Грамматические навыки: формообразование 27 (Заполнение пропуска)
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.
Пример ответа: was built
Michael could not imagine his life without computers. His parents (20) ____________________(BUY) him his first computer at the age of seven. It took (21) ____________________(HE) several days to learn how to use it. His mum said that younger people were much (22) ____________________(FAST) than adults at learning computer skills. That was probably true – most (23) ____________________(CHILD) in Michael’s class were very competent computer users.
Michael was really surprised to find out that the first personal computer (24) ____________________(INVENT) in the 70s of the last century.
“And how did you chat or send your e-mails without computers?” he asked his mother.
She smiled. “We (25) ____________________(NOT/SEND) each other e-mails. And there were no networks.”
She also said that it (26) ____________________(BE) fun to communicate face-to-face, to play out-of-doors and to visit friends’ homes.
“But if there (27) ____________________(BE) no computers, I wouldn’t be able to communicate with my friends who live far away from me,” Michael replied.
“True. Technological progress is a great thing,” his mother said. “And I think people (28) ____________________(CREATE) even more amazing communication devices in the near future.”