You are going to read a text on the life of a famous person. Choose a word from the list to complete each gap (1-10). Change its form where necessary to make a word/a group of words that fits in the gap. There is one extra word you do not need to use.
Use each word only once. Different aspects of form change are possible: active or passive voice; finite or non-finite forms (infinitive, gerund, participle).
adapt
allow
arise
compose
lose
maintain
pick
raise
thrive
verify
write
According to legend, the sport of rugby began one afternoon in 1823 at England's Rugby School, when William Webb Ellis, playing soccer with his fellow students, 1.
up the ball and ran toward the goal. Though there is little historical fact 2.
this story, it is true that the first rules of the game 3.
at the Rugby School in 1843. The sport now 4.
across the globe and is played by two different sets of rules—Rugby Union and Rugby League. Rugby is particularly popular in the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and France.
In 1871 the Rugby Football Union (RFU) was organized. As more clubs joined the RFU, 5.
for matches throughout England, a disagreement 6.
between southern clubs, whose players were largely from the aristocratic class, and northern clubs that 7.
mostly of working-class players. The northern clubs wanted to compensate players for time 8.
from their jobs; the southern clubs wanted 9.
the competitive purity of the amateur game. The argument became so bitter that the northern clubs split from the RFU in 1895 and formed the Northern Rugby League, which 10.
a new set of rules.
(1-10 это те слова которые нужно подставить)
Use each word only once. Different aspects of form change are possible: active or passive voice; finite or non-finite forms (infinitive, gerund, participle).
adapt
allow
arise
compose
lose
maintain
pick
raise
thrive
verify
write
According to legend, the sport of rugby began one afternoon in 1823 at England's Rugby School, when William Webb Ellis, playing soccer with his fellow students, 1.
up the ball and ran toward the goal. Though there is little historical fact 2.
this story, it is true that the first rules of the game 3.
at the Rugby School in 1843. The sport now 4.
across the globe and is played by two different sets of rules—Rugby Union and Rugby League. Rugby is particularly popular in the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and France.
In 1871 the Rugby Football Union (RFU) was organized. As more clubs joined the RFU, 5.
for matches throughout England, a disagreement 6.
between southern clubs, whose players were largely from the aristocratic class, and northern clubs that 7.
mostly of working-class players. The northern clubs wanted to compensate players for time 8.
from their jobs; the southern clubs wanted 9.
the competitive purity of the amateur game. The argument became so bitter that the northern clubs split from the RFU in 1895 and formed the Northern Rugby League, which 10.
a new set of rules.
(1-10 это те слова которые нужно подставить)
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According to legend, the sport of rugby began one afternoon in 1823 at England's Rugby School, when William Webb Ellis, playing soccer with his fellow students, (1) picked up the ball and ran toward the goal. Though there is little historical fact (2) to verify this story, it is true that the first rules of the game (3) were written at the Rugby School in 1843. The sport now (4) thrives across the globe and is played by two different sets of rules — Rugby Union and Rugby League. Rugby is particularly popular in the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and France.
In 1871 the Rugby Football Union (RFU) was organized. As more clubs joined the RFU, (5) to allow for matches throughout England, a disagreement (6) arose between southern clubs, whose players were largely from the aristocratic class, and northern clubs that (7) were composed mostly of working-class players. The northern clubs wanted to compensate players for time (8) lost from their jobs; the southern clubs wanted (9) to maintain the competitive purity of the amateur game. The argument became so bitter that the northern clubs split from the RFU in 1895 and formed the Northern Rugby League, which (10) adapted a new set of rules.