Развитие навыков английской грамматики при чтении текста №3

Развитие навыков грамматики при чтении текста №3

THE LAST LEAF by 0. Henry

Емельянова Наталия Ивановна

МБОУ Видновская СОШ №5 с УИОП, г. Видное, Московская область

Task type: filling the gaps with the correct grammar form.

Read an extract from the story “The Last Leaf’ by O. Henry and put the verbs (1-20) into the correct grammar form.

Write your answers on the lines after the text.

THE LAST LEAF

by O. Henry

The doctor came in the afternoon. “You 1.... (do) fine,” he said, taking Johnsy’s thin hand in his. “In another week or so you 2.... (be) perfectly well. And now I must go 3.... (see) another patient downstairs. His name is Behrman. He is some kind of artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak man, and the attack is very severe. There is no hope for him, but 14.... (send) him to the hospital in order to make him more comfortable.”

The next day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay. “The doctor 5.... (tell) me that soon you will be perfectly well again,” Sue said, 6.... (put) her arm around Johnsy. Johnsy smiled at her happily.

“Isn’t it wonderful?” Sue continued. “But now I have something sad 7.... (tell) you. Old Mr. Behrman died this morning of pneumonia. He 8.... (find) two days ago in his room. He was helpless with pain and fever. His shoes and clothing were wet and icy. No one could understand where he 9.... (go) on such a terrible night. Then a ladder 10.... (find) and a lantern which was
still lighted. They also found some paint and a brush which was
still wet with green paint.”

“You 11.... (understand) what happened?” Sue asked with tears in her eyes. “During the night, in all that wind and rain, Mr. Behrman 12.... (climb up) and painted a green leaf on the wall of the house across from us. You 13.... (not, think) it was strange that the leaf never moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it was Behrman’s true masterpiece - he 14.... (paint) it there the night that the last leaf fell.”

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KEY:

1. are doing; 2. will be; 3. to see; 4. am sending; 5. tells/has told; 6. putting; 7. to tell; 8. was found 9. had gone; 10. was found; 11. Do you understand; 12. climbed up; 13. Didn’t/Don’t you think; 14. painted.