Question

4. Read another legend about Lake Issyk-Kul. Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs.(5)Once upon a time, there (1)(be) a beautiful girl namedCholpon. Two young men, Ulan and Santash, (2)(be) readyto give their lives for her heart. They (3)(want) to marryher. Cholpon (4)(can/not) make a choice. The two men(start) to fight with each other, but neither of them (6)(can) win because they (7) (be) both very strong. Cholpon (8)(not know how to stop the men and she (9)(pull) her heartout of the chest so that neither of them (10) (can) have it and(11)(die). People (12)(bury) her on the top of ahigh mountain. They (13)(cry) so long that their hot tears(14)(create) a lake. The water in the lake (15)(be)warm, so people (16) (call) the lake "Issyk-Kul". Near the lakea town (17) (appear). People (18) (call) it “Cholpon-Ata".​

Answer 1

1. was
2. were
3. wanted
4. couldn’t
5. started
6. could
7. were
8. didn’t knew
9. pulled
10. could
11. died
12. buried
13. cried
14. created
15. was
16. called
17. appeared
18. called

Answer 2

Once upon a time, there (1) was a beautiful girl named Cholpon. Two young men, Ulan and Santash, (2) were ready to give their lives for her heart. They (3) wanted to marry her. Cholpon (4) could not make a choice. The two men (5) started to fight with each other, but neither of them (6) could win because they (7) were both very strong. Cholpon (8) did not know how to stop the men, and she (9) pulled her heart out of her chest so that neither of them (10) could have it, and (11) died. People (12) buried her on the top of a high mountain. They (13) cried for so long that their hot tears (14) created a lake. The water in the lake (15) was warm, so people (16) called the lake "Issyk-Kul". Near the lake, a town (17) appeared. People (18) called it "Cholpon-Ata".