment, with a great extended family of uncles and aunts. I 8) (remember)
feeling part of this big thing called “family”, and an even bigger thing called “China”. I think my
family really 9) (influence) me a lot while I 10) (grow) up. They often talked about
China as “our home” – even though I had never 11) (be) there before.
To me, it 12) (not, seem) at all strange to grow up as part of two cultures. I always
13) (think) that growing up in two cultures is a kind of gift, not a disadvantage. Now
that I 14) (have) a child of my own, I want her to get in touch with her Chinese roots
too, so we (plan) a visit to China later this year. All her Chinese cousins and relatives
15) (look) forward to meeting her.
2. The meal costs a few euros
3. You look fit! Do you exercise much?
4. There is only a little gouache in the bottle. You can't draw any pictures.
5. Don't talk too much at the lesson.
6. We know the material well and ask the teacher only a few questions.
7. There are few nuts in the bowl, put some more, please.
8. I dont like sweet tea, so I put only a little sugar in my tea.
9. They have little money. - Are yoy sure the are poor?
10. In our country we don't eat much seafood.
Once upon a time there was a horse whose name was Reginald.Every morning he was delivering milk, he usually met his friend Blackie, who was a little black dog.
Reginald didn’t want to be a milkman’s horse.He wanted to be a racehorse and win the Derbi. And Blackie, who had rather short legs, wanted to be able to run very fast, like a hound.
One afternoon they were sitting in Reginald’s stable.Suddenly Blackie said that he had, an idea.
«Why do we not eat coal?» — he said. «Trains eat coal a run fast.»
They thought about this for a long time, and at last Reginald said: «Let’s try it,»
So they went down to the coal cellar. They were going to take some some coal, when Mrs Marry, the landlady, came in.
«What! You are stealing my coal!» — she began to cry, and she picked up a piece of coal and threw it at them.They ran away. They had never run so fast in their lives before.
Just then the Mayor was looking out of the window.
«Oh, that horse can run fast I’m sure it can win the Derby, look at the dog; it’s a real hound I’ll give them each a medal.» And he did.