Урок 3 Unit 1 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ English Кузовлев 9 класс

Below is information about famous British writers. Fill in the table with the missing words using the suffixes below. Consult a dictionary if necessary. Then fill in the gaps in the text with words that fit in the same numbered gap in the correct form.

Jerome K. Jerome (1859—1927) was a well-known (0) humorist, playwright and a short story writer. His best (0) Men in a Boat made him (1).

George Bernard Shaw (1856—1950) was a (2) playwright. His most famous plays are Pygmalion, Too True to Be Good. In 1925, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

William Somerset Maugham (1874—1965) is an outstanding (3) and one of the most successful (4) and short story writers. His first really (5) novel was Of Human Bondage. Maugham wrote (6) short stories, where he gave realistic (7) description of the life of his contemporaries. The language of his short stories is considered to be very (7) and (8).

Anthony Horowitz (born 1955) is a (9) British writer. He is the (10) of two very popular book series for children and young adults: Alex Rider and The Gatekeepers. Anthony Horowitz is very (10) and (11). He develops fabulous plots. His books are thrilling, exciting and (12).

British people honour their famous writers. Complete the text about the well-known British writers. For questions 1—12, fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs given in capital letters.

J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Now his birthplace (0) as a museum.

Robert Burns is the national poet of Scotland, and January 25 — the date of his birth — (1) by Scots the world over. Robert Burns (2) with a ceremony called Burns’ Supper, at which traditional Scottish dishes (3). Burns’ poems (4) and after the meal (5) there may be some Scottish dancing. In 2009, the 250th anniversary of his birthday (6).

There are special book museums all over Great Britain. Exhibitions of books, photographs, pictures of famous British writers (7) there. The exhibition of one of Scotland’s best-loved writers Robert Louis Stevenson (8) in 2005, to mark the 155th anniversary of his birthday.

The National Portrait Gallery in London contains a lot of world-famous masterpieces. Many portraits of famous British writers (9) there.

Agatha Christie is the world’s most published crime writer. Agatha Christie’s books (10) into 103 languages, and they are still popular today. A new collection of her detective stories (11) recently. Exhibitions on her life and work (12) every year in her native town, Torquay, England.

In your culture. Olga Novikova wrote a report about her favourite Russian author. Why does Olga like this author? Complete her report, translating the words in brackets.

My favourite author

My favourite (0) (автор) is Nikolai Gogol. He is an (1) Russian writer. I enjoy reading this author for his vivid imagination, his brilliant sense of humour and very rich, (2) (изобретательный) language. He is so (3), (4) (одарённый богатым воображением) and (5) (увлекающийся описаниями).

Nikolai Gogol (6) (родился) in Sorochintsi, Ukraine, in 1809. He started writing at school. In 1828, he went to St Petersburg. His first novel Hans Kuchelgarten (7) (был опубликован) there, in 1829, but it was not a success. Gogol (8) (работал учителем), tried to become an actor and wrote for some magazines, until he met Alexander Pushkin in 1831.

A. Pushkin (9) his choice of literary material greatly, especially his Dikanka Tales, which (10) (были основаны) on Ukrainian folklore. Gogol used his vivid imagination to develop fabulous (11). N. Gogol was a master of many (12). He wrote historical fiction, short stories, horror stories, fairy tales, plays and (13).

I particularly enjoy his famous historical tale Taras Bulba. It is a (14) (яркая) story. And especially I liked Taras Bulba, who was a very strong and heroic character.

Gogol is best known for his (15) realistic novel Dead Souls and his famous comedy The Inspector General. The ideas of these famous works were suggested to Gogol by Pushkin. His books are so (16) that you can’t stop reading. And the characters are great!