Грамматические навыки формообразование 20 (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.”