Упр.6 Check your progress Юнит 6 New Millennium English 9 класс
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) it 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!”
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.
