Exercise 2. Прочитайте легенду озера Нарочь. Вставьте глаголы в Past Simple.
The legend of Lake Naroch
Many years ago there __________ (live) a girl called Nara. She _____ (can) sing very well and play the psaltery .She _____ (love) a young man and ________ (want) to marry him. One day she was sitting near a large beautiful lake when a rich man ________ (see) her. He _______ (like) Nara so much that he_________ (want) to marry her. As Nara________ (have) a fiancé (жених) she________ (not want) _______ to marry the rich man. But the rich man_______ (be) very stubborn (упрямый), and his servants ___________ (kill) Nara’s fiancé and __________ (take) Nara to the rich man’s palace. The girl ______ (be) so unhappy that when everybody was sleeping, she ________ (set) fire to the palace , and _______ (run) away. When the rich man________ (learn) about it, he _____ (send) his servants (слуги) after Nara. As she ___________ ( can not) run away from them, Nara ___________ (dive) into the lake and____________ (die). From that time the lake was named Lake Naroch.
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The legend of Lake Naroch. Many years ago
there... (lived) a girl called Nara. She ... (could) sing very well and play the psaltery .She ... (loved) a
young man and ... (wanted) to marry him. One day she was sitting near a Nara..... (had) a groom she... (did not want) ... to marry the rich man. But the rich man ... (was) so unhappy that when away. When the rich man... (learnt) about it,
large beautiful lake when a rich man ... (saw) her. He... (liked) Nara so much that he... (wanted) to marry her. As
(was) very
stubborn, and his servants ... (killed) Nara's ... (took) groom and ...
Nara to the rich man's palace. The girl ...
everybody was sleeping, she (set) fire to the palace, and ... . (ran)
he... (sent) his servants after Nara. As she... (could not) run away from them, Nara ...
(dived) into the lake and... (died). From that time the lake was named Lake Naroch.