Текст "Harry Potter" в Past Simple Tense

COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH WITH THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERBS IN SIMPLE PAST TENSE.

Harry Potter _____(be) a very special boy. He _____ (be) a young wizard. His hair ____(be) black and his eyes ____(be) green. He _______(have) a scar on his forehead. He ______(live) with his aunt, his uncle and his cousin. He_______ (not be) happy living there because they _____(not love) him.

He _______(get) a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. He _____(be) a new student there! He ______(buy) a new pet, too: an owl. Its name _____(be) Hedwig. But his uncle _____(not want) to have a wizard in the family and _______(take) Harry to a lonely island.

Rubeus Hagrid ________(rescue) Harry and______(go) to Diagon Alley with Harry. There he _____(buy) his new clothes, books and his wand.

He _____(go) to school for the first time by train in Platfrom 9 ¾. There he _____(meet) his new friends: Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. They ____(talk) and_______ (eat) candies and chocolates.

They _______(arrive) at school and _____(have) a big dinner with all the students and the teachers. The special hat (The Sorting Hat) _______(select) a house for the students. Harry, Ron and Hermione _______(go) Gryffindor House. They ______(be) very happy.

At school they _____(take) Potions classes, History of Magic classes and Defense against the Dark Art classes. Harry also _____(play) a sport: Quidditch. He _____(have) a broom, the Nimbus 2000. because he _____(fly) and ________(catch) a ball, the Snitch.

Draco Malfoy _______(not like) Harry. He ______(be) a member of Slytherin House and always ______(try) to beat Harry.

WORDS:

rescue - освобождать, спасать

wizard - волшебник

scar - шрам

Witchcraft - колдовство

Wizardy - магия

Diagon Alley - Косая аллея

wand - волшебная палочка

9 ¾. - nine and three fourths

broom - метла

potion - зелье

Answer the following questions

1. Was Harry Potter a young wizard?

2. Did he live with his mother and father?

3. Did his uncle love him?

4. Did Harry get a letter from Hogwarts?

5. Did Snape rescue Harry Potter?

6. Did Harry buy new clothes and his wand?

7. Did he go to school by bus?

8. Did he meet new friends in the train?

9. Did the Sorting Hat select a house for the new students?

10. Did Ron, Harry and Hermione go to Gryffindor House?

11. Were they happy?

12. Did they take maths and Literature classes?

13. Did Harry play a sport?

14. Did Draco Malfoy like Harry?

15. Was he a member of Gryffindor House, too?