Задание 8. Вставьте необходимую форму глагола:

And so the days passed. The children (1) (not to go) to school, and Mother spent every day in her room writing stories. Sometimes she managed to sell a story to a magazine, and there (2) __ (to be) cakes for tea. The children did not forget the father but they (3)_ (not to talk) about him much as they
(4) (to know) that Mother was unhappy. She (5) (to tell) them they were poor now. But it (6) (to be) difficult to believe as there was enough to eat and they (7) _ (to wear) the same nice clothes.
But then there were three wet days, it was very cold. “Can we (8)_ _ (to light) a fire?” asked Bobbie.
“We can’t have fires in June,” said Mother. “Coal (9)_ _ (to be) very expensive.”
After tea, Peter told his sisters, “I have an idea. I (10) (to tell) you about it later…”
And two nights later Peter asked the girls to help him.
On the hill, just above the railway station, there were some big stones in the grass. Between the stones the girls saw a small heap of coal.
“I found it,” said Peter. “Help me to carry it up to the house.”