Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, ........ (can) not sleep one night and ...1... ( call)
the guard in the antechamber...2.... (bring) him a book. The guard, who ........ (stay)
up several nights, ....4.... (fall) asleep on duty.
When no one answered, the king got up and saw that the guard had fallen asleep while
....5.... (write) something. It was a letter to his mother:
"Mother, I feel very sleepy because I ....6.... (stand) guard for the last few nights,
although it was not my turn. I did this in order to earn more money and send it to you.
I.....7.... (send) you some money now that I have earned this way."
Reading this, the king returned to his room, took a handful of gold coins and put them
on the paper without ....8.... (awake) the guard.
Answers
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words:
Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, couldn't not sleep one night and called the guard in the antechamber brought him a book. The guard, who stayed up several nights, fell asleep on duty. When no one answered, the king got up and saw that the guard had fallen asleep while writing something. It was a letter to his mother: "Mother, I feel very sleepy because I stood guard for the last few nights, Although it was not my turn. I did this in order to earn more money and send it to you. I sent you some money now that I have earned this way." Reading this, the king returned to his room, took a handful of gold coins and put them on the paper without waking.
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FILL IN THE BLANKS BY APPROPRIATE VERB FORMS:
Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, could not sleep one night and called the guard in the antechamber brought him a book. The guard, who stayed up several nights, fell asleep on duty. When no one answered, the king got up and saw that the guard had fallen asleep while writing something. It was a letter to his mother: "Mother, I feel very sleepy because I stood guard for the last few nights, Although it was not my turn. I did this in order to earn more money and send it to you. I sent you some money now that I have earned this way." Reading this, the king returned to his room, took a handful of gold coins and put them on the paper without awaking the gaurd.
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More that you need to know about verbs :
Verbs: the three basic forms
- Main verbs have three basic forms: the base form, the past form and the -ed form (sometimes called the ‘-ed participle’):
- base form: used as the infinitive form, with to or without to (Do you want to come with us? I can’t leave now.) and for the present simple (I always read before I go to sleep every night.) except third person singular, which uses the -s form (She works at the university.)
- past form: used for the past simple (He opened the door and went out.)
- -ed form: used after auxiliary have and be (I’ve always wanted a piano and I was given one last week.).