Present Tenses, Past Simple or Present Perfect? Раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в правильную грамматическую форму, выбирая между настоящим простым (e.g. he does),
настоящим продолженным (e.g. he is doing), настоящим свершенным (e.g. he has done)
или простым временами (e.g. he did):
I 1(be born) in M. but 2(spend) most of
my childhood in the country. We still 3(live) there when my
father 4(die). My elder brother 5(join) the air
force when he 6(be) seventeen. He 7(learn) to fly night fighters when the war 8(break) out. He
9(continue) his training for a time, and soon 10
(become) a pilot officer. Afterwards he 11(fight) on two fronts.
I 12(expect) you 13(hear) how
he 14(win) a medal for bravery.
A few years ago they 15(pull) down some old houses in that
street. Last year they 16(begin) to build a new block of flats.
In my town they continually 17(pull) down old houses and
18(put) up new ones. The town 19(change) its
appearance completely since sixties. Two years ago they 20(call)
in a new young architect. He already 21(design) some
important public buildings. Now he 22(prepare) the plans for
a new Town Hall. There 23(be) great improvements in the country
too. Until recently there 24(be) no baths in many of the cottages.
Sometimes the roofs 25(leak) and 26(let)
in the rain. Now they 27(build) a lot of new workmen’s
cottages. They already 28(repair) some of the old ones and
29(make) them more healthy and comfortable.
My Favourite Writer (M. Lermontov)
One of Russia's most celebrated poets of all times, Michael Lermontov was born in Moscow in the family of a nobleman. He spent his childhood and youth in Tarckany, in the province of Penza.
In 1830 Lermontov entered the Moscow University, but very soon he had to leave it. Then he entered St. Petersburg School of Cavalry Cadets. He finished it and served in the Hussar Regiment of the Imperial Guard.
In 1837 the poet was exiled to the Caucasus for his poem "Poets Death". In 1840 Lermontov was exiled to the Caucasus for the second time. He was provoked into personal quarrel with his schoolmate. The quarrel led to a duel. On July 15th, 1841 the poet was killed. He was not even 27 at that time.
Lermontov began writing when he was very young. One of his first writings to be published was his verse tale "Hadji Arbek".
But he won fame as a poet after his poem "Poets Death" was published. Lermontov's poems "Demon" "Mtsyri" his great novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his play "Masquerade" are masterpieces of Russian literature.
Whether he wrote poetry, drama or prose, the stamp of his genius was to be found on his works. Lermontov's influence as of a poet and a thinker on all Russian writes can't be overestimated.