Упр.6 Check your progress Юнит 6 New Millennium English 9 класс
Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Казырбаева, Дворецкая 9 класс, Титул: 6 Open the brackets using the correct tense: the present perfect or past simple. THE HISS OF LIFE OR HOW A NURSE SAVED A SNAKE NAMED NIPPER When a snake (1)… (stop breathing during surgery, veterinary nurse Claire Farina (2)… (revive)iit with the «kiss of life». As she (3)… (blow) gently into the reptile’s mouth, she (4)… (keep) thinking about its young owner, knowing he would be heartbroken if it (5)… (die). Thanks to her, the pregnant five-foot Californian king snake (6)… already (deliver) five little ones. «It (7)… (be) a bit scary getting so close to Nipper’s big teeth,» Miss Farina, 23, (8)… (tell) us yesterday. «I’m happy Nipper (9)… (gave birth) successfully to five mini-Nippers!» The brown and white striped king snake, which is not poisonous and is similar to a harmless python, (10)… (be owned) by 13-year-old Ryan for four years. The snake (11)… never (produce) young ones before. «When Nipper suddenly (12)… (become) still it was a horrible moment. So I thought it was worth trying the so-called kiss of life — though because the patient was a snake it was more like the hiss of life!» *Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.
1) stopped breathing — past simple, because the action happened at a definite moment in the past.
2) revived — past simple, because this is a completed action in the story.
3) was blowing — past continuous, because the action was in progress at that moment.
4) kept — past simple, because it describes a repeated/continuous action in the past.
5) died — past simple, because it is a past result in the conditional clause.
6) has already delivered — present perfect, because the result is important now.
7) was — past simple, because it describes the situation in the past.
8) told — past simple, because it refers to a finished action yesterday.
9) gave birth — past simple, because the birth happened at a specific past moment.
10) has been owned — present perfect passive, because the ownership started in the past and continues now.
11) has never produced — present perfect, because it means “up to now”.
12) became — past simple, because it happened suddenly in the past.
Answer: 1 stopped breathing; 2 revived; 3 was blowing; 4 kept; 5 died; 6 has already delivered; 7 was; 8 told; 9 gave birth; 10 has been owned; 11 has never produced; 12 became.
