Word formation task for 8th grade

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 20–28, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 20–28.

20

It was about 6pm when I heard a knock on the door. It __________________ Jason, my teenage neighbour. He looked cold and upset.

BE

21

“What’s wrong, Jason?”

“I __________________ my key and I can’t get into my house.”

LOSE

22

“Come in. Today’s not a day for long walks, or long waits,” I looked out the window. It __________________ hard and it was windy.

SNOW

23

The weather was getting __________________ every hour.

BAD

24

Jason __________________ off his coat and boots.

TAKE

25

His __________________ were wet and I gave him a pair of socks to change into. A cup of hot tea and some biscuits soon made the boy feel warm.

FOOT

26

“Where are your parents, Jason?”

“I __________________.

NOT KNOW

27

I can’t call them because of this,” he pulled his phone out of his pocket and showed it to me –– the screen __________________ and the phone was obviously dead.

BREAK

28

Jason focused on the food again. He took his __________________ biscuit and said: “I wish my mum could make biscuits like this.”

FOUR

20.

I was sitting in an arm-chair and watching my sister Alison. She was getting ready for a party. Alison was 15 years __________________ than me and she always treated me like a child.

OLD

21.

Alison took her jewellery box from the table. The box __________________ of wood and had colourful stones on the top.

“You know you must never touch it, right?” Alison said.

MAKE

22.

“If the box was mine, I __________________ you to touch it whenever you wanted,” I answered. Alison said nothing to that.

ALLOW

23.

When she put on her jewelry, she looked like a princess. She moved gracefully as if her __________________ didn’t touch the ground.

FOOT

24.

Alison kissed me goodnight and left. I tried to resist my curiosity but I __________________. I opened the box.

NOT CAN

25.

There __________________ lots of rings, ear-rings, bracelets and necklaces inside. I got them all out.

BE

26.

The __________________ piece of jewelry I tried on was a silver necklace. After that I lost track of time.

ONE

27.

Suddenly I __________________ Alison. She was standing at the doorway and looking at me angrily.

SEE

20.

Anna was glad that the academic year was about to finish. Like most __________________ she was looking forward to the summer but not because she wanted to relax.

CHILD

21.

Her plans __________________ ambitious. Anna wanted to buy a professional digital camera and it wasn’t easy to save enough money.

BE

22.

Anna had already chosen the model she wanted. Her dad said that he __________________ her the camera in a couple of years.

GIVE

23.

But Anna __________________ wait so long, she needed it right then.

NOT CAN

24.

“If I __________________ it now, I would be able to take part in the Professional Photograph Competition.

HAVE

25.

Everyone says I’ve got talent,” she said to herself, looking at the magazine where an article about the competition __________________.

PUBLISH

26.

While she was reading the article for the __________________ time, a brilliant idea came to her –– why not take up a summer job as a photographer? 

TWO

27.

She reached for the phone and dialed the number of the __________________ photography agency in the town.

LARGE

28.

“Hello, can I help you?” the woman’s voice sounded encouraging and Anna __________________ that she probably had a chance.

THINK

20.

Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were our neighbours. They had two __________________.

CHILD

21.

Their son Michael __________________ from the other children very much, but their daughter Matilda was a brilliant child.

NOT DIFFER

22.

By the time she was five, Matilda was able to read very well. She studied every magazine and newspaper that she __________________ find around the house.

CAN

23.

Actually, she could read __________________ than most school pupils.

WELL

24.

One afternoon when the parents were out of the house, Matilda put on __________________ dress and shoes and went to the library.

SHE

25.

The librarian was surprised to see such a small child. “Are you here for the __________________ time? Would you like me to find a nice book with lots of pictures for you?” she asked.

ONE

26.

“No, thank you, I __________________ what I need,” answered Matilda showing a thick book of fairy tales.

FIND

27.

Then she added, “I __________________ for a new book as soon as I finish this one”.

COME

28.

The librarian was really shocked when she saw Matilda only two days later.

“I wish all children __________________ reading so much,” the librarian said. From that day on Matilda went to the library every afternoon.

LIKE