Exercises

1. Complete the sentences.

When I ________ up, it ______ daylight. I tried to_____ up, but could not _______. I was lying on my ________. My arms, _______ and hair ________ tied to the ground.

I heard a noise ________ me, but could see _______ but the sky ________ I could not move my _______. Soon I felt that __________ alive was moving on my______ leg.

2. Fill in the prepositions.

It moved ____ over my body and came nearly ____ my face. I looked ______ and saw a little man, not more than six inches high, _____ a bow and arrow ____ his hands. ____ the same time I felt that very many ____ such little men were climbing _____ my body. I was surprised and shouted ____ such a loud voice, that they were all afraid and ran back.

3. Open the brackets.

At last I (to pull) __________ hard and (to brake) ____________ the strings which (to tie) _________ my leаt arm to the ground. At the same time I (to brake) ____________ some of the strings which (to tie) ________ my hair on the left side of my head. I (to do) __________ it, the little people (to raise) ________ a great noise and (to shoot) _________ a lot of arrow, at my face and body. I quickly (to cover) ___________ my face with my left hand and (to decide) _________ to struggle no more.

4. Say true or false.

I know what to do.
Soon I heard a knocking near my head.
He ordered their people to put ladders to my sides.
Then I made another sign that I wanted to drink.
Soon after that, I fell asleep again, and slept about ten hours.

5. Match the parts of the sentences.

When the people saw that	them got on it and made a long speech, of which I did not understand a word.
I turned my head a little and saw	show that I wanted food.
When the platform was ready, one of	the wine, which made me sleep so much.
So I put my finger to my mouth to	that they were building a platform.
They told me afterwards that there was something in	I was quiet, they shot no more arrows.

6. Choose the right variant.

I was very a) angry, b) hungry, c) ill. He understood a) him, b) them, c) me very well, and food was a) taken, b) brought, c) found. Many little a) kids, b) people, c) persons climbed up those ladders and walked towards a) theirs, b) ours, c) my mouth. They were carrying baskets full of a) food, b) vegetables, c )fruits.

7. Find the mistakes in the sentences.

They were brought me something like wine in two barrels.
Each barel was no bigger than one of our glasses.
I was told this later, when I understud the language.
Then fifteen hundred of the emperor’s largest horses have pulled the cart to the capital of the country.