Complete the story with the Past Simple or the Past Perfect of the verbs between brackets:

Harriet Quimby was born in 1875 and was raised on a farm in Arcadia, Michigan, in the USA.

Nobody

1

(think) she would be so brave and adventurous when she was a

schoolgirl. However, people who

2

(know) her well, could notice that she



3

(become) very ambitious from the moment she

4

(watch)

John Moisant’s flight at the Belmont Park sports event in October, 1910. It is said that she



5

(get) her driving licence as first female driver in New York, before

she

6

(start) to dream of becoming a pilot .

She realised she

7

(learn) very little to be able to fulfil her dream of

flying. She

8 (want) to be the first woman to get a pilot licence in the

USA. Raymonde de Laroche from France

9

(be) the first woman to get a

pilot licence in the world the year before.

By the time Harriet

10(get) her licence, she

11(write)

seven screenplays for pioneer filmmaker D. W. Griffith

1.they are in the school, aren't they?  

2.they aren't at home? are they?  

3.they do exercises, don't they?  

4.she can sing, can't she?  

5.he doesn't like soup, does he?  

6.there are a little bear, aren't there?  

7.it is a cake, ian't it?  

8.you will go to the cinema, won't you?  

9.you can't swim, can you?  

what do yiu like doing in your free time?

teenagers wear diferrent clothes. their style is depend of their subculture. for example hippies wear indian style dresses and flower in their head. punks wear clothes that shok their parents. ravers wears casual, comfortable clothes for free dancing! that's all!  

people all over the world are fond of sport. sport activities are very important for the growing organism of a child. children showed not neglect this fact.

there are many sport clubs that they can join us. light athletics gives much opportunity to those who go in for it. it includes track field events: running, long-jumping, high jumping, discus throwing and others.

many children are fond of ball games: basketball, volleyball, football. they are so exiting. besides they are played all year round. children like to take part in the competitions to see who is the quickest, the strongest, who can jump best, who is the best swimmer or player. pupils in different classes hold competitions in different kinds of sport. many boys and girls show good results. all the competitions and games are very popular with the pupils. a lot of fans always come to watch them.

my favourite sport is basketball. basketball is a wonderful sport. it; s a good exercise too. it makes us strong and healthy.

to become a good sportsman you must train a lot. if you want to be good at something you have to work hard. practice makes perfect.