Question

Read the urban myth and complete the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. A young lady (1) had been shopping (shop) all day and felt (finish) her shopping and really tired. She finally (2) (go) back to her car with her packages. When she (get) to the car, she (5) (see) an old woman (wake) the woman (do) in her car. (get) lost (say) that she (10) looking for the bus and (11) (get) so tired that she just had to sit somewhere to rest, and asked the young lady to give her a lift home or to the nearest bus stop. The young lady (12) (not believe) her. She (13) (say) that she would be right back and (14) (return) to the mall. She (15) (tell) security that a strange old woman (16) (get) into her car. When a security guard and the young woman (17) (come back) to the car, they (18) (find out) that the old woman (be) a purse full of (disappear), but there (20) (3) (4) sleeping in the back seat. She (6) up and (7) The woman (9) (ask) what she (8) (19) gold coins lying in the back seat.​

Answer 1

Ответ:

A young lady had been shopping all day and felt finished with her shopping and really tired. She finally went back to her car with her packages. When she got to the car, she saw an old woman sleeping in the back seat. The woman woke up and said that she had gotten lost and had gotten so tired that she just had to sit somewhere to rest. She asked the young lady to give her a lift home or to the nearest bus stop.

The young lady didn't believe her. She said that she would be right back and returned to the mall. She told security that a strange old woman had gotten into her car.

When a security guard and the young lady came back to the car, they found out that the old woman was gone. There was a purse full of gold coins lying in the back seat.

Объяснение:

Answer 2

A young lady (1) had been shopping (shop) all day and felt (finish) her shopping and really tired. She finally (2) (go) back to her car with her packages. When she (get) to the car, she (5) (see) an old woman (wake) the woman (do) in her car. (get) lost (say) that she (10) looking for the bus and (11) (get) so tired that she just had to sit somewhere to rest, and asked the young lady to give her a lift home or to the nearest bus stop. The young lady (12) (not believe) her. She (13) (say) that she would be right back and (14) (return) to the mall. She (15) (tell) security that a strange old woman (16) (get) into her car. When a security guard and the young woman (17) (come back) to the car, they (18) (find out) that the old woman (be) a purse full of (disappear), but there (20) (3) (4) sleeping in the back seat. She (6) up and (7) The woman (9) (ask) what she (8) (19) gold coins lying in the back seat.

Complete story with gaps filled:

A young lady (1) had been shopping (shop) all day and felt (finish) her shopping and really tired. She finally (2) (went) back to her car with her packages. When she (3) got to the car, she (4) (saw) an old woman (5) (sleeping) in the back seat. The woman (6) (had woken) up and (7) (was) startled.

The old woman (8) (explained) that she (9) (had been) looking for the bus and (10) (had gotten) so tired that she just had to sit somewhere to rest, and asked the young lady to give her a lift home or to the nearest bus stop. The young lady (11) (did not believe) her. She (12) (said) that she would be right back and (13) (returned) to the mall. She (14) (told) security that a strange old woman (15) (had gotten) into her car. When a security guard and the young woman (16) (came back) to the car, they (17) (found out) that the old woman (18) (had been) a purse full of (disappeared), but there (19) (were) gold coins lying in the back seat.

So, it turns out that the old woman (20) (had been) a thief, and she (21) (had stolen) the purse while the young lady was shopping.