1. transform the words in capital letters to fill in the gaps (b3-b9) mаrtha was fourteen and she still b3 to swim. not learn her cousins fran and oliver were good swimmers and she felt jealous of them. one hot saturday they went to the beach. fran and oliver b4 and splashing about in the water while play martha was sitting on the sand watching them. "come on in, the water's lovely! " laughed fran. "you b5 in the sun too sit long". martha knew they were making fun of her. she searched in her bag, found her swimsuit and went to change. as the water lapped her feet she thought. "i b6 show them! the sea isn't very deep here. it's only just above my knees. if i start going to the bottom, i can just stand up". bravely she pushed forward into the sea and started to make swimming movements. to her amazement, her body b7 up by the mater. hold 'i b8 ! " she cried. she couldn't believe it swim was so simple. "that wasn't so hard, was it? " said oliver coming over with fran to congratulate her. "i never thought i'd find the courage to do it." replied martha b9 back at them. smile